Kirkham 668 build

[Dimis]

I'm sad to admit, I'm in the same boat as Craig ^^^
...and echo his words. Nice work.

Also You best keep those dies...
You never know what sort of a market might pop up for them.

[Lexluther]

Thanks guys, just wish I could do some work that actually contributed to the car getting on the road instead of this eternal waiting on parts...

[Lexluther]

I will throw this out for comment.

Natural side vent and mirror

Or
Black side vent & mirror

I painted the mirror and vent with the black rubber paint that someone on here mentioned, cool stuff.

Just a relevant picture from a while ago, I could not bring myself to drilling a hole in the body so I mounted my side repeaters in the side vents.


sorry for picture quality I am not licensed to use my wife's digital SLR so I-phone it is

better go and stack the 2 ton of firewood that was just deliverd.

Cheers

[leroy17]

That cover is way cool, I can only think of the various things that could be made...... Yep.. I could only think... I would have on idea on how to do it.

For what it's worth, I prefer the natural vents and the either the natural or black mirror .

[leroy17]

Oh, and the brushed finish...... That's the money... Never ever gets old and is so classy. Kind of like the stainless hood on a Rolls. That's cobra class right there.

[Tonus72]

Natural vents look good. As Leroy said, both mirrors look good. Unless you are going with the blacked out theme all over...?

Nice setup with the indicator too. Neat...

Tony

[750hp]

Everything's better in the raw...

[damage]

Kent,

Those covers are awesome mate, Ill swap you some hinge covers for a set of them?

[boxhead]

Love the covers.

Like the others, I reckon all natural is best.

[Dimis]

Originally Posted by boxhead

I reckon all natural is best.

Not surprising, coming from a guy whose still in gel coat.

If you've ever seen a fully polished Kirkham in person, you'd know they pull eyes away from the Mona Lisa, or the great pyramids of Giza.

From where I sit, they even they look good to me in just a filed finish.

Brushed certainly is timeless, but I like the thought of polished at left to patina gracefully with time. Either way you can't go too far wrong unless you paint it in fluro I'd have thought.

[Lexluther]

Thanks guys for comments, natural it is.
My concern was that the vent and the anodised mirrors are a slightly different "shade"
Maybe with time it will blend.
Damage- I have already orders hinge covers, I have to do some minor mods to the die before I make more, maybe this weekend.

[750hp]

Originally Posted by Dimis

Brushed certainly is timeless, but I like the thought of polished and left to patina gracefully with time.

My thoughts exactly, and it'd be the lowest maintenance option...

[damage]

Ok cool let me know how much then and I'll fix you up for a set, at least your hinge covers will turn up quicker then your other parts mine only took 3 days from when I ordered them.

[damage]

Lex,

minister for war and finance just called and my package turned up in the post today thanks mate

If only all things turned up that quick hey

[Lexluther]

Hi Damage

Now you have to fit item

[damage]

That'll be the easy bit, when the car comes back from the dyno anyway.

[750hp]

I hope you're getting some video footage of the power runs on the dyno!

[damage]

Well of course I am. Would be morally incorrect not too.

[Lexluther]

Had some time this morning, so I thought I would build my own vac. former, it was costing me too much in Bourbon to have my mate do it for me.
I found this old vax in the shed.

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Built a bit of a box and mounted the vax underneath
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Made a perforated top
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assembled the vac former
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made a MDF frame to hold the plastic

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mysteriously it ended up the same size as the oven tray.... how convenient
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bake for about 5 mins or until sufficient sag has been achieved in the plastic. turn on the vax
remove frame from oven and place over die that is sitting in the middle of the perforated top hey presto a hinge cover for the Kirkham
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And finally installed
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It is black its just the camera flash that makes it look grey.

I know its not double over head valve rockers arms with multipoint bling and really awesome bits but I thought it was pretty cool and may be of interest for someone.

Cheers

[Tonus72]

Lex

if you tell me that you are not a fabricator, and learnt to do this from 'google' - then that is freakin' awesome!!!

And if you are a trained fabricator - nice work too...

Tony