Ducktail Rust!

[Lesworth]

Fit was poor and it was fairly flimsy compared to the EB one. As I'm having my car painted it made sense to change it.

[gunscrossed]

12 minutes ago, Lesworth said:

Fit was poor and it was fairly flimsy compared to the EB one. As I'm having my car painted it made sense to change it.

Are you selling the old one?

[Phill]

3 hours ago, gunscrossed said:

Are you selling the old one?

Already taken earlier in the thread.

[gunscrossed]

7 minutes ago, Phill said:

Already taken earlier in the thread.

Was that not Beaky’s? I’m confused 

[Phill]

9 minutes ago, gunscrossed said:

Was that not Beaky’s? I’m confused 

Yep, your are correct, I was already confused 

[Beaky]

On 24/05/2024 at 18:14, GaryH said:

If it's a write-off then I'll take it off your hands for nothing Beaky 👍 😉

Right Gary, the new one is fitted and the old one in my garage in the box the new one came in.

If you want it are you going to collect as I'm in North London.

[GaryH]

13 minutes ago, Beaky said:

Right Gary, the new one is fitted and the old one in my garage in the box the new one came in.

If you want it are you going to collect as I'm in North London.

Thanks Beaky, but much like Kathmandu unfortunately I'm currently in a situation called NoCanDo so looks like it's the tip for your old ducktail.

[Beaky]

4 minutes ago, GaryH said:

Thanks Beaky, but much like Kathmandu unfortunately I'm currently in a situation called NoCanDo so looks like it's the tip for your old ducktail.

OK

[gunscrossed]

Does this mean it’s available?

[Beaky]

1 minute ago, gunscrossed said:

Does this mean it’s available?

yes

[gunscrossed]

I’ll message you 👍

[Lesworth]

On 07/09/2024 at 07:57, Beaky said:

Right Gary, the new one is fitted and the old one in my garage in the box the new one came in.

If you want it are you going to collect as I'm in North London.

Xris, how did the body shop get on with fitment? My bodyshop have now started work and are really not impressed with the quality and consistency of some areas of the duck. Wondering if mine was an aberration that I need to go back to EB about.

[Beaky]

A bit of a mixed bag really. The quality and thickness of the fiberglass was good, but the fitting could be better.

The issue maybe that as our cars were all hand built they can vary a few mm here and there and getting them to fit perfectly not so easy.

I think perhaps a fiberglass specialist garage would be able to add/subtract fiberglass layers so they fit better.

Mines not perfect but its good enough for me.  

Edited September 30, 2024 by Beaky

[Phill]

When I bought my ducktail (admittedly second hand) I spent a lot of hours adding and subtracting fibreglass to get the gaps good. As Beaky says, all the cars are little bit different.

[Lesworth]

Its not the fit that they are not happy with (they have yet to try that in earnest so no doubt theu will have those issues too),its the quality - incosisten thickness in some areas and some odd lines and shapes here and there.

[Ian Comerford]

As we have discussed Les, call EB and discuss a replacement.

[Phill]

3 hours ago, Lesworth said:

Its not the fit that they are not happy with (they have yet to try that in earnest so no doubt theu will have those issues too),its the quality - incosisten thickness in some areas and some odd lines and shapes here and there.

 

1 hour ago, Ian Comerford said:

As we have discussed Les, call EB and discuss a replacement.

Yeah Les, do as you are told 

[Ian Comerford]

Well I’m not sure what else you can do when EB claims to make the best ducks in the UK Phill…….

[Type911]

[Anil]

A few years back I sold this Getty Design ducktail to Fraser @Dr Rock :

 

It appeared to be designed specifically for the Impactbumper/G series cars (i.e. accepted the later plastic grille) and looked like it was made for a road car rather than the "motorsport" inspired offerings that most others were selling at the time.

No idea how it compared to the recently made EB ducks but for £620 (+VAT?) I expected better!

[Beaky]

Old one sold...........