The Cunning Coupe

[Manky Monkey]

That's hee-uge Tony! Nicely made though.

[tbone]

Big enough for a charger maybe?
Tis a beast n half Tone, do the front wheels locate in the slots at the front end?

[cunningplan]

Big enough for a charger maybe?
Tis a beast n half Tone, do the front wheels locate in the slots at the front end?

Charger, it would flattern it  the new car should weight under 750 kgs, Charger about 2 tonne 
Yes, (If I have measured right) they will help keep the wheels straight when loading & unloading and as I said there will be stops at the ends (Like you get on some bike trailers) to locate the wheel at the ends.

[Blackpig]

Nice trailer, shame about the car

[cunningplan]

Nice trailer, shame about the car

If I put a single wheel on the front would that be OK 

[cunningplan]

The two ends are now joined and its home (well down the garage)
I set off early Sat morning with the trailer (Empty) and found that nice and stable. I got to the Shed at 9 just as Steve turned up to find the jig and chassis was already set up.

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(Dragster or Monster Truck?)
I was the first thing we were going to do, but Scottie was there the day before picking up his repaired parts, (The Pop which crashed the weekend before at Shakey, lost a front wheel (Including hub, disc & calliper) and it hit the front of Scottie & Gina's Coupe damaging the steering link, split wishbone and chassis.) and they had set it all up.
We knew it was going to be too short but Steve had a piece of 4 x 2 ready, we welded that in and set up the torsion bar into the front set for the 162 wheel base.

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After a few bends and a few hours (Like about 20) and it was sitting on its own four wheels and was pushed outside.

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Then after a few shots it was time to fit the body

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Here’s a drivers view

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And one of the happy driver

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It was time to try the trailer. It took a little time but we managed to get the car on (If only I thought about lifting the body before loading it  (it would have saved use quite a bit of time))

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And the van & trailer

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Once loaded it was time to make my way home, again it towed and handled great. I still have the fittings for the front wheels to sit in, but these and the eyes for the straps can't be fitted until the car is completely finished and we can set the nose weight.
I will be doing bits what I can up the garage like cleaning and etching the chassis where finished (There are the rear four bar mounts and cross braces, the steering pivot and other small brackets still to be welded on.
Due to track, holidays and family commitments my next visit to darkest Wiltshire will not be until the beginning of June.
I again would like to thank Steve & Lesley for all their help and hospitality, also John Munday for the use of the tube bender. Thanks John.

[tbone]

WOW! Lovely lookin beast, the car, not the driver  . Another classic leaves Brock`s stable, he knows how to turn them out!

[Manky Monkey]

That's a hell of a machine Tony. Looks beautiful. Can't wait to see it in action. 

[cunningplan]

Thanks both, I can't fault Steve's work, unlike mine  I made one of the cross braces a little short (Will not be wasted as they will fit somewhere else) went and made the same mistake when I made the next one  It's at a angle both ends and I marked up the wrong side 
Did'nt do it again though.

[Manky Monkey]

We won't tell anyone. Honest. 

[ByzMax]

Nice job that. Very impressive 

[Al]

you should realy be proud of that
how much of turning circle on that
realy nice be good to see it once it is in all its glory
al

[cunningplan]

Thanks for the comments, (Turning circle? at the moment it will be quite good, its not got any lock stops  )
The only real thing that bothered me about the body, was that the rear body lines each side were taken off when the wheel arch's were filled in.

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So last week it was a trip to B&Q to look for something I could use to make a new one (I had already taken all the cut offs from the body to the local tip) I looked what shaped steel the had and then went and found the wood moldings. I picked up a piece of 21 x 5mm d section for a couple of quid.
I drilled some holes and screwed it on to have a look

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It looked good so I took it off, mixed up some resin and stuck it back on, gave it a couple of coats of fibreglass, a coat of etch primer.

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The next day I bought a sander, sanded it down and sprayed in normal primer.

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The Cunning Coupe

I have not put any filler on it yet (As I haven't got any yet) but it looks 100% better, all I have to do is the other side.

[Manky Monkey]

Details -it's all in the details isn't it. Makes the difference between a nice job & a great job.

[poprodder]

nice looking, i'm not brave enough to pilot one of those!!!