Rebuilding a 1958 356A

58A - 71E · Post by **58A - 71E** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:13 pm

the scrap pile getting bigger!

58A - 71E · Post by **58A - 71E** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:16 pm

Time to finish the floors and put in seat supports, toeboard supports and brackets for pedal box etc The seats were put on their runners and put in the car

a couple of v small tacks to hold in place before drilling and plug welding in place

58A - 71E · Post by **58A - 71E** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:16 pm

Toe hook and original ‘Boomerang’ straightened and put back

58A - 71E · Post by **58A - 71E** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:17 pm

Wing supports

58A - 71E · Post by **58A - 71E** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:17 pm

Rear clip repaired at bottom left of deck lid, leaded, filled and gapped

58A - 71E · Post by **58A - 71E** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:20 pm

So its starting to look like a car again

Just the rear bulkhead and a few little other jobs should see it being filled, blocked and sealed this week

then its off for this putting on

Glasurit Metallic silver

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 11:21 pm

....... and ready for CLM 2010

mycar · Post by **mycar** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 11:41 pm

Ready for Christmas at this rate.

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 11:01 am

Top work by Lee, and well done James and Tracey for sticking with such a mamouth project.

I know that there are times with projects like these that you wonder what on earth you are doing it for

Looking forward to seeing the next stages take shape

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58A - 71E · Post by **58A - 71E** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 5:15 pm

Yep, CLM 2010 is the date we are aiming for

There, said it

Barry, you of all people will know the work invovled in something like this - Lee has nicknamed it the 'little person born to parents who are not married to each other' - or something like that

seriously, I think he'll be glad to see the end too, but hats off to his workmanship

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 5:46 pm

Looks fantastic James

So have you built a cooking engine to keep up with the 911 pack on the way to Le Mans

Hendrik Moulds · Post by **Hendrik Moulds** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:18 am

My God. I remember seeing it a couple of times at the Harewood meetings and being jealous. Not so jealous any more!
Much respect and hope to see it on the road next year.

58A - 71E · Post by **58A - 71E** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:29 pm

Gary71 wrote:Looks fantastic James

So have you built a cooking engine to keep up with the 911 pack on the way to Le Mans

Thanks Gary - I've decided a cooking engine is the way to go - the Damen (cooking) 1600 normal has a eye watering 60bhp should be more than enough to cruise all day long at 80mph+

58A - 71E · Post by **58A - 71E** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:29 pm

356ist wrote:hope to see it on the road next year.

You will

58A - 71E · Post by **58A - 71E** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:31 pm

Work progresses at a pace, this week saw the finishing off of the battery box, with jack brackets put back in and final welds dressed (you can see the tow eye inner plate here too)

The rear bulkhead damage in now repaired and a new repair section formed and welded in – this allowed the area up to the wheelarch to be finished and inside the engine bay closing panel to be attached. New garnish rail supports finish the rear wings