Cobra 427 Build

[KugaWestie]

9 minutes ago, Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO said:

@Gary (KugaWestie) - North Oxfordshire AO Where did you get your roller door from? Any good and how much? PM if you prefer to keep price off screen (it was £30 darling...)

https://www.rollerdor.net/shop/category/diy-roller-garage-doors/

I am happy with them for the cost. 

[Kingster]

6 minutes ago, Gary (KugaWestie) - North Oxfordshire AO said:

https://www.rollerdor.net/shop/category/diy-roller-garage-doors/

I am happy with them for the cost. 

Thanks, that’s the one I’ve been looking at, so good to know the door is ok for the dosh 

[Kingster]

So the reason I mentioned the roller door was because my wife thinks it’s a good idea as it will make getting trailer in and out much easier. She even offered to go halfers on it. Result. 

So I mentioned that “one of the lads” recently fitted the type we were looking at for his Cobra build. “What’s a Cobra” she says.

So I show her a pic and now she wants me to build one!

Sadly spare cash and garage space dictate this can’t be done unless I sell the Westy.

So maybe when I retire - maybe...

[KugaWestie]

@Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO

Just build another garage 

[Kingster]

1 hour ago, Gary (KugaWestie) - North Oxfordshire AO said:

@Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO

Just build another garage 

Did you miss the bit about lack of cash 

[KugaWestie]

1 hour ago, Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO said:

Did you miss the bit about lack of cash 

Minor detail

[KugaWestie]

Anyway, back on topic...........

The new Fulcrum pins and special washers arrived today

 

So I have loosely fitted the lower wishbones, final torque up will be later when the car is close to kerbside weight

[KugaWestie]

I am waiting for some replacement bolts to come for the front suspension, but I did have a rummage around in my imperial tray and found some nuts and bolts suitable for the front coilovers, so I hung them on loosely tonight

[KugaWestie]

Front corners almost complete. I need to drop the hubs back off to fit the discs. All the bolts are loose at present, final torque up will be later

 

[corsechris]

Looking good.

Must confess to slight feelings of envy that you are at the ‘bolting shiny bits on’ stage already. 

[KugaWestie]

1 minute ago, corsechris said:

Looking good.

Must confess to slight feelings of envy that you are at the ‘bolting shiny bits on’ stage already. 

Thanks 

[Kingster]

I’m envious of the whole build - as is my wife 

[KugaWestie]

I got the front discs fitted this morning 

 

[KugaWestie]

This afternoon I moved to the rear of the car, and after a monumental battle I got the diff fitted complete with the wishbones. The battle involved some angle grinder work as after fitting the diff the first time I realised it was binding on a weld on the chassis, so I needed to trim this down a bit and then start again with the fitting

Pressing the needle bearings into the wishbones

 

A spacer tube then goes through those needle bearings, but they needed some tlc first

 

Before and after, cleaned up with a flap wheel

 

And after two hours of grunting, sweating and swearing, job done

 

The diff is that heavy I could not lift it, I had to wiggle it onto a jack 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

It’s really coming along, always looks so much better when you finish building up the suspension on an end.