I bought the book today!

[Cfnteabag]

Hi all

After stumbling over the original Ron champion book when someone left a copy at work, I read it from cover to cover then discovered the cost of escort bits I found out about the chris Gibbs on Wikipedia and ordered a copy online. I also joined the forum a little while ago when I was first looking at kit cars but found myself rebuilding a land rover series three instead but am finding my enthusiasm waning with that as u have made a poor choice with an engine swap so am now considering building a seven type car. I can't actually weld myself so I am considering a ready built chassis or an abandoned project and I am hoping to use an mx5 as a donor as I know how good a sports car they make themselves as well as the obvious availability bonus!

I should have probably introduced myself! My name is Adam and I am a REME vehicle mechanic currently based in Woodbridge so the mechanical side shouldn't be a problem!

[K4KEV]

welcome to the forum Adam......a mechanic that cannot weld wow
which ever way you choose it does not matter you still b e able to say at the end of it all " I built that " with a huge cheesy grin.
get stuck in bud, get stuck in

[robo]

REME fitter!! You might need to get some spanners smaller than 2"af If you have read the book you probably have had a nose around here and realise that none of us wired up right, welcome anyway.

Bob

[Cfnteabag]

Unfortunately the army doesn't teach us to weld as we have metalsmiths and I have already retraded from 'A' mech so had to downsize from a toolbox only containing 3 types of hammer and now you say I have to change it again!

[twinturbo]

Buy the part built car that's up for sale. More than worth the trip up to Strathclyde.

TT

[alga]

Welcome to the club!

Don't let not being able to weld stop you from building your own chassis. It's a fun part of the project, albeit somewhat dirty. You can teach yourself MIG welding by spending some time on http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/ tutorials and forums, then practising for several hours on scraps, destructively testing your welds until they're good enough. Build a rack or a welder trolley and see how it goes. Building a chassis will completely solidify your skills, and by the time you're done you might feel confident enough about building your own wishbones.

Welding is a skill that will come out useful on many occasions: making an alternator bracket, getting out bolts that are stuck or have sheared off, making solid shelves for the garage, fixing garden gates...

P.S. I'm speaking from experience. I bought a welder a couple of weeks be fore starting the chassis.

[Cfnteabag]

I would love to be in a position to buy that at the moment but need to get my land rover running properly before I can look at selling it to raise roadster funds!

I am considering learning to weld, I could probably get the metalsmith at work to give me a few pointers!

[will_08]

Welcome and good luck in your future build

Will