Manky's Pop.

[Manky Monkey]

Here you can see the flat straps that the guards sit on. Nice sticky out bits for Loony to catch his shins on when he opens up the workshop tomorrow. 

[afghanman]

I quite like the rusty evolved look
This is a van in a farmers yard just up the road from me, every time I pass the place I'm tempted to see if its for sale , ,,,,,,,,I don't think my wife would be too chuffed if I came home with it though

Manky's Pop.

[tbone]

I reckon they look better than just a couple of bits of flat strap bolted on as an afterthought. If you have to have guards, they might as well be tidy ones.

That seems to be the theme running through everything you`ve ever built, and what makes them all stand out from the rest!

[VALLEYSBOY]

That is looking the Bollox M8 love the shape on the mud guards and more important the shape of the bars holding them there

[Manky Monkey]

Muppets. 
Some of the American rat rods have really gone overboard on the rust look, artificially oxidising panels & basically fitting the rustiest ol' tat they can find.
I like it when it's natural -the product of years of use & wear. The Yanks don't have to contend with our annual MOT test though. I don't want to shout "Look how tatty my car is" every time it goes for inspection or be praying I don't get pulled over every time a Police car appears.
Well used, well loved, maybe well driven, (!), but tidy &, hopefully, well engineered.

[poprodder]

the natural patina on my pop has been painted over by hand with a (what looks like) 2" brush!!!
prefered for it to look well worn.

[triker_Chewie]

to me (personal taste warning) rust = neglect
why spend a fortune in time and money only to have  a car/bike that looks like you dont care at all?

[Manky Monkey]

Cos it's cool to appear ultra casual about such things -so I'm told. I'm more luke warm, than cool, so I'll stick to a nice coat of paint thank you. 

[Manky Monkey]

Swapped the faulty wiper motor for the reconditioned one I bought from Pop Browns today. It works fine, though we could do with a bit more sweep across the screen. By the time we've cut the blades down to suit the reduced screen height, they really won't do a lot, but we'll try to wipe as much of the screen as we can. There's a large drive cog inside the motor casing, which is replaceable. They're available in sweeps of 95 to 130 degrees. Mine's marked as 100, so I'll contact Kris at Pop Browns & see if he can get me a 130 one.

[Manky Monkey]

Meanwhile, back to the front.
Having sorted out the first of the 2 front mudguard mounts, we found they sit very close to the headlights when on full lock. I also tried jumping up & down on the chassis & although the guards don't actually hit the headlights on full suspension travel, they get pretty close. We'd half expected that though & had a contingency plan. Move the lights.
They're on curved arms that I made ages ago, which are welded around the front corners of the chassis, helping to round off the pointy corners. By cutting them off & re-welding them onto the front face of the chassis, we moved them inboard by nearly an inch, giving us plenty of clearance.
I've taped over the glass light lenses to protect them from grinding sparks, which get embedded in the glass then go rusty.
I had to strip the front suspension & drop the radiator grille down to give us room to work on the chassis.

[Manky Monkey]

Having cut the light mounts off, I trimmed them to fit flat on the front of the chassis, (a rare piccie of Manky at work -not that I don't work, just hate having my photo taken. Those are grey highlights, honest).
Safety first kids -always clamp the workpiece securely in a bench vice, wear protective gloves & only use power tools fitted with the correct safety guards. At least I'm wearing goggles.

[Manky Monkey]

Mr Lunatic then made good the angle-ground chassis corners & re-welded the light mounts.

[Manky Monkey]

The finished mounts. Same height, but about three quarters of an inch further inboard each side. While the front end was apart I took the opportunity to tidy up some of the other brackets & Loony fully welded some parts which were only tacked together. 

[poprodder]

excellent progress,

what spring perches have you used? model y?

cheers chris.

[poprodder]

ignore above question, i've just read through and found answer.