New Project !

Post by **apeximp** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:59 am

HSCC ! Thought I might give it another bash !

Post by **apeximp** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:08 am

The other side

Post by **apeximp** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:52 am

Another view

Post by **ChrisBenoy** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:54 am

That is looking very nice Jim, should be quick too.

Post by **Greetham** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:56 am

That's very nice I like the colour

Post by **itsshelby** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:34 am

looks very nice apeximp

Post by **apeximp** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 8:40 am

And another

Post by **colimp66** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:19 am

Very Very Nice

That's the colour (any idea what it is? )& look I am after for The Pest once I get to the paint stage.

Looking forward to see how you tackle the rest of it .

Cheers
Col.

Post by **bornagain-imp** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:20 am

That's A Very nice Blue

Rod

Post by **rhydian_mason** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:07 am

this is going to be another nice one.

Keep us posted.

Post by **apeximp** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:58 am

Gulf Racing Porsche Blue
ppg 12163 / or 328

Post by **greenbeast** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 12:55 pm

Ah, Gulf - can see it now. Might need a splash of orange somewhere...

And the tech question; is that a 2" roll bar with the other tubes in 1 1/2"? I don't know the detail of the current regs past assuming there's also door bars.

Thanks

Post by **apeximp** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:07 pm

Door bars ! Yes

Size not sure , but it's a current NEW cage

Being build from a bare shell to full race spec

By Mr Colin Rooney

Post by **ImpManiac** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 1:15 pm

Very nice indeed.

IM

Post by **apeximp** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 7:03 pm

It's a bit bare at the moment

Post by **TJB69** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:12 pm

Love the colour. She's going to be a cracking wee car

Post by **Andy Hillman** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:45 pm

Bathroom blue my favourite imp colour ! Loving the lowered steering column Jim, just going to make a quick call to Dallas to see if its legal ha ha.
Top job mr Rooney cant wait to see the car out.

Post by **colin rooney** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:36 pm

not sure if this will work front rad in
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd29 ... 0a39c5.jpg

Post by **colin rooney** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:37 pm

here is a few more
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd29 ... 1391103084
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd29 ... 1391103132
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd29 ... 1391103162

Andy check out jims seat cover

I will be in big trouble with the wee scots man now

col

Post by **apeximp** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:58 pm

Yep the seat cover is not really me col

Post by **apeximp** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 6:38 am

Brakes

Post by **apeximp** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 5:49 am

Dash , electrics coming together

Post by **Hillmaniac** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:35 pm

Great looking car...love the colour!
Good luck from Malta!

Post by **Lars Hagermark** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:42 pm

Very nice.

Looking forward to more pictures.
Hope I'll see the finished car IRL sometime.

Post by **apeximp** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:55 pm

Hub / brakes

Post by **apeximp** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:57 pm

Getting there

Post by **Lotus-e-Clan** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:25 pm

Beautiful paint job / great wormanship!

If you don't mind me asking, how many Galleons fit in the ally fuel tank and who supplied it?

Post by **colin rooney** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:36 pm

Lotus-e-Clan wrote:Beautiful paint job / great wormanship!

If you don't mind me asking, how many Galleons fit in the ally fuel tank and who supplied it?

From memory its a 4 gallon tank ,made by http://www.brise.co.uk/
it has a return so can be used with fuel injection
All the suspension work and brakes have been done Mike Hanna I just fitted it ,the rest of the work I have done except for the paint on the outside ,jim had this done by a friend
will try and get a few more pics up soon

col

Post by **TJB69** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:50 pm

Stunning car Well done Colin/Jim

Post by **The Nun** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:47 pm

Galleons? Like HMS Victory or the Mary Rose?

Post by **Lotus-e-Clan** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:10 pm

The Nun wrote:Galleons? Like HMS Victory or the Mary Rose?

I'd still want 6 Galleons in mine, 'so that'll be' HMS Victory, Mary Rose, Golden Hind, Revenge, Queen Anne's Revenge and the Black Pig ... OOO Arrh, ooo arrh, me 'ansom!

Post by **ImpManiac** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:22 pm

Galleons, eh? Autocorrect, perchance?

IM

Post by **Lotus-e-Clan** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:33 pm

ImpManiac wrote:

Galleons, eh? Autocorrect, perchance?

IM

No.

Believe it or not I was fishing ...and it just so happened that The Nun bit ...

I like to 'set 'em up' for someone to tell 'em!

ooo arrh, ooo arrh , ooo arrh

Now gone off topic ....sorry!

Post by **apeximp** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 9:56 am

In the front

Post by **ChrisBenoy** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 5:51 pm

That is rather nice and shiny

will take plenty of polishing.

Post by **Lotus-e-Clan** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 5:59 pm

Not much room for luggage or a tent for the National mind you.

Post by **pubcrawler** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 7:51 am

Looking very good, can I ask a couple of questions please

Examining your photo's it looks like you've run the clutch hydraulic pipe under the floor whereas the brakes are inside, why?
Do the regs state that fuel pipes can't be run inside the car ?

Post by **colin rooney** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 8:23 am

You can run all the pipes under the car if you want as far as I know the good thing with the imp is the tunnel as it keeps the pipes out of harms way ,1 of my reasons for putting the brakes inside is I can use the right had side of tunnel to run 2 throttle cables and on the otherside is the fuel and clutch pipes ,also having the brake pipe inside is a lot easier to spot a leak on your system
As for the cage yes its 50mm rear hoop and the rest is 45mm cage was made by fabricage

col

Post by **pubcrawler** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:17 am

colin rooney wrote: I can use the right had side of tunnel to run 2 throttle cables
col

Thanks for that Colin, I want to run twin throttle cables

. How have you modified the pedal end to accomodate this

Post by **greenbeast** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:05 pm

colin rooney wrote:As for the cage yes its 50mm rear hoop and the rest is 45mm cage was made by fabricage

And thank you too Col. That's pleasantly beefy - presumably in excess of current Blue Book standard (which I don't know but am guessing 48/38 mm).