Jimmymac & Alistair's Monocoque Cars

[JimmyMac]

What do they look like folded?

 

[JimmyMac]

Arm Rests in and wired up

 

Looking good James.

 

[JimmyMac]

Well I cut out a lot of holes this week so finally, the dash will go in next week.
At last it's the end of this nasty fibreglass in my workshop
(with the exception of the battery covers)

 

[Rune]

Could I ask where the door seals come from? I have not found witch seals that where used.

Regards Rune

 

[JimmyMac]

Hi Rune
The original "S" weatherstrip is extremely rare.

Luckily we were given the rubber seal by a good friend "P" who got extruder dies made using a section of the original strip and he manufactured a batch of the rubber for a few original restorations in the US.

I located a local supply of correct steel gripper and the black fabric for him so one of the next jobs is to stitch it all together.
I also purchased a Singer 29K cobbler's sewing machine just to do the job as I discovered it's tough going doing it by hand.

 

[JimmyMac]

A fresh etch coat on the magnesium bits today.

 

[JimmyMac]

Suspension ready. Shafers to go in first.

 

[JimmyMac]

This plague has buggered us up in many ways and one of them is my inability to get across England to Kent to do anything on my car for a year as I am one of the susceptible ones.
During this outage I have been making the dash in isolation with my own jigs and this morning Alistair left me a message "I need to call you".
OH NO !

Well to our surprise the bloomin' thing slipped in first time.

 

[JimmyMac]

I am making the switch panels the old fashioned way in fibreglass. Cutting the holes with flats is a pain.

All of the switches are new old stock Lucas dated June 1964

 

[Ron Earp]

Nice looking dash work there, not to mention the suspension bits.

 

[Davidmgbv8]

Prototype 3D printed eyeball vent, will begin trying to find the metal tube next.

 

[Davidmgbv8]

 

[Andrew]

An inspirational build!!!!! I really look forward to seeing an update

 

[Dave Bilyk]

Clutch and shift checking this week

https://youtu.be/lVaEmq7mmuk

Love the view without the door on, clearly shows how low the seating actually is!

 

[JimmyMac]

Love the view without the door on, clearly shows how low the seating actually is!

Yes Dave,
If I don't get my car finished soon, I might be needing a hospital bathing hoist to get me in and out of it.

 

[JimmyMac]

Wiring going in.
A smidgeon to come off the inner dash vents for the eyeballs to get a perfect fit before painting.

We decided today to fit the chrome brolly style handbrake to my car.

It goes in like this one on an original car.

 

[JimmyMac]

Original 1964 Smiths RVI Tachometers are tough to find.

Here is our new tachometers made out of five NOS Lotus Cortina gen-1 RVI donor units with conversions and custom artwork dials for the boys and myself.
These took ages to get the dial fonts correct but I am happy now.

I have also managed to procure 50 feet of the original 15AWG red / green impulse wire for them.

 

[Davidmgbv8]

Superformance and Gelscoe should take some tips from you guys when they talk of tool room copies!

 

[Kevin L]

Your work has been and continues to be outstanding. I enjoy following along on your build progress.