New build in Swadlincote

[Short]

mocked up gearbox mount - not happy with it though

anyone know what this is?!

and who says you need space to make these things

[K4KEV]

Hi Short and welcome to the forum looks like you have been quietly beavering away there..... nice to see a new build on the go
my guess would be the speedo pulse generator but not 100% on that one

[Oscar]

Wow! Progress overdose!!
When did you start working on it? Trying to guage if you're crazy fast or just 3 years worth of work

Don't forget the diff mounting problems that've been brought to light recently before you get too much further. Can't see from the pics if yours is solid mounted...

[twinturbo]

Yeah it's a VSS but not for the speedo as that's what the cable is for . Provides roadspeed data to the ECU.

TT

[Short]

Started work on it around end of April, but i've had a baby (well, not me personally - credit goes to the wife there) and an operation that no man ever looks forward to, so those combined took me out the equation for a month!

Luckily, I co-own a steel fab shop, so the chassis was built there around our current workload, but now its my weekend tinker in the garage.

Oscar - im a bit of both. once I get my teeth into something, im non stop.....until money runs out!!! Been playing with cars for 15 odd years, helped built a narrowboat, so this is a natural progression.
The cars not in its final build stage yet. Its being 'dry run' before its sent for treatment and powdercoat - don't want to ruin the coating with an 'I forgot to weld that bit'

Twinturbo - I would of though something like that, but theres 3 cables, one goes to earth, 1 goes to ignition, and one just ends! the cable had been modified, as around 5ft of cable was stuffed under the carpets!

[PorkChop]

Welcome; hopefully you didn't throw those chequered floor mats out - they're worth a few quid. That body shell looks tidy as well...

The mark 1 speedo cable should be mechanical, but it looks like you have a Eunos, so I guess it's a speedo healer.

[Short]

Well, bit of an update. Been a busy bee the last few nights. Ive re-made my engine mounts and gearbox mounts, because I wasn't happy with my first attempt. Ive mounted my handbrake, and the cable bracket at the back for the handbrake cables (3 times!!).

My radiator arrived this week, so ive mocked up some basic mounts, installed the headlight supports, installed the brake line lugs for the flexi cables, and put the back plate in for the steering column.

Then my bearing arrived, so columns in, steering wheel support frames in, steering rack mounts in and I installed the rollbar rear stays.




The laser cut parts for my pedal box and the curves side wings (by your elbows on the outside of the car) arrived this morning (only £37 for the lot), so I tacked it up at lunch, and got one of my welders to finish it off. had some dense nylon bushes lathed at the unit across the road for the pedels, and installed it all tonight. welded the side wings on, just need the 25mm wide top strip (only have 25x5 bar in the garage - too thick)

Changed my mockup of the diff support to a nice piece of 50x25x3mm S355 hot rolled steel, lined it up, and tacked it in place.

So basically, all I need to do is weld in my seat support rails, and then I can strip it back to the chassis to send off to work for welding, dressing, neatening up my iffy plates, and then iron phosphate and powdercoat!!

A litte tour video of the car for my progrewss so far: (please feel free to make any comment - I WANT to know if ive done something wrong!)