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« Reply #1545 on: October 23, 2009, 08:18:44 PM » |
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jus read... sounds spot on on Andy you know where yer going with it and more important how  |
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« Reply #1546 on: October 23, 2009, 09:49:27 PM » |
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I do? I thought we were just making it up as we went along!  |
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« Reply #1547 on: October 24, 2009, 09:46:16 PM » |
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Taz & I called at Paul the metal fabricator's place this morning & I picked up 20 metres of 25mm square box section steel. That'll form the framework of the pick-up bed. Paul's one of the old school Yank owners from the 70s & has run all sorts of muscle motors. Current project is a very clean '68 Dodge Dart. He's building a replica superstock racer. The Dart was basically the shopping car of it's day, (Paul's got the original bill of sale for his, made out to a lady called Ethel in New York state). Normal practice was to replace the bonnet, boot & doors with lightweight fibreglass copies, ditch the front bench in favour of lightweight van seats, chuck out the rear seat & tub the rear arches to take bigger rubber on a wider B body axle -oh, & shove in the biggest Hemi motor they could find. That's exactly what Paul's doing. Can't wait to see it running. "Don't look Ethel!"
Another hour spent sat in a traffic queue on the M3 today, heading to Loony's workshop. The first rain for a couple of weeks & people forget how to drive in it. Managed to turn off the motorway early so never found out the cause of the hold up. Hopefully nothing serious.
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« Reply #1548 on: October 24, 2009, 11:08:41 PM » |
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When I eventually got to Loonyville, I spent an hour or two fitting the handbrake cable, (those little E clips are a bugger ain't they PD  ), then tapping on the hubs & refitting the tab washers & locking rings. I then used my best Blue Peter paper & scissors skills to produce new gaskets between the hubs & drive shafts. |
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« Reply #1549 on: October 24, 2009, 11:21:29 PM » |
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Flushed with success, I moved on to re-fitting the drive shafts & brake drums. Or would have done, if I'd realised the new, slightly larger wheel studs I fitted wouldn't fit the holes in the shafts & drums. Bugger. Loony didn't have a 12mm drill bit so I had to take them home to do. Fortunately the wheels fit O.K Oh, & that bloody wall got in the way of the driveshaft again.  |
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« Reply #1550 on: October 24, 2009, 11:40:30 PM » |
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So we had a look at the VW panels. Decided we'll tuck the handbrake cables up into the front of the arches, so will narrow them down to roughly the width of the wheel. The pick-up sides will finish level with the swage line below the side windows, so we'll need to add a strip of sheet steel along the top of these panels. Bearing in mind the side panels extend down below the chassis, the pick-up bed will only be a foot or so deep -enough to safely carry a packet of sandwiches.
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« Reply #1551 on: October 24, 2009, 11:49:21 PM » |
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I'd like the rear corners of the bed to curve around to the tailgate to match the back of the cab, so might have to pick up another pair of the Mini wings we used for that, which would quite neatly increase the bed length by a few inches to meet the SVA requirement.
The silencers leant against the wall are repro International tractor ones -hopefully quieter than the Cherry Bombs we've already tried.
Roof panel's the rear half of an old Rover P6 roof.
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« Reply #1552 on: October 24, 2009, 11:54:22 PM » |
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The engine bay door of a split screen VW camper van. I reckon this'd work well as a pick-up tailgate.
Doesn't really show here, but there's a curved lip pressed into it above the number plate recess, that holds the number plate light.
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« Reply #1553 on: October 24, 2009, 11:56:20 PM » |
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« Reply #1554 on: October 25, 2009, 09:28:51 AM » |
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that bed is going to look the bo****ks.
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« Reply #1555 on: October 25, 2009, 10:26:31 AM » |
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I do hope that's a compliment! PantherShaun's building his Pop pick-up to be much more useable than mine. I think he's hoping to be able to carry a bike in the back. More like a "barn find" vintage farm truck. Mine's much more a hotrod pick-up. I want it to look like an old 50s speed shop's shop truck. A "parts hauler", as if MMMotors was a real business, but with a Brit influence, (almost all the parts we've used are British, rather than just apeing American stuff). My pick-up bed's much more for show than serious use really, although we'd better make sure the tail gate's sturdy enough to sit on as everyone's bound to when it's parked up. With the oval cylindrical original Pop fuel tank mounted up behind the cab, load space will be down to a few square feet -but since when have hotrods been practical! Will be good to get the wheels back on & roll it outside to check the dimensions before we get too far with things. A bit awkward as it'll involve shuffling all the non running vehicles round outside, but worth it to be able to stand back & check it out from a distance. I'd really hoped to have the brakes hooked up & exhaust headers made up by the end of my 2 week holiday. Back to work tomorrow.  Once that's done & we've figured out a throttle pedal assembly, we can fire it up & drive it round the yard. Cant wait! |
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« Reply #1556 on: October 25, 2009, 03:19:27 PM » |
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« Reply #1557 on: October 25, 2009, 09:44:29 PM » |
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Getting there Andy,getting there |
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It's better to have a gun,(welding),and not need one than need a gun and not have one
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« Reply #1558 on: October 25, 2009, 11:22:45 PM » |
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There's a lot more to building a car from scratch than you first think! We're learning a lot along the way though.
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« Reply #1559 on: October 26, 2009, 10:13:10 AM » |
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I like that picture. Thats how it should look.
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