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« on: May 09, 2016, 03:06:05 PM »
Hi All

well it has been a long time coming, but finally I have (sort of) retired and as promised to myself I now have to get on with putting the Spyder back together.

A bit of history for those not around or who have forgotten (most I assume).

I bought my Spyder in early 2010 and sent it off to have the bodywork 'tidied' up. This revealed a whole load of the (what I now know to be) usual rust problems, inner & outer front wings, rear turrets and floors, door skins & frames needing sorting. This as well as a complete respray was sorted for August that year and I started on what I thought would be a simple job to reinstall all the parts we had taken off. As I dug deeper I ended up removing many more parts which I should have in the first place, replacing all the electrical spade and bullet connectors, painting underneath etc. So we ended up after a few years with a car having a few parts still attached. Then I decided that I needed to concentrate on work to allow me to retire around now, so all came to a halt as I really was not that interested in doing and hour or so here and there on it.

So we now end up here now with a car where I essentially have pretty much all of the parts and just need to put it back together again. This is my starting point and I hope to have it all together by begin of November, so no pressure there....

Here are a couple of photos of where I am starting from. I had previously dropped, cleaned and painted the fuel tank and cleaned and painted a lot of the items I have removed.

Wish me luck....

Peter

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« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2016, 03:15:03 PM »
Quote from: peteracs on May 09, 2016, 03:06:05 PM

Wish me luck....

Peter

Good luck Smiley

Keep the build photos coming
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« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2016, 05:21:25 PM »
Brilliant, Betameeta 2017 as a backstop target? Hope it all goes well, and you enjoy your retirement!
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« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2016, 01:18:44 PM »
Good luck, look forward to seeing the progress over time. Great starting point

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« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2016, 07:39:11 AM »
All the best Peter. I am sure you will manage it! Smiley
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« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2016, 08:09:30 AM »
Thanks all, it has been a long time coming, but hoping to have some serious time dedicated to it over the summer.

Peter
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