Recent content by Paul Bristo

Finished off the seat mould and made my first seat, after trimming the edges it mostly fits in the car - phew ! Next I need to make some brackets to mount it to the tub. I'm going for a fixed seat and adjustable pedals. I also need to sort the seatbelt anchorages, i'm going for a 6 point...

Thanks Neil, agree with you 100%. Computer analysis is my day job so this is something i'm comfortable with, in fact its a little bit one of the reasons behind my build - I spend all day developing cars only in the virtual world so this is my chance to satisfy my desire to get my hands dirty...

Both Neil, my suspension is my own layout so i need to fabricate some. I have designed some that i'm looking to get waterjet cut

update on progress into 2024 .. it didn't start very well, with Covid followed by Pneumonia i basically lost all of January :( I'm better now and I've been working on two things, designing the suspension uprights and building the seats. For the seats i need to make my own because off the shelf...

Thanks for the words of support guys i have been reading Alexanders VW W12 thread with fascination .. and recently watched someone on youtube restore an M120 V12 which got me dreaming. I'm wary of being caught out by any changes in UK IVA rules (given this is going to be a slow build) so trying...

Well my goal for 2023 was to get some doors on and i just made it ! I even had a spare couple of weeks to get the front bodywork on as well The doors are pretty well set now, just need to build up some material in a few places on the door inner flange to make a tight contact to the seal. Since...

Thanks Ian, the gas strut mostly sits between the windscreen surround structure the door frame section (next to the seal bulb), it doesn't really protrude much below these for head to strike .. but having said that there's not a lot of general head space between head and roof which has always...

Still tinkering with doors, the LH one is nearing completion now Sealing; I fitted a flange around the door aperture for the seal. Once in place I 3d printed some little clips that clip onto the flange and mark out the exact offset i need for the seal to make contact with the door panel. Then I...

progress update .. been busy having fun with doors ! I've moulded both doors and today did a first test fit on the car with the LH one. So far so good. Not tried to properly align it yet, but expect some challenges with gaps and flushness ! One both sides are on and aligned I will next sort...

Finished off the fix for the unfortunate spring/body clash. A cut out with a carbon capping piece over the top. I also modified the cross-members to move the inboard damper attachments closer the centre of the car. All done now, phew. Next job .. doors. I managed to fish the door moulds out...

Hi Michel, the dampers are very close to horizontal, there is some downward load but calcs show the crossmembers should be fine for bending I've been working on the rear wishbones as they are small enough to bag up and take indoors to cure in this cold weather, finished them all now. Thankfully...

Feb update, been working on the some of the rear chassis parts. Three out of the four rear wishbones are done - more on those later, and finished the rear cross-members that the rear dampers mount to. These are wet layup cfrp with a high temperature resistant resin, again I used a 3d printed...

Mesa that's not a bad idea, i'll look into that. Depends a bit on choice of powertrain. The large openings were mainly for aesthetic reasons, not practical ones (gives nice view of the headers which i like). Jim - no I bought those tubes pre made, I got them from https://www.easycomposites.co.uk/

end of 2022 update .. Made and fitted the nose box, this serves as front crash energy absorption and will mount the radiator and front clip hinges. The sides are foam filled. Attached the rear body, made some CF support forks which bolt to the bodywork and then hinge to the lower rear body...

Thanks Joel, David - i don't find laying up with it itchy, but the dust from cutting or sanding can be. I do find that the fibres get everywhere though which is a pain. Jim - The larger parts are made using vacuum infusion. Dry material goes in, vac'd down, then resin is pulled in and under the...