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« Reply #525 on: June 20, 2015, 05:09:58 PM » |
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in all fairness that looks fantastic
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« Reply #526 on: June 20, 2015, 05:28:54 PM » |
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Thanks.
The dog leg panel joint between the tail section and the body may look slightly odd, but there is a reason it's that shape.
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« Reply #527 on: June 20, 2015, 06:17:28 PM » |
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Nice one  what is the plan for the exhaust pipe Dave? |
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Precision Guesswork ......... What else do you need?
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« Reply #528 on: June 20, 2015, 06:57:46 PM » |
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At the moment I'm not sure. My original design had a Brooklands can, just before the rear wheel, with the pipe exiting quite high up, but that seems too obvious. Leaning toward a low mounted, Brooklands style can where the exit pipe is actually goes under the chassis rail and axle, finishing in a horizontal fish tail. Something like this (wish I'd remembered this car earlier, it's gorgeous). Notice at no point did I mention a silencer. |
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« Reply #529 on: June 20, 2015, 07:11:15 PM » |
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looks great outside.
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« Reply #530 on: June 20, 2015, 09:14:54 PM » |
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Nice Dave. Very, very nice.
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« Reply #531 on: June 21, 2015, 08:30:22 AM » |
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WOW, What some great workmanship, looks stunning
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« Reply #532 on: June 23, 2015, 11:45:59 AM » |
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Thanks. As usual for these things it looks better in the pics than reality. Still quite chuffed though. It's difficult to know what it really looks like, while stuck in the garage. Rest of the leather for the bonnet straps arrived yesterday ( I'd underestimated how much would be needed  ). So a morning of sewing and the straps are done. Looks like horse harness. Wonder if it will be enough to restrain all that wild horsepower the A series engine will make.  |
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« Reply #533 on: June 23, 2015, 03:12:18 PM » |
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Thanks. As usual for these things it looks better in the pics than reality. Even in reality it probably looks much better than you think it does - cos you KNOW where the imperfections are, but anyone looking at it sees the general picture - which is great! Looks like horse harness. None the worse for that! |
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« Reply #534 on: June 23, 2015, 05:47:53 PM » |
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excellent workmanship dave
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« Reply #535 on: June 24, 2015, 08:10:40 PM » |
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Cheers.
Spurred on by watching Mr Monkey slaving away today and being ashamed to admit to him that I'd not done much recently, I got around to filling two of the four big holes left by the Morris bonnet hinges. Also made and fitted the last of the cockpit perimeter supports (with holes). Yes, it is slightly bent, it's supposed to be. All the framework sections curve in one direction or another. Some in a multitude of directions.
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« Reply #536 on: June 24, 2015, 08:31:45 PM » |
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« Reply #537 on: June 24, 2015, 08:45:10 PM » |
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Just been going through what need doing, before lifting the body frame off for finishing and paint. One last body panel, two bonnet sides, the dash panel and the closing panel behind the seats. I'm awaiting steel for the last one. Because of its shape, it will add a lot of strength to the structure.
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« Reply #538 on: June 24, 2015, 09:20:50 PM » |
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Cheers.
Spurred on by watching Mr Monkey slaving away today and being ashamed to admit to him that I'd not done much recently,
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« Reply #539 on: June 25, 2015, 08:48:49 PM » |
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 Well The wife complains all the time ! Been looking at SU ram pipes and on the new ones, the gauze seems so coarse and at the same time restrictive that I decided to make my own. Did some more metal spinning and this time managed to make a pair of very near identical, bell mouths. Hope to get the mounting flanges done tomorrow.
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