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6 week roadster, MAC attack
dogwood - 14/1/09 at 03:19 PM

WOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!


Got it!!!!!!!!!



God I look a fat Ba****d in that pic.
It's the jumper ....honest
Well I had a good Christmas.

David

tomgregory2000 - 14/1/09 at 03:21 PM

Well done!!! Fantastic effort

Mr Whippy - 14/1/09 at 03:23 PM

well done

hey that car looks like its bending

fesycresy - 14/1/09 at 03:28 PM

Well done. That's one of the quickest scratch builds I know of !

Just out of curiosity, how many hours do you think you've sank into the car ?

dogwood - 14/1/09 at 03:28 PM

OI !!!!!!! Mr whippy

quote:
Originally posted by fesycresy

Just out of curiosity, how many hours do you think you've sank into the car ?


In hrs im not sure, I would guess its about 3 months work every day.
so maby 400 hrs.
Pure guess you understand

David

[Edited on 14/1/09 by dogwood]

splitrivet - 14/1/09 at 03:45 PM

Well done, are you driving it back to Angouleme.
Cheers,
Bob

David Jenkins - 14/1/09 at 03:49 PM

Good grief!

That's 52 times quicker than my build!

dogwood - 14/1/09 at 03:57 PM

quote:
Originally posted by splitrivet
Well done, are you driving it back to Angouleme.
Cheers,
Bob

You betcha . Want to put a few miles on it first though.
Decided not to go back till the begining of March. So got plenty of time, just need a bit of sunshine..


quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Good grief!

That's 52 times quicker than my build!


Don't get me wrong. I didn't build it in 3 months, It took me just on a year from when I started.
I estimated it was a total of 3 months work.

David

nick205 - 14/1/09 at 04:01 PM

Top effort and a very cheasy grin too

The fat thing is an optical illusion BTW due to the dainty nature of the car your sat in

Pop yourself in a nice 5 series for example and everything will look just right

adithorp - 14/1/09 at 04:02 PM

Nice one!

Where does the "6 weeks" come from then?

Adrian

David Jenkins - 14/1/09 at 04:10 PM

quote:
Originally posted by dogwood
Don't get me wrong. I didn't build it in 3 months, It took me just on a year from when I started.
I estimated it was a total of 3 months work.


That's still a sixth of my elapsed build time...

splitrivet - 14/1/09 at 04:18 PM

quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
quote:
Originally posted by dogwood
Don't get me wrong. I didn't build it in 3 months, It took me just on a year from when I started.
I estimated it was a total of 3 months work.


That's still a sixth of my elapsed build time...


About a twelve of mine David, keep flaming changing things.
Suns out in Confolens according to my task bar but its darn cold.
Cheers,
Bob

dogwood - 14/1/09 at 04:38 PM

quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
Nice one!

Where does the "6 weeks" come from then?

Adrian


Hi Adrian.

I built my car in France, I hadn't intended to finish it till the summer.
But beause of the new IVA coming in
I decided to get my car finished before xmas. So I could bring it back to the UK with me.
That only gave me 6 weeks to get it finished
Check this link
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=99531


David

welderman - 14/1/09 at 04:49 PM

well done, just sent my forms today

adithorp - 14/1/09 at 05:02 PM

Now I get it. Very impresive progress and no messing about with the retest either. Are you registering it here or in France?

adrian

DavidM - 14/1/09 at 05:37 PM

Well done, bloody nice job!

David

MikeR - 14/1/09 at 05:40 PM

if you've got some spare time i could do with a hand ..... i'm rapidly approaching year 10!!!!!

dogwood - 14/1/09 at 05:55 PM

quote]Originally posted by MikeR
if you've got some spare time i could do with a hand ..... i'm rapidly approaching year 10!!!!!


Just for you Mike....


quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
Now I get it. Very impresive progress and no messing about with the retest either. Are you registering it here or in France?

adrian


Getting it registerd here.
France is a nightmare to get kit cars registered for the road.


David



[Edited on 14/1/09 by dogwood]

Richard Quinn - 14/1/09 at 07:08 PM

Nice work! What centre mirror is that? It looks v. tall

Hellfire - 14/1/09 at 07:34 PM

Congratulations. Summer in England is on February 28th this year, so enjoy it while it lasts.

Phil

daniel mason - 14/1/09 at 08:07 PM

Nice work, nice car!

Danozeman - 14/1/09 at 09:16 PM

Nice one mate, now roll on with the dvla for you!!

That roll bar is lower than your 'ed'

Ben_Copeland - 14/1/09 at 09:56 PM

Congrats ..... Saw the car in the flesh tonight, nicely put together...

Just hope mine passes so easy on friday

dogwood - 15/1/09 at 09:23 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Richard Quinn
Nice work! What centre mirror is that? It looks v. tall


It's just a standard mirror from the Sierra
glued into a bit of tube with a bolt welded on the bottom.
Yup it is tall, but it ain't staying.
Putting a aeroscreen on as soon as I can.

quote:
Originally posted by Danozeman
Nice one mate, now roll on with the dvla for you!!
That roll bar is lower than your 'ed'


That's because I couldn't get into the car before the self timer on the camera went off
Fat git that I am


David