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« Reply #9105 on: December 18, 2016, 08:42:01 PM » |
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Modified pipe temporarily hung in place to check fit. You can see how the top, 90 degree bends have been changed for 45s.
Even if I can't reduce the turning circle, at least I've gained some extra clearance, (things get much closer when the front suspension's on full travel while turning). Next job will be to modify the headlight brackets to give more clearance at that end of the wheel's movement.
I think the pipes look better with the top bend tucked inside the line of the bodywork.
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« Reply #9106 on: December 18, 2016, 08:45:59 PM » |
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Current state of play -yeah, I'm still messin' with body filler, mainly around the bottom edges of the cab now. Just trying to get all the messy jobs out of the way.
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« Reply #9107 on: December 18, 2016, 08:58:37 PM » |
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pipes look good in place, very nice.
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« Reply #9108 on: December 19, 2016, 12:04:52 PM » |
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 I haven't had an invite to the new workshop yet -I'll bring flapjacks. As if anyone ever needed an invite! An address and a vague idea of where to go would probably help though! |
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« Reply #9109 on: December 19, 2016, 12:39:29 PM » |
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Looking good ,shame about the pipes as the do look better now
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« Reply #9110 on: December 19, 2016, 06:03:24 PM » |
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 If you're there on Boxing Day I might call in on the way home from the Romsey classic meet & bring the pipes with me. Still waiting on Mr SaddleBags to drill & pin the kickstart for my bike. My brother's a fabricator & builds headers for race cars, (he builds the rest of the cars too). He's always said my pipes should curve the other way -to match the arc of the wheel arch. I agree, but it'd take a lot of work to change them & strangely, he's too busy to do it.  I'm happy with them as they are, once they're cleaned up again.
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« Reply #9111 on: December 20, 2016, 11:09:17 AM » |
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I'm having Christmas and Boxing Day off, other than that I'll be there.
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« Reply #9112 on: December 20, 2016, 05:30:52 PM » |
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Right-o.
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« Reply #9113 on: December 20, 2016, 10:56:42 PM » |
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That's looking really nice mate
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« Reply #9114 on: December 21, 2016, 06:18:32 PM » |
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Thank you. |
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« Reply #9115 on: December 29, 2016, 02:41:40 PM » |
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Just stopped off at the garage to collect some tools. Been busy at work over Christmas so I haven't been there for a few days. It's absolutely soaking wet in there, with puddles of water on the floor. Pop's soaked, tools are soaked, Pop parts are soaked. It's condensation & melting ice dripping off the tin roof, (it was -4 here last night). Might as well have left the Pop outside. Trouble is, the garage is permanently in the shade.
Hopefully Chris, (V8 Moggy Minor & slingshot dragster projects), will be able to help me move the pick-up bed to my other garage over the weekend. Then I'm going to try insulating the roof with foil backed bubble wrap stapled to the wooden joists.
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« Reply #9116 on: December 29, 2016, 03:33:01 PM » |
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Buy yourself some selotex, fit it against the roof bezween the beams , it should hold itself if you bang a nail below it.
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« Reply #9117 on: December 29, 2016, 06:27:41 PM » |
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Won't stop condensation though ?  |
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« Reply #9118 on: December 29, 2016, 07:08:37 PM » |
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Is that the foam backed plaster board? Thought about that. Expensive & I couldn't carry it in my tiny little Ford KA. I wondered if the foam would stop the condensation forming in the first place by just keeping the metal roof a few degrees warmer? Clive suggested cat litter to wick up the moisture.
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« Reply #9119 on: December 29, 2016, 07:19:58 PM » |
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Is that the foam backed plaster board? Thought about that. Expensive & I couldn't carry it in my tiny little Ford KA. I wondered if the foam would stop the condensation forming in the first place by just keeping the metal roof a few degrees warmer? Clive suggested cat litter to wick up the moisture.
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