Cosworth YB Turbo Into Elan

[seniorchristo]

Fantasic workmanship Steve! How can it be road legal without headlamps? When is your estimated date of completion?

[stevebroad]

Fantasic workmanship Steve! How can it be road legal without headlamps? When is your estimated date of completion?

Hi

Thanks. We have a system of annual vehicle testing, called an MOT (initials of the original department that run the scheme). If headlamps/running lights aren't fitted the pass certificate has an advisory section where it will be stated that no lights were fitted so not tested. This means that the vehicle is legal to use on the highway, but only in daylight hours, obviously This certificate is unofficially known as a Daylight MOT.

Project cars are never completed However, I am working on getting it running this year.

[gusvlachos]

Marvelous work, ...A!+A!+A ! :,
and this evaluation is not only from a fun, but from a man who spend 50 years as a pro, loving, repairing, developing !!, modifying, & racing British cars. Congratulation again !

[stevebroad]

Marvelous work, ...A!+A!+A ! :,
and this evaluation is not only from a fun, but from a man who spend 50 years as a pro, loving, repairing, developing !!, modifying, & racing British cars. Congratulation again !

Hi Gus

Gosh, I am flattered that you like my work, especially coming from someone so experienced in this discipline. However I consider my skills more functional than show quality. It certainly doesn't compare favourably with the quality of many of the restorations on this site but I am having fun

[gusvlachos]

Marvelous work, ...A!+A!+A ! :,
and this evaluation is not only from a fun, but from a man who spend 50 years as a pro, loving, repairing, developing !!, modifying, & racing British cars. Congratulation again !

Hi Gus

Gosh, I am flattered that you like my work, especially coming from someone so experienced in this discipline. However I consider my skills more functional than show quality. It certainly doesn't compare favourably with the quality of many of the restorations on this site but I am having fun

Hi Steve,
First of all, everyone can see that you love every moment you spend for this project.
From mechanical & functional point of view, your work is excellent. As far as the body work, it is pretty good & revolutionary and the extra plus top quality finishing it isn't your main target for the time, as the mechanical functionality is, I think.
Further more, before you do anything you are planning things, you consider factors, you give new solutions, try new materials, and these are obvious, So you deserve everything I wrote.

[stevebroad]

Marvelous work, ...A!+A!+A ! :,
and this evaluation is not only from a fun, but from a man who spend 50 years as a pro, loving, repairing, developing !!, modifying, & racing British cars. Congratulation again !

Hi Gus

Gosh, I am flattered that you like my work, especially coming from someone so experienced in this discipline. However I consider my skills more functional than show quality. It certainly doesn't compare favourably with the quality of many of the restorations on this site but I am having fun

Hi Steve,
First of all, everyone can see that you love every moment you spend for this project.
From mechanical & functional point of view, your work is excellent. As far as the body work, it is pretty good & revolutionary and the extra plus top quality finishing it isn't your main target for the time, as the mechanical functionality is, I think.
Further more, before you do anything you are planning things, you consider factors, you give new solutions, try new materials, and these are obvious, So you deserve everything I wrote.

Not a lot I can say to that, apart from I think that you many need to book and appointment, when allowed outside again, with at optician

But, thanks for the compliments, I will try to continue to live up to them

[stevebroad]

I Guess it must get worse before it gets better, and this is only the pattern. Next is the mould and then, finally, the actual part. However, the pattern will take the majority of the time as I have to make a few modifications to accommodate the new door glass and rear window configurations

[stevebroad]

Getting the roof mould pattern how I want it is taking a little longer than anticipated. I had to add a lot more pudding to the rear screen lips so they lined up and widened the lower strip. Also added more filler to the door window recesses but they are about ready to go now. The front of the roof is almost ready.

[stevebroad]

Getting there, although the primer filler highlighted a raft of imperfections so a little ways to go yet. The inner edge of the window opening is wider than needed so not bothered about the finish.

[stevebroad]

Started on door window frame whilst paint dried on roof. made mould out of a strip of aluminium and stuck this to an old double glassed unit. Marked positions of nuts to be embedded into carbon. Nuts have been turned down to give a slightly larger base for the carbon to grab hold of. 10 layers of 410gm/m2 carbon will give me a 7mm thick frame.

[661]

Started on door window frame whilst paint dried on roof. made mould out of a strip of aluminium and stuck this to an old double glassed unit. Marked positions of nuts to be embedded into carbon. Nuts have been turned down to give a slightly larger base for the carbon to grab hold of. 10 layers of 410gm/m2 carbon will give me a 7mm thick frame.

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Are you using the ali as a template so that the surround is made out of carbon entirely or are you intending to use an ali surround which you attach in using the bonded nuts. If the latter, have you thought of using thinner carbon but acrylic 2 pack adhesive to bond the nuts in?

[stevebroad]

Started on door window frame whilst paint dried on roof. made mould out of a strip of aluminium and stuck this to an old double glassed unit. Marked positions of nuts to be embedded into carbon. Nuts have been turned down to give a slightly larger base for the carbon to grab hold of. 10 layers of 410gm/m2 carbon will give me a 7mm thick frame.

20200415_181517.jpg

Are you using the ali as a template so that the surround is made out of carbon entirely or are you intending to use an ali surround which you attach in using the bonded nuts. If the latter, have you thought of using thinner carbon but acrylic 2 pack adhesive to bond the nuts in?

Hi Graeme

Just the carbon with the nuts bonded in. Aluminium would make it too heavy

[661]

I've found bonded stainless components quite useful

[stevebroad]

[quote="661"]I've found bonded stainless components quite useful

Good ol' Big Heads

[661]

I've found bonded stainless components quite useful

Good ol' Big Heads

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Indeed, but I've found the generics much cheaper and I cut off the nut if I don't need a M5 nut and TiG on a stainless fastener that I do.