Last time I posted, I told the story of modifying this car to accept a Davies Craig electric water pump. A lot's happened since then.
First I had TC Design in Milpitas, CA build a cage to NASA rally sport specs and modify some Wedge seat sliders (that claimed they'd fit this car but didn't). TC does fantastic work.
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This is a serious cage compared to a typical road race car. Double A pillars and lots of gussets.
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The roof has had this carbon fiber piece glued in for the past few years to keep the rain out. That will have to be fixed before the car sees any action.
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Next I sanded all the rust and cleaned all the grime off the car's interior surfaces. I pre-primed all the welds with Rust Fix, then primed the whole cage with rustoleum brown primer.
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Then a final coat of gold metallic hammerite, which is a tough and flexible plastic-like paint.
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Then the floors got extra-strength rubberized undercoat with sound eliminator.
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Driver's seat goes back in...
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Then passenger...
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Next I put in 4mm lexan side, rear, and hatch windows. There's a company in England which produces these from the original molds so they fit perfectly. SRB Power is an online reseller for this company and you can easily order all this stuff through their website. Options include amber or gray tint, and optional hardcoating to prevent scratches and yellowing. That option was pretty expensive, so I opted for the basic, plain, uncoated clear kind. I hear that the $10 headlight restoration product they sell at the auto parts store also restores lexan's original clarity.
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Next comes a new roof panel in stainless steel. The classic 900 has a unique curvature to the roof which makes it impossible to simply rivet a flat panel to it, so I carved notches with an angle grinder cutoff wheel and used plenty of rivets.
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Then painted the roof with alternating coats of black and gold, with a final coat of black mixed with gold trying to roughly match the brass-like color of the hammerite on the roll cage. I don't really know why I picked this color scheme, it just popped into my head while I was standing in the paint aisle and now I'm committed to it!
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Next up is a big suspension refresh, I'll be starting on that soon and taking lots of pictures.
First I had TC Design in Milpitas, CA build a cage to NASA rally sport specs and modify some Wedge seat sliders (that claimed they'd fit this car but didn't). TC does fantastic work.
This is a serious cage compared to a typical road race car. Double A pillars and lots of gussets.
The roof has had this carbon fiber piece glued in for the past few years to keep the rain out. That will have to be fixed before the car sees any action.
Next I sanded all the rust and cleaned all the grime off the car's interior surfaces. I pre-primed all the welds with Rust Fix, then primed the whole cage with rustoleum brown primer.
Then a final coat of gold metallic hammerite, which is a tough and flexible plastic-like paint.
Then the floors got extra-strength rubberized undercoat with sound eliminator.
Driver's seat goes back in...
Then passenger...
Next I put in 4mm lexan side, rear, and hatch windows. There's a company in England which produces these from the original molds so they fit perfectly. SRB Power is an online reseller for this company and you can easily order all this stuff through their website. Options include amber or gray tint, and optional hardcoating to prevent scratches and yellowing. That option was pretty expensive, so I opted for the basic, plain, uncoated clear kind. I hear that the $10 headlight restoration product they sell at the auto parts store also restores lexan's original clarity.
Next comes a new roof panel in stainless steel. The classic 900 has a unique curvature to the roof which makes it impossible to simply rivet a flat panel to it, so I carved notches with an angle grinder cutoff wheel and used plenty of rivets.
Then painted the roof with alternating coats of black and gold, with a final coat of black mixed with gold trying to roughly match the brass-like color of the hammerite on the roll cage. I don't really know why I picked this color scheme, it just popped into my head while I was standing in the paint aisle and now I'm committed to it!
Next up is a big suspension refresh, I'll be starting on that soon and taking lots of pictures.
