Gingea1pom's Build Diary

[gingea1pom]

8 Feb

I managed all day in the garage today and cleared up some outstanding jobs.

Steering column support. Done. (just needs the open ends of the top tube plating)

Lower seat belt anchorages. Done.

Foot well plates CP16 & 17. Done.

Plate up the ten open ends on chassis tubes. Done (they took ages)

Flip the chassis over and fully weld up suspension mounts. Done.

I thought most of my welding was done but I have now realised I still need to fabricate some headlight mounts and I forgot to fit CP14 the hand break guide plate. Of to my old mans tomorrow so probably no work on the roadster.

9 Feb

I managed to get all the aluminium panels drawn at my father’s place on Autocad and printed out, once home and collected the kids from school I cut the passenger side transmission tunnel and the two transmission tunnel top pieces and stuck them on with masking tape.

I had to modify the forward top of transmission tunnel as my steering wheel support frame encroaches a little, but it is easier doing it with paper rather than ally.

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I have created some tabs / flaps so I can secure the transmission side pieces and the transmission tunnel top to the seat back, just to give them a little more support / rigidity.

No work tomorrow I am of on a school trip to the Southampton Maritime Museum with James and his class, Nicky volunteered herself ages ago and now has tonsillitis, so as I am off work I get to go on a school trip!

Pigging Sierra is still on the drive, I forgot to ring them today.

[twinturbo]

Have a nice time at on the trip

I spend all day surrounded by 1500 little darlings, fortunatly in the last year and a half my office has moved from a major through corridor to a secluded little know of limits stair well.

Got any pics of the chassis closing caps?

TT

[gingea1pom]

Originally Posted by twinturbo

Have a nice time at on the trip

I spend all day surrounded by 1500 little darlings, fortunatly in the last year and a half my office has moved from a major through corridor to a secluded little know of limits stair well.

Got any pics of the chassis closing caps?

TT

Bare with me caller, I will pop into the garage and take one, SWMBO is watching some Webster’s cookery thing,

[gingea1pom]

Not a lot to see really, I cut a piece of sheet steel so it fitted snugly in the end of the tube, held it in with a magnetic welding clamp then welded all the way around and finished as always be going berserk with a flap disk.

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and the other side of the front frame.

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Cheers Ginge

[Davey]

"........(just needs the open ends of the top tube plating)"

That just sounds so wrong!

D.

[HandyAndy]

you been busy

i see an ali clamp on the steering rack, you only got them today

nice tranny tunnel template

cheers
andy

[gingea1pom]

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

you been busy

i see an ali clamp on the steering rack, you only got them today

nice tranny tunnel template

cheers
andy

The big one dosn't fit or is very tight, might I need to fettle.

[Bonzo]

Hi Ginge

Things are moving on nicely there

Green with envy mate ........ Another few days of tidying up, then it will be full steam ahead for me

I am very highly motivated at the moment & full of beans ..... Long may it last

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by gingea1pom

The big one dosn't fit or is very tight, might I need to fettle.

i imagine you mean it doesn,t fit over the 3mm steering rack mounting plate? or do you mean over the rack itself?

if its the former, i had the same prob, the flap disc sorted it ( on the rack 3mm plate).

and don,t forget the packer underneath the clamp.

cheers
andy

[gingea1pom]

Sorry Andy,

What I meant was the large ally clamp doesn’t fit over the steering rack the small one is tight but the big one needs some taking of the edges.

Just re-read that and it still doesn’t sound much clearer.

A picture tomorrow may be.

Cheers Ginge