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Re: My Speedster ~ The Black Sheila

Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 2:35 pm
by flatfourfan
Awesome news manny. When are you back in SA?

Re: My Speedster ~ The Black Sheila

Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 2:53 pm
by Manny
I will only return to SA in January 2015.

Re: My Speedster ~ The Black Sheila

Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:52 pm
by flatfourfan
Damn I was hoping for your sake that it would be sooner. Youre going to be hurting man. I went nuts when I wasn't able to drive mine for 3 weeks.

Re: My Speedster ~ The Black Sheila

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 3:25 pm
by Manny
With a new production line being installed here in Angola, any time off is out of the question. The good part of it all come Jan/ Feb 2015 I should have at least six weeks of leave.
Since starting the build of the Black Sheila which is now in its fourteenth month and counting, I have not actually driven the girl.

Re: My Speedster ~ The Black Sheila

Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 9:42 pm
by Manny
Update:

Fuel tank installed, no mods done to the tank and steering column, column clears the tank.
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Re: My Speedster ~ The Black Sheila

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 8:43 am
by acpaterson
That's great news Manny, and it's looking good. :hangloose:

Re: My Speedster ~ The Black Sheila

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 7:48 am
by flatfourfan
noiiiiice............

Re: My Speedster ~ The Black Sheila

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:14 pm
by Manny
A update August 2014'
Due to the NUMSA strike last month, very little work was done on the Black Sheila. I received an update from Garth on Friday and its seems its full steam ahead currently fitting all the trim pieces and preparing for paint.

Below the new front end
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Below is the old front end.

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Below Original Speedster front end

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Re: My Speedster ~ The Black Sheila

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:19 pm
by Firebird
soooooooooooooo much better

Re: My Speedster ~ The Black Sheila

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:28 pm
by Manny
Its freaking awesome, what a difference, hard to believe its the same speedy.

Re: My Speedster ~ The Black Sheila

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 7:54 am
by flatfourfan
awesssssum.

Not just lower on the nose, but the headlights are closer to one another as well.

I need to tie up my loose ends so that I can strip mine down and get it to garth for the nose graft.

Re: My Speedster ~ The Black Sheila

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:30 am
by Firebird
Do it. .. Do it now!
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Re: My Speedster ~ The Black Sheila

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:34 am
by flatfourfan
Firebird wrote:Do it. .. Do it now!
Too many other things to do first. It'll be one of the last things that I do before the respray.

Re: My Speedster ~ The Black Sheila

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 11:25 am
by Manny
I am glad you finally changed your mind to do the nose job, well done :10:
Are you going to respray the same colour or a different colour?

Re: My Speedster ~ The Black Sheila

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 11:50 am
by flatfourfan
I wish that I could do it now, but I just don't have the time.

Respray a diff colour..........aquamarine non-metallic.

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I hate the current colour, that's why I'm not phased when I bump it, scratch it or mess paint on it..........yeah i've messed a lot on it.