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Thanks for all the advice, Does anyone have drawings/pics of their caliper brackets? Additionally if anyone has documentation/ photos of their conversions these would be great to see! I have access to a lathe, Milling machine and CNC but need to use my favours wisely  :P regarding the drum covers, does anyone know where I can pick some of these up as they would be perfect! I am running a dual line/master cylinder braking system and will be fitting a bias bar in due course to even out the braking capabilities. With regards to what I am up to, I have built a couple of Sammios previously and loved them but got bored of fixing the same problems! That said, I have never owned another car that has given me the same ear to ear grin that the sammios did and they are bloody good fun for not a lot of money!! Following a lot of measuring and a bit of luck I have managed to get my hands on some moulds taken from a Bristol engined AC Ace. The chassis design of the Ace is very similar to that of the vitesse and as there is only 1" difference in the wheelbase the Vitesse makes a perfect donor. When purchased, the moulds and initial plug came to me in a bit of a state of disrepair and as such have taken months of work to restore to a usable condition. I am currently in the process of preparing the car to take a new mould from to minimise time spent on bodywork for future builds! To ensure that the car is fit for the road (and hopefully will avoid the pitfalls of the sammio reputation) I have used a reconditioned chassis (Shotblasted, zinced and painted) and fitted recon running gear. Fitted it with spax (ride and height adjustable) shocks and springs to the front and a swingspring conversion with 1" lowering block on the rear. I have also moved the engine back so that the 6 cyl lump sits in the same location as the 4 pot 1200 lump. By placing a 65L fuel tank directly over the rear axle the car ahould remain firmly planted to the tarmac and should make for a good ride! If anyone is interested in the build I am happy to send/post more info Cheers, Stu

Hi All, I have been reading around and have hit a stumbling block regarding the project I am currently working on. I am in the process of developing a special using the vitesse chassis and running gear. I have currently fitted 15" Austin Healey wire wheels using MGB Hub adapters. unfortunately the front disks and rear drums look a little lost inside the wheel and as I have the additional space I thought it would be ideal  to uprate the brakes front and rear. I have read of people fitting Saxo and Capri disks but these both seem fit comfortably within the 13" wheel (with some machining). I understand that the offset of the disk is the most important factor in doing a conversion but do not want to over look any other key factors! Has anyone fitted larger brakes and if so has there been any issues with strength of the stub axle casting taking the additional force of braking? Any help on this would be much appreciated! Cheers, Stu