Building a Special Body

[Ian Williams]

On the old forum I had a thread running about the rebuild of my special that I managed to roll whilst racing, virtually writing myself and the car off in the process. The old forum search facility is still not working so I am unable to find the thread and post a link. Anyway several people have asked to see how things are progressing, I admit that there have been a few distractions so not a massive amount more has been done but here is where I am now up to. I anyone wants to see the buck and body development process I will have another go at finding the old thread or failing that repost some of the pictures here.


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[Charles P]

Very nice looking work Ian


Charles

[Ruairidh Dunford]

Very nice!

[Dave Wortley]

Ian,
Delightful! What excellent craftsmanship. The distributor looks like a Lucas 25 D and if so are you happy with its performance?
Cheers,
Dave.

[Ruairidh Dunford]

The distributor looks like a Lucas 25 D

Funnily enough, I noticed the very same Dave!

[Ian Williams]

Thanks for the comments!
The distributor is a a bastard that I made up from bits, NOS 25D clockwise guts in a non vacuum 23D body, I fecked about with the advance curve on a dyno to get just right, it works extremely well.

[Athanasius Santamaria]

Its Looking quite complete Ian! I like your radiator colour....

[Mark Atkinson]

She looks really well Ian, 

Glad to see that I am not alone with using clamps to hold my body on!

regards, Mark.

[Timothy P]

Stunning work Ian.

[Erich]

Well done, Ian.