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Pic's of Alec's RT

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:45 am
by stylussprinter
Went to BRIZE to see Alec's new Stylus yesterday and what a very nice build it is . Own paint job , not yet finally polished but still looked a great shade of ' orange ' with a very nicely finished black interior. Some nice detailing using stainless fixings and rivets nicer than the ones I used :roll: Here's a few pic's I took while there .
Well done Alec , a great car :)

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Sorry about the seemingly yellow colour on this one Alec , it's just the camera :lol:

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:22 am
by hearbear
Amazing how much better they look out in the sunlight instead of the garage during the build :D

out in the sun !

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:26 am
by stylussprinter
Yes , I agree plus their diminutive appearance stands out especially when parked next to any other car ----- shame we couldn't have photo'd it next to one of those huge RAF planes on site :shock:

Rob(we shall have to find a way of meeting when yours is done George !)

Re: out in the sun !

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:31 am
by hearbear
stylussprinter wrote:Yes , I agree plus their diminutive appearance stands out especially when parked next to any other car ----- shame we couldn't have photo'd it next to one of those huge RAF planes on site :shock:

Rob(we shall have to find a way of meeting when yours is done George !)
I hope to finish for the spring so may be we could arrange something for a weekend during the summer if all goes to plan :D

George

summer time meet

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:35 pm
by stylussprinter
Sounds good , just a matter of timing --------- look forward to seeing it :)
Rob.

P.S. by the way George , how did you get your engine photo small enough to go on here. I've tried downsizing to the smallest choice of 680 x 800 but it wont have it ? :roll:

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 5:05 pm
by alecmartin19
Good to finally see some pics of my car on the site. Cheers Rob.

My computer is playing up but should have some build photo's up here soon. Hopefully!

Hope you enjoyed your afternoon at brize Rob. was definately very helpful for me and I will be spending the next few days setting up my car I think!

cheers for your advice!

:D

Re: summer time meet

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 5:27 pm
by hearbear
stylussprinter wrote:Sounds good , just a matter of timing --------- look forward to seeing it :)
Rob.

P.S. by the way George , how did you get your engine photo small enough to go on here. I've tried downsizing to the smallest choice of 680 x 800 but it wont have it ? :roll:
Rob the picture has to be 180x180 pixel and no more than 16K to fit. If you are unable to get to that size email me your picture you want to us and will resize for you :D

hearbear@gmail.com

Cheers George

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:31 pm
by whiterabbit
Hi Alec, looks great, are those the undersized numberplates one commonly sees on grey import MR2's and MX5's ? If so how does one get away with it ?

Steve

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:15 pm
by alecmartin19
They are British Standard marked numberplates. Yes they are fitted to Japanese imports but you can use them legally in this country.

To get them you need to go to somewhere that orders plates rather than makes them in house.

The front one and rear one were both originally 6 inch by 12 inch with the letter spacing as close together and as small as legally allowed. When I got the plates there was a lot of wasted plastic on them at the edges. As you can see on the back one, I have left this standard but the front one has had the 2 sides just simply cut off. As my friendly bobby explained to me before I did it, the letters have to be readable from a set distance and a certain height and spacing. The law doesn't stipulate the amount of reflective area the plate has so as long as the BS mark is still there and you don't make the plate un-readable you should be fine.

Re: summer time meet

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:47 pm
by stylussprinter
hearbear wrote:
stylussprinter wrote:Sounds good , just a matter of timing --------- look forward to seeing it :)
Rob.

P.S. by the way George , how did you get your engine photo small enough to go on here. I've tried downsizing to the smallest choice of 680 x 800 but it wont have it ? :roll:
Rob the picture has to be 180x180 pixel and no more than 16K to fit. If you are unable to get to that size email me your picture you want to us and will resize for you :D

hearbear@gmail.com

Cheers George
Thanks George , the pic' went up with no prob's as you can see , many thanks. Rob. :)

Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 3:27 pm
by se7ensport
The car looks great Alec, looking forward to seeing it in person.

Alex

Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:29 pm
by alecmartin19
looking forward to meeting you too! are you off to aldershot this weekend? i shall be there. i'll be in the RT too if its not raining too much!

Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:08 pm
by se7ensport
excuse my ignorance but whats going on in Aldershot?

i'm probably spending the weekend get it running right after sorting the valves, looks like the cam/crank timing is slightly out + a few bushes to swap over following some advice from Tim.

I'm hoping to be out in it by sunday afternoon Rain or shine :lol:

Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:31 pm
by Cerberus
se7ensport wrote:excuse my ignorance but whats going on in Aldershot?

i'm probably spending the weekend get it running right after sorting the valves, looks like the cam/crank timing is slightly out + a few bushes to swap over following some advice from Tim.

I'm hoping to be out in it by sunday afternoon Rain or shine :lol:
There's a sprint at eelmoore heres the link, http://www.clubstylus.be/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=140 I think a few of us are going down to support rob.

Phil :D

Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:52 pm
by gnalist
Hi Alec,

Very nice....are those motorbike mirrors on it as they look very similar to a set of carbon ones I'm thinking of putting on to mine? If so how are they for actually seeing much behind, good?

Congrats on very lovely build.
Greg.