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Hi,

My name is Stephen and I'm in the beautiful village of Curbar in the Peak District National Park near Sheffield in the north of England.

I'm building what we call a "special". It has a 1954 R Type Bentley chassis and a rarer-than-hen's-teeth manual overdrive Daimler V8 2.5L engine & transmission.

It will soon be time to start fabricating the bodywork. I'm hoping to get a few tips here. I just know the neighbours will be thrilled once the hammering starts!

Best wishes,

Stephen

Welcome to the forum, Stephen :)

I used to go past Curbar on my way to and from Sheffield uni. Used to go Hassop - Calver - Froggatt Edge way. Lovely part of the world!

Bugger t'neighbours! :) Some half decent and empty roads out your way for when it's finished Stephen. I 'grew up' (still a WIP) in that part of the world. Be sure to post some pics when you start building the buck or wireframe. Presume this will be open top? Have a friend building a Mercedes Silver Arrow inspired Austin 7 special and there is an older Bentley Special being put together nearby with a RR V12 (I think Meteor non SC?). Nice little 'baby hemi' you have planned.

Hi Stephen welcome to the forum
Peter

Welcome Stephen. I'm just down the road from you in sheffield

Thanks, everyone. I'll try and post some pictures of the project in due course.

Hi Stephen and Welcome.:)

Cheers John