The first paint!

Well we just had an awesome weekend of GT40 activities. Saturday was a good working session and on Sunday we met up with the guys from Club GT40 for their monthly cruise.

OK Saturday first.... This was a turning point for the GT40. It saw its first paint!! OK, it was only some chassis parts, but for once we were not pulling things apart. The plan was just to test out the chassis paint that we have purchased. It was a good feeling to make some progression in the forwards direction.

The paint we are using is from KBS Coatings, which is a 4 step preparation and painting process. We have purchased the Chassis Coating Kit from their website. It was highly recommended on the Performance Forums.

Tim at work with the paint (step 4) after prepping the front chassis, which we have named the Cow Catcher. Being a med student, it was only right that he should be the one nominated to wear the rubber gloves...

Cortina uprights came up pretty good. A couple of minutes on the wire wheel grinder and then off to Tim for the KBS treatment. Before shot (right) was taken a few weeks back.

The cow catcher hanging off the garage door. We are very happy with this paint. It forms a thick protective layer and is self levelling, so looks fantastic once it's dried. Word of advice, IT DOES NOT COME OFF SKIN. I didn't do any painting, but somehow I got it on my hands. It's still there today, nearly a week later.

Tim had night shift the night before. 

Meanwhile Dad started to attack the brake master cylinder. Here's the pedal box. Judging by the stamp on the fluid reservoir, this has come out of a VW of some sort.

Hmmm rust inside. Imagine that...

So that's about it for Saturday. I also managed to do a much needed oil and plug change on the Stagea in time for the GT40 cruise. It's going much better now :)

GT40 Cruise
On Sunday we met up with Club GT40 for their monthly cruise. This one started out near Ipswich and meandered along the inland roads to Somerset Dam. Here's a couple of pics from the day. My mate Raj came along and will probably send me his SLR pics to put on the blog soon. In the meantime, here are a couple of pics...

The quality of these cars in absolutely top notch. I believe some of the cars have taken up to 6 years to build, but the end result really speaks for itself. These guys were very keen to give us much appreciated advice. Mum and Dad also came along. I think it was an eye opener for both of them. These cars certainly give us something to aim for...

1967 Le Mans Print


Last week marked 10 years since my wife and I first met. Check out what she gave me! A framed photo from the 1967 Le Mans race. Can't complain about that. Thanks Bella! You're awesome.

I've already put it up. It looks great.