Rollin

Okay wheels on - guards massaged - lookin wide and low - thats a Fiat Tempra sedan in the background the 128 door tops are just above its bumper line... ground clearance is 110mm at the front Jack point and 80mm on the sill jack points.... I will take iyt all aprat again next week for final paint prep... oh and a pic of the top secret instiu adjusted swaybarless front arms

More Cage Pics

Some more of the cage

Roll Cage Central

FInally! its looking like a race car.... and now weighs about 80kg more than it did when it left... 30 metres of 1.5" roll cage tube - another 3.5 meteres of smaller tube and sundry bits - so the following are all hanging of the cage;
seat mounts
belt mounts
steering mounts
front bracing
I am Now Broke - oh also have some VERY nice willwood four pots and mounts as well... REALLY broke :-)

Anyone Still care?

Wow

six months have gone by pretty quick - oh well there you go

Progress - photos of the car in day light - note its in etch prime and is ready for the cgae builder - only a year late.... Its funny how when you see the photo of something you have been working on for four years it can look really crap but it isnt - its just not freakin well finished yet....

note also that the guards have been trial fitted and shaped - the rears require a section to be taken out of the bottom on the front the guard and this moved up - which is no big deal and something that will only take a weekend to sort out - otherwise they were a surprisingly easy adaption the front left guard also needs a bit of shaping on its front edge as well - needs to be a touch more verticle. I will do these when the car is painted and the doors hung.

cage is going to be a monster and will take the cage bloke a bit to finish as he has shut his shop and is doing my cage from his shed at home - inbetween rallies.... my timing - as ever - is off! I am building some tubular rear arms and have some machine time booked at work - all good.

enjoy the pics
w

Swiss Cheese

Doors - doors - doors - spent a few hours making swiss cheese out of the doors - 1 1/4" hole saw and a whole lot cutting fluid. About 100 holes per door into the frames - managed not to stuff the outer skins... I still have one frame to do then its about a days worth of finishing per door to get them ready for paint.... also removed the side intrusion bars from all the doors. Not sure of the wieght saving but I cant take much more out of the doors and have them still able to function as doors (and comply with the rule book - they must have a finished door card on them )-

nothing happens fast - but fast things do happen
w

Progress?!

Stunned! - Well I am tired out anyway - I spent all last week working on the car - The body shell has been sanded ready for paint - inside and out - engine bay and boot - awful nasty horrible job - I ended up with the compressors linked together giving 65 litres and 4.5 horsepower of pure puff.... enough to run a DA orbital sander and create  much dust...  the darn thing is ready for undercoat/primer... yay ( I also have no finger prints left)

 

Managed to take the beast outside lift it up on to its side (yes by  my self - it weighs almost nothing now!) and finish the underside - seam welded and undersealed - its black and ready for a top coat of gloss black when the time comes - that has been on my list to do since I picked up the car four years ago! I  even have photos to prove this effort of strength and application of black sticky stuff

 

The flares have landed - and the only need a little trim up to fit - and will be bolt on rather then be moulded on - much better for servicing and replacement....

 

Have the alloy sheet for the door cards and firewall sealing - fuel cell brackets are ready to be fitted along with the fuel pump - just need to cover them now!

 

all in all a good week - photos to follow - really...

 

w

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Picture Update

Finished and Painted Throttle assembly - Pedal tray with the newly fabricated throttle pedal - dont these old cars look ugly stripped back and being worked on - the flash dosent make it look any better either...
fuel cell tray - in steel - I couldnt be bothered with alloy for this - I dont want the cell moving around and this will be plenty strong
Seat in position - note parcel tray is gone
Front of drivers compartment and pedal tray
Boot Well showing tubbing and fuel cell tray the other side is the same!
Strut Top Mount - 8mm Steel and AN bolts!