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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Sort Of Not Much
Haven't managed to get much done directly to the car this weekend. There was a bunch of running around
doing errands which included buying steel tube for the chassis. I also had a quick lesson in how to
MIG weld yesterday afternoon, so indirectly helpful as I'll now be able to tack stuff in place, as I
have a loan of the welding kit for a while.
A couple of hours in the garage this afternoon, and I decided to cut out the rest of the drivers
footwell as I continue trying to work out what I am going to do about pedals. The problem with the
first pedal box I have is that the pivots are a bit high. I've borrowed this Wilwood brake pedal
setup to try, which I'm now pondering, but I needed to get the assembly a bit further away from the
seat, so that's why I cut out the rest of the footwell. Or I might do something different...
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Posted by
DH2 at
7:00 PM
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Fettling
Monday, February 20, 2012
Shiny
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Haven't had an unadulterated "shiny" entry for a while. So here is a photo of my new seats which
I took delivery of this evening. And very nice they are too...
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DH2 at
9:00 PM
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Saturday, February 18, 2012
First Chop
First job for today was a little cleaning. I may not have mentioned
previously that I have managed to get hold of a new bonnet for the
car - this is quite surprising since they are not made any more, but
this one has been lurking in someones garage for a long time. It's
not perfect, but should be less work that the one with a great big
hole in it.
I also cleaned up the wheels I picked up last week to
make them a bit less filthy when man-handling them around.
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With that done it was time to get back onto work on the car. The
plan is to start with the modifications to the tunnel to help the
gearbox fit. Before I can do that, I need to remove the pedal box. I
started this last week by disconnecting the rigid pipes and the
draining the fluid. I thought removing the box would be simple, but
it took a while as it put up quite a fight. I ended up having to
dismantle it all in-situ as I couldn't get to all the welds with the
grinder (without removing the steering column).
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Then I could get on with some chassis chopping. I started off by
cutting around the side of the end of the footwell, and then cut
through the top and part of the bottom of the upright at the end of
the tunnel. This allowed me to bend the upright so that it is
vertical, and the side of footwell similar. So this is where I think
the chassis upright needs to be.
I tried the gearbox back in
place, and ummed and aahed a bit. It looks good, so I decided to
continue cutting some bits which are part of the plan. I removed the
side of the footwell entirely as it has to come out anyway, and
trimmed the end panel back a bit too. Also I cut and tweaked the
tunnel top tube on the drivers side and angled it to meet the new
location of the tunnel end upright. Finally I removed the brace
which went from the front of the tunnel down towards the front
suspension - this needs relocating slightly now I'm changing the end
of the footwell a bit.
The batteries ran out in the camera, so
there's only really 'after' photos. I put the gearbox back in and
re-did the string down the centre of the tunnel to see how things
are lining up. The diff input flange is going to be offset, so a bit
of angle on the gearbox will help with prop UJ running angle, but
I'm able to move the box over a bit and straight it a bit. It looks
like it fits a bit better.
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Posted by
DH2 at
7:00 PM
Categories:
Fettling
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