andy james

Got back from holiday today and took a run out to take a more subjective and less emotional view of the car in its current state in a Barn! 1.Engine and all ancillaries seem intact along with all fluids. 2.drivers door,boot and bonnet open and close as they should. 3.passenger door seems to have taken the brunt of the impact along with the rear quarter,but they seem to have protected the chassis as both A and B pillars look ok. 4. Took the boot floor out and all looks good inside. 5.interior is full of glass/grass and dust but a new passenger seat,steering wheel,drivers side dash and the obvious passenger door she ain't too bad. 6.windscreen knackered. 7.suspension unknown but recon on new shocks/roll bars/arms etc. So basically I have three options as I can see. 1. Hope the chassis isn't twisted and buy the interior parts,2 wings,1 door,repair the rear quarter,new front bumper,repair chargespeed rear and one side,refurb the wheels,sort suspension and re spray the whole car. Cost? 2. Buy another mint silver Hr and use as a organ donor to transplant all my goodies onto it and then sell off all the unwanted but lucrative parts such as engine,box,brakes,ancillaries etc which would avoid the expense of the body and paint shop.Cost depends on how much the donor car is? 3.harvest all the best bits of my car which by pure luck have come out of this unscathed. gtm supercharger kit,Forged engine,art brakes,miltek exhaust,Racelogic traction control unit and many other parts including all the lights and put this money towards another car. What would you do?....

Sorry Matt been away so a belated Happy Birthday! Catch up soon bud.

Cracking progress from the night shift once again!!

The last time something that impressive was hidden under concrete the Kray brothers were behind it! We all did good today. Concrete mixer and pump on site in the morning.

I have to say I'm overwhelmed buy the kind words of you zedders. The situation is this. My stiff neck and back pain looks like its a temporary thing. The car is in a barn under a tarpaulin for a while until I can collect her and remove all the crinkly panels to see what internal damage has been done. As the roof didn't hit the ground and if the rear quarter damage hasn't twisted the chassis to much then there is a chance she can be saved. Once again thank you all for your support

Thanks everyone

Conditions were damp today at Gurston. Good launch and fine into hollow bend lifted off before carousel and she snapped left. Couldn't hold the slide and hit the tyre wall/ bales sideways which pitched me into a complete barrel roll and landed back on the wheels sliding backwards into the trees. Spent half an hour in the ambulance but only have a sore head and neck but as you can see from the photos my heart is pretty well broken..... This is the risk you take when racing.

Andy is there much difference in performance between the 18 and 19" wheels ? Do you notice the extra weight on the 19" also do to know what the weight difference is between the 2 ? Car looks spot on and gleaming by the way I'm afraid so. The bigger wheels look so much better but the lighter un sprung mass of the Rays does make the car feel more nimble. I recon they weigh around 10 kg each lighter than the 19s.

Got the rays on as racing at Gurston tomoz so looking forward to seeing the complete look with the bigger 5zigen wheels on.

Had this a while but not fitted due to work and race commitments. Thanks once to Chris for a top draw service as ever. Spoke to Buster re colour and decided to go for flood black rather than body colour.

Fair play to you Bob,you guys do the research and time after time you and Chris come up with new ideas! Looking good mate!

Sorry Graham I've only just seen this! Thanks for taking the video! I'm at Gurston Down tomorrow.

Some amazing photos and you guys have been so lucky with the weather! Enjoy the rest of the trip.

Welcome along to the forum!

I would consider selling my remaining two which I think are a bit worn but complete, however I think they might be slightly different to yours, mine look like this: They look the same as mine other than the logo in the center which is no bother to me as the outer alloy ring is all I need.

And there was silly me wondering why you and I have back ache!........... Lol

I like your thinking! Unfortunately my caps aren't really usable as two were melted by the previous owner. I did enquire last year about getting some new replacements from the manufacturer and the answer was $108 including shipping for a set of four which didn't sound too bad compared to those second hand prices! I can't help wondering though how long they would last as the quality of mine didn't look great and brake dust, wheel cleaning chemicals (yes I sometimes get someone else to wash my car ) and possibly heat build-up probably aren't going to be kind to new ones either. I did buy a set of used hexagonal ProRacer FN01R-C caps from eBay US which fit pretty well, I just couldn't decide if I liked the look of them or not. I've lost two of the alloy outer cups from mine so still happy to pay for the two you have left.

Will help handsomely towards your new caps if you sell me the original ones!

Oh yes,nice guy. His R33 is one of the best I've seen

Would that be a Mr Kenny by any chance!

Welcome along Niz!

Bloody hell that looks good! I have a Stillen splitter which I think enhances the facelift front end but I'd swap it for that beauty!

GLWTS Sam. Bargain for someone looking for a well sorted FI car.

Bob that looks the nuts mate! Correct me if I'm wrong but you picked that up from the Zed Shed after lunch today and managed to paint,fit and then post pics by 8.30 pm!! Legend!

Sorry to hear your thinking about moving on Sam. The sound of the Maserati is second to none at that price. What about we go halves on a Gallardo? Lol