RLR 298 - an Academy build
- David Swain
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Re: RLR 298 - an Academy build
Just seen, read and thoroughly enjoyed this thread, would love to read more. How are you getting on with it?
David Swain. Member No. A1743
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A30 van 55 'R.G. Swain', A35 4 Door 59 'Little Gem', A35 2 Door 59 'The Rev' '+1'
Contact for 'The Suffolk Group'.
Contact Email suffolk@austina30a35ownersclub.co.uk
A30 van 55 'R.G. Swain', A35 4 Door 59 'Little Gem', A35 2 Door 59 'The Rev' '+1'
Re: RLR 298 - an Academy build
Hopefully he'll be back on soon to tell us more. It's nice to see the behind the scenes detail that goes on with these cars.
Neal Welch
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Re: RLR 298 - an Academy build
A very interesting build thread, which i had been enjoying reading.
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Metric is for people who can't do fractions
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Brilliant - Thanks
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The car was dipped by ProStrip in Nottingham.
After talking to pretty much most of all the major dipping companies, they instilled the most confidence in their process and handling of the car & components, as well as having a covered trailer for delivering the bare shell and an accomodating pricing structure. They sprayed the shell with a rust inhibitor which did work rather well.
On the back of my shell, the SnapOn guy in the next unit had his Peugeot 106 rally car dipped (he'd rolled the current one into a ball in the Isle of Man) by them as well, and the results were equally as good.
Having had the previous shell I'm working on soda/shot blasted, I will always go back to ProStrip in the future. Blasting has severe limitations as it only work on line of sight, and just isn't as good overall.
In an ideal world, and what I will be doing for the more long-term road cars in the future, is dip, repair, re-dip, e-coat for longevity.
After talking to pretty much most of all the major dipping companies, they instilled the most confidence in their process and handling of the car & components, as well as having a covered trailer for delivering the bare shell and an accomodating pricing structure. They sprayed the shell with a rust inhibitor which did work rather well.
On the back of my shell, the SnapOn guy in the next unit had his Peugeot 106 rally car dipped (he'd rolled the current one into a ball in the Isle of Man) by them as well, and the results were equally as good.
Having had the previous shell I'm working on soda/shot blasted, I will always go back to ProStrip in the future. Blasting has severe limitations as it only work on line of sight, and just isn't as good overall.
In an ideal world, and what I will be doing for the more long-term road cars in the future, is dip, repair, re-dip, e-coat for longevity.
Metric is for people who can't do fractions
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Re: RLR 298 - an Academy build
The academy rules are pretty restrictive (though as time goes by it's becoming obvious that some people ignored them or were 'creative') and are based on the premise that if it's not specifically allowed, you can't do it. Luckily, the rules specify that you can seam weld the shell. So I did.
Metric is for people who can't do fractions
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We wheeled Gertie out again for the Silverstone Classic media day.
Freezing cold damp, the tyres never really got any heat in them so times were slightly down in the red-flag interrrupted sessions... and then it all went Pete Tong...
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Re: RLR 298 - an Academy build
Great video, thanks for sharing.
I was worried about what was going to go wrong...and relieved to find out that it wasn't major!
I was worried about what was going to go wrong...and relieved to find out that it wasn't major!
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- David Swain
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Very good, thanks Alex and Alex's Nephew.
Keep the posts coming.
Keep the posts coming.
David Swain. Member No. A1743
Contact for 'The Suffolk Group'.
Contact Email suffolk@austina30a35ownersclub.co.uk
A30 van 55 'R.G. Swain', A35 4 Door 59 'Little Gem', A35 2 Door 59 'The Rev' '+1'
Contact for 'The Suffolk Group'.
Contact Email suffolk@austina30a35ownersclub.co.uk
A30 van 55 'R.G. Swain', A35 4 Door 59 'Little Gem', A35 2 Door 59 'The Rev' '+1'
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Re: RLR 298 - an Academy build
Have you seam welded in the A30 tunnel ?
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