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Re: Davrian Mk3 1968
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:20 am
by shammycoupe69
Looks amazing! Is that a replica F40 next to it?
Re: Davrian Mk3 1968
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:42 am
by plasticfantastic
Thanks again for all the comments guys, its really nice to know you all enjoy looking at the project.
And yes that iss a replicaof an F40. I havebeen producing the body for around 10 years now with the help of myfather. I have designed it to be a replacement body for the s3/s4 Lotus Esprit, meaning the car can be built using a 350bhp tt v8 S4 lotus esprit a a donor and the car wont need an IVA.
The build diary for the F40 is here:
http://www.madmechanics.com/forum/build ... build.html
Cheers
Re: Davrian Mk3 1968
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:51 pm
by plasticfantastic
Re: Davrian Mk3 1968
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:24 pm
by dickdixon1
Great blog. I'm not convinced by the vent, I prefer the cleaner line to the body. I guess it depends on your engine choice (air cooled - what type) and how much is needed or could be scooped from other places - through the buttresses? Which part of the country are you in - would be good to see your work t is impressive and very brave!
Re: Davrian Mk3 1968
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:26 pm
by Dave6091
Well seeing as you've asked!:D.
Earlier Davrians say pre Mk7 had a very suptle body shape made up of a set of simple curves, i think any add ons should reflect this and the cover for the door/side vent should be much closer to the body line following the curve from door top to lower sill. The mk8/Dragon is a more angular car and their side pods refects this, Adrians cover design is very close to the body line and knowing him if there wasn't enough air going in it would have been bigger!. But as i said previously all Davrians are different and what do i know!!
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I'm curious about the the roof, is the roof a separate panel bonded on around the waistline?, if so where is the join at the windscreen?. I know very early cars had the roof as a separate piece but wondered when bodies where molded as one piece. My Mk4 is deffinatly one piece and i thought the mk3 was also.
Dave.
Re: Davrian Mk3 1968
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:43 pm
by plasticfantastic
Hi all,
Thanks for the replys,
As for the type of air cooledat the moment im hoping to mate a harley davidson evo v twin to the imp transaxle.
This is quite an early can, it came out of the convertable molds because you can see the roof was added after but oddly the door and window surrounds and the rear window were added in seperate moldings, you can see they were molded in white and the roof in off green?! You can see the roof joined about 2 inces above the screen, the join is coming apart but there is a roof bar welded between the two metal bars bonded down the a pillars,i'll rip it all out once i have thickened up the bonding inside the roof. It also had the early rear chassis before i cut it out, i believe mk3's came with both types?
I try to do most things with trying to think what Adrian might have done, not always an easy way to think. Im continuously amazed a little details on Davrians, i didnt discover till the other day that Mk8 door cards have a leather print in the grp finish, how do you think that up?!
As for my location im less than 2 miles from Tim in the Welsh hills, actually it might be less if i did go over the hill
Cheers
Re: Davrian Mk3 1968
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 7:56 pm
by plasticfantastic
Hi all,
Got out on the Dav today, but couldnt face another day of itching so i decided to dismantle the front suspension ready to rebuild it. I have taken apart the drivers side, and taken the drum off the upright as i plan to convert to discs all round. With the wishbone off i decided to attack it with the angle grinder and wire wheel. An hour later and it cleaned up pretty well and its a nice solid wishbone. Tomorrow i might have a go at cutting the seams off and rewelding the wishbone, it should look neater and save a little unsprung weight. I popped the old rubber bushes out and a thought jumped into my mind that a few years ago my father, a self employed toolmaker now retired, decided to knock up a mold to make polyurethane bushes for his morris van project. Remembering there is a box somewhere with poly bushes of different sizes and shores (sp? hardness!) i went for a rummage. Successful in finding the box of bushes i thought the chance of anything fitting was remote but to my suprise they pressed in like a charm, i just needto hunt out our stainless tube now.
With the wishbone done i spent the rest of the day huddled over the sand blast cabinate and cleaned up the wishbone brackets, all came up really well and i will probably just give everything a quick coat of satin black for now.
After spending most of last night reading through a thread on the imp forum i think i might have changed my mind on the harley engine. Instead i might stick with the imp engine, using the one i have now to get the car up and running and in the meatime build up another 875cc into a 1040cc with a Kawasaki zx7r 16v head fitted,and if im going that far it might as well have a supercharger too.
Thoughts?
Comments appreciated as always,
Cheers
Re: Davrian Mk3 1968
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 4:39 pm
by plasticfantastic
Re: Davrian Mk3 1968
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 9:38 pm
by Soyuz
A very interesting project.
Re: Davrian Mk3 1968
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:07 pm
by plasticfantastic