RCR Ferrari P-4 has entered the building

[Ron Randall]

Thank you .I really appreciate the complements of the warbirds...

Fran heres the photos of the plastic and carbon fiber 917 induction and fan cover I was talking to you about.. It wasnt much to look at before we enhanced it with our metal plating and to get one made from a sheet aluminum would not have been cost efficient..
Do you have a photo of your part we talked about?

 

[Jack]

Ron,

Curious..is this something more advanced than a PVD process?

 

[Ron Randall]

Jack it started with a modified HWCVD combined with our customized cooling process. I dare not say anymore :lipsrsealed:

 

[Jack]

Thank you Ron. Promise, no more questions that may compromise your process.

 

[Ron Scarboro]

Bump...

Any updates? Would love to see the car finished (if it has been).

Thanks,

Ron

 

[Ron Randall]

Sorry for not posting any photos sooner but the assemble of the chassis took longer that expected,,, like that never happens
We got the chassis back about 4 weeks ago but due to our schedule it wasn't untill a week ago before we could get started installing the body.

The body install was as usually with any replica meaning that getting things to fit sometime means you have to be creative but nothing I have seen or done before. After we meassaged the mounting points a little the gaps looked real good even with out any gaskets. As with all replicas the doors are a challenge but only due to the hinge needing a custom support that had to be fabricated, this transfers the weight of the door to the frame. Once that's installed the doors fit well. Keep in mine that fiberglass doesn't have a memory and after a few day the doors conformed to there new home and look great. I like to get everything to fit good before adding gasket material, then I'll search out the best gasket thickness to get everything nice and flush. Since most of the panels already fit good I don't expect any need to customize the gaskets to get good gaps.
Here's a few photos of where we are as of today.
As you can see my grandson really likes helping work on this Ferrari,

 

[Ron Randall]

A couple more photos

 

[Chuck]

Beautiful. Excellent fit, very nice seams.

 

[Ron Randall]

Thanks Chuck,,, The gaps are even better now that I have installed the gaskets... I'll get some more photos up soon...

 

[Ron Randall]

The home stretch!!!

 

[Ron R.]

Very nice, indeed.

 

[Jack]

Absolutely beautiful. I'm liking the windscreen trim too, a lot!

 

[Will Parker]

Arguably the most beautiful car ever made. Sexy lines and an engine sound unmatched. Beautiful job sir!

 

[Alex]

With deepdish knockoff wheels how do you remove them? I've often wondered that - I can't see somebody swinging their lead hammer at the rear rim, lol

 

[Dave]

Damn that is a beautiful car.

 

[Dr. David]

With deepdish knockoff wheels how do you remove them? I've often wondered that - I can't see somebody swinging their lead hammer at the rear rim, lo

I have pin-drive wheels on my Cobra Daytona Coupe. I have a very large CNC-machined billet "lug" wrench that engages the three-prong spinner knockoffs. A 1" bar goes through a hole at the end of the shaft for leverage. Bought it on ebay, so I have no idea who sells them. No name on it. I always use anti-seize and then safety-wire them on. That way it won't come off when you don't want it to....but it will come off when you do want it to.

 

[Howard Jones]

Alex, go buy yourself a piece of alum bar stock (soft stuff, not material that is harder than the wing nut) about 2 inches in diameter and 2 1/2 feet long. Then place one end onto the knockoff wing and beat the hammer against the other. This concept can of course be refined but you get the idea.

 

[Dr. David]

Here is another solution:



Not cheap, but neither are wheels and bodywork!
That P4 looks absolutely incredible! Those original-looking wheels really put the icing on the cake!

 

[Ron Scarboro]

Are those the wheels that Fran's offers with the car?

Beautiful, BTW

 

[Ron Randall]

Thank you for all the complements.
A knockoff tool is used to remove the spinner and the can be purchased .
I attached photo of the dash show a new technique we developed to achieve a simulated leather dash covering. It's a combination of our plating process and paint, great for those tight corners that seem to get lost when wrapped with leather.

http://www.gt40s.com/gallery/images/16634/1_image.jpg

http://www.gt40s.com/gallery/index.php?n=1059