The Cal-look Lounge

so took the race bug down to daughters fellas (Napstock customs)last week then went down on sat morning ,by 3ish it was a bare shell  :ohow many weeks to callook week end at shakey,looks like we have to get our fingers out.will try to get some pics up .dont want to give the game away but the stance police are on the case and so is the diet crew.shame we dont have enough££££s for glass front wings and bonnet.(unless some one has some very cheap and I mean CHEAP).

Dave, I'm in a similar position - I picked up my new car on Saturday! :o Well, to be exact, we picked up a 10-sec tagged cage, most of a bodyshell and a floorpan in need of some work... I'm being more realistic with Gary's Picnic as my target! Why do we do this? :o :D

Blimey that really is last minute, I'm hoping to get mine finished for March the 15th the VWDRC test day. Car will only be a year and and a half late from being ready!  :o  ::)

Look forward to seeing the changes Dave.

Neil- what are you building now- any pics?

I'm over 3 years late lol

You only know how late you are when you've arrived...

just saying mate  :D

Wish I could be there with ya though  ;)
oh well.., whats another year hey?

Hi Rich, just a low budget street and strip late model, California Look on the top but pretty much stripped out inside and underneath.  2007cc motor, real 8-spokes, presentable from 30ft at 30mph! I'll do a build thread when I start building it - I haven't got any pictures worth posting yet! :D

[attachment=1]bit to do!!!!!!

so 6 weeks left and the body came of the floor pan last night!!!!!!!!!bonus the pan can get shot blasted ,only one small (8mm) hole on rh rear corner .dont know if heater channells will be repaired or replaced but all the pan bolts undid ok .will see if the pics will post.

its a cool car as it was look forward to seeing it redone  8)

it wont look a lot differant,just lower at the front.theres a lot of work gone in so far,paint striping as interior is getting a freash coat and hammerite is a bitch to remove(ask Holly)frame horns and rear shock mounts tied in to cage etc All custom made by Pete at Napstok Customs (blatant plug)he has all the fabrication tools I wish I had,english wheel,folders,bead roller ,single sided spotwelder ect.

It gets worse :opete was sending the floor pan for blasting,hes now decided to send the shell as well ::)recons its easyer to paint the whole thing than to try and patch bits.wish I could afford those glass front gasser wings and bonnet.sun glasses will be needed for cal look weekend-------shiny 8)

update-------new front beams made,heater channells look like collanders so are getting replaced.floor pan painted in 2k gloss .gearbox back from bears next week and all the axle tubes ect are back from the platers .the doors are bad but will be looking at them tomorrow ,shame rob the manx hasnt got around to making some glass ones .will it be ready for cal look weekender?????stay tuned.     

no time to post or put up pics!!!!!!  so new doors from Heritage as old ones looked like pepper pot lids.heater channells moded ,strightened and new closing panels used.inner pipe removed ect.roll cage should have been painted last night and finish welding on shell today .floor pan assembled but stuck for gearbox as Bears forgot to order correct 4th gear ,wont be ready till thurs ::)day of for me today (apart from grief from the misiss to do some work at home)cant do much to help.will start to make wiring boards/loom tomorrow.big buid next fri/sat to get to Shakey for sunday.LOADS OF TIME!!!!!!!!!

Dave, I'm looking forward to seeing it! I've given up on my deadline of Garys Picnic, it'll be done when its done... Better right than rushed, and I still haven't decided on what's going to happen at the back - IRS or swing axle, typ1 or bus box, raised or stock mounts etc! Lots to think about!

plenty of time i still havent fired mine up got most of the birds nest that is the loom fitted today a few more wires in the arvo and it shouls fire then i have to tidy it all up
keep  at it  ;)

made as much of the loom ect as pos on monday,pete is still welding.left there at 8pm and he was going to finish all the welding that night,still had rear corners of roof to make ,drivers door piller to fit roll cage is painted when inside of body is done then it can be fitted THEN THE HEATER CHANALS CAN BE WELDED IN!!!!!!! a lot of faffing.plan is body goes back on pan sat morning------looks like another all nighter.

OK so we didnt make the cal look with the beep,the body went on the pan for a test fit on sat 7pm ish ,had issues with gear box,bad pattern/wrong bits (rear brake clys boxed as >67 were 68>)good old mega bug.the anti bump steer bushes have the taper machined to deep so rod ends pulled down solid onto steering arm ,so just a load of shit like that put us 2 days behind.plan now is to assemble it in primer and go to Shakey test and tune in 2 weeks then take shell back of for paint and reasemble for MSA round on May bank hol.Thing is its being built to show standard in a race car way.

Pppffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffftt (thats me spitting whiskey at my laptop)

 ;D

wiring loom ,fuel pump/filter and line in ,engine fired up first time yesterday and hopfully its been driven today.if we get it all done test drive at Shakey on sunday.

well it drives ;Dbodys off again for final welding and will be going back on saturday so we can test at shakey on sunday.looks like it wont be painted for springspeed .plans are to have it painted ect for Garys Picnic so see you OFF boys and gals then.

look forward to it  :)