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[olds_kool_lews]

its gonna be an animal lol i think it will eat the tyres though! i may have to look into some kind of brake system too...

[Yoda]

I did read the thread from the start and i agree with your thinking too. I would have just brought the drive through the bulkhead and had it running through the car! but ascetics are also important i admit, and you brob dont want a shaft running through the cabin

I like what you are doing with this project as i ran a business customising golf carts and most of my custom parts were fabricated in house! Lifted carts like monster trucks, lowered carts like race cars and fully altered body work was our specialty.

[less is more]

I would have thought a shaft through the middle would look better than a engine in the cab, but good project keep it up

[olds_kool_lews]

even with the shaft through the middle, the strimmer engines i looked at all would of stood proud of the bonnet area, i just couldnt physically find one suitable so settled with what i had to hand lol even with the engine in the rear, i still might just have enough room up front to squeeze a seat in and a 70's action man driver just need to find a steering wheel for him lol

didnt get much done today on it, went to the science museum in birmingham and theres a nice blue mk1 in there, got my missus to take a pic of me n my daughter with it, looks really nice and original, shame its stuck in there, wanted to pop the bonnet and have a look but didnt want to get in trouble lol

[Body stylist]

i ran a business customising golf carts and most of my custom parts were fabricated in house! Lifted carts like monster trucks, lowered carts like race cars and fully altered body work was our specialty.

Do you still do this? What body mods did you do?

[olds_kool_lews]

got abit more done tonight, made the rear axle up, was abit of a pain as the steel bar i got was 12mm, n the hole in the sprocket was about 10.5mm, so i had to drill 1st with 11mm, then 11.5mm, then finally 12mm, but the hole was still to small for the bar to go in, so out with a drill file, 2mins later perfect fit, i then thought of using the pillow block bearing and a drill to form a VERY basic lathe ull see what i mean in the pics..

i put the end of the 12mm bar into the bearing like so..



bolted down and hooked up to the drill, ideal for seam weldin the sprocket to the bar!



then with the grinder to dress/roughly balance the welds/sprocket



and end up with...



i still have to get the ends turned down to 8 or 10mm so i can put a thread on it to hold the wheels on! more tomorrow!

[RossKnight]

Incredible set up haaha

[yousmeg]

nice improvisation!

[olds_kool_lews]

cheers lol its the only way i could think of to get a nice even finish on the weld so it didnt shake itself to pieces at high speed lol

[bluesprite]

any more progress?

[olds_kool_lews]

damn straight there is lol been making/modifiying the rear axle bearings/heavy duty radius arms... pics...

this was once a pillow block bearing, it had 2 "feet" that you bolt it to something with, i cut 1 of these off and welded 2" box section that i can use to bolt it to the car itself, the bolt on top will bolt through the panel just above the healboard, and through the heal board itself once i have welded a cap on the end with an internal nut to bolt it through, making it nice and strong! i still need to dress the welds but i was rushing a little as had to pick the missus from work lol







i was gonna use a cheaper more lighter bearing, but decided to use these as they are designed for high speed, so should cope very well and give a nice smooth axle rotation, good thing is that the bearing is semi-rose joint, so not only does the bearing spin, if the bearing housing were not 100% true in line, the bearings themselves will swivel in the housing to allow perfect alinement of the axle/bearings ;)

Edited by olds_kool_lews, 27 February 2012 - 10:55 PM.

[flatline]

Nice update!

[Miniryan09]

Looking good!

[lil3on]

any updates? :)

[olds_kool_lews]

glad you asked

still need to tie the roll cage into the rear end, but waiting on some new rear wheels, slightly bigger, and twice as wide ;) so need them to get the axle machined and fitted up, so i can re-fettle the rear arches to fit the new wheels, then i can finish the roll cage, and then get to work on the external panels ;)

Edited by olds_kool_lews, 01 March 2012 - 08:57 PM.