Congratulations Jay !
I know you and your son will have a fun time
together building this car. At first it
will be a little overwhelming when you start
unpacking the big box. Soon after you get
started you will fall into a rythem of
understanding ahat goes where. Remember too
that I and the others are here to help you
along. You can't go wrong with the support
that RF gives as well.
Yes I have the pneumatic riveter. I bought
it from Harbor frieght for $28. and it
works great. I also purchased a 4ft metal
break from
www.grizzly.com for $450. I'm
glad I bought it because I really needed one
for other projects as well. One other tool
that I bought was an electric pair of
Boech metal hand shears. These cut like
sissors without material loss. Probably
the single best tool I ever bought for this
project. Another good tool is a good
battery powered drill. Mine is a Porter-
cable 19 volt. You also must by some Clecos
and Cleco pliers. These are used to
temporarily hold the panels in place until
you rivet them. I will post the place to get
them as soon as I find the site again.
My web site is at
www.gt40andcobralover.com
There are several pictures on the site and I
will be adding more soon.
Just to give you an idea as to how quick the
paneling goes on, I took two weeks to do
mine. Then when John Schnieder's car was
brought here to my house I did most all
of the paneling with John's help in less
than three hours. That included the time
it took to put it on the homemade rotissere.
It went that quick because I new
where it all fit without having to double
check everything.
I know you devoured the pictures on the RF
site but when you get that manual start
devouring.
That alone will prevent you
from making small mistakes. I was a little
confused about some of the stuff in the
manual but after I learned how to speak
Austrailian it made a lot more sense.
Wait til you get a load of the wiring
harness that comes with the car. It's
plug and play. Robert's wiring and
electrical guy, Fehey, is a bloody genious !
The wires come out of the loom right
where they are supposed to.
Oh yeah, one more guy at RF you will be
talking to is Will. The guy knows as much
as Robert does about building
these cars.
One more thing Jay, I spent 2 hours
looking for a part in my kit called bundy.
I had no idea what the hell it was but I
was sure it wasn't in the kit. Upon calling
Robert I asked him where is my Bundy and
what the hell is it ? It turns out that
bundy is a roll of gas or brake line. I
never heard that term in my life. I guess
they got a good laugh out of that one.
Well good luck and try to be patient, yeah
right, You'll be climbing the wall til that
kit gets there.
Hersh
PS... Here is the site for the Clecos.
Cheapest price around.
http://www.browntool.com/category.asp?ParentCode=K15&HeaderURL=&FooterURL=&CategoryTitle=KWIKLOK+TEMPORARY+FASTENERS+%28CLECOS%29
[ April 27, 2002: Message edited by: Hershal Byrd ]