BluePrint Engines

Visit our community sponsor

View RSS Feed

All Blog Entries

  1. Let the spending begin

    It’s taken me a few weeks, but I’m making progress. Buying parts sight unseen is nerve wracking and trying to figure out if everything fits/works together is a real challenge when you haven’t even seen them in person.

    Being in the UK, exchange rates, paypal, authorised international limits etc. have all conspired to slow us down, but I think pretty soon, we’ll have all the small orders “done”.
    • Second Skin FFR Pack = done.
    • Casey Design Products modular dash (RHD) ...
    Categories
    Uncategorized
  2. The Planning

    The plan was to buy the complete kit, but after 3 years on the forums, “Would be nice” became “Must haves” – thanks to you lot. Having a forum is like having a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other. One side tells you how to do it right, the other side tells you all the things you could spend your money on.

    Getting a complete kit didn’t make sense when I knew we’d want to upgrade so many parts and with no resale market in the UK, it would be difficult to get rid of anything ...
    Categories
    Uncategorized
  3. MK4 Roadster for the UK (it's going to be a long journey)

    A little over three years ago, my lovely wife turned to me while driving along the motorway and said she wanted to take up a hobby together. First thoughts of “oh no, she wants me to take up Salsa lessons with her” were quickly washed away when moments later the immortal words of “I want to build a car” were uttered.

    I nearly drove off the side of the motorway.

    We got home an hour later, and 20 minutes later I showed her a picture of the AC Cobra and said “What about ...
    Categories
    Uncategorized
  4. Defining Style (a hopeless endeavor)

    I'm on vacation in South Carolina now, but vacation gives me a chance to decompress a bit and do things I love, which not only includes wandering around aimlessly in the warm Carolina sunshine, but also includes blogging.

    Here now, a little later than promised, is a look at the current state of my model.
    [ATTACH=CONFIG]1420[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]1417[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]1419[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]1418[/ATTACH]

    I think this represents a lot of work since ...
    Categories
    Uncategorized
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Porsche-917-PA-Spyder_5.jpg 
Views:	173 
Size:	84.5 KB 
ID:	1421   Click image for larger version. 

Name:	IMAG0024.jpg 
Views:	347 
Size:	51.6 KB 
ID:	1420   Click image for larger version. 

Name:	IMAG0025.jpg 
Views:	350 
Size:	61.8 KB 
ID:	1417   Click image for larger version. 

Name:	IMAG0027.jpg 
Views:	415 
Size:	74.5 KB 
ID:	1419   Click image for larger version. 

Name:	IMAG0030.jpg 
Views:	371 
Size:	49.9 KB 
ID:	1418  

  5. Clear fender spats

    [QUOTE=jlfernan;15789]OK guys, got more material and ready to ship. For those of your that already PM'ed me, they're in route. Anyone else interested just shoot me a PM and I'll get you taken care of.[/QUOTE]
    Tags: fender, spats Add / Edit Tags
    Categories
    Uncategorized
Page 79 of 102 FirstFirst ... 2969777879808189 ... LastLast

FFMetal

Visit our community sponsor