i used a plasma once and sold it to paul off here

 

i,ve used one. their fookin ace

 

Plasma cutters are the dog's for those hard to cut rad's that you can't do with a grinder

 

i can cut a 4" circular hole with a 4" grinder as that is what i done on richies top mounts Richie said its very entertaining as i can fire sparks in 360 degrees with out stopping

 

not much progress this week as i am still waiting for my steering column bits from my lathe guy

 

looking good mate, the thing is just gona be insane

wish you were nearer as i could do with your fab skills on my escos

 

you going classic ford andy

 

Excellent as all ways Andy! Missed out on any updates since beggining of January as Ive been working away. Has been a good read over the last 10 pages or so! Floor and latest version of the tunnel () are looking great. I am very liking all the trick parts like the blade A.R.Bs, chassis engine mounts, WRC cross member etc all things I want for mine when I get to that stage. Keep up the good work Andy

 

started to make up a new steering column here is the outer sleeve


these are he bearing race holders that fit inside the outer sleeve & welds into the bulk head


bulk head spherical bearing so i can adjust column up and down


column mocked up


with bulk head bearing


trial fit




fitted with original switch gear & ignition barrel


steering wheel fitted


just got to weld it all up & make a support bracket

 

cracking work fella

 

thanks mate im glad you like it

 

Very nice mate.

 

Wow Andy tha colum looks proper touring car spec
Are going to use the steering lock/key switch?
Thought you might of gone push button start
Great progress

 

glad you like it Dave
i will be keeping the ignition key but i will be going push button start

 

Nice Andy got to be one of my favorite builds on here
Gonna be a real head turner when its finished

 

Looks good as ever andy, top notch work

cheers jay

 

I must say i do like that Andy its the finishing tuches that make a good car

 

Andy the steering bracket would look nice with holes punched in it

 

do you like swizz cheese andy carnt wait to see it in the flesh mate

 

very nice andy are you going classic ford

 

im glad you like it Dave what gives me most of my idea,s is looking at other peoples cars for inspiration
thanks Jay glad you like it .

it certainly is Ian the quality on some of the projects on here lately is top drawer stuff which is great to see .
the bracket that will be holding the column will have holes in it ,but they will be for height adjustment only .
i like drilling holes in bits for two reasons
1, it gives you more detail .
2,it makes it lighter which is good .

what would be really good is to get you ,Coley,Dave ,Nugnah all at the same show would make a bloody good magazine feature mate.

 

no im afraid not Graham but im sure we will catch up at a show one day mate

 

First thing I thought of when I saw that seering column tube!

Awesome work as always Andy. Any luck on a carbon fibre roof yet?

 

Andy come on were is the up date it not like

 

steering column all finished ,i can set it to 3 different heights .
i had to take Richies old engine block out of my car as he sold it to jacko996 (dave)as his engine had a cracked mains journal .
but he did lend me his other small turbo block which i put back in last night ,so i might look at fitting the chassis engine mounts over the week end .

 

Any Pics of the finished artical?

 

Come on Andy im missing the updates
One of the only things i come on this site for these days,
unless i want to read about the death of an alive weirdo of find out whats been destroyed
bring back the old school at least IMA was a laugh,

 

no sorry Dave i forgot to take one before i took it to work to get it tigged up
im glad you like it i,ll try & do more updates
the death of the alive weirdo is just not right but the i destroyed threads are real funny


small up date welded mounts


check out the tig welding

i also cleaned up the inner wings ready to weld them on


ally profiles bolted in place


steering column brackets tacked on


tunnel all blanked off & welded



bit by bit im getting there.

 

bout time you did something andy must be just engine mounts now ?

 

very nice andy

 

All i got left to weld now is engine mounts & im waiting on some roll cage tube to finish off my door x bars
thanks mate how was classic ford

 

Looking good Andy

 

looking good andy!!

will have first extinguisher mount ready in next week or so!!

 

Looking great bud

 

Fabrication work looks as great as always, getting there bud

 

Looks good as usual!!

 

thanks for the encouragement guys im getting there one bit at a time

 

up date time again made another brace to hold the engine from bell housing mounts






steering column bracket tig welded






modified engine mounts




exhaust side engine mount in


its still a tight fit


passenger side in


what do you think then any good .

 

looking fan fripping tastic mate

 

glad you like it Ronnie mate