CHOPPED wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2019 2:10 pm
hey man sorry mate
just seen this pm
yes i put a piece of 200 dia by 10 mm scallop in there and welded it in
engineer looked at itwhile still in its metal stage and just laughed and said
fark overkill
carry on man
looking good
Paul
Managed to get some time to finish off the front chassis rails and repair the last bit of rust. All areas are sprayed with rust converter and then copper coat.
The front cross member was cut from a section of 100x50x3mm RHS. I kept the original top flange and then fitted and welded the new section in.
very nice work man
you have done the same as I did on mine
i braced the entire subframe with 5 mm sheet from radiator support right back to the y frame where it bolts up
keep the updated going
im enjoying the progress
Paul
Motor, box and front end is back in. Gained more clearance for the headers and made the radiator cross member so it is removable. It was welded in which caused issues with getting the motor out.
59wagon wrote:Great fab work Taz. Does the engineer have any issues/requirements when it comes to modifying the chassis like that?
Keep it up.
Cheers, John
The section that is notched has been laminated etc. At this stage the engineer has said nothing about it as he has not seen it But my 20 years experience as a boilermaker welder tells me that structurally there should be no issue. The remainder of the chassis from the section which has been notched has also been laminated with 3mm steel so once again I see no issue.
