75 S to R Homage

[sladey]

Half of this forum's built on a bit of nonsense - it's a cool bit of nonsense and I like it

Cheers

mark

[King_Jut]

Looking good dude, and what a land mark getting it on the floor and rolling, excellent! I still dont know how you manage to fit all these things into an already busy life..!!!

[haasad]

Hi guys. I know I've said it before but this thread really needs relocating ???

anyway heres some snaps of latest progress.

Alan and I were chatting about R / RS trims heres my interpretation. With lightweight 911 supplied door pulls. I made the trim bits for where the strap goes through the panel. The panels are foamex, very light and water proof!

I had a problem with the cage interfering with the door top trim so got a little inventive.







I think I'll trim the alloy profile I made so it blends in and looks factory. I've made the latch pulls from leather so will be fitting it all up v soon.

andy

[Helen]

very nice but was there any need to give us the finger

[hot66]

Hi guys. I know I've said it before but this thread really needs relocating ???


andy

your wish is my command

You might want to edit the title so people know what the resto is

[oliveR]

The red bit is really just a bit of nonsense.

I saw an endurance racing 914 / 6 with it done.

really nice car Andy!
The red bit were on the Larousse 914/6 GT

[haasad]

Sorry Helen no offense intended

[sladey]

Looking cool!

1. What is the white square towards the rear of the door for? - presumably this is to open the door from the inside - do you just push it?

2. The ally trim piece at the front - can you do a pic with the door closed so we can see how it looks sat next to the roll cage

I love the details on this project

Cheers

Mark

[haasad]

Mark, I'll do an extra snap. The whiter square is where I haven't cut ot the door shell to allow the strap for opening through yet.

andy

[elkelk]

Love the detailing on this car, the colour and the decals, the wheels just look right

[haasad]

Heres the snaps I promised of the detail trim change to miss the cage.

Retentive or what!!!!





Got to finish those door trims now.

andy

[sladey]

Nice work - it's detailing like this that sets a car apart from the others

[haasad]

Final pictures of doors trimmed. ( Well final before I clean em anyway)

Worked out well I think,
Foamex free offcuts from signmaker,
Handles £cheap from lightweight 911,
Latch pulls second hand belt cut down a dyed then polished,
Trim detail free alloy from old lagging.
Leathercloth £20
Fastners and rivnuts £5
Time 1 Day max.




next I'm making a parcel shelf trim along the same lines with a shaped return to come up to the rear window like a targa one. Thanks for the inspiration (alan uk)

[haasad]

Picked up the brakes today ( see "what fits what" in technical help).

Cannot say how happy I am with quality and price.

The sole prop of Rodwell Motorsport , Stuart Brownsea, will do any machine work to the very highest standard. He now has my cases to shuffle pin and by pass mod and my heads to twin plug . You would not believe how reasonable the prices are. He must be the best kept secret of Hillman imp and motorcycle race engineering I ever known. You should see the dry sump conversions he makes for Imps not to mention bespoke flow benched heads , manifolds, gearbox parts.

I'm one very happy customer tonite.

andy

[964RS]

next I'm making a parcel shelf trim along the same lines with a shaped return to come up to the rear window like a targa one. Thanks for the inspiration (alan uk)

Nice - I just ripped out my rear parcel shelf(!)....who needs the extra weight?????