Haynes Single Seater Project - SSC and Chris Gibbs

[trick-kit]

Originally Posted by vmax1974

What donor is the single seater going to be

Having made all the suspension and supplied pretty much everything except the box section for the chassis I can tell you it doesn't use one donor, the rear suspension uses the Sierra diff but removed from it's casing so it can be converted to chain drive, the front suspension is all new and uses inboard shocks and parts from the Focus, steering rack is courtesy of the cinquecento. The chassis itself is box section just like the Roadster that you're all familiar with.

The last time I spoke with Chris, there wasn't actually too much left to do, so shouldn't take too long.

TK

[mark]

Originally Posted by trick-kit

Having made all the suspension and supplied pretty much everything except the box section for the chassis I can tell you it doesn't use one donor, the rear suspension uses the Sierra diff but removed from it's casing so it can be converted to chain drive, the front suspension is all new and uses inboard shocks and parts from the Focus, steering rack is courtesy of the cinquecento. The chassis itself is box section just like the Roadster that you're all familiar with.

The last time I spoke with Chris, there wasn't actually too much left to do, so shouldn't take too long.

TK

You did a great job of the wishbones too, very nice

There is still a fair old ammount of work to get the car to where it should be though

[spud69]

Originally Posted by trick-kit

Having made all the suspension and supplied pretty much everything except the box section for the chassis I can tell you it doesn't use one donor, the rear suspension uses the Sierra diff but removed from it's casing so it can be converted to chain drive, the front suspension is all new and uses inboard shocks and parts from the Focus, steering rack is courtesy of the cinquecento. The chassis itself is box section just like the Roadster that you're all familiar with.

The last time I spoke with Chris, there wasn't actually too much left to do, so shouldn't take too long.

TK

Yes you're right John, 3GE where commissioned to supply various parts and very nice they are to, many thanks. It has come to the crunch stage though where the Single Seater has to be progressed and complete before it becomes too late and i'm very pleased that we can do that for Haynes on Chris's behalf. There is still a lot of work to be done though and a 3 month deadline does not leave a lot of time.

SSC now has an extra full time person on board, primarily, to assist with the grp work and various other bits. It's also good to say that now we have Handy Andy back on the scene he will be back to cutting and putting together the chassis packs for the Sierra and Mx5 based chassis. Both will be supplied under the name of Saturn but again will free me up more to concentrate on the Single Seater and Mx5 project. I have also revisited the price of the chassis packs and reduced the price of the Mx5 based packs even though they also include the relevant plates to go with the chassis, think it was a bit much at first compared to the sierra based packs.

All the Best.....Andrew

[twinturbo]

Glad to see your expanding, good too that HA is cutting kits

Next step must be to get the customer facilities upgraded.. Just need to find a good plumber !

TT

[spud69]

Originally Posted by twinturbo

Glad to see your expanding, good too that HA is cutting kits

Next step must be to get the customer facilities upgraded.. Just need to find a good plumber !

TT

Till i can find a good plumber Rob think i shall upgrade the facilities to a nice dual flush / self cleaning one (or just lock the door and put a bucket out the back for the plebs)........

Cheers...Andrew

[spud69]

Well the signed agreement has finally come through this morning from Haynes so the completion of Chris's Single Seater build can now officially get started, there is a lot of work to do in 3 months but cant wait to get stuck in.

Thanks for all the feedback and support / offers of help and lets hope we can give Chris the build he deserves.

Many Thanks.....Andrew

[MarkB]

Well get offline then and get twirling them there spaniards as we are busting to see the finished car

[Bonzo]

That's great news Andrew

Here's wishing that the single seater turns out to be all that Chris hoped it would be & then some

Eagerly awaiting publication of the book.

No pressure on you but I expect to see it IVA'd by the end of the month