Mark (smokey mow) Posted June 17, 2023 Author Share Posted June 17, 2023 After giving the chassis a lick of paint, today I’ve mostly been riveting. I didn’t count how many but that’s a lot of holes drilled and then the chassis panelled. it’s starting to look like a Westfield 🤣 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Davis (fatblokestu) AO - Devon & Somerset Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 4 hours ago, Mark (smokey mow) said: After giving the chassis a lick of paint, today I’ve mostly been riveting. I didn’t count how many but that’s a lot of holes drilled and then the chassis panelled. it’s starting to look like a Westfield 🤣 Great progress Mark, although dare I say it looks a little like a coffin?? 😱🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenh Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 3 hours ago, fatblokestu said: Great progress Mark, although dare I say it looks a little like a coffin?? 😱🤣 Ah, yes, but a very very FAST coffin! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark (smokey mow) Posted June 18, 2023 Author Share Posted June 18, 2023 On 17/06/2023 at 20:01, fatblokestu said: Great progress Mark, although dare I say it looks a little like a coffin?? 😱🤣 The same thought had crossed my mind after I’d finished fitting the panels 😀 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark (smokey mow) Posted June 18, 2023 Author Share Posted June 18, 2023 Bit of assembly done today, got the front wishbones on and the rear axle. Really pleased with how well the home made polybushes are working. I also trial fitted the steering rack so that I could measure and then cut down the steering arms to the right length. A small touch, fitting the chassis plate. Believe it or not this is the first car I’ve designed and built entirely from scratch so it wears the number 01. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaykay42 Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 I think that is absolutely fantastic! Even better: the size of the box of Kronenbourg in the picture! 40!!! Now that's proper! (I usually buy 6-packs) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark (smokey mow) Posted June 19, 2023 Author Share Posted June 19, 2023 A couple more hours after work tonight and I got the steering rack cut down to the right length, new threaded ends welded on and then fitted to the car. I then spent a bit of time getting the front camber set and the toe-in to zero. To make this easier I clamped a couple of lengths of steel to the front uprights and then measured off both sides of the chassis till everything was parallel. Final job before I had to stop and cook dinner was to swap out all the plain nuts on the suspension for nyloc’s and tighten them all up. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark (smokey mow) Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 Front uprights assembled. The axles are a kart part I sourced which happened to have the right 17mm diameter for the moped hubs. They just needed a few washers to space them correctly for the callipers. I’d previously stripped the hubs down, removed the seals and flushed out the original grease, this I then replaced with oil to reduce the rolling resistance. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Chase (NICO) - Shropshire & Mid-Wales AO Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 This is looking really good Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark (smokey mow) Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 26 minutes ago, Nic Chase (NICO) - Shropshire & Mid-Wales AO said: This is looking really good Mark. Thanks Nic. I feel I’m rapidly running out of time, only two months to go and I haven’t started thinking about bodywork yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, Mark (smokey mow) said: Thanks Nic. I feel I’m rapidly running out of time, only two months to go and I haven’t started thinking about bodywork yet. Shouldn’t be a problem for a man who can remove an engine from a Westfield in two minutes… 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark (smokey mow) Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 10 minutes ago, Scott Young (Captain Colonial) - Club Secretary said: Shouldn’t be a problem for a man who can remove an engine from a Westfield in two minutes… The old ones are still the best 😀 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 22 hours ago, Scott Young (Captain Colonial) - Club Secretary said: Shouldn’t be a problem for a man who can remove an engine from a Westfield in two minutes… That's just so slow.... I once removed an engine from an Audi A4 in under two seconds. True, it was by having a Civic Type R drive into it at speed, and you didn't specify whether the engine had to work after... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark (smokey mow) Posted June 21, 2023 Author Share Posted June 21, 2023 Not much to show for tonight’s progress but got the front brake lines made up and fitted. I’m only fitting brakes on the front as I figure I won’t need to be using them other than to stop at the end but I have made provision for rear brakes if I want to fit them in the future. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 This really is awesome. The build quality sets a few manufacturers to shame! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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