Much appreciated; thank you Griiff and we are now in contact.
Best,
Matt
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Much appreciated; thank you Griiff and we are now in contact.
Best,
Matt
This is probably the picture that would have helped, regards Griff
Attachment 9022Thanks Griff - but this is what I want to aim for for somehow. I think that it really does make a lot of differenceQuote:
Originally Posted by Griff
Best,
Does the tub have steel bodywork, or is it fiberglass? I'm not familiar with hawk cars... cool project btw!
Matt, I've sent you a pm, regards Griff
All Stratos (kit) replicas have fibreglass* centre tubs and steel spaceframe chassis.Quote:
Originally Posted by monoposto
*There's an odd one or two made from other composites, but no steel.
Attachment 9042Attachment 9043Pleased with the way this lot has turned out; thanks Chris!
Thanks Matt, that horn button was a labour of love?!Quote:
Originally Posted by maxlouis
Thanks Griff for putting me in touch with Mark - obviously a highly skilled guy. He said the solution would be to get a new tool made up to cut and fold the correct louver dimensions and then start again with fresh sheet aluminium. Whilst that will be a fairly expensive solution to make one set (anyone else interested in some?) it's likely to be my only option as I gather that the 'off the shelf' louver cutters currently available will not cut a slot wide enough - or with the original tapered profile. I s'pose doing that will mean that the panels end up less rigid (lots of original cars seem to have slightly 'wavy' front panels) but presumably wider gaps would aid cooling - which wouldn't be a bad thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Griff
A great lot and a nice job with Horn Button!
I like that :)
Congrats Guys!
Frederic,Quote:
Originally Posted by Desmoucelle Frederic
'See PM.
Chris
Might not be going anywhere, but at least I can now stop (even if I still can't work out which way is up...)
Very nice!:cool:
Who did the trimming, Matt?
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Originally Posted by ProtoTipo
I was recommended two guys in Italy, Turin and they did do an excellent job. Will PM their email address Chris.
great project , great car - good choice of colour too ! (I think I should be taking notes as mine will be a Stradale - in the same colour)
Attachment 12741The colour was difficult - apparently the original colours were Lechler paint Codes (although no warranty as to accuracy of this info...):
Blu 2644
Azzurro Chiaro 2645
After lots of faffing about we tracked down the light blue and in the 'flesh' it looked wrong. Too much purple, but maybe that was the 'out of the box' and they faded over time. The only genuine, unrestored (I think) car that I have ever seen in this colour is in the Righini collection (pic). So, with some trial and error, we made it up to try and match that car. Still not entirely convinced that it shouldn’t be the darker blue!
The Righini car colour looks great . The Lister Bell version is RAL 5015 which is maybe a fraction darker but hard to tell without having them side by side.
Great project and please keep us updated - and maybe come and see us at the Stoneleigh Show on 6th or 7th May ?
Wow...fantastic job and amazing parts especially wheels and engine...Looks great in Blue...my favorite one at the moment!!
Well done...Hope to see you and your car at Stoneleigh when finished!
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Sounds great - thank you :)
Not sure if you guys will share my interest, but am also restoring a 246 and have been struck by some of the similarities - and differences - between the two cars (presumably not accidental). Apologies if these pics are not correctly orientated - and no idea how to sort that little monkey - bah!
Looking really good, I love this shot, you can really see why it looked so futuristic back in the 70's.Quote:
Originally Posted by maxlouis
Could you tell me what paint code this Blue is, i would like something like that for my Alpine A110 Also what brake calipers did yoy use front and rear?
Best regards Pim
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Originally Posted by maxlouis
The brakes are ATE at the back (from the 246 and 308 - same as the originals I think) and the fronts - I should know - but I believe they are '70's Girling competition callipers that were remade a few years ago. The blue is our mix of Lechler Code Azzurro Chiaro 2645, but it has more white in it.
Best, Matt
Thanks Matt.
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Originally Posted by maxlouis
Superb work. There is something so 'pure' about the stradale shape with no roof/boot spoiler.
The Dino stick gets round the need for a gearbox end 'gate'.
'Stradale uses a Beta stick joint, and no stick 'gate'.
You're right Chris - we were going to go that route but then realised it wasn't possible because we had filled all the available space with cooling and aircon pipes - so this was the compromise. And interestingly the arrangement was common to at least two original cars that I have seen - although no idea why they did that in period.
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Originally Posted by ProtoTipo
You're right Matt, certainly the 1240 and 0003 cars had the Ferrari stick, and I think maybe the 1972 Turin show car, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by maxlouis
No, I don't know why they used the Beta stick joint in the end, either?
I agree - but I do wonder how much stability the car will lose without spoilers - if I ever manage to get this on the road, that is..Quote:
Originally Posted by LPH_UK
I could't tell with the orange Hawk I had with no spoilers (or louvres), compared to the blue Hawk that had a roof wing and rear spoiler.Quote:
Originally Posted by maxlouis
The lack of rear spoiler helps a lot with rearward vision, but that combined with no rear louvres on the orange car was bliss.
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Only another 6 years before its finished... :)
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Tanks finished, engine in, odds and sods done = interior and wiring next
Matt, what did you do with the louvre panels eventually? did you get a replacement set, or did you further modify the Italian set?
Looks really pretty by the way!!
Bloody gorgeous!
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Thanks Griff - the louvres were made from scratch in the end - a long and and very laborious process that involved a lot of swearing...
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Originally Posted by Griff