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All Alloy Cup progress - Printable Version +- Austinsevenfriends (https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/forum) +-- Forum: Austin Seven Friends Forum (https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=1) +--- Forum: Forum chat... (https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=14) +--- Thread: All Alloy Cup progress (/showthread.php?tid=1822) |
RE: AllAlloyCup progress - AllAlloyCup - 04-04-2019 B145E0BF-0B0A-49A7-B368-844B4AD68CFD.jpeg (Size: 57.82 KB / Downloads: 287) 9241D87F-6FFD-40F5-B009-BB403176BBA6.jpeg (Size: 136.17 KB / Downloads: 287) All metal bodywork on the AllAlloyCup now complete and given two coats of Nyalic acrylic lacquer. Now Ready for final assembly!! Total cost of “alloy panel prep” and “paint” about £100, inc cost of Scotchbrite pads, meths and spray cans of Nyalic lacquer. Previous professional paint jobs on other cars of mine were into the thousands! So as well as being super light, the alloy body route has been very, very economical Plus no real rust worries either. Bonnet and doors previously try fitted with working catches etc often a fiddly job, so best done when panels were not fully finished. Next jobs, include : Assemble clutch release unit, Make spacers for the core of the rear sh/abs Attempt exhaust down pipe fabrication Finalise bulkhead wiring Install floors, plus battery and toolboxes Re-install engine & gearbox Install instruments Install seats Slosh seal fuel tank Nickel plate a few items still to do. Well that’s April accounted for!! May should see engine start up and then final build refitting all the panels, & radiator etc On the road in June??? Regards Bill G Aka AllAlloyCup RE: AllAlloyCup progress - David Stepney - 04-04-2019 Can't wait to see the finished car! RE: AllAlloyCup progress - JonE - 04-04-2019 Bill - is the boot just on temporarily at the moment? It feels like its mounted too high from both pictures, creating a junction between two planes rather than one long sweep from hood deck into boot? RE: AllAlloyCup progress - AllAlloyCup - 04-04-2019 9A398C76-3EE8-43D0-A582-F80C21C8CA29.jpeg (Size: 119.68 KB / Downloads: 240) Hi David Thanks for your interest, I’m keen to see it finished as well! It’s not perfect but I’m happy with the last 4 years work, it’s kept me busy in my retirement! JonE May know that the hardest part of this build is the tail cover. All other Cups have fabric coverings which allows the builder to cover a multitude of sins!! From copious amounts of body filler to builders foam! I don’t have that luxury and my bare alloy cover is there for all to see! Here’s a photo of the assembled car before I dismantled it for final finishing and lacquering. I was warned that it was hard to get the correct shape, slope, seal and fit on the tail by David Cochrane and others, but as a first time car builder( as opposed to car restorer) I’m reasonably pleased with the final result though I admit it’s slightly high, but not as high as several other Cup Replicas I’ve seen. This car is a one off and I don’t think anyone else will be daft enough to copy it! Regards Bill G Aka AllAlloyCup RE: AllAlloyCup progress - Austin Carr - 04-04-2019 Interesting aluminium body building:- https://www.channel4.com/programmes/find-it-fix-it-drive-it/on-demand/66919-002 RE: AllAlloyCup progress - AllAlloyCup - 04-04-2019 Hi Austin Thanks for the link. My phone doesn’t do Flash Will try and pick up the programme on the TV . Regards Bill G RE: AllAlloyCup progress - AllAlloyCup - 06-04-2019 595E1F79-41B4-407D-B805-473526FF1CDA.jpeg (Size: 125.29 KB / Downloads: 318) As the kitchen oven was free this morning :-) I took the opportunity to “cook” the Cup radiator at about 120 C before spraying it with Sperex Matt black HT paint, then cooked it for another 30 Minutes to harden it off. Previously I had checked it held water and flushed it With some cheap vinegar and cleared out all the stone chips and dead flies then brushed it clean before painting. It’s an original Chummy one bought on EBay a couple of years back and had been in storage for many years as someone’s “ good spare”. Will chase the platers again this week coming!!! Regards Bill G Aka AllAlloyCup RE: AllAlloyCup progress - AllAlloyCup - 07-04-2019 06633D46-75C9-42BA-87DE-6AE6926CDF64.jpeg (Size: 109.39 KB / Downloads: 225) DB5F220C-172E-45D5-B38D-820539FEAD8B.jpeg (Size: 80.1 KB / Downloads: 225) 8D8F520F-A26B-41C1-B6E3-2D3067914C73.jpeg (Size: 64.34 KB / Downloads: 224) Another wet day here near the coast so back in the garage to fit the floors, tool and battery boxes, plus the nice blue leather seats! I suppose I’d had a seat in the car before but not with the vintage dished steering wheel. Getting in the cockpit seemed easy....then and now. But Getting out now seems a good bit harder! Perhaps I’ve got bigger or more stiff? I’m not that big 5’ 10”. 12 .5 st. so how bigger folk than Me cope could be tricky :-) RD? , I’m wondering if this is a problem I’d not anticipated? And that’s with no passenger in the cockpit either. Passengers may well need to be vetted for size, weight and agility! God knows how two folk get in a GE Brooklands unless they’re Siamese twins. I now need a garage Spring clean to get rid of all dust, rubbish etc, and buy Batteries for both cars to get at least one on the road for Drive it Day. How cosy is a Cup compared to say a Nippy? Or a TT Ulster? Regards Bill G RE: AllAlloyCup progress - David Stepney - 07-04-2019 Bill, All Austin Sevens are somewhat intimate. I am 5'8" and 9 stone wringing wet. The other week, I took a friend of mine, who is my height but built like a brick "ar y back" on a trip in my box saloon and I don't think anyone has been that close to him apart from his wife! Being perpendicular, box saloon as are easier to get into and out of though. I still can't wait to see the finished article however. I am following your thread with avid interest! Regards, David RE: AllAlloyCup progress - Ruairidh Dunford - 07-04-2019 You raise a good point Bill - at 6’ 3” I am pushing the boundaries but have built the car with this in mind, making a few subtle changes - I can get in and out of it but nothing is ‘fixed’ in - yet! I can get in and out of the Ulster with the roof up but, try as I might, I could never get into Tom’s Brooklands! |