Hello but I'm not building a Haynes roadster, quite

[gingea1pom]

Davey,

‘Too much work’ must be a good thing, surely that means more pennies?

I think I must have sat in those seats for about two hours now, really comfy. I had to put them in the loft so I didn’t wear them out!

Cheers Ginge

[Davey]

Webshite updated, pictures to follow later this week .

D.

[gingea1pom]

Davey,

I didn’t read your post properly and went to your web site looking for pictures!

It is going to look great with six bike carbs.

Not seeing any pictures just builds my anticipation; give us a shout when the pictures are up.

Cheers Ginge

[Davey]

Cheers Ginge will do, they're ITBs not carbs though. There's been a bit of a hickup with the MT75 box though. Guy's e-mailed today to say its not the box he thought, it is an MT75 RWD V6 box but out of a Transit, he has a converter plate to match the Cosworth lump to go with it and has offered me that plus a partial refund. Alternatively he has offered me a V6 4X4 MT75 and a RWD MT75 to build a hybrid myself plus a partial refund. Third option he's given me is a type 9 V6 box with alloy bellhousing plus an even bigger partial refund.

As the type 9 is going to be too close to its limits I've bypassed that option although the bigger refund would have been nice . I've gone for the 4X4 and RWD MT 75 hybrid build it myself option as this will give me the chance to check the internals out plus I get a nice wad of cash back, that's what I call a result .

D.

[Davey]

Webshite updated with photos .

Basically Zoe and I have spent a couple of hours in the shop this morning and have now tacked the front and rear suspension mountings in place and started framing the rear tub area, then we went to the pub for a couple of hours .

D.

[gingea1pom]

Davey,

Wish bones looking great and that engine looks sweeeeeet.

Cheers Ginge

[Davey]

Cheers Ginge, not looking too shabby is it?

Hopefully you will have noticed the difference in my front wishbones from the book spec but you will also see how I have utilised the Gibbs design and adapted it to suit. The only issue I have is that on full lock the wheels do just touch the rear edge of the lower wishbones, I think I will be fitting an end stop to the inner rack section to prevent this.

All of a sudden its starting to feel and look like a real car!

D.

[gingea1pom]

Davey,

I did notice the front wish bones looked a little different but didn’t comment as I have been caught out by odd looking pictures before.

Land Rovers use an end stop on the front uprights due to the varying sizes of tyres that can be fitted.

Cheers Ginge

[Davey]

The front bones are different to book spec simply because mine is the bastard spawn of the devil , used to be a Locust but now turning into a Dragon via the Haynes manual sort of . The chassis as it was/is just wouldn't work with the standard Haynes/Gibbs wishbones so the design had to be adapted. The Granada rack had 2.8 turns lock to lock and once I've fitted end stops or shortened the main section (about 25mm too long I reckon and giving some naughty bump steer) it should be about 2.6 turns lock to lock so nice and quick (read twitchy )

D.

[Davey]

Just for information my MT75 boxes have arrived now and all I can say is Rob Smith who trades via E-Bay as "SierraShack" is a top bloke!

Original deal was for a V6 2WD MT75 and I bartered with him to get a £50 reduction off the original asking price, he threw in a clutch assembly (second hand but it gives me a pattern) for £30. Then when he took the box out of the Transit it was in it turned out to be a standard MT75 box with an adapter plate so he E-mailed me to let me know and offered me three choices:
1/ Have this box with the adapter plate and 25% refund.
2/ Have a V6 4X4 box AND a standard 2WD box and 25% refund.
3/ Have a V6 type 9 box complete with alloy bellhousing and 50% refund.

I opted for option 2 and the two boxes along with the clutch which while obviously used is in good condition arrived yesterday.

All the way through Rob has kept me informed and even asked about the project it was for, purely out of interest.

So if anyone wants any Sierra parts I'd reccomend you try Rob, I'll check with him before I post his E-mail addy on here but you can certainly find him on the bay.

D.