VIN 12306 'Auryn' : RHD rebuild

[Starglider]

Quote:They're nice! And thin so you shouldn't lose too much headroom!

I cut a rectangle out of the fibreglass so that the stainless plates mounted flush; will look better and no headroom lost.

Rich Hanlon Wrote:Is there a benginners guide to electroluminescent sheet antywhere? I have a few ideas I have been toying with for a while which I think EL sheet would be best with...

Not that I know of but it's extremely simple to use. It comes in various sizes and can be cut to shape. I like to solder on several terminals for a completely even brightness, but that isn't really necessary, you can just plug the EL and inverters together for good results. Nearly all inverters take 12v input which is convenient for car applications. The one thing to be careful of is that the base colour doesn't necessarily match the illumination colour, I had to try three suppliers until I found some panel that was completely white off and on (other two looked pink in daylight).

Quote:finally got a better look at that weird 4x4 thingy on way to Derby today, it was actually
facing outwards onto the road and made out VX on the front grille.

Previous owner did this to the front of mine;





The LPG (autogas) works great though, literally half the price of diesel and nearly as good MPG as petrol. Changeover to petrol when you press the button or the propane runs out is seamless. It made me start thinking about how you would convert a DeLorean to LPG; the standard solution is a donut tank replacing the spare tyre, but with the big voids in the DMC-12 pontoons you could probably put tanks in there and do an invisible conversion. I'd be seriously considering it if I wasn't going for the Legend-replica engine look.