Recent content by John Costello

After a long silence and a busy work now period behind me...... Its Thursday night, the missus has gone away for four days :-) peace and quite I feel a weekend of precious garage time with my GT40, Formula 1 and some beers Watch this space! John

Trev, Ian B shows it very well on his photo, thats what I meant. John

Hi Trev, Congratulations on your build, I have come to a stand still with my build due to my work and the end of the financial year. So little progress for me for the next two weeks :-( On the templates that you have made, watch our on the side sills for the return by the fuel tank it...

Here is todays progress, I managed to get the rear bulkhead, bent and cut to shape, next step is to side the small side panels and rivet the section in place. Thats it for this weekend :thumbsdown:I'm knackered.

Friday no work was completed on the GT40, after I noticed the Porsche wheels were looking in need of attention, so Friday evening they got some TLC and are looking shiny & new! Here's today update, the o/s sill has been done, and the last couple of hours has seen me making a cardboard template...

Hi Thomas/Frank, Taking the GT40 to Le Mans is my first adventure that I am planning, but I suppose Ardennes could also be possible :-)

Hi Thomas, I noticed on your profile you have a seven type car also, I was curious what it was....I them checked your profile, and you are the cable guy.....being a curious guy that I am what do you do with cable? I work for an elektrotechnische groothandel :-)

Hi Bill, Its looking good, your making excellent progress, i am hoping to get some quality time on mine this weekend, i presume its easier to cut the back window out at this point, it says it can be done later on in the book but I think I will cut it before also. Keep up the good work

Hi Trev, To be honest mine came on a 7.5 tonne curtainsider from Kidderminster to Holland. I thought along the same lines as you, but I gave up! The haulage company I used looked after her like a newborn baby, I would recommend them, dont ask what it cost because I havent had the bill yet...

Hi Trev, I have used the shears for all the floor, I found that they are very easy to guide and you make a great line. I have used the jigsaw for the smaller sections as the shear isnt so good in small spaces. With the shears you dont need any extra accessories, it is only for cutting...

A quick update from with pictures! Floor finished, flipped her over and started the rear sills :drunk: Weekend is nearly over so tools away garage tidy.

Hi Trev, All the best with the build, Steamer Bill is making good progress, I am trying to keep the pace up to get it finished ASAP, the same as everybody else I suppose, sometime now reality will hit and I will realise what I have let myself in for :-) So its Steamer Bill, then mine and...

To be honest I am not 100% sure, I presume it's mild steel but it is powder coated

Hi Andy, Thanks for the tip, the floor is nearly finished just a couple more rivets and it done. Andy I forgot to order the fuel tanks, whats the delivery time on them? John

Hi All, Just to answer several posts in one go , dont want to lose any build time! Unfortunately I am not related to a famous V8 tuner :-( (although that could have been a major help!) I am in located in Brabant. I had a day off today so things have started to move on the build! The...