My progress

[Bonzo]

The sun is shining & my workshop has at last been warm enough for me to be out there working on my build.

Over the last few weeks, I have managed to get some serious time in on my build.

Engine & box all given a good clean, light overhaul & a nice lick of paint .... Now put to one side, under cover all ready for the grand fitting party.

Completed & painted the new engine mounts .... Not as good as Ginge's but will do the job nicely.

Overhauled my ebay steering rack, fitted new gaitors & a nice lick of paint .... Sorely tempted to buy a new one but would have been a bit daft to replace a still good, serviceable rack.

Overhauled my push in driveshafts. Good clean up, repack the CV joints with grease, fitted new CV boots & a good lick of paint.
Reluctantly I gave in to temptation and decided to try some of those new fangled stretchy, stretchy boots.
I was half expecting them to be as useless as the glue together wonder boots.

For once I had a nice surprise, they are the Ronseal of CV boots & does what it says on the tin
Took next to no time to fit them .... Well pleased.
The 4 boots & the plastic fitting cone cost me £27.30 delivered
A fraction of the time & cost of fitting original Ford CV boot kits

I have fitted the Golf GTI radiator that I got from the breakers .... Big thanks to Gus for some inspiration at a time I had some brain freeze

Once I knew the Rad was fine I ordered a new one, this has arrived & is now fitted.
Had a quick trip to the breakers to find a suitable electric fan .... Found the ideal fan on a Citroen Xsara, only a very tiny mod to make on the fixing poits & now fits like a glove.

Result at the breakers .... Cooling fan & a pair of seat runners, £5 Bargain

My Two pack Epoxy arrived this morning so it will be all go on the wishbones & uprights next week.

Weighed in another load of scrap & collected another sheet of alloy ( Hopefuly the last ) Fook me, that has gone up some !!??
8" X 4" sheet of 1.2mm half hard £47.50

Keep looking at the things on my to do list .

Pedal box " Don't fancy doing that at the moment " ( It'll go tits up if not in the mood )

Side panels " Don't fancy doing them at the moment " ( It'll go tits up if not in the mood )


Diff, all cleaned up ages ago but still not painted !!??

So chaps, I have been having a real crack at the build & have enjoyed every moment .

In true me style .... The things done have taken ages to do but I am at least thankfull that I have the energy to do them.

Also in true me style .... I go to bed with the next day all worked out .... Once in the workshop, I do something completely different

Well that's it for now folks.

[HandyAndy]

Nice one Ronnie

You,ll soon be driving the Roadster ( erm testing it ) on that "private" lane of yours

Its great to hear that you are making great progress......if you feel the need to do even more ......i,ll supply B&B and you can come and do mine

lets have some piccies please

cheers
andy

[Bonzo]

Cheers Andy

I'll get some photos up once I have the chassis rolling again, that'll be in the not too distant future

As usual .... I have turned the workshop into a pig sty once more

The pictures will look well cool, outside in the sunshine

Forgot to mention .... I also altered the steering column support so as I dont have to take a big notch out of the scuttle

[gingea1pom]

Ronnie,

Some real progress there.

May I ask what car your seat runners are from and is the fan a push or pull (does it fit to the front or back of the Rad)?

Pictures, pictures, pictures.

Cheers Ginge

[Bonzo]

The cooling fan was a front mounted unit & pushes the airflow into the rad .... All sits under the nosecone a real treat.

It was mouted to the original car via 4 strong wire/round bar arms .... Near as dam it, the same spacing as my new rad.
Sliced a few mm off & welded 4 flat tabs on them this allowed fitment to the mounting points on the new rad

The seat runners were found on a Renault Scenic .... Middle rear seat ( The small one ) only abot 400mm wide.
There are clips on the front hinges to allow easy seat removal ..... The tricky bit is getting to the runner fixings.
I prised the uphostery clips out & removed the lower seat squabs, access to the 6 allen bolts was then simple.
Just as well my local breaker is not too fussed about collateral dammage cos it fubared the seats

The only downside is, you'll need to find Two cars though as there is only One in each car .... Although to be honest, I didn't look at the runners of the other seats in the car, they too may be suitable !!

I'll take some pictures of the cooling fan & seat runners tomorrow mate

[dogwood]

Glad ya build is going well for ya.
Surprising how a bit of sun puts a whole different aspect on things.
It's 7:30 here the sun is shining, and I'm up a ready to go.
In the winter I could barly drag my sorry ar*e out of bed before 9:00

[Bonzo]

Couldn't agree with you more David

Been up at 6 am most days & dagging to get out there

Hopefully this weather will last a few days longer so as I can hang all the wishbones & uprights on the washing line

Much nicer to work al fresco

Sun is beating down again today, got a couple of quick bits of welding to do .... I'll not be in any rush to don a boiler suit though .... T shirt for me today

[twinturbo]

The only downside is, you'll need to find Two cars though as there is only One in each car .... Although to be honest, I didn't look at the runners of the other seats in the car, they too may be suitable !!

I'll take some pictures of the cooling fan & seat runners tomorrow mate

Err... The passenger does not need adjustment. they have no pedals.


TT

[Bonzo]

Originally Posted by twinturbo

Err... The passenger does not need adjustment. they have no pedals.


TT

That's a fair comment if you dont want to make the passenger seat adjustable

On my build, just don't see number one son ( 6'2) and my good lady wife ( 4'10" ) being none too keen on a fixed seat position

The ole arc burn is a real risk in this weather .... Way better that a nice big dollop of weld splatter doing one of the following !!??

Drop down into your rigger boots, fly down the top of your open shirt'n fizzle down your belly or my all time favorite .... Tricky bit of overhead welding, you know, the bit that takes you ages to get in just the right position .... Frigging splatter finds its way down your sleeve & comes to a rest, right in the fold of your arm

This is when you find out if you are a true, roughty tuffty welder & if determination will overcome the pain barrier