Finally started

[Richard Dryden]

Off and running

Jig made and all good and sturdy

All marked out

Just need some steel now

Will be motoring in no time . . .

Hmmm maybe

Richard

[Bonzo]

Great to hear that you are ready to mak a start :) :cool:

Bet you are really looking forward to taking delivery of your chassis steel.

Will follow your build with great interest :)

[Richard Dryden]

does anyone know where i might find the chasis drawings for the GRP rear tub rather than the ally one.

Many thanks

Richard

[Richard Dryden]

yeah can't wait to get going with the welder

will set up a flickr account or similar shortly so you can all tell me what i'm doing wrong from pictures posted lol

Richard

[Bonzo]

Look forward to seeing some pictures Richard :)

If you have problems along the way, just ask away, always someone on here that is able to help :cool:

[Bonzo]

does anyone know where i might find the chasis drawings for the GRP rear tub rather than the ally one.

Many thanks

Richard


You will find a PDF in this thread

http://www.haynes.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=3031&page=2

2nd post, 2nd page :)

[Richard Dryden]

Thanks for the help it all suddenly becomes clear . . . ish

[HandyAndy]

Thanks for the help it all suddenly becomes clear . . . ish

Hi Richard,

You will see my Roadster with the GRP rear tub & the aforementioned chassis framework when you collect your chassis kit , take photos if you wish etc, its all very easy once you have the steelwork ;)

cheers
andy

[Richard Dryden]

Got my tube kit on sunday and got cracking

all tubes falling nicely into the jig with handy andy's excellent and very reliable flat pack kit.

coming on well now with most of the top frame attatched and the seat backs done with a mixture of tacks and half welds all round

soon going to be time for fully welding right round

:mad: why is it every reasonably priced doner car seems to be 200 plus miles away

never ming guess i'll just keep looking and hoping

[Richard Dryden]

Got a flickr account now so photo's can be viewed and commented upon etc.

see url in signature for a look will try to keep it reasonably up to date

[HandyAndy]

Wow Richard :eek: considering you didn,t leave my garage till about 5.30pm on sunday afternoon you certainly have got cracking with your build :cool:

have you had any time for sleep ?:D
Chassis is looking great, well done & keep the progress pics coming :)

A donor will pop up when you least expect it I,m sure.

cheers
andy

[Northern Joy]

Seems we are in the same boat :) will be following your progress with great interest seeing you are a tad in front of me :D

[Richard Dryden]

Cool hope yours is going okay NJ just fitted my rear suspension uprights and back grp box, started to fully weld now so progress is god so far :)

[SeriesLandy]

Your build is taking 5mins, if I were you I would have finished about 2 year ago.

[Wynand]

Enjoy your build Richard. :cool:

[Richard Dryden]

Think that's a compliment Steve :confused: once u pop u just can't stop will have to upload some more pics

[shh120m]

looking great, youll be finished in a week!

[K4KEV]

Nice going Rich......still plenty of time to beat spuds record... seven months I believe ...some one correct me if I am wrong .

[SeriesLandy]

It was meant to be a compliment

I know what you mean though. I can't stop building mine at the moment. I've just got back into my build after a long absence (lazyness coupled with moving into 1st house and building a garden from scratch. Also converting the shed at the bottom of the garden into a garage)

If you get stuck along the way I'm sure a lot of us have been there before don't hesitate to ask any questions.

[Richard Dryden]

All fully elded chasis there now, took a while to get the steering support in the right area mind but got there in the end, got most of the necessary joints ground back to nice and smooth so just waiting for sonner parts and sheet metal to come now to start on fuel tank, bulkheads, and engine fitment etc, should keep me busy, but who needs sleep anyway. Even with the seats just placed in really brings the car to life :D :D :D