Oxford build

[Charman.tech]

Oxford

This is the main reason we have chopped our G46 so much to get some degree of symmetry at least you removed the hum so you can measure the difference, we are currently on that section as well, rear arches leading away from rear bulkhead.

Lots of head scratching! your chassis build up deserves the attention you are giving the body.

Will post updates soon

[Charman.tech]

Originally Posted by Charman.tech

Oxford

This is the main reason we have chopped our G46 so much to get some degree of symmetry at least you removed the hum so you can measure the difference, we are currently on that section as well, rear arches leading away from rear bulkhead.

Lots of head scratching! your chassis build up deserves the attention you are giving the body.

Will post updates soon

hump not hum

[oxford1360]

Originally Posted by Viatron

Nice work, got any fibreglass splinters yet :-)

Just a few hundred. The cleverest thing I did was a to run my fingers over the underside of the hump patch to see how smooth it was. Ouch.

[Viatron]

:-) bet you wont be doing that again!

[garyh]

So that's Twerking...

[oxford1360]

More like twerping.

[christinedmc]

exactly what I thought, the tub will be high class as well. Nice. It would be a shame if wood would detoriate over the years while the rest is still shining.
I like the idea of removable hump-bracket. I gave it a thought of placing some sort of construction into the inside of the hump. I left the thought because it would be to low anyway.
Michiel

[redratbike]

Originally Posted by micky1mo

Whilst at the show, my teenage son fell for a Lomax. I've always fancied building a Morganesque three-wheeler and I am a fan of the 2CV lump. So, next project decided.

How about this, much better than a Lomax and for sale

[/QUOTE]
Like the rear end ,front not to good in my eyes but I love these 3 wheelers

I take it you are replica rides after looking at the website?

[oxford1360]

I'm trying to keep some momentum going so I was down at The Glade this week preparing my rear end for improvements.

I glassed beneath the series of cuts and left it to cure.

This is what the top-side looked like.

This was after the supports were removed and I had smoothed/roughed the surface.

I mixed some home-made (and much cheaper) P40 using 150ml of resin, 50ml of white gel coat for some colour, and ~20g of CSM. After lots of mixing I added the hardener and mixed some more.

I then applied a very rough layer to get things a little closer to the profile I want.

It looks like I have applied a massive gob-bomb (chew a piece of A4 for a very long time and, when it is thoroughly wet, fire it skyward so that it sticks on the ceiling of the classroom and then blame it on somebody else).

I will give this a mild blast with a flap wheel before applying P38.

The good news is, the rear deck is flat and perfect for the crossmember.

[christinedmc]

Looks good. Nice coctailing with resin stuff. Did some experiments too. Some more succesful then others
I would suggest to add chopped glasfibre. The fibre flakes strengthen the material. The bonding paste for example, is strong but also very brittle and therefore can crack. The chopped glass fibres give it strength.

Michiel

[oxford1360]

That was the CSM - chopped quite small. The bigger the area that needs to be filled, the bigger the pieces can be.

[christinedmc]

Sorry, I mist that one.

So CSM eaqals chopped fibre glass!

Michiel

[oxford1360]

Sorry, yes, it's Chopped Strand Mat. I have been learning these acronyms and abbreviations recently. I'm learning as I go!

[Paul L]

Oxford - Thanks again for your step by step guides they are really helpful.

Good luck with the rest of it, Paul.

[oxford1360]

Another few hours down at The Glade. It was quite fun to lay the first proper filler on. This may seem a bit premature given the state of everything else but I need to get the rear deck there or thereabouts before sitting it on the frame.

I made progress on the removed hump. I'm preparing it as a plug for a mould. I shall grab some pics tomorrow.

[oxford1360]

As I mentioned earlier, I'm using the cut-off hump to produce a buck to produce left and right humps. The original hump is not symmetrical - the outer side (next to the rear wheelarch) extends lower because of the curve of the rear deck. Hence, I need to extend the shallower side so that I can produce two and then trim so that they are mirrors of each other. I've just read this and it isn't exactly clear.

I attached a well-waxed former -

A bit of gel coat -

Some mat -

Left it for a while and then removed the former. The blue is the release agent.

[Paul L]

Originally Posted by oxford1360

... I've just read this and it isn't exactly clear...

If it helps, here are some photos I prepared earlier...

Driver's side hump - Deeper on the right than the left.



A driver's side specific hump, will not not work on the passenger side as the deeper side needs to be on the left.



Oxford - Obviously I am following your progress with great interest.

Good luck, Paul.

[Nike55]

Also following your progress (with trepidation as per G46 'fault' areas)...and look forward to next instalment!

[oxford1360]

I would love to do my doors like this, but I think they would be a tad vulnerable.

I also need to find a pic of the same car with the door shut.

[slartibartfast]

Go for it Piano hinge & a couple of slide bolts ... Robert is your mother's brother
Keep up the good work
Slarti