Emil Wojcik
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Thanks! The windshield...
...is plexi, mounted in a spare frame that I cut down and polished.
It's a 1978 but I converted it from the rubber bumpers to the older chrome bumpers, lowered the suspension front and rear, converted to duel SUs and doubled the HP by over boring, raising compression, aggressive street cam, etc.
I made the fairing myself out of fiberglass. It's hinged at the front so it can be tilted forward to access the trunk. The side windows are removed. Also removed the side marker lights and back-up lights and made the spring-loaded hood hold downs. In fact, I did all the work myself except the machining of the engine. Painted it myself, too.
There's some other minor details that I've also changed.
This was my daily driver back in the '80s. Now it's just for fun and shares space in the carriage house with my '64 356C coupe.
Emil
This message has been edited by Emil Wojcik on 2014-05-20 06:46:35
I have even better...
...a meeting with my friend Laurent - aka Noodia - with ours cars in the South of France last month... picture by P@trice ...
Not a Spitfire...
...an MGB. I recognized it right away in the first photo just by the mirror. I happen to have one too, so for me it's very familiar although mine looks a bit different, with some minor customization. Emil [URL=] [/URL] ...
Very nice, Emil!
Love the cut down screen (glass or perspex?) and the head fairing... I once thought of doing similar to the Guilietta - a Spider Monoposto. What else have you done to it?
Thanks! The windshield...
...is plexi, mounted in a spare frame that I cut down and polished. It's a 1978 but I converted it from the rubber bumpers to the older chrome bumpers, lowered the suspension front and rear, converted to duel SUs and doubled the HP by over boring, raising...
At the moment...
...the car's partially disassembled so I can finish polishing the paint. I don't think I have any other photos right now. There was a little orange peal that was bothering so I'm in the process of buffing it out. Have been pretty busy lately working on th...
That's correct ! A MGB originally sold in California...
...and now retired in the South of France !
A California car, so...
...I'd assume it was in nice condition when shipped to France. Looks like a very nice car! Mine has lived it's whole life on the US east coast and had lots of rust by the time I took it off the road to restore/customize. MGBs, like most vintage cars, are ...
And the sun ...
That is ONE great picture ! I always struggle to take a descent WS-carmirror pic :-( ... Bim