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« Reply #1095 on: March 09, 2009, 05:14:45 PM »

Mountings welded to the curved arms & tidied up. The arms are over-length at the moment cos I wasn't sure how high they had to sit on the car. This afternoon I called at Lunatic's workshop & tried them in place. Loony's busy painting a camper van at the moment so I wasn't allowed to make any mess, so I brought them home again to shorten & notch so they'll slot over the corners of the chassis. 
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« Reply #1096 on: March 09, 2009, 05:47:34 PM »

I do like a "pleasingly shaped bottom" Grin

Nice work Andy.
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« Reply #1097 on: March 09, 2009, 07:27:57 PM »

Knew you would Doc.  Wink
Did you get Taz's email with the dimensions for the panhard rod fitting?
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« Reply #1098 on: March 09, 2009, 08:28:46 PM »

Yep should be done by the weekend.
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« Reply #1099 on: March 09, 2009, 08:41:09 PM »

Mountings welded to the curved arms & tidied up. The arms are over-length at the moment cos I wasn't sure how high they had to sit on the car. This afternoon I called at Lunatic's workshop & tried them in place. Loony's busy painting a camper van at the moment so I wasn't allowed to make any mess, so I brought them home again to shorten & notch so they'll slot over the corners of the chassis. 

Cool as mate, really cool.
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« Reply #1100 on: March 09, 2009, 10:27:59 PM »

Why thank you Shauny  Grin
Doc, you are truly a gent among gents.  Kiss
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« Reply #1101 on: March 10, 2009, 09:36:13 AM »

andy,hope you dont mind mate but ive been strugling to mount my rear lights and ,da dah,youve just solved the problem ,these look the poodles privates mate,can i ,ahh go on let me.
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« Reply #1102 on: March 10, 2009, 12:59:09 PM »

Panhard Rod fitting done! Grin
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« Reply #1103 on: March 11, 2009, 01:23:16 AM »

The poodle's privates? Where do we get these blokes from?  Cheesy Be my guest Tony.
Mr Twisted, I think I love you.  Kiss

Took the headlight mounts over to Loony Towers after work today & we tacked 'em in place. They sit over the corners of the chassis & help to round it a bit -don't know why we're bothering to make it pedestrian friendly, the wheels would mow them down long before they grazed themselves on the chassis. Anyway, after a little tweaking & bashing wiv a big 'ammer, they seem to sit more or less level, (the grille shell & radiator are on slotted mounts & not set true & square here by the way). 
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« Reply #1104 on: March 11, 2009, 01:33:10 AM »

I couldn't bend the tube for the mounts any tighter than it is & was a little concerned they sat too high & wide on the car. Haven't got a copy of the Construction & Use regulations to hand, even though we don't have to comply with the lighting regs for a commercial SVA test, so we measured all the cars outside the workshop & took an average height measurement. These are exactly the same height as my Ford Fiesta lights & about 250mm in from the edge of the vehicle. Should be fine. They can also be seen from 45 degrees from the front of the vehicle. Not sure if that applies to headlights, but it does to indicators.
With the bonnet propped on & the side panels held in place by my lovely photographic assistant, plus imagining the exhausts exiting between the side panels & chassis rails & running back under the body, everything fills out a bit more & the lights look much more in proportion.
It's starting to look like a proper car now.  Grin
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« Reply #1105 on: March 11, 2009, 01:43:59 AM »

Spurred on, & while we had the welder fired up, we tacked the modified Pop steering box to the right hand chassis leg. With the drag link attached to it & to the cross link, we turned the shaft in the end of the box & -whoa! the wheels turn! That's almost like proper steering! Damn we're good!
Next job is to hook the Pop shaft up to the Moggy Minor steering column & wheel we blagged from Brock. That involves an intermediate shaft & a second universal joint, blagged from one of Loony's mates, who's into off roading Range Rovers. I hopped in the car & nipped over to Newbury in Berkshire to Unimaster Components -a tool shop & hydraulic hose specialist, who have a small lathe in the back of their shop. While I waited, they machined the end of the Rover shaft to take the end of the splined shaft that came with the UJ already fitted to the steering box. Following this so far? Back to the workshop & Loony welded the 2 parts together for me to take home & file nice & smooth.
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« Reply #1106 on: March 11, 2009, 01:51:57 AM »

Getting me to wait in their shop is damn sneaky of Unimaster I reckon -it's chock full of all manner of wondrous tools. I invariably end up entranced by the shiny things. They know if they leave me there long enough I'll buy something. Sure enough, although they only charged me a fiver to machine the shaft, I spent another 15 quid on a couple of boxes of mechanic's gloves, a set of feeler gauges, a protractor & a wonderful little hole gauge -a wickedly pointy thing with measurements marked on it. Stick it in a hole & it'll tell you the diameter. Utterly unnecessary, but it was pretty & cost 2 quid. 
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« Reply #1107 on: March 11, 2009, 08:06:57 AM »

  I've got one of those, they are dead handy at times, they used to be given away as advertiseing by someone, I'll have a look tonight if I remember. Oh, and Unimaster are brilliant.
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« Reply #1108 on: March 11, 2009, 11:58:36 AM »

That pickup is the bollox Andy Grin It looks ferking wonderful Grin
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« Reply #1109 on: March 11, 2009, 12:40:37 PM »

just read the thread through from the beginning [quiet day at work...] spot on - looks boomin lovely
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