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Old 27th October 2014, 12:51 PM
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Welcome to house of fun,save yourself some hassle and if you can find Ginetta G20 rear uprights they bolt straight on with calipers and discs no probs.
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Old 27th October 2014, 02:39 PM
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Looking good. Is the pedal box upright in the correct place? I'm sure I made that mistake when I made mine.
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Old 27th October 2014, 09:02 PM
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Great progress well done
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Nice one Rosco and welcome to the forum and yes that is pretty mean progress in a short space in time......on the road for next spring lol, looking forward to watching your build progress.
Haha, I hope so

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great progress in such a short time, nice to see a scratch build as well.
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Welcome to house of fun,save yourself some hassle and if you can find Ginetta G20 rear uprights they bolt straight on with calipers and discs no probs.
Thanks will have a search

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Looking good. Is the pedal box upright in the correct place? I'm sure I made that mistake when I made mine.
Yeah it was but I've moved it, thanks tho!
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Old 28th October 2014, 11:08 PM
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A bit more done tonight, took my cad drawings down to the laser cutters after work, hopefully get some bits back for the weekend!

Also cut and turned to length the wishbone bush tubes, just got to bore them out to size, not sure if my little lathe will cope, might have to upgrade!





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Old 30th October 2014, 08:35 PM
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Some more progress ready for a busy weekend

Made my wishbone end threaded tubes and got my laser cutting back, also I got the sheets cut out for the wishbones jigs so there nice and square







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Old 30th October 2014, 09:07 PM
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you're definitely not hangin around guess your going to bevery busy this weekend !!
keep up the good work
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Old 31st October 2014, 06:31 PM
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I'm also very impressed with the progress you've made in such a short time.
I like the laser cut parts, especially the one-piece steering rack support, and the one piece bent diff brackets (I have the same kind on my car).
Keep up the good work! Looks like your Raodster will be on the Road sometime in 2015 ?
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Old 31st October 2014, 09:15 PM
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you're definitely not hangin around guess your going to bevery busy this weekend !!
keep up the good work
Your build seems to be moving on well too! Cheers

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I'm also very impressed with the progress you've made in such a short time.
I like the laser cut parts, especially the one-piece steering rack support, and the one piece bent diff brackets (I have the same kind on my car).
Keep up the good work! Looks like your Raodster will be on the Road sometime in 2015 ?
Thanks, yeah I had seen a few on the internet and thought they looked neater, I saved quite a bit on the price too as I drew them up my self!

Your car looks stunning by the way, one of the best I've seen!
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Old 31st October 2014, 09:37 PM
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Nice work, at this rate you'll be done by christmas.
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Old 31st October 2014, 09:40 PM
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You seem to be blazing along. You'll be finished by next summer at this rate.
If you haven't already, make the plate that the steering column goes through from 3mm steel not the book 1mm. It's a real pita to change it after it's been fully welded on.
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