Lamborghini Murcielago/MR2

[Peggyontherun]

Time to strip all the paint off the fuel filler section due to the last bodyshop messing up the pieces


Engine cover all block sanded its getting close to finish on this


Paint all off took ages to get it off


Will have it primed tomorrow hopefully if all goes well

[Peggyontherun]

Side panel on the passenger side me stripping the paint off


Little bit of fixing as i am here on my own and lifting this engine cover on my own is hard


Paint stripped off


Bit off filler used


Ok collected these today my headlights in carbon fiber


Close up


Wing mirrors

[Peggyontherun]

What the wing mirror will look like on the car



Covered up for the Christmas

[Peggyontherun]

Got to the engine cover today good bit of sanding left on them


Sanding all done


All primered and left to dry

[asn]

i hope your Christmas was good, its good to see you back working.  my kit is getting picked up in two days  in america, then i have to wait 20 days
i hope your knee is not as bad now

['The Gaffer']

Hope you are having a well deserved break Peggy

[Peggyontherun]

@ asn - cheers had a good christmas i actually got alot of work done over christmas on the car am glad you purchased the kit id say you cant wait for it to arrive put a few pictures when it arrives cant wait to see it am here if you need any help or advice what suspension are you going with i have koni adjustable suspension and its a must to lower the car to the deck, have you any idea on alloys ??

@ the gaffer - Just about had a nice break and got a good bit of work done on the car so am very happy and i won a set of seats on ebay there fiberglass but i am getting them carbon fibered like the dash, wing mirrors exciting times ahead 

A few pin hole all filled in


All ready for primer


Had some wire mesh left over so im using it on these


Air scoope all primered


Passenger side panel all primered


Side all primered



Mesh all painted


What the mesh will look like when its on

[asn]

im not sure on suspension as my first goal is to make the interior right hand from left and out of carbon fibre also the fuel cap is round so i need to think of some way to make a new one. i do want the lp640 wheels as this kit is the lp640 also im going to reinforce the shell out of carbon fibre so i don't need the metal frame every were maybe just on the sills and places

[Peggyontherun]

Passenger side panel primered


Drivers side here we go have been putting this side off as the panels we in crap from the previous owner


A good bit of sanding and filling going on


Getting the lip on the roof done


Drivers side fuel filler section all sanded down


Sanding



Fuel section all primed


Coming along


Most section finished all these parts will be carbon fibered


All sanded down

[Peggyontherun]

Roof lip section nearly all sanded


Citroen Saxo bonnet hinges taken off for a re-spray


All sanded back to the bare metal and sprayed gloss black


Drivers side air scoop all finished sanding


Drivers side hinge all back on


Gas struts arrived for the doors


Drivers side on still a good bit to go to get it right


Passenger side rear hinge back on


Drivers side hinge on


Still a bit of work on the doors to do




Drivers rear side all primered a good few days on this some sanding gone into this side due to the poor state of the kit



One shot for the road home

[asn]

i peggy i see ur on the toyota site or was ha ha they don't like people messing with there toyota's looks lol

[asn]

hi peggy have you seen these hydrogen conversion kits the Americans are fitting what do you think of them as you can save loads on fuel and its easy

[Peggyontherun]

@ asn - yip them toyota boy dont like but each to there own :-) i wouldnt bother with the hydrogen kits at the mr2 doenst burn that much fuel compared to some cars

[Peggyontherun]

Not much work done today as i cleaned out the workshop and moved a few things around to make room
All the parts put back on the car after priming



All the gaps are perfect now all the work paid off am happy with it

[Peggyontherun]

wet sanding the interior





All preped for painting



All wet sanded


More preping



Starting to paint the interior



Drivers side nearly painted



Passenger side painted

['The Gaffer']

Great progress as usual there, you'll be in the paint shop in a few days at this rate

[Peggyontherun]

Cheers Gaffer i wish but its getting there am happy now  one step closer

[asn]

yer well done ts lookig good

[Peggyontherun]

Cheers Asn

[Peggyontherun]

Ok back out today to chack on the paint job and am very happy with it






All masked up again as im sealing all of this




Seat belt box all sealed



Left to dry over night all sealed

[Peggyontherun]

Ok Windscreen put in today




The view from inside



Half the dash taped up as there is a section that goes in across the bottom of the window


I got this carbon fiber mirror just have to take the sticker off it

Top view

[fullpint]

WOW you have been busy since I last looked at your thread.. A lot of hard work has been put into it so far..
Wish I had a garage the size of yours 

[Peggyontherun]

@ fullpint - Cheers yip a bit of hard work has gone into this car. That a unit i rent near me i dont own it and its a secure unit a nice place to store cars 

[Peggyontherun]

Sun visors installed



Ok bit of a design some will like it some wont



Scoop on the car mocked up


Side view


Ariel view


Closing panel mocked up


This is the car what im aiming for

[Peggyontherun]

Roof scoop all fiberglassed on the outside


As im on my own i got one of the doors on and will hopefully have it opening and closing by tomorrow



Closing panel all made trial fitted

[Peggyontherun]

The bar in the door that the gas ram is connected to is fiberglassed in but ive had to put more support in the door with these bolts


Threading the holes for an easy fit


All finished only one side left to do


Outer door skin on the door frame



Opening and closing the door seems to be working fine still a bit of adjusting to get it spot on


Closing panel for the front windscreen all fitting perfect and primered


Was at the printers today to collect this the Lamborghini bull sticker on the inside of the roof it works well with the matt black

['The Gaffer']

This build really is a labour of love. Keep up the goos work!!!

[Peggyontherun]

@ The Gaffer - cheers

Drivers side sound system back in


Ok i have been looking at roll cages the last few days and nothing will fit my car so i am going to make a template out of wood and my local engineering shop will make one for me. Here i go just picture the wood as round bars it wont look that bad :-)



The steel bars are just in there for support of the wood

[Peggyontherun]

Ok what a day i am wrecked after today ok put this straight piece in but i didnt like the look of it so out with it


This is better now




Starting the passenger side

Inside view

[Peggyontherun]

Passenger side started



Frame coming along



One of the inside sections all put together



Back piece nearly finished but home time as it late

[bluehornetrider]

The car was looking like you were nearly there, why the roll bar? unless your going racing it's going to add a lot of un-needed weight.  Spoils the interior as well, just my opinion I love the roof vent, is it just for show or will it link up to anything?

[Peggyontherun]

@ bluehornetrider - i wasnt going to put a roll cage into the car but its something different and its only for show it will look and suit the car as i have photoshoped it in the car some will like it some wont

Got the top section finished yesterday most of the day was taking up as we installed the drive shaft back in my friends corvette a two hour job never again.


Cage out of the car and re-assembled got the bars last night for the roll cage what a long day yesterday was

['The Gaffer']

I would be just worried about bashing my head on it all the time

[Peggyontherun]

@ The Gaffer - Ha ha wont be a problem for me as im only 5" 6' and small build like a garden gnomes :-)

Ok got the drivers section roll cage all bent and cut out



The two section all welded and lower section




Speakers all in



Front windscreen closing panel painted


Metal section being made for the scoop


Metal for the scoop all clamped together and left to set


Sealing tape going on the closing panel


Closing panel in

[Peggyontherun]

Passenger side all bended and trial fitted


Front piece bent and cut out



Drivers view


All triall welded to hold in place


This arrived today 5 litre of resin and 5 meters of fiberglass

[Peggyontherun]

Lower section all welded in place




Front passenger side bracket made up and ready to be welded


Rear passenger side bracket


All welded in place


Drivers side rear bracket made up


Drivers side front bracket

[Peggyontherun]

Ok got the driver side floor plates all welded


Drivers rear floor plates all welded


This section took a good bit of marking,cutting all on my own as there was nobody around to help me its all welded up here


Front cross section all spot welded


Fully welded in

['The Gaffer']

Great dedicated work there, I just wonder what you are going to do when this one is finished

[David H]

Maybe, with a roll cage, you never know,... it might get thrashed round a track or something.

The dedication is admirable.

[Peggyontherun]

@ The Gaffer - When this baby is finished it will be stored in my heated garage for awhile until this comes :-) and i will be doing a LP640 Lambo convertible as well the year is planned out for me

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