Outlaw Anglia - took it racing & lifted the wheels!

[blackpopracing]

^^^thanks **blush**

Finished flatting off tonight with 2500 grit, almost shiny just with that.



Just had time to start mopping the top of the bonnet before finishing tonight - first cut with the hard mop but its already coming up nice.



Just have to finish the lot off tomorrow night !!

[Frankenhealey]

It's going to be awesome even if it's not finished to your standards.

We put in a 24 hour session before getting the Goddess to Goodwood and it still wasn't finished to anyone's standards. There is always 'something else' left .

It's like the approach to light speed, the closer you get, the further away it is. Spock out

[blackpopracing]

Thanks for the encouragement(?) I think!

[Frankenhealey]

Apr 1, 2015 12:18:08 GMT blackpopracing said:

Thanks for the encouragement(?) I think!

Sorry, please look on it as a sort of gruff, manly encouragement of the 'Good Job' variety and don't sweat the small stuff. We're supposed to enjoy what we do

[blackpopracing]

That's ok, I knew what you meant

Oh well, after 7 hours straight it's still not quite done
Should be able to finish it off tommorrow, gonna be a late night finish I think.
Here's a sneak preview of a bit of it though - 'bits' in photo are dust off the polishing cloth;

[blackpopracing]

Apologies for not updating the thread since the show - the car did make it to Wheels day though!
It was a bit of a trial - hiring a trailer, buying retaining straps, late night getting car ready & early mornings getting trailers & getting the car there.

Of course as I had no windows in it it chose to rain most of the day - 3 days of sunshine after the show of course!!

Car ended up with 1/2" of water in it - lots of mopping ensued during the day to try to keep it semi dry, not the best day to debut the car, but at least custom Car want to do a feature on it soon - hurray

Here it is looking a bit wet;



Apologies to the small child when I blipped the throttle on open headers - he nearly 5hit himself

[bstardchild]

Apr 13, 2015 22:19:39 GMT blackpopracing said:

Apologies for not updating the thread since the show - the car did make it to Wheels day though!
It was a bit of a trial - hiring a trailer, buying retaining straps, late night getting car ready & early mornings getting trailers & getting the car there.

Of course as I had no windows in it it chose to rain most of the day - 3 days of sunshine after the show of course!!

Car ended up with 1/2" of water in it - lots of mopping ensued during the day to try to keep it semi dry, not the best day to debut the car, but at least custom Car want to do a feature on it soon - hurray

Here it is looking a bit wet;

Wow - looking good even when wet (which to be honest is how your paintwork looks when you finish it

Apr 13, 2015 22:19:39 GMT blackpopracing said:

Apologies to the small child when I blipped the throttle on open headers - he nearly 5hit himself

11/10

[mattsrallye]

I was at wheels day, how did I not see this!! Truly inspirational work throughout the build and I would have loved to have a look in person.

Are you at all local to Aldershot?

[blackpopracing]

@bastardchild - 11/10

Not a million miles away - slough. Might take it to local meet on Sunday lunch if weather good - Head GasGits meet in Langley - look them up on Facebook.

[blackpopracing]

A bit more progress after drying it out from Wheelsday.
Templated the front & rear screens;




And got them cut in 6mm MDF as templates;





Also working through the snag list - weeping thermostat housing turned out to be a banana shaped face on the housing surface :roll eyes: no wonder I could not get it to stop. A stint on the linisher saw it nice & flat again so with some RTV sealant applied it should now be leak free.

[varelse]

MDF - the ultimate limo tint

[ratchart]

Apr 16, 2015 22:38:54 GMT blackpopracing said:

A bit more progress after drying it out from Wheelsday.
Templated the front & rear screens;









Also working through the snag list - weeping thermostat housing turned out to be a banana shaped face on the housing surface :roll eyes: no wonder I could not get it to stop. A stint on the linisher saw it nice & flat again so with some RTV sealant applied it should now be leak free.

God that's shiny! or is it just a cunning way of getting a selfie into your build thread? 

[blackpopracing]

Its actually covered in muck again now but yes it's quite shiny

[blackpopracing]

Took it out for a little run on the proper roads today (gulp!) brakes are improving - I can get the rears to lock up a bit now so I think a little more bias to the fronts will help. Hopefully they will bed in and work better soon - I have a few avenues to follow to upgrade if they don't. Video to follow soon as youtube uploads it (rubbish sound though )

Here are some photos of it on the front drive though.

[blackpopracing]

[Frankenhealey]

Awesome

[jpsmit]

Hmmm subtle. I like that.

[vulgalour]

I've only just noticed where the front number plate is. Up until now I had assumed you just hadn't fitted it at all to keep it clean and tidy.

[blackpopracing]

Hah, yes - thought I'd at least have a nod towards legality with a front plate

[blackpopracing]

Took it to a local show today about 6 miles away - hands were shaking when I got there lol! Bit cold without the glass so need to get that sorted asap as well. I got the rear sides templated this afternoon and started on the door glass templates so should have the windows sorted in the next couple of weeks.

Brakes are ok but I think some upgrades are required to get them to the level I will be happy with.

Photo of it at the local meet;