SouthernGT Number 18

Just a quick point, the hole in the front ally where the steering arms protrude on mine were to small. The rubber gaiter was too near the hole and dragged on the edge which would have worn it through so I enlarged the hole to well clear.
Later I had two laser cut edge trims made and they slipped over and tidied the whole thing up.
It's a bas....d job to cut the whole once the arm is through so best enlarge prior.
Just a thought
Keith

Remember to liaise with Mick at SGT along the way , I found that the way I did some things was different to Mick and after seeing it his way ended up changing it, thus wasting time and £.
The old saying ' if in doubt ,Ask '

 

[Paulbav]

Cheers Keith,

I have seen your car a few times now and looks great! :thumbsup: Really something for me to aim for, I have already taken loads of pics and hope to use some of your ideas into mine (if you don't mind) in particular the heat shield under the rear clip, your reverse and fog lights and leather straps... I generally get into SGT once a week or so to pester them:shy:

I have already had the same concerns about the rack holes and I have actually already made some escutcheons to go round them and enlarge them if required just not fitted them yet, must be said your laser cutting sounds much easier than my hole saw, bandsaw and filing method....:laugh:

I would really appreciate it if you could drop me an email as there are always questions I'm sure you would be very qualified to answer for me:thumbsup:

Paul

 

[Paulbav]

Not really worthy of an update but I have fitted the fuse board and popped a few panels back on to give me a feel for the finished thing, alloy wash bottle will fit between pedals and fuse board, then on to fit A/C, cooling pipes and rad in next I think! though I do change my mind....

Not sure what the wiggly lines are that are appearing on random panel all over the car, just the ally corroding I guess?

 

[Jason Winter]

Looking very tidy Paul:thumbsup:

Jason

 

[Keith Stafford]

Looks really neat Paul :thumbsup:. Where have you planned to put the brake servos?

 

[Paulbav]

Looks really neat Paul :thumbsup:. Where have you planned to put the brake servos?

Thanks, no brake servos going in this car though, SGT have a great setup using AP callipers that does not require them :thumbsup:

 

[NickD]

Its looking good Paul, I'll have to pop down in a month or so. Well impressed with your build.

 

[Paulbav]

Its looking good Paul, I'll have to pop down in a month or so. Well impressed with your build.

Thanks Nick :shy:

You are more than welcome round, be great to catch up:thumbsup: in fact I will also have to come up and check your build out soon too though two small kids means weekends are mental busy...

Speak soon

Paul

 

[Paulbav]

Well slowgress is being made....

Over the last few evenings I have made some brackets to hold the fans onto the radiator, I really did not want to use the plastic push through fixings that come with the fans and think this is a much nicer solution. Many hours were also spent cutting and fileing aluminium angle to make a couple of brackets to hold the radiator in and also an infill for the bottom of the radiator which will hopefully hide all the electrics and also fills in a big gap between the radiator and the front floor panel, there is still a gap on the LHS though but this is for the AC pipes to go past the rad to the AC radiator when it's mounted.

Picked up the cooling pipes today and have started fitting them, lots of shiny stainless steel and silicon really quite pleased so far but it all needs to come out again as there are one or two areas that require as a small amount of fettling before I'm totally happy, anyway here are some pics.....

 

[Brett James-McCall]

Looking really, really good Paul - not jealous, at all, no really I'm not

 

[NickD]

I second that Brett ;-)

 

[Nick]

Looking really, really good Paul - not jealous, at all, no really I'm not

Have to agree, makes me wish I could go back start again and get it right this time

 

[Keith Stafford]

Paul, it looks fantastic, I agree with Nick, if I could start again,... could you post some pix of balls-ups (that made it onto the car), just so we feel a wee bit better?

 

[Paulbav]

Been plugging way in the garage and the front is getting there!


Fuse and relay board in and wired, level sensors fitted, cooling pipes, AC pipes, brake pipes and clutch pipes done, oh and shiny shiny washer bottle fitted :coolgleam: It all has to come apart again as battery cables need drilling through, rack needs refitting and horn needs fitting, hence no clips on the cooling pipe and missing trims but as I said it it's getting there...

 

[Paulbav]

Slowgress update number 155...

Front now pretty much done though I have now realised the pedal box will need to be removed AGAIN! as I didn't realise I needed to fabricate some sort of bracket to stop the accelerator coming too far forward or too far back, a little frustrating to say the least and a job I'm putting off for a while now.

Started plumbing and wiring to the rear of the car, brake, clutch, loom, power, rad to header breather and a 10 core multi core with a coax in for future use and just in case I ever decide a reverse cam is needed (unlikely though)

Not all permanently fixed yet with P clips etc as don't think I'll drill the loom and power into the engine bay until the engine is ready to go in and I can measure it to get them just right.

Clutch pipe in position, just the rear brake lines to do then plumbing finished, I had no idea how difficult I would find this stage, the 1/4" clutch pipe is an absolute bastard to work with but I have managed to get (so far) all the pipes is so far with no unnecessary joins or kinks which I'm pretty pleased with.

All of the wiring and plumbing is hidden when the car is finished but it's nice to make look good where possible.

And that's about it for now, next job when this bit is finished is to mount the condenser then all being well it's engine and gearbox time though still on the lookout for and buying bits for this, I would like to see it built and in the car early next year but don't hold me to it...

 

[Dave]

Very nice work Paul

Can i ask where you got the brake fluid resivior lids with float sensons from?

 

[Paulbav]

Very nice work Paul

Can i ask where you got the brake fluid resivior lids with float sensons from?

Thanks.

The master cylinders are the standard Girling ones and the I bought two of these: Brake Fluid Reservoir Cap With 2 Pin Plug And Fly Leads - Car Builder Solutions They need a bit of adapting to make them fit but once done they do look the part (I think). I have also bought some Rit dye and I'm about to dye the remaining Girling cap black as it is playing havoc with my OCD being white. :quirk:

 

[NickD]

Stunning work there Paul. That's really taken a giant leap forward since the last time I popped Down. Will have to meet up for a few beers before the summer is done and dusted and swap our GT40 war stories.

 

[Paulbav]

Stunning work there Paul. That's really taken a giant leap forward since the last time I popped Down. Will have to meet up for a few beers before the summer is done and dusted and swap our GT40 war stories.

Cheers Nick,

loving your updates too and as you say have to catch up soon.

Paul

 

[Paulbav]

Small update as I have new shiny bits

New expansion tank made in house by Southern GT.

And fitted