nice bita work that andy mate soon be prep time

 

yes not long now until i do all the prep work just waiting for some more 40mm cds tubing to finish the cage & make the arms

 

Nice work Andy keep at it

 

will do mate

 

just be careful making the engine mount arms in ally Andy, the works cars used a steel arm on the exhaust side and a billey ally on the inlet side.
you can just see them here

I had a set of ally arms (sort of gpa copy type along time ago, they cracked at the welds to the plate on the block after a few gravel rallies, I would bore the block plate and weld the bar inside and out.

 

i am going to bore the plate ,i just need to work out the angle of the arm so i can drill it at the right angle i will also be bracing them just like the group a arms
thanks for the info mark if the exhaust one becomes a problem then i will redo it in steel .

 

AHH THATS BETTER
Nice work Andy ,

 

cheers mate glad you like it so far

 

tis looking good andy!!

Do you have no steering UJ's inside the car?? Is that why you need the spherical bearings etc??

I suspect i will want to lower my wheel when i strip it and go for low buckets but ive got 2 UJ's in the cabin so i reckon i can easily lower it (and bring it nearer to seat) with minimal changes just cutting off the mount and welding it lower and a bit forward.

 

cheers Warren

i got no uj's in side the car just the one in the engine bay & a spherical bearing mounted in the bulk head but the first one i fitted broke trying to refit it after i welded the housing in to the bulk head but i have found a better quality sealed spherical bearing which is having a new housing made as i am typing this .

 

small update i have made templates of the new engine arms , i now got to drill a 41mm hole through 15mm ally plate at a 45degree angle which i think will be a pain in the arse .

i also bought a new ally floor plate made to my dimensions

 

cut an eliptic hole on the flat sheet. probably easier! as its 45 degrees its easy enough to work out the major and minor axis to draw out the elipse.

 

i got to admit today i gave it to one of the workers up the factory to drill it out for me as i do not get the chance to work up the factory very often, i seem to spend all my time in the dock yard lately .

i also dropped the 40mm round bar up to a friend who is going to machine it out so i have a 8mm wall thickness ,then its just a case of getting my other mate around to tig weld it all up .

 

WOOHOOO
I JUST WON A WRC FRONT BLADED ANTI ROLL BAR ON EBAY will be getting in contact with MK for the rest of the set up .

 

Awome work on this car Andy

Cant wait to see it on the road

 

Good price?

 

i will get there in the end , still waiting on the 40mm cds tubing to finish the cage off ,then i can get some paint on it

i got the bar only for Ł122 so less than half price im happy with that

 

update time again engine mounts ready for tig welding
engine plates drilled

arms drilled out & profiled




n/s in place






o/s in place


new bulk head sealed spherical bearing welded into bulkhead




new drivers floor plate





my wrc 909 bladed roll bar turned up today as well

 

update time again engine mounts ready for tig welding
engine plates drilled

arms drilled out & profiled




n/s in place






o/s in place


new bulk head sealed spherical bearing welded into bulkhead




new drivers floor plate





my wrc 909 bladed roll bar turned up today as well

 

Looking good Andy

 

thanks Dave

 

looking very good Andy im going to make some foot plates like yours for my focos

 

Thanks Ian i am glad you like it ,the floor plates do look good when they are a good fit

 

i got some 19mm bar drilled & threaded for towing eye,s & to mount the spit to








im fitting one each side on the front legs

i phoned Richie up earlier to see if i can use the spit i made for his K A to find out he weighed it in because he did not need it any more
not the end of the world i will just make another one.

 

very cool andy you,ll soon be back on the body work

 

Richie phoned me up to see if i had a cossy clutch aligning tool ,which i did not but i could get one in five minutes so i went to the van got my nine inch grinder out & chopped the bell housing off of a old mt75 gear box so i could get as long a section of shaft as possible .

the bonus bit is i had to do this for the skyline gearbox conversion

 

thats wot am on soon as my rads done andy

 

not much fab work left until i get some paint on it
chop chop Graham so i can copy it just remember to take plenty of pics

 

Top work as ever andy really coming along nicely,

Sorry to say but i think ive found some1 who likes using a grinder more than you

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...239896&page=38

page 38 he decideds to turn a 3door in to a 4door using your fav tool a grinder

cheers jay

 

Many thanks again Andy




Although I find it hard to believe its taken us this long to make one the amount of times we swap and change engines/gearboxes

 

You doing same Andy? Great minds think alike so they say

 

Finally went around and had a look at the car yesterday when we picked up the alignment tool.
All I can say is the pictures do not do it justice. Absolutely excellent job Andy

 

im glad you like it Jay
looks like he is doing a good job of it but i still think im better at swinging a grinder around he has only cut the rear 1/4 panels in half .i have done nearly the whole car twice .
not a problem mate
yes it is curious how we not got one over the years

 

i have wanted to do it for a few years now thats why my trans tunnel is so big ,to make sure the skyline box will fit with out cutting it again after it has been painted
its about time you got around here i have only been building it since october 2009 lol.im very happy you like it Paul now you can see why its taking so long to finish it .

 

Great work andy

Have you made gearbox mounts into the tunnel to accept the skyline box or will you modify a cossie one when the time comes?

Do you have the skyline box to mock up the tunnel or have you worked off measurments?

 

i have not made the gear box x member yet but it will be bolted through the 100mm vertical bit of the tunnel with a load spreading plate which will then be modified to use the same fixing point for the skyline box .i have worked off pictures & measurements to make the tunnel which will be more than big enough to take the skyline box.

 

awesome work mate !!!!!!

 

thanks bud im getting there bit by bit

 

well done andy. bet you cant wait to smooth everything down and get some paint on it lol. dog bollockes mate.

 

im glad you like it Ben its moved on a lot since you seen it last .