Gingea1pom's Build Diary

[Bonzo]

I used weld nuts on mine .......... Mind you, only because I had them on my shelf

They are quite usefull though, less likely to pull when being welded & keep nice n square

[gingea1pom]

08 Dec 09

I am not quite sure what I did today but it defiantly wasn’t work on the roadster and the strip light in the garage blew!

09 Dec 09

I finished of the modified rear end and shaped the bar that the upper seat belt inserts go into, which is what the following picture is showing, also it shows my thoughts for the roll bar stays.

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I am thinking of running them from roll bar right down to the bottom of the rear end. Your thoughts would be appreciated.

My 6 year old James took the picture and it doesn’t look to bad, I might employ him when it comes to documenting the Sierra strip, as my wife has already said she is not spending a day in the cold garage!

[gus]

Looking good ginge.

I did something very similar with my rollbar, except the rear stays were a bit more inboard than where you are holding them.

Have a look at the pic I put up in a previous post.
http://www.haynes.co.uk/forums/attac...4&d=1258721348

Cheers

Gus

[Bonzo]

The top of my stays are more or less in the same place



I have placed the bottom of the stay on the top of the rear panel hoop & will fabricate a brace to go from the bottom of the stays to tie into the rear diff mounting frame

[gingea1pom]

That’s still looking really RED Ronnie, thanks,

Gus, I see what you are saying, I have just realised I haven’t attached D12 and D13 yet. I think I will get them done tomorrow then decide if I am going to go to the outside edge of the rear end or butted up to D13 like yours.

Great isn’t it designing as we go, just fantastic.

Cheers Ginge

[HandyAndy]

Ginge,
the bottom of your back stays will be the same as mine but the top i am putting "in" the corner of the bend of the roll bar, don,t know why, just feels right.

chassis looking smart

got a good camera man there

andy

[gingea1pom]

16 Dec 09

Well it has been awhile since my last update. I have been in the garage almost every day, bar weekends, which is ‘family time apparently!’ I only manage an hour or two some days and then others I get six.

I stopped messing around with the roll bar and completed the rear end welding on D12 and CP7 was OK but as I have gone for constructing the rear end to accommodate the fibre glass rear tub D13 was at a different angle and length. I used CP9 for the bottom of the roll bar stays only in a different location.

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The roll bar cross member required the ends re-profiling as they were not in line with each other, then I had to drill the holes for the upper seat belt mounts, as purchased from 3GE. Now I should have really used a pillar drill but as I don’t have one or have access to one I set to by hand. First a small pilot hole right through the cross member so I could see how far of I was then opened up with an angry big drill then opened up a little more with a stepped drill then finally a grinding wheel on my dremmal. The final hole was almost an interference fit which made it easier to weld up.



I then welded the cross member to the roll bar. I tightened the roll bar to the suspension mounts and held the cross member with to ratchet straps, when I took the bolts out to remove the roll bar the hole do not line up any more. They are out by about 3mm, I can pull everything back in line for re-fitting but it is just a little annoying having ensured that the roll bar was tightened down to avoid this exact problem. Ho Hum.

Steering column support, steering rack mount and all the suspension mounts to go then the Sierra is coming into the garage, from work, for its strip down.

Cheers Ginge