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« Reply #600 on: April 27, 2008, 08:36:32 AM » |
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looking good andy, its getting me into doing my minor, give us a pm about machining. cj looks nice i had a cb 250 g5 chop when i was a lad good times
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« Reply #601 on: April 27, 2008, 10:35:03 AM » |
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thats looking almost finished Brock's got the same mounting idea on his axle aint he? looks good Manky and it works luv the stance of it oh the joys of aving a garage ...nice touch that Loony and PD have given the kid summut to develop..he's a lucky kid
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« Reply #602 on: April 27, 2008, 10:53:46 AM » |
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nice one texon ,will look sweeeeeeeeet
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« Reply #603 on: April 28, 2008, 08:49:30 PM » |
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« Reply #604 on: April 28, 2008, 09:12:12 PM » |
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Has Ron been spreading my old Pop parts all over Yorkshire?! You're very welcome mate. The more input we get the better so feel free to email us any more artwork you've got. VB, let's hope it encourages the lad to do something positive -most of the kids I see in Basingstoke can't be bothered to do anything. Start 'em young eh. The boys had a visit from the Health & Safety people to check the premises were trainee-friendly, so much feverish tidying up ensued. Passed with flying colours though. Brock's been in touch via email to suggest a better way of mounting the shock absorbers. A length of box section, (same as the chassis if we've got enough left), with one face cut off & welded vertically to the axle. A series of holes in the front face for shock mount adjustment, then simply bolt through the eye of the shock into a nut & spring washer behind the box. Very simple but much stronger than flat plate. 3 hole shock mounts
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« Reply #605 on: April 28, 2008, 09:34:06 PM » |
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VB, let's hope it encourages the lad to do something positive -most of the kids I see in Basingstoke can't be bothered to do anything. Start 'em young eh. The boys had a visit from the Health & Safety people to check the premises were trainee-friendly, so much feverish tidying up ensued. Passed with flying colours though. Brock's been in touch via email to suggest a better way of mounting the shock absorbers. A length of box section, (same as the chassis if we've got enough left), with one face cut off & welded vertically to the axle. A series of holes in the front face for shock mount adjustment, then simply bolt through the eye of the shock into a nut & spring washer behind the box. Very simple but much stronger than flat plate. 3 hole shock mountsNow thats a good idea maybe with a bit of thought that could be applied to da trikes back end frame mounting cos it would still be removable
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« Reply #606 on: April 28, 2008, 10:08:15 PM » |
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Had some errands to do after work today, but managed to cut another cross member to sit behind the cab. Loony's tacked it in place. Not to strengthen the chassis -the thing's built like a tank already -just to give somewhere to bolt the front of the pick-up bed to, as well as the original oval Ford fuel tank, which'll sit in the bed, tucked up against the back of the cab. I started cutting out the new design shock mounts, but ran out of time, so will take some piccies tomorrow.
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« Reply #607 on: April 28, 2008, 11:28:29 PM » |
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looks really well there manky need to get my finger out too lol
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« Reply #608 on: April 29, 2008, 07:39:48 PM » |
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manky you have my permission to print anything texon draws EXCEPT ME lol
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« Reply #609 on: April 30, 2008, 07:35:08 AM » |
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uuuugggghh the thought of it Manky did you get the other pics I emailed you
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« Reply #610 on: April 30, 2008, 08:18:11 AM » |
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Yup, got the drawings thanks mate. We'll get them online soon -well, Taz will. I'm slowly getting to grips with this techno stuff, but I'm still not confident to do stuff without her being there in case I bugger it up. She's just left for her first carriage driving event of the year & won't be back till Sunday. For those who don't know, Taz & I live in a cottage on a country estate that comes with her job. She's head groom/stable manager/general dogsbody for Lord Onslow of Surrey. A big part of the job involves looking after & training his carriage driving ponies -Welsh Palominos. They compete in driving events all over the country & she's loading up the horsebox as we speak to head off to Brighton for the first event of the year.
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« Reply #611 on: April 30, 2008, 09:52:25 AM » |
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My day off today, so when I get a minute I'll sand the welds smooth on the shock mounts & drill the holes. We were going to add a series of holes for adjustment, but we'll be putting the shocks on the lowest setting & any adjustment possible would only lift the back of the Pop higher -very '70s but not the look we're after. Loony would like the chassis dragging the road on airbags, but it's got to be reasonably driveable, so we'll stick with one shock position for now.
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« Reply #612 on: April 30, 2008, 09:53:06 AM » |
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« Reply #613 on: April 30, 2008, 09:55:22 AM » |
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New chassis cross member, on the left. More for mounting stuff on than for strength.
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« Reply #614 on: April 30, 2008, 09:56:02 AM » |
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The body looks deceptively smooth in photos but it's actually still very rough. A lot of work yet to do.
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