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Hi,

has some of you will remember i have been rebuilding a track/race sud for some time,
i finally dropped it off at the paint shop this morning to be painted.
a couple of pics below, Will post some pics off the build over the next couple of weeks.

Liam

exciting times mate, well done.

what colour is she going?

Hi Shrew,

Rosso Red, i decided to bite the bullet and
hand it over to the professionals, otherwise
it would never get done, not enough hrs in the week.

Can,t wait to see the end result, will be a few weeks.
Had to laugh the company is called Autolac in Horwich,
Father and Son, the old boy reckoned he repaired 100,s
of suds back in the day, they used to ship them up from
Westune in a sorry state, Westune was based a mile away,
they were a main dealer in the 70,s. Peter West. the old boy at autolac
reckoned the young fella was mad for taking on my sud and i must have
to much spare time and money, i wish.

Liam

Sounds like he's softening you up for a plumbers bill at the end of it Liam!


Hope not

Hi Shrew,

Fixed price, he got a good view and was well aware
of what he was taking on.

Will start a new thread on the build, soon.

Liam

Hi,

More pics.

Now in primer,

Looking very nice

What series / class are you going to race in?

rsfruitbat

i think ford focus do a colour just like that, lacquer and go Liam! lol!



good to see it coming together now mate

Hi ,

Thanks for your interest rsfruitbat, looking at tin tops, classics,

Hi Shrew, not a fan of the matt look myself.

Liam

me neither, or ford focus either mate! lol!

Hi All,

Cars finally been painted,
Requires flattening,

Some pics below,


Liam

Looking good

Very orange looking forward to seeing it back together

Hi,

Starting put the Sud back together this week,
Liam

Hi Liam
How long before you are race ready?

Cheers, Malcolm

Hello Malcolm,

Hoping to do some testing later in the year,

Passed my ards test in Jan, did a track day at Angelsey weekend
before last with some private tuition and tested my Saxo, looking at competing in
a few tin top races this season with the Saxo, ready for next year with the Sud.

Thanks for the interest

Liam

Hi Liam,
Fantastic. Another racing Sud and another new driver.
Great colour and looks like it is going to be seriously lightweight.
You are going to have a lot of fun racing that.
All the best,
Simon

Hi All,

Some pics of progress, its only been 5 years, nearly finished.
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That looks great, very well finished. Takes a lot of time and effort, but that looks like it will be well worth while.

Like the Alfasud down the side to educate the masses.

Whole car looks stunning.

particularly like the wheels.

rsfruitbat

rsfruitbat wrote:Whole car looks stunning.

particularly like the wheels.

rsfruitbat

Couldn't agree more.
Looks really nice and looking forward to seeing you both in track action

Lovely job.
It will be great to see it on the track with other tin tops.

Brgds
Simon

Oooh, that's lovely, especially the Turbo rims. You don't see many of those around do you

Spacenut wrote:Oooh, that's lovely, especially the Turbo rims. You don't see many of those around do you

Stop winding me up!

Very nice .

Coincidently I ordered some very similar stripes for mine last week, same location on the sides but not white !

Your car could run in the ctcrc pre 83, it would be very competitive with that motor. Same series Simon and Malcolm are doing.

I wouldn't go in tin tops with it, too many clios and such like. Much better to go up against the cars of its era.

Hello Guys,

Thanks for all the postive feed back and encouraging comments,
all appreciated, will post some more pictures when its complete
and washed down.

Liam

Hi,

Finally got the sud out of the garage, only a few bits and pieces
left to finish, looking for your opinions on the front lower spoiler,
it’s a fiberglass of the original S1 spoiler in one piece, imam
not so sure it fits right with the rest of the car and may be I
should have used a series 3 (modified) ? :x


Some pictures

No pics.......?

But from the font on pic above, it looks spot on to me.

I think the s1 style spoilers are better looking than the s3 or 2 especially bumper less . I prefer the slightly more retro look.

Pictures,

Please see comments on site news and info, running costs, Sorry about the rotation i phone, ?? any solutions?

Liam

Same opinion from me, the s1 spoiler is a cleaner finish. The s3 spoiler looks less tidy on a bumper less car.

Do a full side profile photo.

I wouldn't fit s3 spoilers.