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[SeriesLandy]

Looking good Kev, be carefull when you weld in the cross bar on the roll bar. When the welds cool the metal will contract and pull the top plate holes out of line.

I welded a piece of angle to the top plates to hold them in situ.

[K4KEV]

Hi Steve....dont know whether I would have thought of that, cheers, so will be leaving it in situ or putting a bracing bar across the bottom or a little hot/cold stress relief on the outside, opposite the lower portion of weld.....sortable either way....thanks for the heads up on that one.
kev

[K4KEV]

At last I am starting to reach the stage of putting stuff back together and will be looking at trial fitting the diff and rear suspension components.
Rear uprights are now prepped and ready to assemble.

[HandyAndy]

Very clean n tidy

Its a nice feeling when you start putting things "together" instead of stripping it all apart

Nice progress .

cheers
andy

[K4KEV]

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

Very clean n tidy

Its a nice feeling when you start putting things "together" instead of stripping it all apart

Nice progress .

cheers
andy

your'e not kidding Andy....you can feel your chest inflate as you do up and torque off bolts then rattle off a rendition of "Land of Hope and Glory" well....Green day's 'Holiday' actually

[K4KEV]

Started to refurb the drive shafts today.....rusty as hell, so as usual out with angry grinder to get the thick off and small hammer and screwdriver to get in to hard to reach bits. then rotary wire brush then small grinder in dremmel and the sandblasted.
even got one painted up...now for the other, also started brake calipers too, again well encrusted will be blasting then tomoz
driveshaft after prep work

same driveshaft painted

not looking forward to doing these

[ozzy1]

Looking good Kev.Can highly recommend biggred to do your calipers if you get bored.
If you do get bored you can come and do a bit of work on mine

[K4KEV]

Originally Posted by ozzy1

Looking good Kev.Can highly recommend biggred to do your calipers if you get bored.
If you do get bored you can come and do a bit of work on mine

no probs Oz...as long as you come and pick me up
last few days have been busy with rest of roll bar
here are rear stays bottom mounts via 8mm bolt

and fishmouth to roll bar due to be welded

doing cross brace tomoz and incorporating rear harness anchorage points into it

[K4KEV]

have finished roll bar now and welded it up in situ so that it will stay put
my solution for the harness mounting points was similar to others, but I have used 12mm nuts that I placed and tightened up on a bolt (4 at a time) popped the bolt into the lathe and turned the corners off the nuts then placed those in situ on/in the cross brace and welded them up....made sure the vertical height was ok for IVA.
I have just dug out a strimmer shaft made of steel tube that will make me a nice extension for the steering column (bulkhead to rack) so that is the next one on the agenda
pics off the roll bar

[voucht]

Originally Posted by K4KEV

pedal box is nearing completion as well here are my pedals all bushed up, I have used an old set of dual controls for brake and clutch

Hi Kev, sorry to pollute your build thread with my questions, but I have hard time sourcing Teflon or Acetal bushed for the pedal articulation, what do you mean by "dual controls" exactly please ?