360S S3 "Yellowjacket" Build in Upstate SC

[pethier]

  On 2/25/2025 at 8:22 PM, Yoram said:

 

Ahh, now I see it.  Wasn't looking closely at the bottom.  Not being familiar with it I was expecting a bracket in the middle of the rear panel (obviously obscured by the wheel) with a couple/three studs, like in Jeeps etc.

 

 

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One out of two ain't bad.

 

My 1979 had no mounting bracket, nor a hole where one had been.  The tire rested on the carrier and the top of the wheel/tire was strapped to to the car body with a belt, as you see in my previous post.

 

My 1991 has a bracket that that is fastened to a threaded hole in a horizontal tube in the boot. The bracket is Y-shaped with two studs which accept nuts like those used on the road wheels. 

[pethier]

  On 2/25/2025 at 7:02 PM, theDreamer said:

FYI: Moonstone Blue Metallic was first used on the Ford Sierra Cosworth 3 door (hatch). This particular colour requires a light grey undercoat. The top coat is produced only as a varnish finish with a dominant blue colour.

 

The photos I found on-line show it to be more like metallic silver with a slight blue hue. Obviously, what base coat colour was used plus the thickness of the top coat would play a part in the final product.

 

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Exactly.  One could get the car in any colour you wanted as long as it was black, white, or Ford Moonstone Blue.

 

I think the original owner of my 1700 Super Sprint may have been a fan of the Ford Sierra Cosworth RS.  I think he ordered all the options for a Prisoner Special Edition, but did not want the BRG with a yellow nose.  When I got the Caterham it was all Ford Moonstone Blue.  I wanted the car to be more-visible, so the nose and fenders are now Caterham Firecracker Yellow.

 

Edited February 26 by pethier

[Yoram]

  On 2/26/2025 at 6:55 PM, pethier said:

When I got the Caterham it was all Ford Moonstone Blue.  I wanted the car to be more-visible, so the nose and fenders are now Caterham Firecracker Yellow.

 

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That's exactly why I ordered mine with this colo(u)r.  But I had to have the bare aluminum body to "add lightness"... 🤪