My Kiwi Reproduction ulster

[Athanasius Santamaria]

Its been a very long time since I last posted on here but I thought its high time, so I will get on with it. A lot has happened since the last post, I am getting pretty close to finishing the body and wings. The aim is to get the body finished by Christmas and then start the mechanicals and painting next year. Since my last post I have riveted the aluminium skin to the floor pan, finished the instrument panel, built the windscreen and fitted the radiator to the rad shell. I have also rebuilt a Mk 6 lotus replica body and built a new fuel tank for a triumph motorcycle. So I have been a bit distracted as well. Anyway here we are, to go forwards I will now go backwards. 

   
Here is the car at present.

   
This is the half round windscreen posts that have been cut in half and are being filed to shape. I don't have a milling machine so I just cut a piece of round stock in half with an angle grinder and then shaped it with a file 

   
Here the side pieces have had the pivot pins inserted and tacked in position ready for silver soldering. 

   
Here the full internals of a folding screen can be seen complete with pivot locking wedge and "slug" that allows the wedge to expand and lock the screen. quite a clever system.
  
   
The finished result ready showing the windscreen frame soldered up and side posts attached. Spacers are still yet to be fitted and hood brackets need to be properly attached.

Ill endeavor to keep posting till things are a bit more up to date. For now this is a start. Be back soon.