Welcome to my Lotus 7 Replica Blog

I intend to use this blog to show the various stages as I rebuild an old Lotus 7 replica from a bit of a mess to something respectable.


Along the way i'll detail the procedures required and hopefully inspire others to do similar.



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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

New bodywork

The existing bodywork is pretty badly finished and obviously doesn't cover the front wheels which is a fail for compliance. Also thge nose cone doesn't/won't cover the engine properly.
Nose and Front guards were bought from Almac cars in Wellington, A good price and good people to deal with!
 
Primed and ready to shoot the colour 
 Colour shot, awaiting clear.  Colour is a bright orange, with 3 coats pearl over followed by 6 coats of clear.
 
Front guards, all drilled and painted.
 
All the guards ready for reinstall. 
The painting came out really good, I've done quite a lot of painting on motorbikes etc but this was the first car i've done. Although in many respects its not much bigger than a motorbike.  I will be painting the aluminium at a later date. 

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