The great body switch-over (Summer 2022)
For these last several years, I've been running this old, rough, heavily-patinad body on this car. The body is really the only "Berkeley" thing about this car, as the rest of it is all custom. I've come to think of the body in this pic as my "test mule"- the body I could fearlessly mod, cut, chop on as I learned what I could or could not do on this project.. I've been looking for clearances, mounting points, vibration issues, water traps; whatever issues cropped up, this body showed me what they were, and how to resolve them. I love the world-worn patina that this body brings to the car, but it's now time to move onto the next phase of the build.
So this very rough, very brittle body is being retired in favor of a 'good' Berkeley body- in this case, it will be the RED Berkeley body that I have on standby, just waiting for its turn to be put into service. Over the next several months the red body will slowly make its way onto the car, and I'll run it 'as-is' until next summer (2023). My plan is to work the red body over and make it as nice and straight as I can during the summer of 2023, then I'll pull the car back apart for that last time and paint it mid summer of 2024.. If all goes as planned, at that point, the car will be fully mechanically sorted, and once in paint, it will be as 'done' as these things go. I then plan to keep this as a play car, and after a short break, somewhere in late 2024, I'll begin building my 2nd Berkeley, "The Slow Build Berkeley" **link here:
viewtopic.php?f=36&t=21443*I put these plans and dates here to help hold myself accountable.. I've sort of lost my way recently, and my life has been way out of balance, a feeling I decidedly do not like, so like I always do, I've made a plan, set dates, established goals, and move forward.. Thanks OCD
--ccrunner
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Dean
1972 Honda N600 Restomod "ccrunner's N600 VFR800 repower"
1963 Volvo P1800 Restomod
http://locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=163091959 Berkeley SE492 Restomod...
viewtopic.php?f=36&t=19397"ccrunner's 1960 MGA coupe Restomod" found on MGExp.com