Hoodedreeper's Mk1 The Purple Monster

hoodedreeper · Postby **hoodedreeper** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 10:52 am

Correct

I'll pay for the cost of the respray,and the amount the Insurance Company was charged will be deducted from my total

meanmx · Postby **meanmx** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 10:20 pm

Love the steering wheel

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 10:21 pm

that sounds like a good deal, well done sir.

hoodedreeper · Postby **hoodedreeper** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:47 am

Small Update

Got my hands on some Mazdaspeed Side Skirts

I've had a lot of inspiration from RevLimiter's Sharka build and I loved the retro Mazda badge he bought. After I searched the internet high and low I couldn't find a badge that I liked. So I went back to the Sharka build to see where he got his from. Found one in the US and It arrived yesterday.

As I'm a wheel whore,i ordered a new set of wheels. Traklite Apex 15x8.25j ET20 weight 8kg each

A little bit under 3" of dish

The car should hopefully be painted this week,will update with more pics when I get them

hoodedreeper · Postby **hoodedreeper** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 7:47 am

Small update

New door and boot catches

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7341/1117 ... 08d3_o.jpg

The body shop had started to prep the front Racing Beat Type 2 bumper and found the following

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5519/1117 ... 7b50_o.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7302/1117 ... 15a9_o.jpg

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5520/1117 ... 3030_o.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7421/1117 ... d980_o.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7291/1117 ... 8cc2_o.jpg

]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7338/11177303174_7cba395c5e_o.jpg

So they spent quite a few days on it and I received these photos this morning

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2810/1117 ... f518_o.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7400/1117 ... b49d_o.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7331/1117 ... 31e2_o.jpg

WOW is all I can say! It looks like its brand new! Cant thank them enough for the amazing job they've done so far!

hoodedreeper · Postby **hoodedreeper** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 6:17 am

To keep things going...

Custom vinyl centre caps

RevLimiter Stirling Gauge Faces

And here is a sneak peak of the car's progress

taminga16 · Postby **taminga16** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 6:49 am

Looking forward to the results, have you moved the battery? Oh, and no more parking opposite the neighbor with the lazy neck!

meanmx · Postby **meanmx** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 4:19 pm

Agree with Greg, looking forward to the results.

MrRevhead · Postby **MrRevhead** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 4:51 pm

Love those wheels! They will go very well with the purple!

Colour is looking good! Look forward to seeing the whole car in the sunlight to show the true tones of the new paint!

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 7:04 pm

Really nothing more to add than what's already been said in the last few posts.

hoodedreeper · Postby **hoodedreeper** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 2:01 am

Moving the battery back to the boot is on the to-do list

taminga16 · Postby **taminga16** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 7:45 am

hoodedreeper wrote:Moving the battery back to the boot is on the to-do list

Good, It would be the last thing that you ever saw in a major collision and there is the fire risk etc.
Now I sound like the grumpy Uncle.
Greg.

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:40 am

I just don't understand why the previous owner put it there in the first place, such an odd thing to do?

Car's shaping up well, the purple on the bar looks great.
I think though that the gold on the wheels may be a bit bright for it, I think they might work in a bit better with the colour if they were closer to a bronze colour.