The Cal-look Lounge

Lots of work,time,money
Plenty of talented people involved. The guys at custom motor bodies who did the paint work and Fintan,zack,Paul who did accident repairs/metal work. I just paid some bills and bolted it back together

I liked it in yellow but I love it in red - think I've said that before! Hell of a transformation!
How were the repairs done? If Fintan is FH Ellis then I guess that the front wing and rear quarter panel were beaten back into shape, but the roof looked to be the most daunting. Did you get a body cut from another car or did the guys make it from scratch? I'd like to see photos if you've got them Dave, partly because I want to see how the professionals would tackle that sort of repair and they'd also be really useful to show my students at school!

Thanks Neil, after all the work involved in repairing the car I decided to make it my own.

I don?t have many pictures of the repair work.  The car was repaired using early NOS panels and and some parts from half a donor car I brought in Sicily, the roof was hammered out.  The car was badly damaged in the crash and the B pillar was twisted from the impact.  Luckily the Cotsweld roll cage kept the rest of the car ridged and the body sort of folded round it.

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That's impressive work right there!!!  Lookin' GOOD!! 8)

Thanks, they did a great job

Love the new colour Dave :) Great skills on show.

Very nice!

Thanks! Unfortunately I can?t take the credit for the repairs, I only did the nice bit of bolting it back together

Took the car racing last weekend. The low compression 2276cc ran a 13.2@104 in full street trim and radials at the less than perfect Crail Raceway. I also had some fun on the road too!
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Such a cool car - and it looks so much better in red (sorry Jeff!). Had a ride in it out to Terminal Island one night - boy was it scary. In a good way.  ;D

that town looks like Aberdeen ???

Thanks, nothing but positive comments about the new colour so far. After the amount of repair work needed I decided I needed to make it my car. It?s a crazy car, I always used to enjoy chasing down the cars that got a better start than me with the turbo motor.

 ;) me and my cars are no longer welcome in the granite city!

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If you go to Crail again, give me a message and I will bring the bug along.

Will do, I?m sure I will be back again next year

Waiting for the weather to get better and there to be less salt on the road

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Great cars :)

Thanks

Finally getting to build my engine 7 years later than planned after replacing all the parts Jeff Denham never supplied me even though they were already paid for.



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Nice one Dave,

Glad you are going to build this after all the shit you put up with.
Will be a monster  :o

Thanks Lee. It’s cost me plenty of time and money.  It will be a nice road engine

What are you going to use for cylinders? AA or something else?

Good luck with your built,love the red color on the fiat ;)

Rgds Steve@flat4to6.com

I have a set of AA cylinders, It might have taken him 4years to send them but I actually got those!!!

Thanks, I like the red too. It goes well with the car

Not much progress recently. I stopped stealing parts from the fiat for my bug and refitted a dynamo

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I also converted my bug to IRS. Thanks to Pete for the tracking /camber gauges and Richie for the loan of the jigs

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Finally got this out the garage again! Quick check over, washed it and then drove it  ;D

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That looks great Dave.

Thanks Stretch.  This one gets cleaned a bit more than the bug :D it felt a bit strange to drive too

Still building the 4" motor?

Built it months ago

Weathers getting worse so it’s back in the garage till next year

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Tell me more about those heads.  Are these something you paid for and ever got?
Looks like angle flows but then not..... Built for different kind of manifold. Mikuni carbs comes to my mind when I see that.

They are angle flow heads, one of the few parts actually got after waiting 4 years.

I still have loads of parts missing which he never supplied and I have had to buy again.
Sump,rockers,oil pump,pushrods and tubes, magneto, carb linkage, tinware, camshaft and cam gear, lifters, all crankshaft hardware, clutch pressure plate and disc, cylinder head studs, all the bearings . Probably a few more things too

Jeffery Denham, liar, thief and not to be trusted.

My Winter project . Nothing to do to the fiat so I’m going to be working on this.  I plan to Refit the interior, change the front seats, loose the MH DOTS for a set of radials, I did contemplate cutting out the cage but decided against it.  I can drive the car anywhere in its current set up but now I’m going to make it more of a road car


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Not sure this will pass MSA tech inspection but I want to make sure I get my new seats in the best position.



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I think they are probably stronger than some steel efforts I've seen  ;D

What you doing with your old bug seats?
Lee

Probably! I’m just messing around with seat heights/ position before I start making something.

Don’t know about the seats probably put them on the shelf till I need them

New seats and frames finished! Big thanks to Danny for the loan of his welder and work shop.   Not going to refit the interior now,  Too heavy and I don’t think it’s going make much difference so I will continue using ear plugs.

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Should of lowered those seats down about 1-2cm so you could of put 3-4 cm of foam between those seats and your bum for those moderate length drives  ;D ::) ;D ::)…. a little experience speaking here....

Of course you could just put a real nice Sparco seat in for you and leaving the Kirkey for the passenger.... Cuts down on the number of times the wife will want to come along LOL...

I trial fitted a friend’s seat

New seat covers fitted and found my LM1

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