Recent content by boatwon

Any progress is good progress. Soldier on !! best regards, Doug

Glad to see you are feeling up to making some dust again. All those details that allow it to function as a real car take lots of time. Looking good.

Did it sell? Love the roadsters.

Yikes!! There's that hammer again. Looking quite nice by the end. How much did you narrow things front and rear? --- Doug

Reports are that Dean Jeffies passed away at age 80. He is known to GT40 fans for his restoration over the years of the GT109 roadster. A masterful car customizer, his GT has never been finished yet. RIP

Jackal, Glad to hear you are still making putty into dust. Nice weather is finally coming to northern USA; are things cooling down by you? Maybe thats better for working. --- Doug

Jackel, How's things coming? Have you run out of putty yet? best regards, Doug

Nice, you planning on pegging that baby? Should help the resell value in the USA market!! :thumbsup:

Those should fill the wheelwells nicely!!

Got it, now I'm really styling. Thanks. My opinion says just go old school with your molds. Polyester or vinyl ester and wet lay-up is fine. Maybe some core in the flat areas for stiffeness. Save the epoxy, vacume bag, carbon fibre, infusing for your finished parts where a bit of weight...

My day job is building and servicing custom offshore powerboats, see "Saberboats.com" best regards, Doug

With roof panel

I always liked the early roadsters but am unaware of any bodies available. So, here are some pics of the roadster body I am building. It's not done yet, but with all one color it at least gives the general idea. Features: Plenty of headroom and fresh air. Steel roll bar incorporated into...

Ok, here's a few of how it was raced with a roof panel before it was fully converted to a coupe. The second is from Ronnie Spains book where some refered to it as a "P40"

Any recent pics? Here's one from back in the day.