My "Special" toy

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:23 pm

i'm not doing the welding

but i REALLY have to learne

BUT i've got to do all the cutting and grinding

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:26 pm

I'd never welded a thing before this

It's easy, with a bit o' practice

Dee · Post by **Dee** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:02 am

If your welding is anythig like your spraying Wayne..
RB.. get him up there for a working holiday, but not til his able to drive this one up..

Dee

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:27 pm

Here you go BasicGreen and SunnyTim

I painted the column.
And I painted the top cover plate white above the column.

Thanks Fellas

basic.green · Post by **basic.green** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:03 pm

very nice work

must get back in to mine soon. should get new wheels just before xmas so it might spark me up again.

V8EK4us · Post by **V8EK4us** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:23 am

Nice work EKSPCL ......looking really sweet!

Cheers
Gaz

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:54 pm

Thanks peoples.

I think this will be a good spot for the booster.......

At the moment it's only held on with 1 bolt.
Hopefully I'll have it finished this weekend with some sort of shield against road crud.

Coated the floor in fish oil 2 weeks ago and is still a bit tacky in spots

Takes ages to dry out

oldnek · Post by **oldnek** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:29 pm

Nice work EKSPCL, just a tip in case you hadn't of thought of already, cover the bleeder screw with a cap and place a shield over the atmospheric vent cap to prevent road grime covering your booster.

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:03 pm

Didn't think of the cap over the bleeder

I am going to put a shield over the breather.
Thanks Oldnek

V8EK4us · Post by **V8EK4us** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:34 pm

Lookin' good EKSPCL

Keep up the great work mate... might have to use some of your ideas

Cheers, Garry

Dee · Post by **Dee** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:49 am

Dee · Post by **Dee** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:53 am

Very neat, Wayne......

someone's thinking.. there's clever in this..

My only suggestion is to leave a bit more room between the guard and the tank - good place for crud to pack up.

Guess its down to what the shield is .. I'd be lookin at where the front wheel is gunna throw stuff from - and to protect the hoses/pipes - guess that can be done if your shield goes all the way across to the skirt..
Newer cars have a inner guard.. I'd be lookin at a short version of one of those..
If you look at what you got already.. there's the brace which holds the guard to the body - that'd be a good place to bolt the bottom of a sheld to..
but if yo uwant people to see what you done and leave it open a bit.. youl have to wear gettin it hit by stuff from the wheel..

I'd make it so that you can get if off with just a few bolts - might be good time to look in there when you grease..

your goin well with this - take as much time as you need..
a bit of thought and clever now will save a lot of grief later..

Dee

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:03 am

Had the same thought Dee, about the later model "inner guard"

That brace that holds the guard on and the lip that follows the firewall seam is looking attractive as a fixing point.
But I do have to take into consideration if this will foul when the car is lowered.
I don't think so, but when I get out there today I'll find out.

Thanks for you input

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:46 pm

Got the brake booster installed today.
I'll worry about the splash guard once I fix the guard on I think.

Gave the front door an extend by about 8mm to cover up where I took out the divider.
Had a practice run on the crappy door.

Added a 20 x 3mm strip.....

Squared off the bottom corner.....

I think I got too much heat in the door skin.
It bulged out a bit, so I have a curve to the edge of the door.
I think the problem might be that I'm welding a 3mm strip to 3 layers of 1mm panel.
So I need to get more heat into the strip than the panel.
Any tips

It's going to be a challenge to get these door gaps even.
They weren't exeactly made to precision

I'm glad I had a trial run on this one

V8EK4us · Post by **V8EK4us** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:53 pm

Lookin' good EKSPCL ..... I am doing the same thing to mine.

cheers, Garry