Snapperpaul

Interesting comments, I would like to see the cars of the people with the stronger opinions to see wether it was a case of "people in glass houses" Also web site coment's are like texting you can be very brave or opinionated when you are not face to face. However i will allow them their opinion knowing that there are a lot of great Hoods out there built buy genuine people.

I bought the Hood after finishing most of my DIY obligations however drilling holes in wall or floor tiles i used the simple arrowhead diamond tile drills from B&Q ( they last forever if you let them do the work and don't lean on them to hard) bigger holes chain drill and use a tungsten blade in a jig saw or if your bored and want to kill some time a hand tile saw.

If you had the money to spare, you would just have to have it. Where would you take it First? I used to have a parking space in the Treasury or Parents day????

Holmfirth, fast bikes going down hill with loafs wasn't it.... " ee wer rite good baker wer our dad"

NW Hoodies site and search the threads for sump on this site, there are a couple of alternatives. If you have no luck e-mail me and i will try and send a copy. Also let us know how much, the guys i asked wanted between £50 and £75 so i hav'nt been back....yet.

I agree with Bill. Have taken my GPS out with a car with a calibrated speedo and it is accurate when it settles, when i take it out with my personal cars the Galaxy is accurate to a speed 4/5ths of its top and the nackered Diesel Escort is out by 5 mph at 30 (reads under) and it justs gets worse. Set up the sat nav, go to a speed and hold until you get a steady reading then move up and hold in steady increments.

I dream of being that close to a car on the road. Do what Longboarder says, just shut the door on it for a while.Meet up with some of the guys and go for a blat in their cars. After a trip in 3 so far it has got me back on track.... I know how tough it is.

You lot have no imagination, with a little bit of modification i now have a seat adjustable enough for the Janes little legs and a rear impact absorbsion devise

All info greatly recieved, I bought a set of RHE recaro type seats and they did not fit, then had a look at a set of very thin fibreglass seats for a Lotus Elise on e-bay and whilst they fitted they were a fibreglass shell with thin rubber stuck on with double sided tape. I could fit in them but the missis would find it a stuggle ( went for £300 a pair) I will build the car with the plywood from RHE and when i eventually pass the SVA new seats will be my treat. Unless a bargin comes up.

Terry i agree, it was one of those "i wounder if" moments and i new it would spark some interest and comments. My main problem is still that the series 3 is so small and the passenger side is an inch or so narrower than the drivers.

Seat belts in my car are fixed to the car not the seats. A lot of cars that i have seen at the shows have the basic seats as provided by RHE and the Locost cars. So what your saying is fit seats from a donor car or from after market suppliers.

Have you seen the bits of plywood that come with the series 3? in my car ( still building) i have reinforced the coach bolts with large plates inside and square tube outside then bolted through the floor in to a subframe that is bolted to the gearbox support at the front and a rear cross beam. It was to this substantial construction i was going to fit the chairs. The back of the RHE supplied seats is just held on to the base with some plastic hinges and rests on the seat support cross bar, with the base rigidly fixed the seat backs fold a little forward to slot hood or side screens behind, it is the seat belt that secures you in the car. Now this is where your experiences come in, I have looked through the SVA regs and it says nothing about the seat construction but does show a recomended seat attachment rail (looks like the stuff aircraft seats are attached to) at this stage i just intend to use the stuff supplied by RHE more expensive seats will come later on if this method fails. Has anyone had SVA troubles to do with their seats?

I spent yesterday fiddling with the bonnet and it is a cr*p fit, however it is now fitted with the 4 SVA rubber catches and my solution to the gap between bonnet and engine bay is the wing pipeing that came with the kit for the swept wings which i will run down both sides from cockpit (under the removable scuttle) to nosecone ( thus the thread in "Wanted") The nosecone is now about 25mm further forward than RHE intended but fits well and looks O.K.

Its just a bulge. Cut a hole a little smaller than the bulge over the offending part of the inlet manifold and add the bulge over the top.

Saw these and thought with a bit of modification it could work.... However they are to wide for the series 3 Click on this link to go to Argos.co.uk http://www.argos.co.uk/ProductDisplayTRK01...tNumber=6210832 to see 'The Car Seat' Contemporary Leather-Faced Manager's Chair. (cat no. 6210832) £89.99*.

I want to keep the original number that came with the donor is this possible?

Thanks Mitch i'll order some tommorow.

Thank you gents.. Woolies have the closest but not exact. Any one have some Swept wing trim from a series 3 in the garage that they can sell to me?

I need 160cm of the swept wing pipeing for the series 3. It is about 5mm diameter hollow tube with 50mm of flat.

You came round and gave me a ride... I hade a great time and have got back on the kit because like all the Hoodies that helped you are helping me and that ride with you makes me get on with the build.

I,m just in the process of destroying the Galaxy's auto box so could i fit the VR6 to a type 9?????

Look like under cover hunt saboteurs to me. Put up a smoke screen to hide the fox, then feed the hounds so they are not interested.

Is this another one of those issues to do with the date of the donor or the date of registration. My donor car would have self park but would not have the park setting that drops the blades a little lower.

Once they are awake I will try and get some full frame pics and some interiors. Suede roof lineing, leather and carbon details, much better inside than the DB9 which felt a bit 60's retro. But if you thro the keys at me......

He must keep this for ever, and I will become his best friend..............