79 replies to this topic

[Quincy Sparks]

Looks amazing! Love that colour, my first Raleigh Chopper was a similar colour (I think Raleigh call it Space Blue)

- with Orange graphics - like this one. 

Yours would look very cool with the 1275GT stripes in orange I reckon ;)

 

(Memo to self : must get round to joining BHMC officially!)

[pickupmad87]

looks like your making light work of this mate!

 

can i just ask though, why did you not just change the roof skin rather than a full pillar chop?

 

great work though!

replacing the roof skin is quite an long and tedious job to do. it was easier to do a roof swap through the pillars.

[pickupmad87]

update.

 

we got the doors, bootlid and bonnet back from the body shop this morning and fitted them on tthis evening.

 

 

 

 

 

[pickupmad87]

Looks amazing! Love that colour, my first Raleigh Chopper was a similar colour (I think Raleigh call it Space Blue)

- with Orange graphics - like this one. 

Yours would look very cool with the 1275GT stripes in orange I reckon ;)

 

(Memo to self : must get round to joining BHMC officially!)

dont know about the orange Decals!! probably go with gold.  definatley join BHMC Very good crowd of people!

[alex-95]

Looks excellent

[pickupmad87]

Small update.

 

Got all the door locking mechanisms, striker plates and door handles fitted properly.

 

 

 

 

 

We also fitted our bargin perfect chrome bumper. It had been powdercoated grey in the factory!! just cleaned the powdercoat off to reveal a perfect chrome finish.

 

 

and my dad needs to lose some weight out of his arse!!!

 

 

[Quincy Sparks]

 

Looks amazing! Love that colour, my first Raleigh Chopper was a similar colour (I think Raleigh call it Space Blue)

- with Orange graphics - like this one. 

Yours would look very cool with the 1275GT stripes in orange I reckon ;)

 

(Memo to self : must get round to joining BHMC officially!)

dont know about the orange Decals!! probably go with gold.  definatley join BHMC Very good crowd of people!

 

Yep, Gold a much classier idea ;) Box Hill just down the road from me, so will try and make a meet-up soon!

[pickupmad87]

tiny update.

 

got the new door glass day in green tint.

 

 

should hopefully get it fitted to the door tomoz.

[pickupmad87]

update.

 

Got the door glass fitted last night and chrome finishing strip.

 

 

 

I then refurbed the rear lights and light lenses, I found a desecent pair of lights but the wires had been chopped about.

So I bent all the tabs around the bulb holders and swapped them out for some that havent been chopped about.

 

 

 

I then dug out the best light lenses i could find and a kind member from the club im in dishwashed them for me.

 

 

Then to finish them off rubbed autosol over them and gave then a light buff on the wheel, being careful to keep 

moving and not let the heat build up too much as this will cause them to melt.

 

 

The end result.

 

Fitted on the car.

 

 

Thats it for tonight.

 

[MrBounce]

Looks great!

[fwdracer]

This looks fab

[pickupmad87]

hi. been a while since ive updated anything.been really busy with work and stuff, havent had much time to do any thing!

not so much of an update just  little project me and the old man have been working on the last couple of nights.

 

for a while weve been wanting to have a test rig to run engines up before going in the car to check for oil leaks and other things.

 

 

 

 

 

and a video of it in action!

 

[Rocket.]

Car looks great ! I like the idea of a testing stand if only I had more space

Edited by Rocket., 03 April 2014 - 07:52 PM.

[mk1leg]

what a great body work job.......it looks stunning......................well done

[pickupmad87]

little update.

 

yesterday started t get the gt engine ready to be run up on our test rig. we had sent the head off to have hardened valves

seats put in. refaced and reprofiled valves with phospher bronze valve guides and a light skim off the head face. 

so ive put the head and new gasket on and tourqed the head down. just waiting for the new starter ring to be delivered and

we can put the engine in our test rig, run it up and check for oil leaks.

 

 

 

 

we also got the front and rear subframes back from sand blasting and sprayed them with 2 pac black.

 

 

 

thats it for now as we are in the process of stripping the car back to bare shell to take it back to the body shop

to sort a few areas we arent happy with.