So having slept on my visualisations, I've found myself very enthusiastic about this project. It feels to me like it looks right, understated, but powerful (which is the look I want).
Having had numerous discussions with Duncan Forrester at Rocketeer, we've finally managed to agree a inital spec so that I can get a date for the conversion booked in with them.
So here is the spec:-
- Rocketeer Turnkey conversion with 280hp
- Engine upgrade to Stage 3 360hp
- Dry sump system
- ITB Upgrade to take the engine to Stage 4
- Rocketeer cold air induction system
- Suspension upgrade – Meister R or 949 Racing
- Brake upgrade – Brembo / Wilwood Dynalite
- Underbody chassis strengthening
- Rocketeer seats (in black cloth) and seat lowering kit
- Rocketeer seat uplift to carbon shells
- Rocketeer seat upgrade to leather finish with Rocketeer R logo
- Rocketeer seat upgrade to heated seats
- Rocketeer instrument panel with 9,000rom red line
- Install supplied Rotary electronics gauge
As it stands at the moment, I will be taking the car to Rocketeer on the 23rd November 2026. They will be taking the engine out, and stripping the engine bay, removing the roof etc, which will take around a week. I have arranged for my local bodyshop who I have a great relationship with to do the final strip of the car, prep and repaint to a factory finish, inside and out. The car will be collected from Rocketeer on the 4th December and dropped off to the guys at Daytona Coachworx to do their stuff over Christmas and January, with a view to getting the car back to Bruce and co at Rocketeer by the end of January 2027.
With the prep and painting process taking around two months, this will mean that with any luck Bruce and the team at Rocketeer can rebuild the car once it's back with them over the course of February and early March, so I'm hoping to have the completed collected by the end of March 2027 - just in time for the UK weather to get to it's finest, so I can get out and about and enjoy my newly created Rocketeer!
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