A non Audi build thread !

[Jonnybravo]

So another update, not much to do now ( well thats what I keep telling myself )

Harness mounts are done, any holes in the bulkhead are welded up. Front end is etched as well as the boot area. I've started to finish all the small areas in the car, its slow progress as its very awkward to get to everything, I just need to remember its not a show car and stop being so **** but I'm sure the hard work will be worthwhile once its painted.

I need to get the shell or atleast the interior, 4 inner arches and engine bay ready for primer by sunday morning, the painter is going to come back and mask it up and prime the outside then we'll rub all that down and take it to the bodyshop and he will paint the car in the oven. The basic plan is to paint the inside, inner arches and engine bay so I can get on with putting the car together and get it ready to be moved as I'm moving units in a month and I could do without having so many parts kicking about.

I've been making a list of all the bits that are now needed, some bolts need replacing, as they are all UNF and very hard to get hold of I'm tempted to get a large amount of them zinc coated. my engine mount rubbers were also knackered and that type of bush is obsolete so SHP have had Powerflex make some which had not long arrived to them so I've grabbed 2 of those.

So piccys.

A few bits after blasting





A very bent 1/2 inch bolt !



Boot area finished :







Also finished cutting the carbon up for the dash :



One side of the inside in etch, other side is now done as well as the whole front of the car but ran out of battery !




Finally whilst at SHP today I was given a few pictures of the car from back when SHP were building it in 1993






Another update by the weekend, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now !

[Christophski]

Looking good James. Top work. Keep going as you say not long to go now for you I hope

[Jonnybravo]

Thanks Chris !

[s4boy]

Keep it going......looking nice.mark

[LHD_Kid]

Cracking project James....

Looking forward to seeing it together after the paint...!

Chris

[Jonnybravo]

Thanks Chris, after seeing the pics of the original build its got me wanting it done asap !

[s4boy]

James, not rush it do it right do it once.......mark

[Christophski]

Haha after looking at the pics on a computer instead of the phone they are clearer to see and it makes me laugh that looking at the last pic of the car as it used to be, such a hardcore car like this still has the orginial 309 wing mirrors and adjusters on and the standard dash with the different switches and dials needed in place. Haha reminds me of my old one. All you need is to find one in a breakers and fit the rest hahahahaha. I do like the carbon dash you are doing for it though.

[Jonnybravo]

I'm with you Mark, going to be a busy few days but the worst of it is done, the rear half is done, as is the inside of the roof and everything forward of the footwell so just the middle part to do now.

Compressor arrived this morning, got to get my electrician down ASAP to wire it in then were ahead of schedule.

I'm still undecided about the carbon bits on the dash, I'll see what it looks like when the dash is back in the car

[Jonnybravo]

Well its been a long weekend, not had much sleep but its finally getting there



















Next weekend the outside will be finished then its a lot of rubbing down and then its off to the paintshop.

Biggest job on the list of things to do is to get the drivers door to fit properly, once thats sorted all the panels are ready to be primed, I just need to have some more sideskirts folded up and thats just about everything on the car ready for paint.

Thanks for all the positive comments

[Christophski]

Keep Patient and on it and it will happen. You will fly this week will fly by and then it will be painted and ready for the refit to start

[Jonnybravo]

Small update

I've also cut up a steel bootlid as I needed something to mount the rear wing off, the grp bootlid had some damage as well and was a one off which meant sourcing a perspex screen would of been hard work so its worked out easier to do it this way.





Once that was on we knocked up some brackets for the rear wing, these will be used as rough templates as I'll have some nice billet ones made





Before the outside was primed the door needed some fettling to make it fit properly as it was miles out, a bit of trimming and adjustment to the hinges and it now fits better than I think it ever did !





I've also started to trial fit some of the suspension back on as I know I needed a few new bolts




The outside is has now had its coating of high build primer, I'm currently rubbing down the inside then will get the outside blocked and finished.


Should quite easily see it painted this month now

[s4boy]

Jonnybravo , it's looking good, keep up the good work......mark

[TimE-J]

Great progress, I dont know whether this has been covered before or not but what is the eventual plan with this, just a weekend trackday car or something a little more serious?

[Jonnybravo]

Thanks guys.

It is just a tracktoy, maybe one day it will get raced but I'm not in a position to have that much fun just yet lol