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6 minute(s) of a 388 minute read
10-16-2025
THE FINAL PUSH.......
......to get the shell into the trailer and delivered to our paint guys was a lot more work than we thought but last week we did it. It feels like a huge milestone for the project as next time we see it, the car will be in pristine fresh white paint and we can start bolting shiny things to it. When we left you it was the most car it's been in over 20 years. At the end of this update, it will be the least. That's progress! Here's what we had to do to get it to this stage:
First, we took all the bodywork off the front and then started taking everything out of the engine bay in as many large subassemblies as possible. We dropped the engine and transmission as one but we had to take off some ancillaries.














We knew we'd have to move the shell around the workshop and paint shop and also transport it in the trailer so devised two different systems to do so. Rather than build a cart to move it around we thought we'd see if we could attach some wheels to our pin stands and make them mobile. Sounds crazy but we figured if we could just add a brace to stop them rotating it might be very stable. We were pleasantly surprised by the result. You wouldn't want to push it down the street like this but it is quite happy to trundle around the workshop.







Comments

Great update!
Posted by Diggymart on 10/10/21 @ 10:31:32 PM

Great build
Posted by tmprod on 3/4/21 @ 6:44:07 PM

Thanks for updating Paul! Ill have to check out your new shop soon!
Posted by diyauto on 12/24/20 @ 5:08:37 PM

Anytime.
Posted by team illuminata on 12/24/20 @ 6:34:09 PM

This will be a beast when finished, looking forward to it.
Posted by MPower on 10/12/20 @ 2:15:11 PM

Great build!
Posted by DIYauto_Admin on 9/9/20 @ 12:08:22 AM

Hey hi Sue!
Posted by Diggymart on 2/14/20 @ 4:12:57 PM

Looks like it’s coming together!
Posted by Diggymart on 11/21/19 @ 2:49:00 PM

Those stands look nice!
Posted by diyauto on 11/21/19 @ 2:47:08 PM

Incredible build! Love the photo's
Posted by MoonpieMagic on 11/8/19 @ 8:00:45 AM

Thank goodness for friends carrying precious cargo!
Posted by Diggymart on 10/10/19 @ 11:40:08 PM

Woo! Excited to check this thing out soon :)
Posted by diyauto on 9/13/19 @ 1:37:14 PM

Great teamwork!
Posted by Diggymart on 7/29/19 @ 3:11:58 PM

Great build!
Posted by Diggymart on 1/17/19 @ 7:24:29 PM

Thanks
Posted by team illuminata on 3/4/21 @ 10:30:06 PM
Lookin good. Pride in work and attention to detail
Posted by Cyphercrash on 3/5/23 @ 8:59:32 PM