nothingsfree Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 The factory bonnet and boot are pretty heavy for what they are, not to mention getting hard to find any that are tidy and rust free... So, decided to take a mould of both with the intention of making them in carbon fibre at some point, once everything else is sorted. So last week, Mike Bamber of Bamber Motorsport (who made the awesome flares) and myself started the process of making the moulds. I needed to get it sorted before this weekend, as Joe/Bubblegoose, is starting the panel and paint! Because the intention is to make the parts in carbon, the edges of the plug need a border. This will leave a nice clean border around the mould, which the vacuum bag can be stuck to. We just used thin MDF, that we cut up and hot glued around the edges. The top of the bonnet and boot had already been waxed a number of times, but we did a few more. Also filled in the wee gap between the border and the edge, to prevent any undercut. Then the plug was sprayed with PVA and left to set. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nothingsfree Posted January 18, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 18, 2014 Well, after years of multi coloured panels, Kermit is off to panel and paint! Everyones favourite englishman, Joe/Roco/Bubblegoose will be getting stuck into the panel work over the next two weeks before sticking it in the booth for the final spray. On the home straight, cant wait! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothingsfree Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Things have been a little quiet lately, but there has been progress! While I have been prepping other parts for paint, Joe has been busy working on the body. This wknd, for the first time in years, the exterior is all one colour... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothingsfree Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 Sooo, last wknd, this happened... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nothingsfree Posted March 28, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 28, 2014 Colour on, before the clear. Matte metallic looks pretty sweet! Just after Joe finished laying the clear on. Stoked with how it came out, thanks again to The Englishman for his work! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nothingsfree Posted April 8, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2014 After getting all my bands sorted, it was off to Royce Clive Engineering again to have the outer lip machined off, and the new bands mounted up and drilled. Big thanks to Kev, who did another excellent job, and turned them round in under a week. Now to get them all cleaned up and painted... 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothingsfree Posted May 7, 2014 Author Share Posted May 7, 2014 Hasnt been alot of progress lately, with the car being tucked away, and busy with work etc. But have moved into a new place and now have a garage to keep Kermit in, so progress should pick up again. Has been a couple little things happening, tho nothing particularly exciting... My chin spoiler from AJPS did turn up tho! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothingsfree Posted May 31, 2014 Author Share Posted May 31, 2014 Moved into new place with a couple friends, and have a secure double garage now. Im waiting to sus out a couple other things to do with the car, so decided to pull the engine back out, as I knew it was going to have to be done sooner or later... Then took it to a mates workshop, pulled it down, annnnnd... Its fucked. Bought another dud engine, from T Parts in Auckland this time. It was rattley from the first time we fired it up, and some of the wear clearly isnt new. So anyway, on the hunt for another block... The head still seems ok, will test it shortly. But the block has some scoring, the pistons are rubbish, and the non existant thrust bearings means the crank has alot of wear too. For now, I want to keep the engine fairly standard. Rob from Kelford Cams is currently making up some custom cams for me, and Willie is going to mill the block a little to bump up the compression, other than that, going to try and stick to factory parts, and see what we can get out of it... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothingsfree Posted June 9, 2014 Author Share Posted June 9, 2014 Mike at Bamber Motorsport has been busy chipping away getting the last of my fibreglass parts ready. The line up of parts needing fixing/modifying. The bumpers need repairs, and the holes filled in, as Im not using the bumper indicators. The ducktail is off a 240z, so needs to be widened to suit the ke70 boot. And the chin spoiler is too wide to fit properly, so needs to be shortened. Work under way on the chin spoiler, have cut about 40mm out of the centre to get it fitting properly... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothingsfree Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Finally got round to getting a Facebook page sorted for Kermit, for people to follow. Is certainly easier to update quickly. Anyway, check it out and give it like, if ya like.. https://www.facebook.com/zeropointthree As for progress, got the holes all filled in on the front bumper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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