Somewhere over the Rainbow.

[v8pop]

Nice re-ferb on the number plate Mark, I'm tempted to do my original front one now mate.

Cheers Tim W

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[Blackpopracing]

Not much to report due to dark nights and been away at weekends.
Managed to get back this Sunday with an hour or so of daylight left so I got the boot hump and bootlid polished to stage 3 and ceramic glazed.
Number plate now refitted with clinch nuts in ally plates bonded to the inside of the bootlid. No more struggling trying to get nuts on the back of the bolts inside the bootlid skin anymore.



I modified the bootlid straps as well to keep the buckles tight to the top all of the time.



1183 hours.

[v8pop]

That boot lid is a really good fit Mark, well worth all the earlier effort mate.

Cheers Tim W

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[Blackpopracing]

I've not posted much lately as life has turned to 5hit recently - coming out the other side of it now so starting to get a more positive mental attitude again.

We took the pops to Wheelsday recently where Phil's pop had a near catastrophy, it caught fire on the way in. A fuel hose had come off the filter and the fan had sprayed fuel over the engine where it ignited and there were flames above roof level.

Fortunately Phils brother Clive was behind and reacted instantly getting his fire extinguisher out of his boot and spraying it into the engine bay. It took 3 attempts to finally put it out - in the meantime several others had run over with extinguishers to assist as well.

There was a lot of smoke damage to the paint and the engine fan had caught fire on one of the blades. The distributor feed wire from the coil was burnt down to the wires and the plug leads in the distributor cap were a bit singed. The radiator had a fair bit of paint burnt off the matrix as well.

Once we washed of as much of the extinguisher powder off as we could manage we assessed the damage. I taped up the coil wire and reattached the fuel hose. We 'think' the hose clip was too far down the hose and had clamped over the filter barb rather than behind it. Over time we think the vibration had gradually worked the filter out of the hose as the hose clamp was still very tight. Hose clamps are now moved past the barbs and all seems good.

With that done we started the engine and it ran fine after a minute. The good thing is it still drove home fine.

Phil brough the car over last week and he had changed the plug leads, so I made a new coil lead up and we checked the timing and adjusted the idle speed. I resprayed the burnt paint on the radiator with a small touch in gun at very low pressure to avoid any overspray.

The only real damage was inside the wheelarch - the paint had withstood the heat fine but the temperature had expanded the stonechip and lifted the paint off the panel in a few blisters. We picked all of these off back to good secure paint. The stonechip was still good underneath so I brushed on some epoxy primer and after that had dried I brushed on some gloss grey again. It will need a couple more coats but it's weatherproof and looks good again.

All the smoke damage polished out without issue so no real harm done, but Phil now has 2 extinguishers in the car.

Video here - a lot of the smoke is the extinguisher powder - but still a scary experience for Phil.

[Blackpopracing]

A small update, we went to a local breakfast meet for Pops last sunday (which was also drive it day) and my car reached a small milestone - 10,000 miles are now clocked up in it. Blurry photo courtesy of Phil as I'd left my phone at work.



a photo of some of the pops lined up, they got a lot of attention from people in the cafe & local park.



Phils pop is now back with me for sorting the interior while he is on holiday for a couple of weeks.

Other cars at the meet with us;

[v8pop]

Wow, that could have been a whole lot worse without some quick thinking. Glad it's all sorted Mark, just shows no matter how careful you are these things happen.

Cheers Tim W

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[Happydaze]

Good save. Could have been a whole lot worse.

Some folks carrying some chunky extinguishers in that video! Timely post for me as I've been looking for an extinguisher, or two. I decided a while back that one of the Element jobies could fit the bill. Very small and effective with no water, powder etc and no use by date. Brilliant. Looked them up. Nothing available here for some unknown reason. Anyone know of a UK source or a similar product?

Chris

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[jsf55]

Good save, good effort to put it right Mark

[morris]

Chris I looked this up as never heard of them, but looks a very good bit of kit , for car or caravan https://elementfire.com/

[Blackpopracing]

They are known as firesticks in the UK and available from Demon Tweeks or Rallyspares amongst others.

[Blackpopracing]

Work situation is mostly resolved now so feeling a lot better.

A bit quiet at work this week so did a bit of cad work and programmed these into the cnc machine.



Which turned into these;



These are prototypes and will fit here;



Phil dropped a lot of thin plywood around so I've started making the interior panels. Drivers door started here;



And completed - needs waterproofing on the back and then the trim obviously.



Almost a shame to cover up the painted insides.



The trim clips locate in these plastic retainers - saves scraping the paint off the metal when they are fitted.



A veery useful tool for getting the trim clips in the right place are these little pointed spigots that fit into the clip retainers. They leave an indent in the panel and the clip holes are drilled 11mm offset to them.

[Happydaze]

They are known as firesticks in the UK and available from Demon Tweeks or Rallyspares amongst others.

Thanks Mark. They look to be the same as the Element ones in the US, so perhaps a branding thing? Irrespective, bit spendy but not too unreasonably, and seem to outperform conventional extinguishers, but about the size of a stick of rock. On my shopping list, that never seems to end.

Chris


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[morris]

Just ordered a twin pack off amerson £150 free post

[nigelh]

I've been looking on ebay they come in different amounts, as in time wise. 50 seconds or 100 seconds. Looks very impressive on the video

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[v8pop]

Nice work on the door panels Mark, that marking peg is a good idea.

Cheers Tim W

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[Blackpopracing]

Thanks Tim.

Passenger door panel is done now.




I had a couple of hours free today so templates were made and the footwell panels are now done as well.






Drivers side one will need a bit of fibreglassing as it needs to have a fold put in it for better pedal clearance.



1188 hours

[v8pop]

Those footwell panels are snug Mark, I've got that to look forward to. Who's doing the upholstery you, Phil or a firm?

Cheers Tim W

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[Blackpopracing]

Thanks Tim.

I'll be trimming the car for Phil.

[Blackpopracing]

Another bit of time after work tonight got the passenger rear panel templated & cut. All fittings added and now in the car. It will need some additional work to fit under the window trim at the B post top as there is a hollow bit there, but I have a cunning plan for that.



I've also been playing with the the heater vent outlets where they need extending out of the console side panels - Phil had got some gutter downpipe fixings that fitted the vents perfectly, but I have a neater solution in my mind that will also be easier for maintainance in the future.

1190 hours.

[taxirod]

Glad things are better for you now Mark.
Excellent work as always.