Just another reason to love kit cars... Anything goes, with a bit of imagination!

[AdamR]

So, I was staring at the car tonight thinking, 'Right, I've got 15 minutes to do something, what shall I do?'... I had remembered the shift light was a little tricky to see, especially in bright light, so this hatched a plan...

 

Armed with a bit of PVC pipe, various cutting / shaping tools, some aluminium sticky-backed foil and one of those double-sided foam pads for affixing number plates, I now have a pretty functional 'shroud' for the shift light, which doesn't look out of place!

 

 

And giving it a quick test (the dash lights cycle when ignition comes on, it's not being revved to near the red line stationary and from cold!):

 

 

Feel free to follow up with your own 'mundane item transformed into nifty car addition' photos / stories

 

Cheers,

Adam

[Geoffrey Carter (Buttercup)]

Carol says that every time I drive Buttercup I transform into a right c##k.

Does that count.

[Quinten]

Liking that Angus (see if you can find the reference ) 
 
I'm personally quite proud of my 'steering wheel interface'...  aka RJ45 port
 

[lewis]

That shroud looks right at home on the dash.

 

As a computer geek I love the RJ45 port Quinten

[AdamR]

Carol says that every time I drive Buttercup I transform into a right c##k.

Does that count.

 

Haha! Not the sort of response I was expecting, but fair play

 

Liking that Angus (see if you can find the reference ) 

 

I'm personally quite proud of my 'steering wheel interface'...  aka RJ45 port

 

 

Hmm. No, I don't get that Too slow on a Friday morning!

 

And that is brilliant, exactly the sort of thing I meant

[Kingster]

You still tinkering Adam - thought it was up for grabs?

[AdamR]

Aah, it's a new project to ensure I have plenty of tinkering available to get my fix...

3 weeks ago:

Now:

 

[Kingster]

Ah - of course, I should have spotted the rev counter! What engine is in the Fury?

[AdamR]

Hehe, I did think that was a bit of a clue

It's a 2003 R1. Pretty surprised by the performance given the power output (150-160bhp ish), although it's on the rollers next week as the fuelling isn't right...

[Kingster]

Ah, sweet - always did fancy a BEC - you never know, once I've managed to wreck a few more car engines, I might go that route and get back to things I comprehend!

[AdamR]

Haha, it'll all be fine now I reckon, you just got unlucky there. Yeah, I wanted to scratch the itch too... Things don't seem that different, just more revs and less weight!

[Quinten]

Hmm. No, I don't get that Too slow on a Friday morning!

Credit to Wikipedia

[AdamR]

That definitely went well over my head! I've never even heard of that program Although I was 9 years old when they stopped airing it... The car being a Fury rather than a Phoenix also made it tricky to make the link

[Kingster]

Haha - top points for the obscure reference Quinten - my kids used to love MacGyver (and they have just hit early 30's now) so you must have just missed it Adam

 

BTW - the cylinder head has just arrived - if only I didn't have all this work to do! (pesky customers)

[Quinten]

That definitely went well over my head! I've never even heard of that program Although I was 9 years old when they stopped airing it... The car being a Fury rather than a Phoenix also made it tricky to make the link

Now you make me positively feel very old