Thursday, October 18, 2007

Spare parts van

Last weekend we got another T3 for spare parts. The car has good doors, windscreen and many body parts. I was really glad to get a spare windscreen.

We removed the doors and other small parts right away and then much time was spent cleaning up spaces to get proper storage space for them and other spare parts. We also transported the caravelle from ruining the scenery around the garage.

We got hold of big bumpers and side skirts for upcoming glass/carbon fibre work. The parts require some minor fixing before we can make molds from them, but nothing bad. We decided to remove the bumpers from the yellow caravelle, and skirts were bought from ebay. The stock glass fibre parts are really nicely made, especially the inside, they remind of injection mould plastic parts.

We also cleaned all the seams in the body, and all rust spots were sand blasted. The left side is also filled with body filler, like when the car left the factory.

We have ordered a domain for the homepage, and the pages will hopefully be up next week. The cars are also supposed to be weighed next week.

A nice looking combination, also comfortable when driving. The 2,1 wbx feels strong enough for this use, but it is highly stressed and fuel consumption is quite high.

The venting grill at the rear. They are just the right size so we can put them on the side behind the rear wheels to improve the air intake to the engine.

A picture of the filled seams. When taking this picture, they looked so awful, that I just had to focus on the wall of the garage.

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