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25th March 2012, 15:48
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OK GUYS, who's been messing about with my laptop key setting!!
OK, so I keep forgetting to check my spelling etc before I hit the submit reply button. Put it down to old age and excitement about a possible new(ish) chassis. Yeehaa!!
If its too dear to deliver, might have to throw a sicky and strap the thing to my pickup and hope I don't get involved in a prang! Mmmm what were you doing on the M6 130 miles from your sick bed Mr. Norris - Well, well, I, I, Don't know Boss, I must have been delirious!! Sleep driving
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25th March 2012, 16:21
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Rocker, I am going to make a steel frame which will be locked into position with a t-handle lock. The removable t-handle will have a place in my side pocket so the actual catch will be hidden adding a little extra security to my luggage compartment.
I am sure my ideas will change as I am almost at that stage now and will have a good look over the next week or so.
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26th March 2012, 15:35
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Just found a couple of pics with the frame bolted on and the body placed on so I could see the gaps and what the luggage compartment would look like.
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26th March 2012, 15:35
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26th March 2012, 17:57
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Looking good matey.
I loved that stage of the build as so much happens so quickly
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26th March 2012, 17:58
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Looking very nice indeed. Any reason why you didn't angle the sides of the luggage bay out to the outboard uprights of the frame to make the usable space bigger?
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26th March 2012, 19:21
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Originally Posted by Mister Towed
Looking very nice indeed. Any reason why you didn't angle the sides of the luggage bay out to the outboard uprights of the frame to make the usable space bigger?
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I didn't angle the sides as they would have hit the rear wheels. I did consider a curved side which would also double up as the inner wing, but decided I wanted to crack on rather then delay getting the steel box section properly shaped .
Maybe on my next sammio.............
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26th March 2012, 19:28
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Ahh, I see. I'm aiming to maximise the luggage space on mine so I can tour it across Europe some day...
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26th March 2012, 19:37
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Ahh, I see. I'm aiming to maximise the luggage space on mine so I can tour it across Europe some day...
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Me too Mr T. Although the bench back seat will need to be fitted a little further forward and tilted at the bottom so it will have a bit more storage behind that anyway.
My other half is getting used to travelling light as we have done some touring on my motorbike. So any more space is a luxury to her!
I have a friend with a hotel in Austria ( www.pensionhausmaria.com) and some friends in the Pyrenees ( www.lessorbiers.co.uk) where we are at the moment, so I hope to do a two week tour next year to spend a week in each.
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26th March 2012, 19:51
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Sounds great.
Sorry for not reading back through your thread but are you planning to make your own bench seat? I only ask because I'm struggling to find a pair of seats I like the look of that are within my budget of cheap as possible, so I'm toying with the idea of making some seat frames myself and having them upholstered professionally.
Any reason why I can't make bomber style frames out of plywood and have them padded and upholstered?
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26th March 2012, 19:59
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Yep I am making my own seats for mine. Hence why I haven't lowered the floor pans. I am hoping to make up a folding bench seat back and then individual seat bases out of wood and foam which will be clipped in. Well that's the plan over the next few weeks anyway!
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28th March 2012, 19:45
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Started to get the wiring in this evening. I modified the Vitesse loom by stripping it down and then hanging it in the car where I wanted it, then wrapping it all up with black tape. I then extended or shortened the wiring where necessary, and soldered all the joints, covering them with heatshrink tubing. I used the same coloured/guage wires out of a couple of secondhand Triumph looms that I won on ebay. Hopefully that will help minimise any problems in the future.
I am putting in a centre console, so hence the mess in the middle for now. I will tidy that up later.
It is a lot easier with the body off, and I think I am nearly there now, with a couple of other minor bits to sort out.
I am tidying the wiring up considerably, by running all the engine bay cables low down and branching up where needed. Again all wrapped in black tape to hide it as much as possible.
Hopefully the weekend will be nice and as there won't be any fuel to get anywhere, I will have to stay at home and get the body fibreglassed on!
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28th March 2012, 19:55
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Ooh, miles and miles of electric string. Nightmare. At least it looks like you'll end up with a professional job if you're soldering and heat shrinking the additions to the loom. Keep up the good work!
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31st March 2012, 17:56
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Good day today.
Firstly I modifed the lowering block that comes from Gary. It comes as a box section which is open at both ends, and when I clamped it up, it bowed out and I was worried that it might work the bolts loose. Simple modification is to weld a plate on each end to stiffen it all up!
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31st March 2012, 17:58
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I then decided to modfiy the standard Smiths heater from the Vitesse donor....
I made it more compact and then welded some brackets on and put some Rivnuts into the box section to hold it all together....
Came out quite well. It is all off and being painted at the moment!
It will all be hidden behind the dashboard and the centre console....
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31st March 2012, 18:02
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I then had a go at finishing the wiring. I have put a new fuse box in which takes modern blade fuses and this will be hidden behind the passenger foot rest which I have to build in when I do the interior.
It is pretty accessible in case of a blown fuse or relay.
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31st March 2012, 18:04
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And last but not least, I have been finishing off the bits in the engine bay. I put in the radiator (i am going to fire it all up and test for leaks before I paint it all up!!)
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31st March 2012, 18:17
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Fuse? Relay? Nope, you've lost me there.
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31st March 2012, 18:19
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Fuse? Relay? Nope, you've lost me there.
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Ahh, you haven't got Overdrive then have you?
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1st April 2012, 07:03
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Hope, hence the reason i'm about to change my diff!
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