Daft Questions from a Newbie.

[HandyAndy]

As Sean has said in above post, go out & buy the "Roadster" book, officially titled " Build your own sports car, on a budget"
As Sean says too, the Roadster is a fully independant suspension chassis design,
I believe the cvh & pinto engined sierra,s have the type 9 gearbox whereas the dohc tended to have the MT75 box, yes if using the MT75 box then the chassis build is slightly different in the transmission tunnel area, not a prob as quite a few builders are using that box so help is at hand.

On a personal note i,m using the cvh engine then once been on the road for a summer after IVA test will install a 2ltr zetec with bike carbs etc, a brand new engine can be bought for approx £700 & makes the car very quick indeed.
If you put your location in your profile there might be someone local to you who can show you their build/car.

cheers
andy
ps... as for cost of build.... mine will be on the road within a £3k budget

[londonsean69]

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

ps... as for cost of build.... mine will be on the road within a £3k budget

I have absolutely no idea what mine has cost so far (I'm too scared to look) and I have no idea what it will eventually cost.

I have never set a budget, or a finish date, because I would only destroy both

I'll probably reckon it up when I finish, but I have been buying parts as I need them, rather than having a single donor, so will work out a bit more.

[sparkybagnall]

london sean

sorry mate just seen your post with the myford lathe. Im an electrician and had a call out the other week to rewire one it had a horrible old forward reverse switch had to completely replace the controls its all ok now but wondered if you had any problems with yours

cheers mark

[londonsean69]

Originally Posted by sparkybagnall

london sean

sorry mate just seen your post with the myford lathe. Im an electrician and had a call out the other week to rewire one it had a horrible old forward reverse switch had to completely replace the controls its all ok now but wondered if you had any problems with yours

cheers mark

Nah, mine's sweet as, it's still on the original (1947!!!) Hoover motor.

Forward and reverse is set by a tumbler gear on mine