That is both, a great build and first race experience! Sorry you had that door mishap, but from here it looks like you´ve got the perfect skill set to fix it. Beautiful car btw!
There is a walk around of this car starting at 14:08 in Mart's video of this meet, as well as some background shots later on. Was the trunk lid removed for the first run? https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/pendine-sands-2025-from-soggy-to-sublime.1341845/ Around 40:30 and 51:00 show more including after the second run with the door coming off.
The trunk lid removed itself the first run! There is a drop in the dunes along the beach and a crosswind hits at that point if the wind is in that direction which is the same point the door was unlatched. both the doors and the trunklid are un reinforced fibregl*** and extremely flexible. Hence why when the body was on its previous race car they were purely cosmetic and glued shut. But it is in our plans this winter to install new doors with full inners to add some rigidity to them and convert over to bearclaw latches. the perils of a belly pan, it stops most of the air getting in, but whatever air does get in then wants to get out too! And finds the quickest way!
Small update, currently in the throws of moving workshops so most is halted but we’ve got big plan’s and some updates a foot ready for the next beach race But a super cool thing happened, with lots of Tom Cobb chatter on here now there is even more, a while back Joe sent us over a good luck charm in the shape of the original shifter Tom ran in his time with the Pierson coupe! To have something from the car that inspired this whole thing for me all them years back is honestly such a killer thing. And to be something tactile like that shifter complete with what’s believed to be the original shift knob. It’s great to have it be back in a race car and not sat on a shelf! Now we need another transmission AGAIN!
With your transmission experience, you should consider starting your own repair business specializing in those.
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