Almost a month between up dates, not good.
I find my enthusiasm ebbs and flows a little, poor enthusiasm for de-greasing, de-rusting front uprights and great enthusiasm for getting the floor started poor enthusiasm for modifying my seat runners!
Any way since the last up-date 10 3.2mm cobalt drill bits have turned up and I purchased a few items from the Stoneleigh show, namely and most awaited was a pair of seats, which the whole family has sat in.
I had acquired some seat runners from the bin at work and was eager to find out if the runners fitted the seats. No is the simple answer, not in any direction. They need to be wider by about 40mm. This was the easy mod I just cut the lifting handle and now they can be as wide as you like, I just need to find a section of suitable tubing to fill the gap.
Making them longer is a little more involved as I appreciate the runners need to maintain there strength. I have fabricated a sort of box section that replicates the existing seat runner out of 3mm steel plate and welded it on and drilled a hole for the mounting bolt.
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They are going to mount to two 25mm box section tubes that run across from the outside lower chassis rails to the transmission chassis rails, the box section will have 5mm steel plates welded into them so they sit flush with the top of the tube, this will mean no nuts or bolts protrude through the floor. Lots of work but I should end up with me desired result.
Also purchased at Stoneleigh was a fan (mounting bracket required as the fins on the fan are way to close together to use the fixings that push through the radiator), some 5” head lights from CBS, thanks to Gus for putting me on to these, they are not in there catalogue and where not on display on there stand, £25 each (just need to finish the head light mounts now). I got 10m of 3mm thick soft rubber trim which should see me through the whole build and some tools.
I have started to try and get an hour or two in the garage in the evening, the only problem is I can’t undertake anything to noisy as Sophie, my daughter of 5 years, sleeps almost directly above it.
15 May
Had a fantastic full day in the garage.
I managed to get my seat mounting frame fabricated a welded in.
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It may not look like a day’s work but it took me from 9 to 5, the 25mm cross bars are notched out to take the 5mm plates so everything is flush and now there will be no bolts sticking through the floor. It is all welded up except the underside, just need to flip the chassis now get the last four welds done then continue with the 270 3.2mm holes!
The great thing now is when I go out for a cigarette I can sit in the car!
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Cheers Ginge