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[domdee]

wow what a lovely build!

[crazirob]

ENGINE BUILD DATE CONFIMED !!!! 6TH JULY COME AT ME BRO!

[crazirob]

Also got these the other day so more bits for the collection, getting the bits so I can run the fuel lines and brake lines all at once too

[MiNi'D]

Man that pickup is sweet!

 

I'd love to see more :)

[lewis]

Yum      ! That is the only word I can think of when I see it.

 

I think you have chosen a very nice little setup of bits, especially rose petals they will look amazing on the pick-up.

[crazirob]

thought I would finish installing the rear subframe today and well..... that went well, the drivers side trunion was all lined up perfect, bolt went in beautifully, then I start to do up

 

spanner spanner

 

spanner spanner

 

getting tight, ill just give it one last nip

 

BANG!

 

one non mounted trunion   has to be drilled out to 3/8 should make for an interesting saturday !

[mini-luke]

thought I would finish installing the rear subframe today and well..... that went well, the drivers side trunion was all lined up perfect, bolt went in beautifully, then I start to do up

 

spanner spanner

 

spanner spanner

 

getting tight, ill just give it one last nip

 

BANG!

 

one non mounted trunion   has to be drilled out to 3/8 should make for an interesting saturday !

 

Don't drill it out bigger, helicoil it

 

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[crazirob]

Only problem being there's not a lot for it to grab onto ...

[F1L8EY]

Fantastic build!! keep up the great work, loving the colour im following until the end!!

[crazirob]

Whilst I ponder about what to do with the subframe mount today a cracked on and did some light mods and ment I got to play with my welder !

So my mods for the day was to create a modified rocker cover to allow for my crank case breather and also for my under wing catch tank



So I started with these so i could then modify then in to the parts required first things first make them right angles so they could then be welded onto the rocker cover


Catch tank junction



Both breather and catch tank junctions made on is smaller as they need to be able to clear each other with the pipe going across

Then cleaned up the rocker cover



Drilled the hole, which is 25mm but only had a 10mm bit so had to get the file out for an hour! Lol

All welded in and painted

[crazirob]

Didn't get to engine build this weekend, bit gutting so cracked on with the rear suspension, fitting fuel tank, master cylinders, steering coloum,


Firstly the rear suspension I had a bit of a problem the bold that go through the trunnion into the sill one of the internal captive nuts decided to give up so had to repair using helicoil kit very (very easy and strong)

So got all my new bit together and finally the rear suspension fully fitted went to by some adjustable camber arms from Minispeed and Scott very cleverly showed me the KAD ones so they were double the price but O so nice !



Then once all te rear suspension was back with my fuel tank on I then decided to put my new wheels on and check the ride height,












Hello negative camber

[crazirob]

Front just needs it a lot of weight to reduce the ride height as the hi-lo's are pretty low ! Cannot wait until this is on the road, next stages looks and lines, brake lines, fuel lines fuel pump then loom in after some sneaky sneaky stuff should be fun !

[crazirob]

Reposted * silly me

Edited by crazirob, 08 July 2013 - 12:01 PM.

[crazirob]

Really annoying day today, went to fit the handbrake it's and the wrong Clevis pins too fat do though ill fit the accelerator pedal and snapped off one of the studs ! Very anoyed either have to take the subframe out or just weld the pedal plate on to the snapped stud .....

[crazirob]

Opinions please :-(