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Made some time after work tonight to get going on the front end scraping.
What a horrible job. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...x/IMG_7014.JPG Very messy too, and looks like it is badly damaged. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7021.HEIC Actually not too bad, https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7025.HEIC Closed shop at 7.55 as bad light stopped play. Hopefully get more time tomorrow night, weather permitting. At least it has progressed. |
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Always and adventure on this thread. :) Why do they call it a "boot fair"?
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A trunk on a car is a boot in England. A large field, usually part of a farmers field that is not cultivated is used for 100’s of cars and vans with or without trailers (in England a van like sprinter, Transit etc replaces a 🇺🇸 truck) You pay a nominal fee like up to $10.00 or £5.00 to park up in a very ordered way in loooong rows on the field. Then unpack all your crap and display and sell what you have. Usually cheaply. Bargains can be had. I bought an unused, 5 year old table saw for about $30.00 once and other bargains. Hope that makes sense. Go to Google Images and look up Bootfair With running out of daylight last night I was ready to start again at 04.00 but of course decent light only comes at 6.30-ish So I was out there by 07.00 and spent about an hour finishing the tops and front/rear surfaces. Today I have two big training meetings and also have to do the day job. I am also expecting a visitor from the deep South near Southampton with a gift offered me in September/October last year. So @alpina99 will be headed here thos afternoon after work to drop off said gift. With the Canary sitting waiting to have its heart torn out for the Rezin Rockit Resurrection it will probably be easier having an overhead gantry and block n tackle. Once done with the day job today I will go flip the whole crossmember over, clean the underside followed by a quick run over with a wire brush and airline. Followed by a coat of black Hammerite paint on one side, then flip it over and do the other side. I will not be doing or cleaning the springs or shock absorbers as they need to be replaced outright with better and shorter items once I figure how short we can go. Morning progress https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7039.HEIC And of course while down there cleaning, I was reminded thatboth front and rear brakes are damaged and missing things like a calliper and backing plate here, who knows what else. The rear end is no better. With a hub and possibly brake parts missing off one side. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7038.HEIC Fun. Real Fun this has become. Just takes time. |
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So during the late afternoon Nigel @alpina99 popped in, as you do, from Southampton (well nearby it)
He came up to visit and to drop off the carrier for the block and tackle he offered me for the carport, and to use when the MX5 engine ends up being torn from the canary. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7060.HEIC https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...92b5b4fb13.jpg We spent some great time together, mostly sitting chatting down at the carport which proved to be a great reception area, which still would not have been enough, had we been given 10 hours, discussing all sorts of things, from life and death to Spain, America, Karma and being kind to others. Eventually he had to leave on his trip home to Mrs Alpina99 and I went out to inspect his current new to him, whip, an E39 BMW or as he explained to me, a 5 series. As I am not good with this numbered car thing. As a retired prison officer of 30 years, he certainly makes the car look like a 3 series. A few subtle upgrades make it just right. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...eRender(7).jpg I have to say, I was totally smitten with the wheels, and had we had more time, I would have wanted to try them on the S10 truck. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7059.HEIC After work, I went down to carry on with cleaning the front subframe and suspension. Again, I did not clean the springs or shock absorbers as they will be replaced. It took a long time too, finishing what I had not managed to complete this morning, followed by flipping it over and starting on all the under side and invisible paint. Hell, I hated this job. Top side eventually done. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...eRender(6).jpg Flipped over https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...eRender(5).jpg Before https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7065.HEIC After https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7064.HEIC And at 7.00pm tonight, thankfully Sally had come around and cooked dinner, allowing me to finish. I started the compressor up and used the blower nozzle to really blow all the scraped paint and rust and dust out of all the nooks and crannies. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...eRender(8).jpg Happy with that finish. Paint next. |
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So today I created about 75 minutes early morning……
Followed by stealing some time this afternoon from work, clocking out at 4.00pm So I painted the once side, then the other, taking one wheel off at a time to create easier access. At this point I ran out of paint this morning……. I sis not paint the springs or shocks as I am planning to add shorter springs and shocks, if I can find them, or else follow the teachings of the master @pauly and call in Mr Grinder for a loop or two. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7082.HEIC So at lunchtime, taken at 4.00pm I ran into the village and got lucky, the local hardware guy, normally overpriced, had 1 liter of smooth Black Hammerite for £20.00 which is what B&Q charge for 750ml Then back home and straight into finishing off the painting, and adding touch up and a second coat on parts of the structure. Done. Top side. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7087.HEIC Bottom view. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7089.HEIC I am contemplating going for vented Ford Capri 2.8 front discs and callipers. And then of course my good mate JB Mathews in Oklahoma challenged me today, asking if the MX5 brakes and discs could not be transfered. So there is tonights challenge question. Ready for me to buy the Poly Bushes needed for the rebushing. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7090.HEIC Looking for something else for work today, I found this little rocket pic. Reminded me that I still want or need to create a logo for the Rezin Rockit https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...x/IMG_4550.PNG Original https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...617be5112a.jpg One year later this is getting better every day for me. Lockdown and working from home is not ideal. Therapy I guess. |
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So, what are your plans for the rusty yellow NB (Miata)? Have you driven it yet? I'm asking as a Miata owner.
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It is written up above in the reports….. It is the donor for the Rezin Rockit that I am building. The car has been removed from the road. So the Rezin Rockit is due for a full Polybush makeover. https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread...in-rockit-year So this is a kit available from floflex https://floflex.co.uk/product/cortin...set-inc-x-mem/ Cost is £152.00 plus shipping, probably £160.00 landed. I have looked at the parts and tried to identify and align the various bushes with parts of the front and rear suspensions and crossmember I have failed…… Has anyone done this swap before and used these products? If so, based on this photo from the advertising online, can you identify where they,go ? https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...x/IMG_4578.PNG And related to this as far as I can see, the rear has a 16mm Anti Roll Bar which I do not believe has bushes in the kit. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...eRender(9).jpg https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...Render(10).jpg https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...Render(11).jpg So question no 2 for anyone who knows their Fords………. Is there a bush kit, or way to replace these bushes? The one is a double with the one side having a 12mm bolt keeping it in place, the outer diameters are 25 and 30mm for the two ends where they are bushed. Any advice, thank you. |
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In other news
Dennis’ birthday today. Not the best of dates since 9/11 Today is his best mate Roger’s (since age 5 years old) Burnout party. So the truck which he got back out this week after the last catastrophic self destruction was tested this week and held together. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...x/IMG_7137.JPG Love the helmet and cup holders in a race truck. 800 plus horsepower from a Hendricks NASCAR motor. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...x/IMG_7135.JPG So last night it was loaded for the 30 mile trip down i70 to Rogers place as it has not yet been inspected and registered or insured. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...x/IMG_7204.JPG Looking forward to reports later from Dennis. His comment after his local test drive to Mittler Brothers. The truck is a tribute to the late Mike Mittler, a good friend, whose NASCAR trucks Dennis did all the bodywork for over the years. They all came out and took a bunch of pictures of it. Mike's brother even came out and shook my hand It's not a very street friendly truck. It does not want to go slow. It doesn't like low speed and low rpm's as long as you are giving it gas and driving it hard it drives fine. Deb said I guess we can't take it on a Sunday afternoon drive. Well that depends on how fast of a Sunday afternoon drive you want. So lets see if the truck survived today. . |
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Today I really did not want to go to the bootfair, as I only got about 4 hrs sleep in broken episodes, and was tired from the time on the chassis yesterday.
But a 4.30 am alarm had me awake, and up just after 5.00 So I went anyway. First blood to @Craigrk wife, and second blood too. Plates for their new home in Shropshire which is known as The Stables. £3.50 for the plates. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...Render(13).jpg She asked me to keep an eye out for a less common item……..got lucky. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...BCCCBE13BA.jpg The rest of the bootfairs bounty was collected within the first half of the field. Picture frame, unused £2.00 Socks 50p Small yankee candle 20p Seeing eye 50p Pile up sanding discs (I still have the attachments) £1.00 35 foot or 10 meter rubber reinforced airline £2.00 Large wooden Buddha for Sallys garden £4.00 Ornate cat for the garden £2.00 Plastic coat hangers £1.00 Stick of rock £- Free https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7219.HEIC So ultimately not too bad. Airline alone made it worthwhile for me. And unfortunately I do not know how to download video from FB. But a few pics of Dennis’ truck doing what it was built to do at Rogers garden party. Some of you may remember that Roger built a concrete strip for burnouts and short drag launches a few years ago. Any of his friends are allowed to pop in and burn some money (rubber) https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...x/IMG_4581.JPG https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...x/IMG_4580.JPG Being 9/11 and Dennis’ birthday, the flag had to come out too of course. Driving over Rogers pond/lake wall after the burnout. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...x/IMG_4582.JPG Full Hendricks NASCAR race motor and all 2015 season truck under the skin. Amazing build and detail. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...x/IMG_7220.JPG https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...x/IMG_7221.JPG https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...x/IMG_7222.JPG If I can figure how to get a video saved from FB I will and load to YouTube. Back to the Rezin Rockit today. Hopefully get chassis painted both sides. Later guys. |
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So a load of these died yesterday,
4 in fact. Finishing the top and drivers half of the chassis, followed by the whole of the underside. Happy to say, two coats of primer/paint and red oxide plus that bloody underseal is all gone, leaving surprisingly unblemished steel under it all. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7158.HEIC Then I had to carefully flip the chassis, its not light, and it’s awkward. So did it in a weird, but successful way. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7168.HEIC https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7170.HEIC Eventually 7 hours later……… I was truly knackered at this point. The NVH gets to you. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7183.HEIC Cleaned up and ready for primer https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7192.HEIC I then fetched the Mx5 Canary back in and got it onto the ramps, want to take a look today at what part of the exhaust is missing, knowing the catalytic converter was removed. David the lodger sneaks around the garden smoking, and took a nippet of a clip as I got it to the top. https://youtu.be/3tT-bvVW1n0 I want a sports exhaust on it anyway, and saw a piece of one for £30.-00 on FB Marketplace yesterday. May be worth having. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...93737c18dd.jpg Remember this….? https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7156.HEIC Bodgers should have thumbs removed. Welded up bush. Repairing it would be more expensive in time and effort, plus swearing than replacing in this case. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7155.HEIC Thankfully @westbay found me a replacement pair on Ebay, seller was happy to do a Buy it Now for £32.00 delivered. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...Render(12).jpg After a cleanup and rebushing, we should be good to go. Today it is chassis primer one side, then flip it over and do the other side. |
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Meet George.
Presumed to be a wild, feral stray……. He has hung around my place for a few weeks. Turns out he is a former indoors cat belonging to the new tenants two houses down from me. He allowed Sally to touch him last week Wednesday. Then I tried on Friday to get close to him and made contact. He is a pot head…… loves catnip. So this morning when I was checking out the underside of the MX5 on the ramps, there he was. Crusty underside, missing the catalytic converter, do I replace it with a random piece of pipe or a small resonator box? https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7234.HEIC https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7233.HEIC More crustiness. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7237.HEIC So I fetched him some catnip and he went mad for it on the rear of the car. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7239.HEIC After bootfair, breakfast, forum write ups and check ins, I went to check the underside of the car, followed by getting the tin of primer mixed up. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...x/IMG_7248.JPG Painted every nook and cranny of the underside. Pretty pleased with that. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7263.HEIC Then went and had a coffee and checked the internet. Followed by fetching Mickey to help me flip it over and painting the top of the chassis. Once done, I stood back and just grinned. George was not too bothered, but at least he checked up on me. It has taken a lot of time and effort to get this thing this far. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7265.HEIC Loads more to do, but happy with it all so far. Once again, thank you to all those who contribute in any way they choose, be it text, phone call, PM, comments or gifted parts to fit, or specialist tools like the Void Bush tool sent to me in the mail by a random stranger. Life is good. |
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A couple more found in someone’s posting.
Going…… Going……………. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...x/IMG_4584.JPG GONE…….. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...x/IMG_4585.JPG I do love this truck a lot. |
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Spotted today and post 11,000
Don't tell @Grizz !!! https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...x/IMG_4588.JPG Thankfully no copyrights infringed……. REZIN ROCKIT MUST BE RELATED. Expecting a visit from KevinS and his wife later to collect the MX5 wind deflector. And hopefully to cast an eye and offer further advice on the Rezin Rockit build and suspension work. Kevin sent me the lowered rear springs for the build Before. And a short clip of George getting stoned. https://youtu.be/n0mWn5PbP-M . |
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Good work getting that frame clean and primed - it looked like a battle you have won.
Not as epic but I spent 3 hours underneath the c10 yesterday scraping 55 years worth of baked engine oil and ATF off ! It came off in the end and probably protected the metal to some extent. |
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Messy for sure, and hugely rewarding. So with @kevins and MrsS coming over in their MX5 with its fruity Zorst this morning to collect the wind deflector, I thought I would quickly tidy up the carport and chassis. Moved stuff around and got the chassis on a small trolley. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7295.HEIC Much better. A lot of rain forecast for tomorrow. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7296.HEIC Probably not getting much done before the weekend. |
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I do hate pointless meaningless Teams meetings that leave you reaching for your mobile phone
After all, what is £30.00 when you are gathering parts for kart no2 So my meeting had me message the seller 17miles away. When I got there it turns out we have a ton of stuff in common, except he is a DI in the Police. So we chatted for 45 minutes before I loaded this machine that has been stood for 10 years, outside. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7312.HEIC DM is a brand of the Flymo company. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7313.HEIC So when I got home, ‘I left it in the car and carried on with the day job. Later I took it out, cleaned it up a bit and then checked the oil, well…… black tar more accurately, added some fuel after checking the sparkplug that may have seen better days too. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...377A6A0741.jpg https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7318.HEIC Added fresh oil after draining the tiny bit of gloop from the crankcase. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7320.HEIC Of course I then tried to get it started, the tines seem to want to turn every time I pulled the rip cord…… So I removed the tines/hooky things and tried to start it. Failed, pushed it under the carport and came indoors. So I still beed to go back to it and take a look and a tug or,two. We may still,end up with a boat anchor or a little runner. . |
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Back to the Suspension bushes.
The company whose bushes I previously posted up has already pisssed me off as they do not reply to emails, even a simple request, after I emailed an enquiry on Friday last week. People like that do not deserve my business as they probably see customer service as something other companies do. So kind of back to starting out looking for a supplier who is prepared to deal with someone who is not an F1 team, or weekend warrior racer. I had a suggestion for SuperPro bushes on Rods n Sods and looking for a supplier found someone supplying the brand about 15 miles from here. Comments elsewhere. [font color="e619a4"]Go to super pro web site and buy once buy quality, the images should give you an idea of what goes where, all bushes are marked up so you know where they go, ive fitted plenty of these bushes to landrover over the years, very forgiving and nearly impossible to damage when fitting. if you can't get the rear anti roll bar bushes have someone with a lathe makes them for you. to be honest those ones never gave any problems like the fronts on cortina's. i can honestly say i've never ever had to replace them for an mot and i've had/worked on hundreds of them over time. re the kit you list, it's all pretty self explanatory where they go once you have them in hand and offer them up. also as it'll be a toy not a daily driver i wouldn't worry too much about them wearing prematurely either. neil.[/font] Also, last night when I got back from work in Lewisham a parcel was propped up against my kitchen door. My replacement leading trailing arm https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7344.HEIC Needs a good clean, Knotwheel at the ready……. And primer plus Hammerite Probably by the weekend. |
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The arms look in good nick Rian.
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[quote author="@kevins" source="/post/2697599/thread" timestamp="1631697969"]If the rubber ones are not badly cracked I would re-use everything except the top ones in the axle which as above I would replace with estate ones, it's going to be so light comparred to the cortina that the standard ones are probably a bit on the stiff side even.[/quote]
Went against advice…… Have ordered a set of polybushes, rather than original style rubber items. £131.00 delivered. From what I could see, the rubber bushes will total up to a bigger cost than polyurethane. If lucky, delivery on Friday or Saturday. And then the dismantling, step by step and bush replacement one at a time, depending on how easily I get to remove the old ones. Fingers crossed. |
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Got this to use from a friend today.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7401.HEIC Mr Grinder on standby. Bigger question now is how to establish whether this shock is dead. And then, what to replace it with if the spring loses a full coil. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7403.HEIC Advice as always, appreciated. |
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[quote author="@glenanderson" source="/post/2697773/thread" timestamp="1631809091"]Put one end of the shock in the vice, so it’s vertical. Hold the other end and try to pull it out and push it back in again quickly. If there’s a reasonable amount of resistance, then they’re worth refitting providing they compress enough to still work with the shorter spring.
If they have no resistance, or they’re too long, then hang fire on ordering any new shocks until the car is reassembled and at its final running height and weight before you fork out for replacements. [/quote] Well, I nearly kinda screwed up there, makes sense waiting to see final riding height….. Was going to order a standard set to go with the ONE COIL sacrificed. These seem to have had it, one is rusted in place pretty much, one collapses to become a dumpy. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7426.HEIC Almost weekend, counting down. Soon. |
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Using the truck in the morning to deliver some blasting media for @pauly and also some random junk for @craigrk
Thought I would cut the flooring mate Fil dropped of before. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7437.HEIC https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7445.HEIC Once the sun warms it up a bit, it should be useable. Looking forward to driving it again. |
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So the postie delivered nothing today.
But the DPD courier made my day. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7430.HEIC https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7428.HEIC And laid out. I do hope that I will be able to figure out what goes where. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7427.HEIC After work I went down to the garage, decided that the gusseting was probably the more important job to get started on. Pulled the chassis out after pushing the wheels and suspension bits out the way. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...D8CF386637.jpg Using CAD the job was not that awkward at all. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7450.HEIC https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7459.HEIC After some cutting, shaping, grinding, I was happy. I had also tested out my stick welder, which is part of the MIG welder that has stopped working. The 3mm plate I have used for the gussets are probably thicker than the tubing of the frame, so the stick welder should be perfect to create deep, heavy welds. In the morning I will use a flap wheel to grind back the primer and any residual rust etc in the spots `I need to weld. All my gussets are ready and waiting on the chassis for the welder. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7462.HEIC Hope it all welds and works easily. . |
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Horse trading….?
Horse play? Horse power? https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...631f0afed5.jpg https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...3af5db8772.jpg Let’s see what this looks like in the tub later. . |
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Went to collect the roll bar for the Rezin Rockit along the motorway, 25 miles from here.
Trading done. @pauly on his way to the next stop…… Leatherhead, then back to Essex by lunchtime. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7487.HEIC This truck continues to work and make me grin Small jobs, big jobs, all the same. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7486.HEIC Clean up the roll cage later and see if it fits. After welding gussets. |
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Cool tools are always useful.
Cleaned off the primer where the welds will go. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7490.HEIC https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...C57289CA7B.jpg Ready. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7492.HEIC Go………. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7494.HEIC And David took a couple of pics and a short clip of the welding when I was not swearing. Surprisingly easy welding when all the settings are right. https://youtu.be/DLXXg7dA-gw Next job, clean up welds, burned primer and paint work with primer. Hammerite later today hopefully. Colour…….? . |
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If he took a quick movie of you between swears , He's FAST!:lol:
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Stop motion movie. ;) Half a field today. Slim pickings. Screwdriver 50p Old pump 50p Stool £4.00 Bird nest 50p Leggings £1.00 each Nylock nuts n bolts £3.00 the lot https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7538.HEIC Todays technical question…… What do the numbers on these signify? https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7539.HEIC Thanks. |
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Bought a few random bolts and Nyloc nuts this morning, £3.00 the lot, so replace some of the bolts on the car, may be that they are too big or thick to be honest, but then they can be added to the Quality Street tin of random fasteners.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...Render(19).jpg https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7539.HEIC Responses already received on application. [quote author="@grizz" source="/post/2698096/thread" timestamp="1632044050"][quote author="@johnthesparky" source="/post/2698087/thread" timestamp="1632042539"]Not a straightforward answer to that I think. Mostly suspension uses 10.9 and 12.9 normally. This is stronger along the bolt but weaker in shear. This is the tricky bit for me, as when I think suspension I imagine all the extra weird forces when you go through a pothole and up a kerb that would potentially add a shear force to it. That’s why personally, because I don’t know better and am too lazy to work anything out, I’d match the original grade (but I think it would have been imperial? So the grades are different too, grade 5 and 7 normally I believe) my reasoning is that if it’s still on the road after 20 or 30 years it probably was about right. Other bolts will work but what happens when they actually fail [/quote][quote timestamp="1632043687" source="/post/2698093/thread" author="@westbay"]No, bumpers, engine brackets (not engine mounts), seats but not seat belts, 'low' stress items ... 10.9 , steering, brakes, suspension, basically anything with a high stress rate ...[/quote] Thanks guys. So I restarted the Knotwheel of death…. Got spiked a couple of times, hey-ho. It really cleaned up the welds nicely, removing flux etc too. Plus removing all the burned, heat damaged primer. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...G_7503(1).HEIC Sacrilegious https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7507.HEIC Done, and very pleased with the finish. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7520.HEIC Next up was a bit of playing around with @pauly ‘s roll bar from his Chevy. Seat in place for perspective, as well as the screen. It is clearly too wide as it is to be floor mounted, but will be once modified. It will go 220mm don below the sill and also backwards, in line with the “B-Pillar” with a slight tilt backwards so you can get in and out of the seat without being a contortionist. Make sense? The top of the roll bar should be about 100mm (plus its own thickness)above the seats headrest once all are bolted down, and at the same height as the top of the windscreen. Pics are just a basic mock up. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7512.HEIC https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7510.HEIC Last thing I checked yesterday was the width of the steel wheels planned for this car. At 9” side to side, what is the minimum width one would start looking at, though that is not the objective. And I certainly do not want a load of stretch like the tyres currently fitted to them. I quite like a bit of chunky width. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7514.HEIC https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...Render(20).jpg Still got to decide what to do today, Sally is about to bead home, 2 miles down the road to work in her garden and cook Uncle Bobs dinners for the next couple of days. . |
Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
Like the roll bar a lot - will look good if level with the top of the screen.
For tyres - the rims look like they'll be 8" on the inner bead. Depending on "the look" you're going for - I reckon a 225/60/15 would work well - a bit fatter and not too rubber band on the profile. |
Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
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I prefer them even thicker visually, so may have to look for some kind of wrap around padding to add to it. Could look quite purposeful. I quite like sidewall, and certainly am not a rubber band fan. So today I took a break, doing nothing. Well, almost nothing. Guilt took over eventually, so I went to the garage and moved the chassis deeper into the carport, and moved the front end in next to it, and then the rear end to the front. Intending to start working on the bushes, removing them and refitting the new ones. Did not happen, started to look at the roll bar again. Then texted my friend Kevin on the farm, whom I knew has a 6.5 ton pipe bender……… He was busy rebuilding his guest house bathroom, but said “Come on over” so I loaded the bar into the truck and went over. 15 minutes later, the passenger side leg was bent to fit the space on the chassis where the original fitted. Remember this……. Horrible monstrosity of a roll cage. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...2b6228ab22.jpg Mounting points will be used. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...Render(21).jpg Quick assembly and selecting the right piece. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7556.HEIC Pumping……. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7557.HEIC Started at 1440mm and 1330mm was the target. And done. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...Render(22).jpg I then stayed another 45 minutes while he battled a bathroom cabinet that needed to be cut and shaped around a pipe. Then headed home to come play and see if the fit was successful. Tilted back, rear diagonal mocked up. It may end up a bit more upright once the seats are fitted. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7561.HEIC Still needs to be squared up once the base plate is cut off and rewelded. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7562.HEIC |
Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
Rolling right along with the roll bar.:lol:
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Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
[quote author="@bricol" source="/post/2698304/thread" timestamp="1632151626"][quote source="/post/2697881/thread" author="@grizz" timestamp="1631884038"]I do not understand the technical terms highlighted in orange.
"Bump" - suspension travel upwards from normal ride height - think of it as when you go over a "bump". "Droop" - suspension travel downwards form normal ride height - if you jack a car up on the chassis, it takes a bit to get the wheel off the ground as the suspension "droops". Rule of thumb seems to be 2/3 of travel (minimum of 2" ish ) is in bump, with a 1/3 of travel in droop for a road going car. My trials special will have considerably more of each [/quote][/quote] Cannot remember who asked about the bump stops now. So I went and fitted the adapter, spacer and a wheel tonight after dinner Shows the bump stop, and I think it is missed, or is it. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7582.HEIC Looks OK from here. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7584.HEIC I am hoping that when it is all loaded up with engine and gearbox fitted in there, that the geometry stays good. Not a lot planned this week. I am, hoping to get @paulf over, with his hydraulic press to make life easier. Here’s to hoping. |
Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
Popped over to @nickwheeler this afternoon, 10 miles from here, he lives a couple of houses from where Joy used to live.
A quick pickup turned into a two hour chat. Amazing how many skilled, knowledgeable people are out there when you allow yourself to meet them. Nick seems to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of things automotive and more…. Perfect way to spend a few hours. Book he offered me should be a perfect guide in this build. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7607.HEIC I also worked on the seats and roll bar for a bit before dark. Hope to get the roll bar welded tomorrow. |
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Another quick after work session, though I was kinda gutted I could not strike an arc or two, as I am in a two day national online meeting that I cannot walk out of at all.
So after work I went and took a quick look which turned into two hours of measure, fit, cut, move about. I recovered the passenger seat from the C10 cab and put it in the tub as well. Roll bar as it stood. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7598.HEIC Both seats, and screen with roll bar. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7597.HEIC https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7594.HEIC Mocking up is the easy part of course. I think thats how I want it, seats will be back 3-4 inches at least. Fixed. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7595.HEIC Once I got to the look I wanted, I copied the angle of the roll bar onto a pizza box with a Sharpie, CAD at it’s best. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7608.HEIC And proceeded to transfer measurements onto the paving outside the garage, using the water drain as a straight edge…….. And cut both ends as long as possible.. VERY HAPPY at this point. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7618.HEIC https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7616.HEIC I am adding new mounting plates that have been rotated slightly to the floor, that will then sandwich the body to the chassis. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7613.HEIC I also trimmed the outside corners as the body tub has a slight curve at the bottom where it had been moulded, thus preventing any issues later. I will be mounting and setting the roll bar at the correct angle and position using ductape, broomsticks and small children before tacking the base plates to it, followed by a decent penetrating weld. Fresh hardware and a diagonal rear brace, modified to suit should give me the look I am after. Then the search for suitable safety belts or harnesses will be on, that can be used with the RX8 seats https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7619.HEIC If things go well, I may try find some time tonight after work for the welding up, before cooking dinner for Sally and I . Fingers crossed. |
Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
[quote author="@misteralz" source="/post/2698563/thread" timestamp="1632296454"]I love that roll bar. It's aggressively selfish![/quote]
Absolutely, it should fit in with the whole WTF ? Attitude of the car, slightly Antisocial Thuggery in motion. I am already thinking of putting a LED high-tight brake light into the top junction as well, possibly with an override switch, allowing me to find and fit a strobe type that goes into F1 cars when raced in the rain. GREAT RESULT…… The company gave us an hour off for “Wellness Wednesday” time to add to lunch to do whatever we want, as long as it is not work. I guess I am headed out to quickly do some prep, cleaning some of the chrome off the base of the roll bar and welding it to the plates. Fingers crossed it is a quick n easy job. |
Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
Well, what do you when the company gives you an hour extra at lunch time?
You go do some cutting, grinding and welding. First thing to do was get the tools ready, then fix the chassis so it would not roll around, and set it as close as possible to level. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7629.HEIC Then set the angle using the CAD tool. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7645.HEIC Ready to weld. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7630.HEIC Bzzzzzzzzzzttt…… https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...Render(23).jpg Done. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7676.HEIC Cooled off, I thought it made sense to try it in position. HAPPY !! https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7651.HEIC Seats in the position they will be fixed. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7652.HEIC Front view, in final position they windscreen and roll bar have the same top horizontal line. So pleased with this result. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7655.HEIC That concluded my lunch break. We ended up concluding day 1 by 3.45 which meant I could go for a 5.3km walk which took me an hour. Than I went down to the garage again to start on the rear diagonal which would prove to be more challenging. Being from the 56 Chevy @pauly used to race and hoon about in, it is too big in all directions. It took me a lot of fine tuned grinding and sanding with flap wheel and my narrow power file. Eventually it all slipped together easily https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7678.HEIC Then using the level between various points on the chassis I got the cutoff line marked out. It is not the original roll bar, so I need to make up a new anchor point for the rear. I will have to weld in a new mounting plate to the chassis and also a foot plate to the rear diagonal with a couple of nuts and bolts. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7679.HEIC I cut the plate in preparation, and also cut and prepped the diagonal. At this point I closed shop. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../IMG_7681.HEIC Hopefully I can get the two parts made up and welded in place tomorrow evening after work. Life is still good. |
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Remember my previous Chevy?
NOT A PROJECT. Well, it is for sale again. Price shows just how classics, cheap cars have increased in value. And people are paying for them. It is a 1979 model, not 75 and some other facts are a bit twisted in the ad. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...x/IMG_7683.JPG I hope he makes his price. |
Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!
I remember it well Grizz - a nice car.
did it sell to be used as a film prop or something - I cant remember. looks like its had a lick of paint - these trucks do fetch good money now... In fact - everything seems to have gone through the roof in terms of cost whilst wages have stayed flat - hmm thats not going to last... Quote:
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