into the tenth year and still a way to go. as per the project Binky I want it to look fairly understated.
the Porsche wheels are for track days. I have a set of standard wheels for road (the S800 is the same 5x130 PCD as the Porsche)
no it isn't photoshopped. and the wheelbase is shorter than the Mini
that is the unmodified, just slightly massaged, transmission tunnel with the six speed gearbox lurking underneath. S2000 gear lever modified to mimic S800 lever and the original S800 4 speed knob fitted.
yes it is that small.
-- Edited by Bozwell on Monday 7th of December 2020 12:29:10 AM
Bozwell said
Mar 13, 2017
Oh and I also have another project on the go
a 1966 Plymouth Barracuda which'll get converted to RHD. 5 litre V8 4 speed. should make an interesting tow vehicle for the S800.
knocked up a tool to measure bump steer as the steering linkage is getting changed
plenty to do.
-- Edited by Bozwell on Monday 13th of March 2017 03:20:05 AM
Niek said
Mar 16, 2017
Wow! That Honda is beyond clean. I can only guess at the number of hours that have gone into this. Also good luck converting the Barracuda to RHD. Modifying the dash is going to be lots of fun.
Bozwell said
Mar 18, 2017
cheers. had very little corrosion just a hard life
had fibreglass panels fitted sometime in the 1970's and used as a hillclimb racer.
the S800 has a separate chassis which is the same used in the roadster so it's very heavy. plus iv'e added metal. probably knocking on the door of 900 kgs when finished. they are 850 kgs standard which is immense for the size.
iv'e still got to fabricate a five link live axle from various Ford bits and to fit the standard S800 wheels.
-- Edited by Bozwell on Saturday 18th of March 2017 09:02:41 AM
Bozwell said
Mar 26, 2017
iv'e modified a few cars over the years. the above two will be my last I think.
ex Turbo cup car which I bought damaged, repaired and got it road registered. after the engine got nicked I grafted in a Renault 19 16valve engine. converted that to run 45dcoe's. that was all in the late 90's.
the obligatory Mini. I managed to buy a Mini Miglia race car rolling chassis for only £250 which gave up all its suspension, doors, roll cage, fuel tank, wheels, windows etc. the Miglia shell was scrap. I also got hold of a straight cut gearbox and straight cut drop gears as well as a LSD. I sold that lot and later fitted a turbo engine from a Metro. then sold the car for £1000
my Datsun 120Y which had the 1.8 MX5 VVt engine fitted. I didn't do the conversion but made a few improvements including the fitting of a Ford English axle out of a Caterham that had a LSD and Quaife half shafts.
Bozwell said
Apr 15, 2017
-- Edited by Bozwell on Saturday 15th of April 2017 08:56:13 PM
-- Edited by Bozwell on Saturday 15th of April 2017 08:59:47 PM
Bozwell said
May 9, 2017
-- Edited by Bozwell on Tuesday 9th of May 2017 11:23:00 PM
gben said
May 13, 2017
Beautiful work on the facia (dash board) I am thinking it will be a right pig to move the m/cylinder to the RHD pedals. looking forward to further installments. Love the Honda!!!!
Bozwell said
May 16, 2017
Bozwell said
Jun 4, 2017
bit more mocking up
just need to make it a permanent fix now. the floor needs replacing and as there is a huge space between the gearbox and the floor I can reshape around the clutch pedal for more foot clearance and maybe a foot rest.
still plenty to figure out
Niek said
Aug 9, 2017
Bloody photobucket has become a royal pain in the lower backside. Like you, I hosted all my photos there. Tons of links on various forums are all dead now. I dread to think of the amount of work involved to re-host my photos and update all the links. The extortionate bastards basically broke a large portion of the internet.
GrayRaceCat said
Aug 10, 2017
Several members on www.pro-touring.com ran into the same problem. One member recommended these alternatives...
I have no connection or experience with any of these, so I can't personally vouch for them.
One of my favorites, http://www.pro-touring.com/threads/106855-Modern-Bullitt-Charger-build
appears to be using https://postimages.org/ to host his images now.
-- Edited by GrayRaceCat on Thursday 10th of August 2017 08:29:31 PM
Niek said
Aug 16, 2017
GrayRaceCat, thank you for pointing out postimages.org. It is almost too good to be true, a site that hosts photos indefinitely and unlike Photobucket it's not stuffed with countless ads. Subscribed. Now on to the laborious task of restoring the dead links Photobucket has left behind.
GrayRaceCat said
Aug 16, 2017
Niek, Happy to help. I had never heard of them until keepat of Modern Bullitt Charger Build posted that he's using them.
Bozwell said
May 22, 2018
pictures working again :) photobucket relented?
at present making an axle from various Ford bits and the brackets off the old S800 axle. going to be very heavy but strong.
Bozwell said
May 24, 2018
will have LSD, truck halfshafts and 10 inch drum brakes.
As of today, all hosted images that Photobucket’s customers had lost access to last year have been restored.
Loving the build(s)!
-- Edited by Forsh on Thursday 24th of May 2018 12:12:34 PM
-- Edited by Forsh on Thursday 24th of May 2018 12:13:49 PM
Bozwell said
Aug 6, 2018
got one of the doors on.
it is fiberglass skinned and been that way since the 70's
i made new door panels from aluminium and covered them in vinyl. the drop glass is Perspex.
a photograph from the S800 Club magazine from 2006
bit of the cars history
few years ago i made a boot compartment for the spare wheel as where that used to go will now be a pair of silencers.
years ago I made a clock for it from a Jet Aircraft Mach Meter. I grafted a modern Ford clock internals into it (cost about £10 all in). The Stopwatch is an Airforce Spec' Heuer Monte Carlo.
Speedo and rev-counter have modern electronic internals fitted to replace the cable driven tach and speedo. the needles zero when the ignition is switched on.
Bozwell said
Oct 17, 2018
all the main vehicle electrics work. LED for all the bulbs apart from dip and main.
ignition ECU will be in the glovebox then that can be connected to all the wiring fed to that area.
As a job I repair cars for a living. Just completed a Cosworth Sierra RS500
and Recommissioned this pictured Ford in 2010/2011. spent 30+ years in the Beaulieu Motor Museum. Looked after it at Goodwood ever since.
Bozwell said
Nov 28, 2018
Bling !
they are the track wheels. the wheels in the Avatar picture I still have. they are British made alloys. and I also have a set of standard wheels if I want to tone it down a bit.
Bozwell said
Nov 28, 2018
when I bought it in 2007. (was a cheap car then)
Bozwell said
Dec 7, 2020
long over due for an update.
I was never quite sure with the original exhaust manifold I made so I scrapped it and remade another one.
quite easy with available parts. (i'm also going to make headers for the Barracuda hence all the extra bends)
iv'e had the whole exhaust system metal sprayed to keep the rust at bay.
iv'e also had a rethink on the rear suspension. I need to make the arms on the axle all adjustable to be able to change the pinion angle and to fine tune the location.
i had a pair of spare arms of the scrap car i broke years ago. each arm can do two adjustable arms. the original arms will be put into safe keeping.
reason for making the arms like that rather than rose joints both ends is so that the noise from the rose joints attached to the axle wont transmit the noise to the chassis.
The rear brakes were proving to be a bit of a hurdle. I wasn't happy with my original plan of the Cortina P100 drum brakes. (came with the axle bits I acquired) New drums are proving impossible to find and are really heavy anyway. so a rethink and hours of internet searching and I have a plan.
Mk 2 MX5 calipers are easily available and only £75 new. the discs are Honda Civic circa 2002 and again cheap and easily available.
Bit of machining to the disc.and it'll fit. The calipers are quite small and it all fits under the standard wheels. result.
I know it's a lot of work just to be able to fit the standard wheels and will probably spend little time with the standard wheels on anyway.
it's very tight but will work. Just need to make the brackets to weld to the axle.
loads of clearance with the 13 inch alloys.
no point worrying to see if the Porsche wheels fit. I made the axle 20mm shorter than the S800 unit so wider wheels will fit without sticking out and will space the wheels as necessary. With the beefier wheel studs it wont be an issue.
prop-shaft was stroke of luck. non standard vehicle at work having a different gearbox fitted required a different prop-shaft. the old prop just happens to be the right length and flange type to fit my S800. a deal was done with the prop in exchange for a little machining job. :) (the longer one was going to be my mockup prop from an E Type Jag)
-- Edited by Bozwell on Monday 7th of December 2020 12:21:48 AM
Bozwell said
Aug 23, 2021
as you can see i'm not set up for Utube. just to prove it runs.
vid makes it sound like a diesel and the bonnet rattles like mad when open. actually sound really sweet and much quieter than i thought it'll be with the straight through exhaust silencers.
-- Edited by Bozwell on Monday 23rd of August 2021 08:36:01 PM
-- Edited by Bozwell on Monday 23rd of August 2021 08:36:53 PM
Bozwell said
Oct 11, 2021
I decided Two projects wasn't enough. so i bought a second Barracuda.
it wasn't supposed to be a project but i just cant leave things alone
still, at least i can swap bits between cars. the Gold car will be the modified car and the Blue one will remain standard.
-- Edited by Bozwell on Monday 11th of October 2021 07:21:08 PM
Bodywork finally finished on the S800. Only been 14 years. The left side was too close to the wall to fit the door till i relocated the S800 to make room for the Barracuda.
axle, tuning and final fettle should see it done. 2022?
into the tenth year and still a way to go. as per the project Binky I want it to look fairly understated.
the Porsche wheels are for track days. I have a set of standard wheels for road (the S800 is the same 5x130 PCD as the Porsche)
no it isn't photoshopped. and the wheelbase is shorter than the Mini
that is the unmodified, just slightly massaged, transmission tunnel with the six speed gearbox lurking underneath. S2000 gear lever modified to mimic S800 lever and the original S800 4 speed knob fitted.
yes it is that small.
-- Edited by Bozwell on Monday 7th of December 2020 12:29:10 AM
Oh and I also have another project on the go
a 1966 Plymouth Barracuda which'll get converted to RHD. 5 litre V8 4 speed. should make an interesting tow vehicle for the S800.
knocked up a tool to measure bump steer as the steering linkage is getting changed
plenty to do.
-- Edited by Bozwell on Monday 13th of March 2017 03:20:05 AM
Wow! That Honda is beyond clean. I can only guess at the number of hours that have gone into this.
Also good luck converting the Barracuda to RHD. Modifying the dash is going to be lots of fun.
cheers. had very little corrosion just a hard life
had fibreglass panels fitted sometime in the 1970's and used as a hillclimb racer.
the S800 has a separate chassis which is the same used in the roadster so it's very heavy. plus iv'e added metal. probably knocking on the door of 900 kgs when finished. they are 850 kgs standard which is immense for the size.
iv'e still got to fabricate a five link live axle from various Ford bits and to fit the standard S800 wheels.
-- Edited by Bozwell on Saturday 18th of March 2017 09:02:41 AM
iv'e modified a few cars over the years. the above two will be my last I think.
ex Turbo cup car which I bought damaged, repaired and got it road registered. after the engine got nicked I grafted in a Renault 19 16valve engine. converted that to run 45dcoe's. that was all in the late 90's.
the obligatory Mini. I managed to buy a Mini Miglia race car rolling chassis for only £250 which gave up all its suspension, doors, roll cage, fuel tank, wheels, windows etc. the Miglia shell was scrap. I also got hold of a straight cut gearbox and straight cut drop gears as well as a LSD. I sold that lot and later fitted a turbo engine from a Metro. then sold the car for £1000
my Datsun 120Y which had the 1.8 MX5 VVt engine fitted. I didn't do the conversion but made a few improvements including the fitting of a Ford English axle out of a Caterham that had a LSD and Quaife half shafts.
-- Edited by Bozwell on Saturday 15th of April 2017 08:56:13 PM
-- Edited by Bozwell on Saturday 15th of April 2017 08:59:47 PM
-- Edited by Bozwell on Tuesday 9th of May 2017 11:23:00 PM
bit more mocking up
just need to make it a permanent fix now. the floor needs replacing and as there is a huge space between the gearbox and the floor I can reshape around the clutch pedal for more foot clearance and maybe a foot rest.
still plenty to figure out
Several members on www.pro-touring.com ran into the same problem. One member recommended these alternatives...
xomf.com
imgur.com
hostr.co
I have no connection or experience with any of these, so I can't personally vouch for them.
One of my favorites, http://www.pro-touring.com/threads/106855-Modern-Bullitt-Charger-build
appears to be using https://postimages.org/ to host his images now.
-- Edited by GrayRaceCat on Thursday 10th of August 2017 08:29:31 PM
Niek, Happy to help. I had never heard of them until keepat of Modern Bullitt Charger Build posted that he's using them.
at present making an axle from various Ford bits and the brackets off the old S800 axle. going to be very heavy but strong.
will have LSD, truck halfshafts and 10 inch drum brakes.
May be this has something to do with it?
https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/05/17/1508498/0/en/Photobucket-Introduces-New-Management-Team-and-Pricing-Plan-to-Address-Diverse-Customer-Needs-and-Re-establish-Customer-Trust.html
As of today, all hosted images that Photobucket’s customers had lost access to last year have been restored.
Loving the build(s)!
-- Edited by Forsh on Thursday 24th of May 2018 12:12:34 PM
-- Edited by Forsh on Thursday 24th of May 2018 12:13:49 PM
got one of the doors on.
it is fiberglass skinned and been that way since the 70's
i made new door panels from aluminium and covered them in vinyl. the drop glass is Perspex.
a photograph from the S800 Club magazine from 2006
bit of the cars history
few years ago i made a boot compartment for the spare wheel as where that used to go will now be a pair of silencers.
years ago I made a clock for it from a Jet Aircraft Mach Meter. I grafted a modern Ford clock internals into it (cost about £10 all in). The Stopwatch is an Airforce Spec' Heuer Monte Carlo.
Speedo and rev-counter have modern electronic internals fitted to replace the cable driven tach and speedo. the needles zero when the ignition is switched on.
all the main vehicle electrics work. LED for all the bulbs apart from dip and main.
ignition ECU will be in the glovebox then that can be connected to all the wiring fed to that area.
As a job I repair cars for a living. Just completed a Cosworth Sierra RS500
and Recommissioned this pictured Ford in 2010/2011. spent 30+ years in the Beaulieu Motor Museum. Looked after it at Goodwood ever since.
Bling !
they are the track wheels. the wheels in the Avatar picture I still have. they are British made alloys. and I also have a set of standard wheels if I want to tone it down a bit.
when I bought it in 2007. (was a cheap car then)
long over due for an update.
I was never quite sure with the original exhaust manifold I made so I scrapped it and remade another one.
quite easy with available parts. (i'm also going to make headers for the Barracuda hence all the extra bends)
iv'e had the whole exhaust system metal sprayed to keep the rust at bay.
iv'e also had a rethink on the rear suspension. I need to make the arms on the axle all adjustable to be able to change the pinion angle and to fine tune the location.
i had a pair of spare arms of the scrap car i broke years ago. each arm can do two adjustable arms. the original arms will be put into safe keeping.
reason for making the arms like that rather than rose joints both ends is so that the noise from the rose joints attached to the axle wont transmit the noise to the chassis.
The rear brakes were proving to be a bit of a hurdle. I wasn't happy with my original plan of the Cortina P100 drum brakes. (came with the axle bits I acquired) New drums are proving impossible to find and are really heavy anyway. so a rethink and hours of internet searching and I have a plan.
Mk 2 MX5 calipers are easily available and only £75 new. the discs are Honda Civic circa 2002 and again cheap and easily available.
Bit of machining to the disc.and it'll fit. The calipers are quite small and it all fits under the standard wheels. result.
I know it's a lot of work just to be able to fit the standard wheels and will probably spend little time with the standard wheels on anyway.
it's very tight but will work. Just need to make the brackets to weld to the axle.
loads of clearance with the 13 inch alloys.
no point worrying to see if the Porsche wheels fit. I made the axle 20mm shorter than the S800 unit so wider wheels will fit without sticking out and will space the wheels as necessary. With the beefier wheel studs it wont be an issue.
prop-shaft was stroke of luck. non standard vehicle at work having a different gearbox fitted required a different prop-shaft. the old prop just happens to be the right length and flange type to fit my S800. a deal was done with the prop in exchange for a little machining job. :) (the longer one was going to be my mockup prop from an E Type Jag)
-- Edited by Bozwell on Monday 7th of December 2020 12:21:48 AM
as you can see i'm not set up for Utube. just to prove it runs.
vid makes it sound like a diesel and the bonnet rattles like mad when open. actually sound really sweet and much quieter than i thought it'll be with the straight through exhaust silencers.
-- Edited by Bozwell on Monday 23rd of August 2021 08:36:01 PM
-- Edited by Bozwell on Monday 23rd of August 2021 08:36:53 PM
I decided Two projects wasn't enough. so i bought a second Barracuda.
it wasn't supposed to be a project but i just cant leave things alone
still, at least i can swap bits between cars. the Gold car will be the modified car and the Blue one will remain standard.
-- Edited by Bozwell on Monday 11th of October 2021 07:21:08 PM
Bodywork finally finished on the S800. Only been 14 years. The left side was too close to the wall to fit the door till i relocated the S800 to make room for the Barracuda.
axle, tuning and final fettle should see it done. 2022?