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[Tupers]

There was talk of chroming them but I think I'll save that for another car.

[Tupers]

The front suspension's on as are my shinny 4 pot calipers.


I sat a jack under it to try and get it to ride height but I need to get it on the floor and an engine in it to get it right.


As it sits the tyres poke out by about 15MM and I'd imagine that'll go up a bit once it's at ride height.


The raised numbers on the wheels weight just clip the calipers but they can be moved in a bit to clear. You can also see the balljoint spacer on the bottom of the hub to bring to bottom arm back a better angle once the car is lowered.

[Tupers]

So for the first time since I bought the estate it's on wheels if only 2.


I think with a bit more camber I could get away with running 6X10s without arches.


The radius arms are on now, just need some Hi-Los.


And I went and got my MPI head from the sorting office. The threaded lugs on the thermostat end should make mounting the SC easier.

[Tupers]

Still no rear Hi-Los but I got some rear hubs and Mini Fins on so I could get it rolling.


I also pulled the cones out the front to get it at ride height. Anyone want some of my extra camber.


Under 80MM of ground clearance, wont be able to drive this anywhere.

[woodenman23]

That's looking sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

[grahama]

Nice, that does look mean, love it !!

[ukshadow]

low and mean lush

[mini-luke]

Stick an engine in and drive it round like that

[Tupers]

Thanks for the comments guys, it could be quite cool to leave it all Mad Max-ish but I thin it might be nicer to have some proper paint.

I thought I'd get back onto sorting the rear seat latches out this afternoon and seen a I'm doing something different with the side windows as well I pulled the old frames out.




I couldn't find any spare latches on the shelfs so I 'borrowed' a pair from my Dads Metro.


I'll have to build a bulkhead for them to bolt to and will be incorporating it into the new window frames. Shouldn't be too hard.

[Tupers]

I got the window frame/seat back brace under way. I made a section up in the folder and got it cut to size and cleco'd in. Just need to plan out where to bend the section in front of the seat now.






I also used the backing plates I started making earlier to make a pair of cups for the latches to sit into. These will become part of the window frame so you'll only see a small part of the latch.

[Tupers]

More work on the window frame/seat brace. I got folding and made the vertical brace for the seat catch.


After a bit of stretching I welded 3 returns onto the base to weld to the arch.


Then I tacked the vertical buttress to the window frame and added another return on the inside.


A few Celco's got it held in place while I finish the other side. It was a relief to see the seat folded up so nicely.

[grahama]

Fantastic fabrication work as ever, don't know where you get your ideas from but keep thinking them up !!

[Tupers]

Cheers Graham, most of that was just designed on the fly to be honest.

[davej]

Fantastic work and a brilliant idea, hats off to you.

[benjy_18]

yeah i suppose it looks alright!

when are you coming to help with mine then? aha

Ben