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Re: '66 Sunbeam Minx Project - F20C/6sp/4-link/Discs...
The Rapier looks like a Studebaker Hawk that was left in the dryer for too long. That's trick!
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like i said i was sleepy and automaticly whent to the normal passengerside of the car intended to open the door when the driver asked why i was standing on that side ....... looked in and the steeringwheel was on my side as for RHD and drivetrough :
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i got a job again and having fun at it too idea's for the trucks and the order of things to do are taking shape and get closer to being realized , a few more months and i be able to start building for real i complete 2 of the trucks intoo running fashion one custom and one basicly stock the thirth will be sacrificed for parts |
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Re: '66 Sunbeam Minx Project - F20C/6sp/4-link/Discs...
Frizzle Fry, You must have been working with the rear end. Can't find it. Do you have any idea on which page. Roughly..
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Seats: DONE! In the spirit of keeping everything as difficult and time consuming as possible on this build, I decided I must maintain the option of bolting in the original seats. This, along with some 17" steelies with the original hubcaps, will by the optional OG mode I may don from time to time. Here's the OG DS (too flat for my driving style ![]() ![]() To keep the bolt-in-ability of the OG seats I had to use the offset mounting surface offered by this central platform. Both the problem and part of the solution shown here. That's one of the original rails that would mount on the platform. I set the inner rails down/back due to the narrower new seats: ![]() The new seats as delivered lacked in the lower kick-back department; the seat-bottoms were too level. I reclined the bases to within a milliradian of what felt correct via butt-gauge (insert related jokes here). ![]() ![]() Test position: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For the outer tracks I used the Procar provided pieces (with requisite mods of course). ![]() ![]() Outer platform fab: ![]() ![]() ![]() Test fit and level: ![]() ![]() Outer mounts tacked after leveling seat: ![]() Built up: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Inner: ![]() ![]() On to the passenger's side Now I run into this: The Procar tracks are not side-specific. So the slide lever would normally be on the left side for both seats. This would not work with my set-up since I needed the low-profile Minx inner rails: ![]() Fortunately it was only a matter of adding the lever-arm to the right track. But... If I was going to be cutting/welding lever-arms I might as well optimize their positions, right..? Here's where the slide lever was positioned from Procar: ![]() Cut/weld lever arm in new position: ![]() ![]() Result; a much more natural reach: ![]() Same drill on PS as DS for the rest, except with more tin-foil: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Final position: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Re: '66 Sunbeam Minx Project - F20C/6sp/4-link/Discs...
Excellent work on the seat mods. I love the attention to details most people will never see.
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Re: '66 Sunbeam Minx Project - F20C/6sp/4-link/Discs...
realy good idea wrapping the tinfoil over the foam rubber
i once had some work done on the rail of a seat and a small weldslag dropped on the foam and melted into the foam on the back of it we doused it with water and figured it was out but when mountin the seat it started smoking again and we had to hurry and get te seat back out so we could turn it over and put more water over it , we also cut out the slag this time it allready got burrowed 4,5 inches deep intoo the foam if we hadnt noticed it it prolly wouldve burned the car and the garage it was in
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i got a job again and having fun at it too idea's for the trucks and the order of things to do are taking shape and get closer to being realized , a few more months and i be able to start building for real i complete 2 of the trucks intoo running fashion one custom and one basicly stock the thirth will be sacrificed for parts |
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Thanks guys. I have to admit that the tin foil idea came about only after a hot slug started to bore its way into the first seat. I quickly turned it over and it fell out while still hot. Necessity is the mother of all invention!
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Re: '66 Sunbeam Minx Project - F20C/6sp/4-link/Discs...
Awesome work mounting the seats!
I've used those same tracks before in a Nova. One thing we did was to swap the original adjuster release cross wire out for a piece of 1/8" welding rod bent to fit the hooks. Won't stretch over time like the original wire that came with our set. Maybe yours came with something more substantial but ours were just thin wire. Gives the adjuster lever a much more positive feel too. ![]() Another thing you can add that no one will ever see, but it make the car much better to live in.
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Still in awe of you skills. Thanks for the continuing updates FF. |
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Holy Heck!! That stuffs up the "sleeper image"
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That front right corner had some bondo work that always bugged me. The bumper alignment was off and there was cracking starting to show. The painter I'm working with wants the car stripped to bare metal. So I did some exploratory probing and found that a previous repair had taken serious liberty with body filler there. I have to hand it to them; they had some sculpting skills.
So I've removed the damaged area and have a good section from the spare Minx I parted to replace it with. Why not replace parts one at a time? Because it's all welded together with extremely inaccessible pinch-welds. This was the best approach. ![]() |
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What a cute little house next to the car!
And the car!! A perfecly good Minx turned inte a wreck :-( Mr Minx fanatic. |
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Re: '66 Sunbeam Minx Project - F20C/6sp/4-link/Discs...
You guys didn't want me to graft on a Taurus nose? What's wrong with you..?
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Re: '66 Sunbeam Minx Project - F20C/6sp/4-link/Discs...
over here they used to craft mercedes type grilles on the old vw beetles made them look like an greek guy from the side
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i got a job again and having fun at it too idea's for the trucks and the order of things to do are taking shape and get closer to being realized , a few more months and i be able to start building for real i complete 2 of the trucks intoo running fashion one custom and one basicly stock the thirth will be sacrificed for parts |
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Re: '66 Sunbeam Minx Project - F20C/6sp/4-link/Discs...
The nose isn't all that different that one of these babies!
![]() I know they're fiberglass, but you can make anything out of metal. Smooth out the lower piece that sticks out so the fender wraps around the front, incorporate the vette grille and headlights and make your own bumperettes... sexy! But I'm glad it's just rust repair, I want to see this thing actually get done, mostly because I want to see that damn Tahoe get done!!!
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Re: '66 Sunbeam Minx Project - F20C/6sp/4-link/Discs...
my father used to own a corvette like that in the 60"s same colour too , he had to sell it after my sister got born and my mother got tired of having two kids on her lap
if he kept/stored it he prolly couldve bought a house from the salesprice
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i got a job again and having fun at it too idea's for the trucks and the order of things to do are taking shape and get closer to being realized , a few more months and i be able to start building for real i complete 2 of the trucks intoo running fashion one custom and one basicly stock the thirth will be sacrificed for parts |
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Re: '66 Sunbeam Minx Project - F20C/6sp/4-link/Discs...
When you did take that front end away, I suppose you noticed the "shelf" at the end of the wing, just below the windshield. The serious rost spot on that body. Mud and gore stay there and the front wing rust from the inside. I usually put an inner ving on my cars to solve that problem. But maybe you live in a dry climate.
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