New Build thread

[robo]

[quote=K4KEV;75637]I suppose some dvla centres are good and some bad
Still not painting yet as I discovered yet another job I had not done, mind you I am pleased I am finding them now rather than after painting, the job was a prop catcher ....kept it very simple with 25mm box...now I might get some paint on it tomoz
simple prop catcher

Your nearly there . Nothing worse than spending time painting a chassis and getting into the build to find yourself buffing of the paint to add a kin bracket. A dry build is probably the only way to avoid it but its all time and thats hard to come by.

Bob

[K4KEV]

sure thing Bob....any brackets after paint will be riveted or bolted on eg flexy brake lines which are going to be anodized anyway.....starting to get excited again like I did when I put the first piece of steel on the table.

[Bonzo]

Looking good Kev

Glad you had an easy ride with your local DVLA, some of the offices don't seem to have a clue.
Guess it shows that it is probably best to go in person if at all possible.

Where do all those little welding jobs come from ?

Must have flipped my chassis at least 3 times & kept finding missed welds, mind you, I am as blind as a bat without my reading glasses.

[K4KEV]

Queer thing is Ronnie, you tell yourself you are going along one length of tube to the other then on to the next one and before you know it you have digressed to the other side of the chassis and missed out all the ones you intended to check but the obvious worst is finding one after paint ....do you weld it or not

[K4KEV]

Well everything is prepped and ready to paint ...well in primer first of course so here is a piccy of my roll bar (upside down in my shed this will be the first item to get the rattle can primer then it will be sprayed jet black to match my arches
at some point tomoz it will be in primer will post when that is done

[K4KEV]

well I have managed to get a few coats of primer onto my roll bar ....I am using grey and white primer ...that way you can see what you have covered will soon start on the chassis.

[Bonzo]

May I please have your roll bar Kev

I am liking the look of that very much.

Why not set up a big tank so as you can Chrome plate it.

[Johno]

That's looking very nice indeed....
I like the addition of the two horizontal braces.
I must say you really do liking polishing stuff, there's gonna be no rust bleeding through that roll bar....

Nice work Kev...

Johno

[Oscar]

+1 for the Roll bar appreciation, may have steal steal... I mean take into consideration, the idea of the additional bracing!

[K4KEV]

Cheers for all the nice comments guys....it does help push me to keep the level I started when I did my w/bones.....the 2 extra braces are there for a reason which I will divulge post IVA but I also thought it was a bit different, have just finished with the jet black on the RB but was knackered and I did not have my phone on me so no pic until tomoz....ready for a couple of cans now