Project BTTF - 3G Accord Aerodeck

[mercutio]

its only wurly thats disapointed

[RattyMcClelland]

Dont worry i have seen Wurlys camel toe in those tight short shorts he wears.

[wurlycorner]

but... which is better? My cameltoe, or Phil's bits hanging out of his bright pink shorts?

[RattyMcClelland]

My cameltoe, or Phil's bits hanging out of his bright pink shorts?

[becca]

Got some photos of one of the Speedlines "on" the car.

Obviously won't poke quite as much as it's butted up against the adapter so about 3mm out and lying funny, not bolted on...






Lighting sucks in the unit, soz...

[NafemanNathan]

Gonna look sweeeeeeeeeeet!

[becca]

I hope so!





I'm on the lookout for skirts at the moment if anyone has any suggestions? Something that will tie well with the over fenders (previous page) so quite angular.

Problem is the wheelbase is so bloody long! I've seen plenty subtle ones for AE-anything and the Celica Supra ones are subtle too but hard to find.

Throw some ideas at me! Or measurements for more common cars to look out for? I'd rather minimal work rather than having to cut and lengthen too much - and spats would be nice too...


What I've found so far that I like the look of are AE82 skirts, very subtle, small spats. And AE101 skirts, a bit more modern, but still relatively boxy. (photos below)

But the AE82 wheelbase is 96" and AE101 is 97", Accord is 102" - obviously that's not entirely relevant as the Accord arches are so wide the actual sills may even be narrower than either Corolla.

Opinions please! I think the 101 would look better with the style of the arch flares, the shape of the curves seem quite similar. But it'll probably end up being a case of try, fail, try again, fail, try a third time and find the right ones

AE101





AE82

[becca]

Small update on the Aerodeck... Bad news but also good news.

Got the old rad back in, charged the battery and started up first time. Gave it a good clean (photo is from before the clean ha) and tucked it back away under a new dust sheet.



Then two days later something awful happened. I got a call to say the workshop we share was on fire. I drove straight over at warp speed but got there after the fire services had left and cleanup had started.

The lad we share with had spent all weekend prepping his new Range Rover for paint, it had just been painted not 24 hours before, he went up there to take some photos, put it back in the unit and went to get his mrs so he could pick up the Rangey and give her the other car back. In the time it took him to drive 10miles the unit had gone up.

Three separate fire services came up to sort the fire and I couldn't be more grateful for everything they did to save the rest of our cars and the barn and how quickly they responded.

The fire started at the back of the Range Rover, electrical we believe. By some ridiculous stroke of luck, or fate, or both the fire had gone up in a column and bust out the skylight giving it somewhere to go. My mint Aerodeck, and his early classic Beetle were both parked mere feet from the RR. BOTH came out completely unharmed, the faded grey of my bumpers hasn't even gone black from heating up. Everything was covered in soot and water which took a while to drain out, there's sap on the spareodeck where the wood in the roof heated up so much and the glue on my rear badge gave out. But that's literally it.




In the photo above the Beetle was parked on the right level with the pallet next to the stack of red boxes, and the Accord was next to it. The RR was in the middle where everything is black (this was AFTER clean up).





Not great to lose the RR but it was a cheap runaround rather than a beloved car so luckily it was that that went rather than anything else.

My Aerodeck is now a fire survivor though and it's given me a bit of a kick up the ass to get it nearer completion, and to get some 'laid up cover' insurance for the cars in the unit just in case.

[rob quilter]

WOW, that sucks.

[indigolemon]

Woah! Glad it survived!