All Alloy Cup progress

[AllAlloyCup]

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All metal bodywork on the AllAlloyCup now complete and given two coats
of Nyalic acrylic lacquer. Now Ready for final assembly!!

Total cost of “alloy panel prep” and “paint” about
£100, inc cost of Scotchbrite pads, meths and spray cans of Nyalic lacquer.

Previous professional paint jobs on other cars of mine were into the thousands!
So as well as being super light, the alloy body route has been very, very economical
Plus no real rust worries either.

Bonnet and doors previously try fitted with working catches etc
often a fiddly job, so best done when panels were not fully finished.

Next jobs, include : 

Assemble clutch release unit, 
Make spacers for the core of the rear sh/abs
Attempt exhaust down pipe fabrication
Finalise bulkhead wiring
Install floors, plus battery and toolboxes
Re-install engine & gearbox
Install instruments
Install seats
Slosh seal fuel tank
Nickel plate a few items still to do.

Well that’s April accounted for!!

May should see engine start up and then 
final build refitting all the panels, & radiator etc

On the road in June???

Regards

Bill G
Aka AllAlloyCup

[David Stepney]

Can't wait to see the finished car!

[JonE]

Bill - is the boot just on temporarily at the moment? It feels like its mounted too high from both pictures, creating a junction between two planes rather than one long sweep from hood deck into boot?

[AllAlloyCup]

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Hi David 

Thanks for your interest, I’m keen to see it finished as
well! It’s not perfect but I’m happy with the last 4 years work,
it’s kept me busy in my retirement!

JonE May know that the hardest part of this build is the
tail cover. All other Cups have fabric coverings which
allows the builder to cover a multitude of sins!! From copious amounts of 
body filler to builders foam!

I don’t have that luxury and my bare alloy cover is there for all to see!
Here’s a photo of the assembled car before I dismantled it for 
final finishing and lacquering.

I was warned that it was hard to get the correct shape, slope, seal and fit on 
the tail by David Cochrane and others,  but as a first time 
car builder( as opposed to car restorer) I’m reasonably pleased with the final result
though I admit it’s slightly high, but not as high as several other Cup Replicas  I’ve seen.

This car is a one off and I don’t think anyone else will be daft enough to copy it!

Regards

Bill G
Aka AllAlloyCup

[Austin Carr]

Interesting aluminium body building:-

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/find.../66919-002

[AllAlloyCup]

Hi Austin

Thanks for the link. My phone doesn’t do Flash
Will try and pick up the programme on the TV
.

Regards

Bill G

[AllAlloyCup]

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As the kitchen oven was free this morning :-)
I took the opportunity to “cook” the Cup radiator 
at about 120 C before spraying it with Sperex 
Matt black HT paint, then cooked it for another 30 
Minutes to harden it off.

Previously I had checked it held water and flushed it
With some cheap vinegar and cleared out all the stone chips 
and dead flies then brushed it clean before painting.

It’s an original Chummy one bought on EBay a couple of years back 
and had been in storage for many years as someone’s “ good spare”.

Will chase the platers again this week coming!!!

Regards

Bill G

Aka AllAlloyCup

[AllAlloyCup]

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fit the floors, tool and battery boxes, plus the nice blue leather seats!

I suppose I’d had a seat in the car before but not with the
vintage dished steering wheel. Getting in the cockpit seemed easy....then and now.
But Getting out now seems a good bit harder! Perhaps I’ve got bigger or more stiff?

I’m not that big 5’ 10”.  12 .5 st. so how bigger folk than
Me cope could be tricky :-) RD? , I’m wondering if this is a problem
I’d not anticipated? And that’s with no passenger in the cockpit either.

Passengers may well need to be vetted for size, weight and agility!

God knows how two folk get in a GE Brooklands unless they’re Siamese twins.

I now need a garage Spring clean to get rid of all dust, rubbish etc,  and buy
Batteries for both cars to get at least one on the road for Drive it Day.

How cosy is a Cup compared to say a Nippy? Or a TT Ulster?

Regards 
Bill G

[David Stepney]

Bill,

All Austin Sevens are somewhat intimate. I am 5'8" and 9 stone wringing wet. The other week, I took a friend of mine, who is my height but built like a brick "ar y back" on a trip in my box saloon and I don't think anyone has been that close to him apart from his wife!
Being perpendicular, box saloon as are easier to get into and out of though.
I still can't wait to see the finished article however. I am following your thread with avid interest!

Regards,
David

[Ruairidh Dunford]

You raise a good point Bill - at 6’ 3” I am pushing the boundaries but have built the car with this in mind, making a few subtle changes - I can get in and out of it but nothing is ‘fixed’ in - yet!

I can get in and out of the Ulster with the roof up but, try as I might, I could never get into Tom’s Brooklands!