Europa

There is a great movie called “A Brilliant Mind” in which Russell Crowe plays a genius who goes a little wacko but still comes up with an award winning mathematical equation while he was in a bar chasing women. The equation

I finally got the new dash and new crash pad in place and screwed into place. There are several stainless steel screws that hold the wood dash in place along the front. Unlike an Elan where the dash is just bolted

I got the crash pad back from my interior guy Ken. As usual, he did a terrific job. He ended up not using the sewed in seam that came with the kit. He instead sewed his own using the extra material

Thanksgiving 2007… Time to drop the body onto the chassis. The chassis was in roll around mode and the Europa body was on its tall rolling cart. Two stout males can lift and manipulate the body into place but you run

I had to spend way too many hours sanding and rubbing out the Europa body. But until I was happy, I had to keep rubbing and sanding and rubbing and sanding. It wasn’t that the paint was bad. It just wasn’t

After doing some research (talking to Carl Sarro and Rich Cwik), I found out that the color of the wheels were not really truly straight black. They are supposed to be a little bit more of a real dark gun metal

Back at the house, it was time for some paint. I had spent a day shooting the final shots of primer and sanding it all down with 400 grit. I blasted out the garage with the leaf blower and headed

I got the engine all buttoned up and looking very pretty sitting on the engine stand. Now its tranny time. Got her all cleaned and spiffied up with a fresh coat of silver paint during a previous visit, time for