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« Reply #960 on: December 19, 2008, 02:48:44 PM » |
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more progress!!! will be finished in no time.
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« Reply #961 on: December 19, 2008, 08:47:31 PM » |
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Sometimes I think that -then other times I start mentally totting up the jobs that need doing & realise I need another couple of years at least to get it done.  My weekend off work now, so I won't be back at the Loony Lair till Tuesday. So I've brought back some homework. I've got the loop of tubing that will fit up under the dash, plus those outriggers, so my mission is to bodge expertly & seamlessly join the 2 together. |
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« Reply #962 on: December 19, 2008, 09:27:09 PM » |
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better than my progress, all i'm doing is buying parts!!!
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« Reply #963 on: December 20, 2008, 12:02:22 AM » |
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Money's not the problem with my build as most of it's recycled or adapted. Just need more time.
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« Reply #964 on: December 20, 2008, 12:27:40 PM » |
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why when u have a spare minute dont u build a time machine then u will have all the time u like good idea
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« Reply #965 on: December 20, 2008, 04:13:17 PM » |
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If I could build a time machine the trikes, Pop & Charger would all already be finished wouldn't they -& I'd have won next week's lottery.  |
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« Reply #967 on: December 20, 2008, 09:34:34 PM » |
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« Reply #968 on: December 25, 2008, 11:41:44 PM » |
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This is the frame that will fit under the dash to give us something solid to mount the steering column & pedals to. Doesn't show in the photos, but the top section is angled forward to follow the lines of the bulkhead. It'll mount to box section outriggers that will weld to the chassis.
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« Reply #969 on: December 25, 2008, 11:55:02 PM » |
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Rather than just butt weld the tubes to the outriggers, I've welded slugs into the tube ends & will drill the chassis sections, drop the slugs through them & then weld around them. A much stronger joint -makes sense cos I don't want to pull on the wheel as I clamber out of the car, or push too hard on the pedals & have the mounts break.
Unfortunately I drilled one set of holes with the hole saw & my drill finally died. It's been making odd noises for a while now. Looks like I'll be treating myself to a new one in the January sales.
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« Reply #970 on: January 01, 2009, 01:24:42 AM » |
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New drill bought -9 quid from Argos. It'll probably last a week & I'll have to go & buy another one, but I was able to finish hole-sawing the outriggers this evening. Dropped the tubes into them, welded them in then blanked off the holes. Flushed off with a sanding pad on the angle grinder & you'd never know they were there. Of course, no-one else will ever see these parts as they'll be under the car, but I'll know everything's good 'n' solid.
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« Reply #971 on: January 01, 2009, 01:26:16 AM » |
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« Reply #972 on: January 05, 2009, 12:11:56 AM » |
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Bulkhead frame thingy finished, with the welds cleaned up. This shows just how narrow Ford Pops are. We've got to get a gearbox tunnel & two pairs of boots between these uprights. A good reason for going for an automatic box -there's only room for two pedals.
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« Reply #973 on: January 06, 2009, 12:06:57 AM » |
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I was going to say I don't remember my old Anglia being that narrow but then I don't remember a transmission tunnel - was the whole car perched on top? There was even room for a foot-operated dipswitch in mine!
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« Reply #974 on: January 06, 2009, 12:25:52 AM » |
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you could always wear winkle picker shoes long thin and pointy your feet would be further back giving more room between the uprights just a thought
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