sgraber
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| posted on 6/6/06 at 11:16 PM |
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Do you remember when you started?
I was taking a quick look through my archives during lunch today and found this image. October 20, 2001.
What a blast from the past for me!
Does anyone else have an early build photo and a date they'd like to share?
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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Baldrick
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| posted on 7/6/06 at 02:59 AM |
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I remember the look of joy on my missus' face as I parked a very rusty gold Mk2 ford escort outside the house. 
May 2000? (sva'd June 2004, 3 house moves later)
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Fred W B
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| posted on 7/6/06 at 05:57 AM |
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My first photo - January 2004
Status as in avater end 2005
Cheers
Fred W B
 
Build Table - Jan 2004
[Edited on 7/6/06 by Fred W B]
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smart51
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| posted on 7/6/06 at 07:03 AM |
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I started 1 year and 5 days ago. I've been on the road for 6 months. What do you mean you haven't finished yet?
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eagle
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| posted on 7/6/06 at 07:48 AM |
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just got my car on the road.
looking back through all the receipts so that I could register it and Ron signed my book when I bought it from newark show in 2000 and I bought the
steel to start the chassis jan 2001
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 7/6/06 at 07:54 AM |
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1997 start - 2005 finish & SVA!
Most of the work was done in the last 2 years.
David
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donut
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| posted on 7/6/06 at 08:09 AM |
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For me it all started from here......
[Edited on 7/6/06 by donut]
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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DavidM
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| posted on 7/6/06 at 10:38 AM |
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Bought donor in June 2000.
1st proper drive 2nd June 2006.
So If I start another next year it probably won't be on the road until 2013.
Crikey, I'll be 53!
David
Proportion is Everything
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Alan B
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| posted on 7/6/06 at 12:53 PM |
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Good thread Steve.
My first building was this...around 9/9/02..although there was some donor stripping before this.
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Guinness
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| posted on 7/6/06 at 12:55 PM |
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Donor!!!
to
 
real
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JC
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| posted on 9/6/06 at 07:24 PM |
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Here is a photo of John and I last May
Progress has been slow but have just been mocking up the rear end prior to ordering the Stainless silencer I won from Wunoff several years ago - top
chaps are honouring it!!
 
Rescued attachment P5150045.jpg
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JC
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| posted on 9/6/06 at 07:28 PM |
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Here is my rear, if you know what I mean!
A few Lotus 340R influences have crept in so the lights and number plate will no longer be on a fiberglass panel. 'scuse the
sellotape!
 
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Simon
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| posted on 9/6/06 at 09:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by smart51
I started 1 year and 5 days ago. I've been on the road for 6 months. What do you mean you haven't finished yet?
Yeah, but you cheated
Mine started 6th July 2002, Registered 3/1/06
ATB
Simon
[Edited on 9/6/06 by Simon]
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Dale
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| posted on 9/6/06 at 10:59 PM |
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Day one of building. Oct 9 2004
 
Rescued attachment Resize of build pictures oct9 2003 003.jpg
Thanks
Dale
my 14 and11 year old boys 22
and 19 now want to drive but have to be 25 before insurance will allow. Finally on the road
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sgraber
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| posted on 9/6/06 at 11:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JC
Here is my rear, if you know what I mean!
A few Lotus 340R influences have crept in so the lights and number plate will no longer be on a fiberglass panel. 'scuse the sellotape!
No really! The cello tape really gives it character!
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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TheGecko
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| posted on 10/6/06 at 03:37 AM |
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If sellotape has character does masking tape count too? My engine bay mocked up in pine and 50mm masking tape
Dominic
 
Mock up engine bay
[Edited on 10/6/2006 by TheGecko]
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cloudy
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| posted on 18/7/06 at 02:05 PM |
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this is the part part+picture of my build!
an exhaust of all things!
www.warnercars.com
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kb58
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| posted on 18/7/06 at 05:50 PM |
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These two were taken about 8 years apart. It's not what get's built, it's the journey:
Mid-engine Locost - http://www.midlana.com
And the book - http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/midlana/paperback/product-21330662.html
Kimini - a tube-frame, carbon shell, Honda Prelude VTEC mid-engine Mini: http://www.kimini.com
And its book -
http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/kimini-how-to-design-and-build-a-mid-engine-sports-car-from-scratch/paperback/product-4858803.html
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RazMan
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| posted on 18/7/06 at 10:23 PM |
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Here's my beginning - December 2004. Ok, so I cheated and got my chassis from the factory but it was a little more complicated so am I forgiven?
I spent two weeks in that freezing garage rivetting the panels on.
I'm nearly there now - just got mapping to do, paint and hopefully SVA in a few weeks.
 
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Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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Fred W B
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| posted on 19/7/06 at 05:46 AM |
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Hay Kurt - Love that pic of your mini, does it need that bulge in the bonnet (hood) if the engine is in the back?
Fred
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kb58
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| posted on 19/7/06 at 01:33 PM |
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Hi Fred,
It looks goofy from that angle, but it's the kick-up for the radiator exit. (It looked even more strange without it.) Here's another
angle:
Mid-engine Locost - http://www.midlana.com
And the book - http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/midlana/paperback/product-21330662.html
Kimini - a tube-frame, carbon shell, Honda Prelude VTEC mid-engine Mini: http://www.kimini.com
And its book -
http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/kimini-how-to-design-and-build-a-mid-engine-sports-car-from-scratch/paperback/product-4858803.html
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