Tingles ex C production race Elan Body
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 10:30 pm
This is another of my on going projects that I have been working on. I haven't done a thing to it in a couple of years but I dragged it out of the shed yesterday to move it a bit closer to getting it in primer and possibly back to being painted the Medici Blue as it was delivered. I bought the body from Charles Fulop who restored Tingle ex racer back to a street Elan. Charles was going to restore the body but found another body that was already painted and needed to move the body out of his friend?s shop in Somerville. Charles had already cut the roll cage out and taken off the C production flairs when I got it. There were holes cut in a lot of locations that I wanted to patch to get it to the point where I could decide at a later date if it was to be a race car again or just another street terror. These are the same flairs that I put on the other (S3/S4) cut up special that I am also doing. Tingles Elan also has the front flairs along with the rears so you can get an idea of how it looked in its day. Ground clearance is currently a little low (sitting on a 2x6 at each end), it may need just a bit more. I brought it out now as the weather is just about right for spreading filler and while one Elan is getting filler applied the other can be sanded. Well that?s the plan anyway, we will have to see if it works out.
Tingles ex C-Prod race car body as I bought it, well you can see a little of it.
Low ground clearance?
My friend Bill Hough molded the bonnet in one of my molds for a customier and it was never picked up or paid for so I'll put it to good use.
The door lattice is perfect on the right side.
One of the many holes that the roll cage went through to pickup the front shock towers.
The left side needed the same patch.
The inner arch show how much was cut away on the back of the photo above.
Same patch as the above two photos from the left (original U.S. drivers side) the foot well.
This photo show how large the rear arch is.
The front left arch looks small in comparison
The rear arch still has some of the old TLC color scheme on it. I didn't want to loose its entire heritage
Lattice around the Left door was cut out for the roll cage along with the the inner sill. I needed to mold up a piece to replace it with and bond it in. I still need to replace the lattice work.
More holes filled...
still more holes
Still needs more sanding to get rid of the rest of the red spot putty, unfortunately its down below the gelcoat.
As it was when I dragged it out yesterday.
Tingles ex C-Prod race car body as I bought it, well you can see a little of it.
Low ground clearance?
My friend Bill Hough molded the bonnet in one of my molds for a customier and it was never picked up or paid for so I'll put it to good use.
The door lattice is perfect on the right side.
One of the many holes that the roll cage went through to pickup the front shock towers.
The left side needed the same patch.
The inner arch show how much was cut away on the back of the photo above.
Same patch as the above two photos from the left (original U.S. drivers side) the foot well.
This photo show how large the rear arch is.
The front left arch looks small in comparison
The rear arch still has some of the old TLC color scheme on it. I didn't want to loose its entire heritage
Lattice around the Left door was cut out for the roll cage along with the the inner sill. I needed to mold up a piece to replace it with and bond it in. I still need to replace the lattice work.
More holes filled...
still more holes
Still needs more sanding to get rid of the rest of the red spot putty, unfortunately its down below the gelcoat.
As it was when I dragged it out yesterday.