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Lightweight_911 wrote: Apparently they're sold for decorating/personalising latex bondage gear ...

Anyway, I bought some in 15mm width to test its suitability.

There has to be a comment here... Where are Cubist and Bootsy when you need them?

KS wrote:

Lightweight_911 wrote: Apparently they're sold for decorating/personalising latex bondage gear ...

Anyway, I bought some in 15mm width to test its suitability.

There has to be a comment here... Where are Cubist and Bootsy when you need them?

I've been resisting since it was posted

Anyway, really glad to at long last been of some help and supplied something for this great project. The shop is always open for those hard to get latex trimmings

Looking great Andy, it's a really good time in the project when it starts all coming together!

Tell me about your twin arm single blade wiper, is it something Martin has had re-manufactured
or have you had to put it together yourself?

Mike - the 'pantograph' double wiper arm set up is something Barrie sourced (I think it's an 'off the shelf' truck item) which is very similar to the original 904 set up.

A few more parts from my 'wanted' list have been sourced:

- a good set of used harness eye bolts (donated by good friend Bob Tilton)



- an excellent pair of period-correct Marchal Equilux headlamps



- & a pair of 24" megaphones with 'cookie cutter' inserts





I'm still searching for that elusive second rear reflector though ...

Looks gorgeous Andy. I notice you're shielding us all from the shame of those reflectors though. Such a pity - it looked like it was going to be a nice car - seems a shame to ruin it

thanks Andy, sorry Barrie

Andy, looking amazing!! Did you get in touch with Chris at Centre Gravity? How close are you the finish? I can't wait to see it

That last picture is just a thing of beauty Andy. Automotive sculpture. Sublime.


Regards
Mike

sladey wrote:Looks gorgeous Andy. I notice you're shielding us all from the shame of those reflectors though. Such a pity - it looked like it was going to be a nice car - seems a shame to ruin it

I haven't given up yet Mark ...

ims101 wrote:Andy, looking amazing!! Did you get in touch with Chris at Centre Gravity? How close are you the finish? I can't wait to see it

Not yet Ian - no suspension on it at the moment ...

Just a very minor update but, for me, a significant one ...

- after over 12 months of searching involving hundreds of hours of scouring the internet, I finally managed to find a pair of original NOS rear reflectors in Germany !

This wasn't something that was holding the project up in any way but it had become a bit of an obsession I'm embarassed to say - especially since nobody else was likely to have noticed.

Anyway, here they are - I'm still not 100% certain what vehicle they were fitted to back in the early '60's but it certainly wasn't something particularly common!






Funnily enough the one I had found ~ 6 months ago, although very, very similar, wasn't in fact 100% correct - those above are identical to the ones originally fitted to 904's.

I'm glad to have finally located these - it was something that had really been bugging me ...

Great attention to detail Andy, looking forward to more updates.
Regards,

Well done on the find, Andy.

But don't they look a bit shiny?

A great find, Andy - be sure to screw them on tight.

Wow - nice reflectors. I like a good NOS lens / reflector....really sets the car off. 12 months searching - you're a premier league hunter-gatherer....

Congrats on the score.

R

well done Andy! As for the search, you'll look back and reflect on it.........