Toms RCR 40 Trackracer
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No she will wear a string :thumbsup:
Stripes will be added by foil
Just need to send her to the shop
TOM
Jim Rosenthal
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Looks fabulous!! I am jealous. When do you get to do a test drive?
Birthday suit indeed, totally cool.
Birthday suit indeed, totally cool.
I love the blue garden seat, where you will be able to sit with a glass of fine wine and admire your finished car, until you have to start on those jobs around the house that you've neglected.
Tom you're almost there,congratulations
Tom
I agree. I am planning on an orange body with black/dark orange racing stripe (once I actually get a 40). I've been following your build very closely and you have done an amazing job.
Eric
Hi Tom,
Looking fantastic and almost there - but like they say on projects like these, after completing 90% of the job there's only the remaining 90% to do..
Still planning on selling this beauty ? can't believe how you could part with her.
Looking fantastic and almost there - but like they say on projects like these, after completing 90% of the job there's only the remaining 90% to do..
Still planning on selling this beauty ? can't believe how you could part with her.
Actually Yes . I made a lot of experiences with this build, which i would love to incorporate in a next one.
it is just a question if the market will value my efforts.
TOM
Hi Dalton
i wish i would have neglected this jobs and the car would be long finished.
Refurbished the kitchen in spring ( new granite floor and new granite workbench).
And this is what tied me up the last 4 weeks. A nice Addition to my home which i tried to avoid for over ten years , but finally i had to surrender. Would make a nice display room for the GT40.
TOM :thumbsup:
That's a major project there Tom. But it makes an enormous difference to your house. Would be really great to have a GT40 sitting in there as a working piece of sculpture. Well done anyway.
Only a TRUE GEAR-HEAD would call a Granite Kitchen Counter a WorkBench! :laugh::thumbsup:
Very VERY nice Tom!!!
:thumbsup:I´m short before wiring the car. The wiring diagramm just needs a few lines here and there. In preparation of the wiring Franz ( he learned telekomunikation maintenance in the time they only used relais for transmitting stations, so he knows how to do a neat wire loom with focus on reliability and servicability) and me defined the routing and placement of the different components.
I also finished my dash. I followed Chucks concept with a removable aluminium switch panel . Nutserts where installed in the glassfiber for easy mounting of the switch panels. The wires will be kept long enough to be able to pull the switch panel and service the switches without the need of crawling under oder dismounting the dash.
Cut outs for switches
right side switch panel
left side switch panel
installed in dash
left side with oil pressure warning light
After searching for a nice oil pressure warning light i built one myself out of a custom bike rear light. A nice alumium bezel was fabbed by Robert ( RCR MK2). It looks classic and perfect in size ( if you think it is to big, in my former cars i usually used a rear fog light for this purpose, no chance to miss that one if it comes on)
Having the painted doors installed, the need to protect the paint is there. Doorcatch straps where made out of a nice italian leather belt. They fold perfect when closed and are very solid but still elastic limiters of the door opening action.
TOM
AWH 835h
I also finished my dash. I followed Chucks concept with a removable aluminium switch panel . Nutserts where installed in the glassfiber for easy mounting of the switch panels. The wires will be kept long enough to be able to pull the switch panel and service the switches without the need of crawling under oder dismounting the dash.
Cut outs for switches
right side switch panel
left side switch panel
installed in dash
left side with oil pressure warning light
After searching for a nice oil pressure warning light i built one myself out of a custom bike rear light. A nice alumium bezel was fabbed by Robert ( RCR MK2). It looks classic and perfect in size ( if you think it is to big, in my former cars i usually used a rear fog light for this purpose, no chance to miss that one if it comes on)
Having the painted doors installed, the need to protect the paint is there. Doorcatch straps where made out of a nice italian leather belt. They fold perfect when closed and are very solid but still elastic limiters of the door opening action.
TOM
AWH 835h
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Tom:
Ah, so many talents . . .
The House project: That scaffolding is almost as impressive as the addition. You must have in Deutschland the equivalent of OSHA in the USA.
The GT project: nice work on the dash. I actually found the wiring one of the most 'fun' parts of the build. Can recall well the wires extending from the kitchen through the dining room and into the living room. Dining room table? Naw, that was the auxillary work bench . . . .
Chuck
Ah, so many talents . . .
The House project: That scaffolding is almost as impressive as the addition. You must have in Deutschland the equivalent of OSHA in the USA.
The GT project: nice work on the dash. I actually found the wiring one of the most 'fun' parts of the build. Can recall well the wires extending from the kitchen through the dining room and into the living room. Dining room table? Naw, that was the auxillary work bench . . . .
Chuck
Lovely. Technical, logical, reliable, serviceable; it makes a real difference when so much thought goes into a build. Keep up the standard and your car will be fantastic.
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