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« Reply #300 on: January 20, 2013, 09:50:03 PM » |
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like this project, a proper poseur killer.looks neat
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no rush fella, take all the time you need,
can i have it in 20 Min's?
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« Reply #301 on: January 20, 2013, 09:58:02 PM » |
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Yeah, I think he's going hunting for kids in hatchbacks when it's finished. Should be on show on our pitch at the Basingstoke Festival of Transport in May, at whatever stage it's at by then.
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« Reply #302 on: January 27, 2013, 08:32:38 PM » |
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Chris's Moggy today. It's a split screen -the windscreen's made up of 2 pieces of flat glass, held in the middle with a bolt-in glazing bar.
The top half of the original bulkhead's been welded back in. The bottom half will be removable.
Engine & 'box are now securely mounted & Chris is working on routing the steering linking rods, from the column, down to the rack, via a couple of mark 1 Ford Escort universal joints. Clearance is tight, but should work.
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« Reply #303 on: January 27, 2013, 08:38:41 PM » |
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Meanwhile, Nick has been working on his track day VW Golf. It'll have a roll cage & brace bars across the suspension tops, front & back, plus the steel panels will be lightened as much as possible -he's removed the inner skin from the tailgate for example, which makes it suprisingly light.
This car originally had a sunroof, which isn't allowed under race regulations. After welding in a filler panel, which distorted the roofline, he decided to go mad, cut the entire roof out & replace it with a fibreglass copy.
Here, Chris squirts on the bonding mastic, watched by Nick, before they & Loony clamp the new roof panel in place.
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« Reply #304 on: January 27, 2013, 08:40:27 PM » |
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« Reply #305 on: January 27, 2013, 08:52:10 PM » |
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So you can't have a sunroof but you can have a fibreglass one, where's the logic there? Also, how long did it take you to photoshop out all the snow?  I like this thread, wish I was close it would make a change from watching the telly |
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« Reply #306 on: January 27, 2013, 09:10:04 PM » |
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Come on down -or up? Kettle's always luke warm.
I think the sunroof ruling is to prevent drivers from being thrown through it/losing arms through it etc, in the event of an accident.
Loony does a lot of "bread & butter" jobs -every day stuff like the pair of plastic bumpers from a Mazda he's got to repair & respray. But weekends tend to be project time, when various mates show up to work on their cars. Mr Loon's at the 'shop more or less 7 days a week, so this is his social life as well as his job.
Had a visit this afternoon from Old Newbie, who lives nearby.
We had rain here the night before last, which magically washed away the snow overnight. Now it's just muddy & slushy everywhere. Bring back the snow!
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« Reply #307 on: January 27, 2013, 09:38:10 PM » |
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loving the morris, thumbs up from me.
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« Reply #308 on: January 27, 2013, 09:44:09 PM » |
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Chris wants to keep it as original as he can. He's been experimenting with pedals today. We've got a couple of sets from various cars knocking about but none seem quite right. He could buy an aftermarket/rally set but they'd look wrong in a 1950s car. It's all about the details.
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« Reply #309 on: January 27, 2013, 10:26:11 PM » |
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thats why we re-used the pedals in the minx(plus i'm a tight arse!!!)
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« Reply #310 on: January 27, 2013, 10:39:08 PM » |
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« Reply #311 on: January 28, 2013, 12:49:51 AM » |
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Yep that Morris is my kind of car.  |
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« Reply #312 on: January 28, 2013, 08:53:19 PM » |
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I'll tell Chris you lot like it when I see him tomorrow. He'll be dead chuffed.
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« Reply #313 on: January 29, 2013, 04:35:18 PM » |
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you guy's around the workshop Sunday?? got to go to Andover to pickup some Hotrod parts so thought i would call in on my way back...
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« Reply #314 on: January 29, 2013, 04:45:52 PM » |
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