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just had a read through mate, its looking good, will look even better with the castrol graphics on :(

i notice u from preston, where bouts? im in darwen so not far, will need to pop down and have a better look ;)

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hi mate, i'm only one junction down from you on the m65, in Higher Walton, my garage is in Longridge. i got the car fron darwen, and the last 10 years its actully lived in darwen! lol. i got it from www.broadbentautos.co.uk

yeah you'll have to come down and have look ;)

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sweet sweet, i'll pm you you fella :)

today i made the fuel tank guard, i ended up usuing some stainless steel sheet instead of the aluminuim, as its stronger and less prone to decay. ok it weighs a bit more but i didnt use that much. i forgot my camera once again... but hannah came down to work on the car and she brought her phone with a camera on and took some pics, so i'll post them once she has uploaded them. i dont think ive put that i'm sharing the car with hannah, as she has a corsa which is her daily and only uses it for autotests, but wants a car to rally, so we goin halfs. :S :(

i also made the bonnet, the mould was nicely cured, so i gave it another polish, and brushed on some PVA, (it stops the two parts sticking) i then sprayed the white gellcoat on and put on the tissue, then woven glass, and then bulked it up with chop strand. and i got hannah to roller it all nice and tight as i couldnt be arsed :p

while waiting for the fibreglass to set on the tank guard i had a look at the doors, i had allready lightened them, but it was pissing me off that they wernt light enough.... so i took the grinder to them, and now they are about a quater the weight they started off as. they are a bit floppy, but shut and hang allright, so thats cool :D

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Fuel Tank guard :rolleyes:

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Bonnet ready to come out of the mould :)

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out of the mould with the blue PVA release agent on it.

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peeling it off

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boot lid mould, sprayed with a layer of gell coat

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tissue

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chopped strand mat

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boot lid made, now needs to cure

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fuel tank guard fitted, i made up some stainless steel straps too :p

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lightened doors :p

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i need one of these, the fuel filler pipe :D anyone got one?

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Rusted :S

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aye cant wait to get out in it and give it a blast :rolleyes:

fibreglassing is quite fun if you have mates to help roller it, but when your on your own all day itchin like youve got crabs, it can do your head in a bit.

i cracked the boot lid out of the mould today, made this part extra thin, as its only a small panel. one layer of tissue and one layer of chopped strand. it came out of the mould no problem, and its very very light :)

ive decided to cut off the lower bit of the boot lid, and make an ally panel thats bolted in between the rear lights to mount the numberplate and light. so i dont have to unplug the light every time i take the lid off.

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i also made a spare wheel holder, it will take two spare wheels no problem.

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the wheel brace screws into a captive nut to hold the wheel(s) in place :p

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hi mate, no i crack the piece out of the mould fist, then trim it with a thin cutting disk on an angle grinder. then sand the edges with a sanding block to get them straight.

i might make wings in the future, but the standard items are quite light, so gonna leave them for now.

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from what i can see, the construction of the inner wings/strut mount look pretty strong from the factory, so i dont think fender braces are needed, i have seam welded them and i recon thats about all thats needed even for jumps/forest rallys. plus ive made a chassis brace that links the big hole under the car, thats where the most flex will come from, its also the front lower strut brace and sump guard mount.

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if i'm bored i may make some fender braces up, anyone interested?

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didnt do any work on the car this weekend, had a party on the bus with some friends, and went to watch banger and stock car racing..... where i got a spoiler for free :thumbsup: yey. its off a civic coupe, so looks kinda similar to the origional one, so shouldnt have a problem log booking it with it on. the origional spoiler was snapped you see

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cheers fella ;)

got my entry in for the Opposite Lock rally ;) co driving in the 86' http://www.slaithwaitemc.co.uk/rallyinfo2010.htm

well i fixed the filler pipe, i used a bit of side impact bar from the paseo's doors that i chopped out. ;)

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and i single skinned the spoiler as it was too heavy, and mounted it to the boot lid.

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and been preping the body, only a few small dents/scrapes, so not bad al all :D

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and a pic of what i left the car looking like today :D

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