Wow Simon,

Low 9 or an 8.......... not fast.

I only hope I can change gear that fast....lol, knocking on now you know.

Very nice mate, looking forward to more updates :-)

very nice mate!! saw this the other day on 22b epic!

Thought I would just post up my latest purchase, Had this hand made and when it turned up I nearly fell over, No doubt you lads will appreciate a good piece of welding.

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/t...lep1/003-7.jpg

and up close

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/t...lep1/004-4.jpg

in case you had not guessed its the oil tank for the dry sump......:wink:

That's work of art:CUP:

holly fook that should be hung on a wall

Was it J-Steel who done the welding mate ?

Well as you know these project take time and along the way you hit a number of issues that you need to overcome.

I for one have three phases to my project, i'll give you a little insight into the other two strings to this bow.

the first is this

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/t...lep1/008-9.jpg

complete rolling shell version 10 sti, should give me the 114pcd hubs and extra width that i need to fill my arches nicely, she was delivered today so will soon be being cut up for parts.

The third leg of the journey is the truck.

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/t...lep1/005-6.jpg

coming along nicely too, were cutting off the existing back and making her as flat as possible.

so its not just about time spent on the main project shell, there are so many other pieces to have in place for a project like this to work. :thumbup:

Well, whilst we were all putting weight on over the Christmas period I decided that the P1 needed to lose a little bit more.

So we closed the shutters down, And started on the doors.

If you have never felt the weight of a door you would be shocked.

The motors and wiring has been taken out and any excess metal has been cut away we then drilled out the spot welds being careful not to drill through the door skin and started to cut out the side impact bars.

We can still fit an internal door panel with what's left but estimate we have lost about 10kgs per door.

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/t...lep1/010-8.jpg

you would not believe how nervous Josh was doing this to his boss's P1 doors !!!!!!!!!

Thanks to the generosity of another member on here we have been able to move on in leaps and bounds with relation to the wiring loom for this shell.

I knew an actual replica Gobstopper wiring loom had been made but had also been sold on.

I have been able to locate the loom and have bought it back, so the car can be as intended.

the loom is complete and also included the following

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/t...1/DSCF1220.jpg

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/t...1/DSCF1221.jpg

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/t...1/DSCF1222.jpg

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/t...1/DSCF1229.jpg

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/t...1/DSCF1226.jpg

This will all prove to make the job so much easier.

No idea how I've managed to miss this thread, but glad I've found it now! Sounds like this is going to be an incredible car when finished, can't wait to see the final product!

Please keep the updates coming! :doubleup:

Brilliant read this looking forward to the next instalment, the finished article should be a beast.:)

Don't know about anyone else, but some of those pics were pure porn to me. The first one with spotless workshop, spotless engine all layed out..........................and the welding on the oil tank/pump/thingy (can't remember what you said it was lol).......absolutely beautiful.

Think I might have a little problem lol, but what a great thread. Provides such inspiration :)

Wow, thats an amazing project you've got there.