Progress......of sorts!!

[CaptainCrash1971]

Right, some 9 months after buying an almost complete chassis, donor parts, and other bits and pieces, I've finally made some progress.
With work and family commitments (and just plain bone-idleness) I haven't really done anything with it apart from buy even more parts and annoy people on this forum with useless questions and flights of fancy.
Anyway, after spending a few days tidying my garage to a point where I can get in, I have my chassis up on trestles and have an idea of which way to go.
Big Thanks to HAndy, he volunteered to come and give my chassis the once over, and spent a couple of hours with me today just confirming my chassis, although not perfect, is usable with some minor modifications.
I'm now hoping to make progress quickly, and have even made the effort to document something in a blog.
If you're interested you can find my first entry along with a pic of my bombsite...sorry......garage here http://alansroadster.blogspot.com/
Feel free to make comment, take the pee etc. and please keep badgering me for updates so I can have an excuse to escape to the garage once a week.:D

[spud69]

Yes Alan, he's a good bloke Andy - hope you gave him a big man hug.....:D

Garage is looking too clean and tidy, wont last long - may need to clear some more room to.

Now get on with it.......Andrew......:D

[Andy_B]

You call that carage a tip !!!! wait till you see mine ...you risk life and limb moving about in it...oh aye and i have a leak despite a new roof !!...chassis looks good nearly exactly the same point as mine ..

[jasongray5]

Good on ya!

There are some real high points for you to look forward to, like bodywork on, wheels on and engine running!

Keep up the good work!

[Davey]

Good show Captain, go to it! For such a small space that is incredibly tidy, I have 2000 sq feet of workshop and its a sh!t hole of the first order, too many projects on the go and not enough time or money to finish any of 'em!:mad:

Anyway, you're in good hands with Handy (oooeerrr mrs:D ) I doubt if the designer is as conversant with each section of the chassis as his Handyship:p .

D.

[Bonzo]

Yes Alan, he's a good bloke Andy - hope you gave him a big man hug



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Hi Alan

Nice to hear that you have started in earnest, i'll be looking forward to following your progress.

Your garage is looking a heck of a lot neater than mine.

Just to make you feel better, here's a picture of my workbench taken a fair while back .... Been cleaned up since then but alas, back in the same sort of state :o

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj266/Bonzoronnie/006.jpg

I have a cleaning blitz every so often & promise myself that it will never get that way again, allways does though !!??

Enjoy your build mate.

[MikeB]

what problems did you spot with the chassis?

[CaptainCrash1971]

Thanks for your kind comments, but that was the garage after weeks of sorting. I didn't take a picture of the garden shed where I've had to store all the crap that came from the garage. Also, you can't see the workbench I've made in the pic, absolutely cluttered with all the crap I've piled on it while tidying the floor.
Anyway, I'm determined to keep it tidy as poss so I don't keep losing things and breaking things. Bought a tool chest cabinet thingey yesterday, couldn't afford a snap-on, so settled for an RAC 11 drawer one for 50 quid at clearance bargain shop. Quite impressed with it actually, apart from my socket set won't fit so will have to buy some foam and some socket rails.
And no Spud, no man hugs of any sort today, we might be short but that doesn't stop us from being manly. In fact on leaving he punched me in the face and I smacked him on the head with a lump of 3x3. :eek:
Oh yeah, and he's been spending far too long with you, he nearly called me Bob today. Thinking of changing me name, the goldfish even calls me it everytime I walk past the tank. :D :D

[CaptainCrash1971]

Hi Mike, nothing too serious, off-side top wishbone bracket not straight, some welds need tidying, and some possible heat distortion in the rear end, but I think it can be worked around.
I was thinking I'd have to scrap it and start again, HAndy's kept me right.

[CaptainCrash1971]

Anyway, you're in good hands with Handy (oooeerrr mrs ) I doubt if the designer is as conversant with each section of the chassis as his Handyship .



Sure am Davey, was a bit impressive seeing him say what the measurement should be between two points before he even consulted the book.

I can see it now
Name.........Handy Andy
Specialist subject......... The Haynes Roadster chassis between FF4 and BR12
I've started, will I ever finish???:)

[HandyAndy]

You are most welcome Captain...I mean "Bob" :o

Your chassis will soon have you bolting bits too it, & you,ll be reaching milestones of the build along the way that will really spur you on, as Jas has said, getting it rolling, engine in etc etc.

If you are free sometime, do you fancy giving my garage a tidy up please, :p you,ve got a nice clean garage to work in there :cool:

cheers
andy

[CaptainCrash1971]

Have been doing some work on the donor bits, electrolysis to clean em up. So have updated the blog for anyone interested.
Alan

[K4KEV]

his garage really is a transformation .....I saw it before he tidied it and it was similar to Ronnies (bonzo) pic earlier, more like an assault course:)
Ronnie ....you an me are defo from the same mould.....mega untidy ....have a blitz then back to norm in about 3 days....ah well it make the workspace look lived in.
Nice work Alan....I am slowly catching you up .....nearly finished my shiny bones.:cool:

[Bonzo]

Ronnie ....you an me are defo from the same mould.....mega untidy ....have a blitz then back to norm in about 3 days....ah well it make the workspace look lived in.



CC

Just had a good read of your latest update, You are ding some great work cleaning up your donor parts :cool:

Tis great to be able to follow other folks progress.

Kev

I honestly don't know where I get it from ??

My late father was a serial hoarder too, unlike me, he was ultra tidy, everything had a place & everthing was kept in it's place.
Labels, inventory sheets, the full works realy.

I would like to say it is the rebel in me but you would think by the age of 54 I would have grown out of that !!??

Started another grand workshop clean up yesterday, has got untidy to the point of tripping over things .... You would think someone with mobility problems would know better :o

Every time I tidy up, I swear blind that it will stay that way.
My motto seems to be " I'll do that later " & we all know, later never comes ..... Dooooh, now I know where Junior gets that from :D :D

[CaptainCrash1971]

You're spot on there Kev, the garage was ridiculous when you called in, BUT it had been even worse. Anyway it's tidy now but slowly getting untidy again. Just going back out there in a minute to see how my electrolysis is going. Must go buy some galilee paint today, not sure where from, don't wanna go to halfords, already got one mortgage on me house.