Update April 28th 2021

 

Hood all complete

The hood fit completed. A bit of care and attention on trimming the excess material and vinyl edge has paid dividends. Car look better without the hood, but living in the UK, its essential!! I have ordered a cover for the hood, which will make it look a lot tidier when folded down.

Front Bonnet Handle

I have fitted the front bonnet handle, it required drilling out the hood which meant I had to peel back some of the leather trim that had been fitted under the bonnet. Should have thought about that earlier!. Just need to fit badge once it arrives.

Badges

I had the front and rear "Porsche" badges powder coated in the purple highlight colour that has been used on the rest of the car and have been fitted to the front and rear. I also had a new badge 3D printed for use under the hood. (see next section)

Under bonnet cover

I made some templates for a set of covers to go under the front bonnet.  I ended up with a main cover plus templates for trimming up the sides. Final cover and side trims have been made from scrim foam covered with a vinyl. Speedster logo on the electrics cover was 3D printed and then painted.

Steering wheel

The old VW steering wheel needed for IVA test has been removed and replaced with a nice item I sourced in the US a few years ago. I have the rim trimmed with the same leather as used in the seats.

Luggage Rack

Fitted the luggage rack that I got off eBay, two brackets bolted inside the lid. I have also fitted 4 self tappers through the grill cover to hold it in place.

Carburettor update

Long running saga of the leaking carburettor. Its annoying that it leaks under no pressure. I have even had it leaking on my bench being gravity fed from a bottle. 

My current theory is that because the carbs sit at a 2-3 degree angle, sloping towards the front of the car, the standard float setting whilst providing the correct level of fuel to be in the reservoir when the carbs are level, on this car with the 2-3 degree slope the fuel may be too high at one end and may well be the source of the problem. I'm off to to have another adjustment on the bench and try out my theory.

UPDATE - nothing to do with the mount angle, so it went back to the supplier, they have replicated the leak, but like me don't understand where its coming from!!!!

DVLA Registration

I'm still waiting for the necessary registration documents to come back from the DVLA. 

Next time

Full picture set of finished car and hopefully rolling road tuning results

Update March 31st 2021

With IVA complete, all the rubber "bits" have been removed and my jobs have been focused on final trimming...plus an annoying carb issue

Fitted Headlight grills

Convertible Hood

This turned out to be a bigger job than I expected. Firstly I needed to make a couple of clips to hold the rear frame bar.

 clip to hold the rear frame bar.

Front catches then needed to be fitted to the windscreen frame. The catch positioned in the centre required a recess to be ground out in order to accept the vertical bar holding the rear view mirror. Another job for the Dremel.

Recess cut out the back one of the pieces

Recess cut out the back one of the piece

Attaching the catches required drilling holes through the frame and praying that I didn't catch the glass, which according to Goose at Chesil (Westfield) has happened a few times.

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Catches in place

The GRP front rail which sits on top of the windscreen was then attacked with my Dremel and a fairly rough sanding wheel. It needed a lot of material removed before it would fit. Once finished I gave it a bit of a tidy and a coat of paint and clear lacquer.

Area that will take the glue was masked out prior to painting

Setting up and gluing onto the front rail, just needs patience but another pair of hands would have helped!.

I added some trim to the leading edge just to finish off.

Carburettor Issues

I have a reoccurring issue with one of the carbs, even after stripping, cleaning and resetting the floats it is still leaking fuel when the engine isn't running. Got to take it for repair, I'm out of ideas.

DVLA Registration

I naively thought that once the IVA test was done, it was easy. Well silly me. Registration requires numerous forms and support documentation, thanks goes to Mark at Westfield for invaluable guidance.

Next Jobs

• Finish Hood
• Fit luggage rack
• Fit remaining badges
• Fit bonnet handle
• Fit steering wheel
• Refit Carb