Right then, barring any more forgotten surprises when I look underneath properly, this is the last seriously bad part of the bodyshell I need to fix. I did a lot of work in this area 25 years ago when I…
This is a bit of an important milestone for me – fingers crossed this will be the final major new panel that I need to weld in before the shell is “complete” (but let’s face it there are not many…
So with the roof and old scuttle removed and everything cleaned up, it’s on with the new panels. The scuttle is only available as a Heritage panel in a one-piece pressing with the windscreen frame, but since the rot in…
Here we go then, this is just about the last major bit of rotten metal anywhere on the car, so it’s quite a milestone to be cutting this lot out. The edges of the front scuttle panel where it meets…
The roof of my GT has always been one of the poorest areas in all of the years I’ve owned it. When I first bought it, the “Webasto” roof (it was actually a Weathershields model), was in tatters and held…
At last, the much delayed “final” part of the left hand side bodywork rebuild! In the last installment I had just fitted the new wheel arch assembly, so the next job was to clean up the welds, and then strip…
Been a bit of a busy few weeks on other things, so work on the car has been a bit patchy, but I have been progressively continuing with building up the engine when I can. This post brings together all…
Not a major update today, but I ran into a confounding little problem whilst fitting up the front end of the engine which I thought deserved a bit more detailed coverage. The factory GT V8 used a remote oil filter…
I’m making some good progress here getting on with the engine build during my lunch breaks, and quite honestly it’s a lot more fun than crawling around on the floor doing bodywork right now, so onto the top end. I…
My epic delivery of engine goodies from RPI Engineering has arrived, so on with the build today. Next job is to fit the uprated Piper 270 camshaft – this should give a nice futher boost in power, whilst retaining everyday…