Chris's new build of an MX5 based car

[CTWV50]

Bodywork now for sale....

http://www.haynes.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=12782

[vmax1974]

Originally Posted by thailoz

Unfortunately not any import car here however old it is goes for silly money eg I saw a mk 3 Cortina advertised for over £10,000 yes that is ten thousand .

so I have to just get on the search .

Is there any way to smuggle parts into the country as a government that greedy deserves to be ripped off

[thailoz]

I wish I could smuggle stuff in but also shipping is expensive so I am just gonna have to use what I can find here

[CTWV50]

Bloody hell when will this bit be over, it's killing me! "just a few brackets to weld" my arse!! Even the welder had to have a 10 minute break to cool down yesterday. Neighbours must love me, sat in there gardens listening to me grinding on this baby for over an hour continuously with the garage door open. Sounded like some epic battle between me and some giant steel dragon.



I really don't know how any of us manage to put these chassis together and build these cars it's a herculean task of gargantuan proportions! We should all be supremely proud of ourselves!

[CTWV50]

Car's slowly coming back together. Whilst it's upside down I thought I'd get the brakes done and drill the rivet holes on the underside for the side panels.

Also managed to catch a cold at the weekend hanging around in a wet n windy garage.

I'm enjoying this part now that the welding, grinding and painting is over.

[Davidbolam]

Originally Posted by CTWV50

Car's slowly coming back together. Whilst it's upside down I thought I'd get the brakes done and drill the rivet holes on the underside for the side panels.

Also managed to catch a cold at the weekend hanging around in a wet n windy garage.

I'm enjoying this part now that the welding, grinding and painting is over.

It is more fun doing these type of bits. I was worried about cutting the Grp but its much nicer to work with than I was expecting.

David

[CTWV50]

Originally Posted by Davidbolam

It is more fun doing these type of bits. I was worried about cutting the Grp but its much nicer to work with than I was expecting.

David

Same here, took me a week to get on with chopping up the side panels.

[CTWV50]

This little bit of warm weather has spurred me on some what, car's now the right way up, pedals are in, diffs in, tanks on, pipes are nearly done for fuel and brakes. Wheels suspension and steering next. I'll get the back end finalised and then start on the front.






Decided to move the fuel filter down lower, wasn't happy with the original routing. The return pipe now comes up in the diff cage area where that pipe does a 180˚ turn. Sorry about the mess!



Pedal's still fit, just, after fully welding and painting the chassis. Top of the brake fluid reservoir clears the bonnet by a fingers width. Phew! I was going to paint the the flash rusted pedal supports but then I remembered, I couldn't be arsed!

[CTWV50]

Haven't really done much this week, but today I got in the garage and took the diff back out and replaced the rubber mounts with poly mounts. I wasn't happy with the standard rubber and tired plate washer rubber thingies that go underneath. I could just see the nose being held still while the standard mounts jiggled about under load and between gears etc. Forgot to take any pictures but the old ones were a **** to remove, had to use every stone age brutality I could think of to get them out.

[jason 82]

That chassis looks spot on, glad to hear that the mx5 pedal box is fitting good, that's what I am going to do now. I have been following your build thread with interest, just to see how the mx5 pedal box planned out.