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by **mk3phill** on Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:46 am

man i cannot wait untill you get that monster up and running,...ill come down to the shows and meets just to see that lol :rolleyes:

id love to have that sitting under my bonnet,...you think it'll fit :devil:

anyway good luck with the rest of the build this is one topic im keeping an eye on :aviator:

by **Rodge** on Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:28 pm

No daily update today :-?

I ran out of gas so there was no welding from me :lol:

by **Captain Tightpants** on Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:35 pm

No mate, sweet FA achieved today! Had a day off, did some work to my site though,

http://www.rsbible.co.uk

Steve

by **FezzR** on Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:52 pm

sites looking good mate,
thumbnails working well too

by **Asad** on Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:56 pm

Legend mate! :wink:

by **Rhinopower** on Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:56 pm

no updates all week??

poor show mate

by **Captain Tightpants** on Wed Oct 26, 2005 11:50 pm

Cheers for the comments guys!

Ging to have a spuddle tomorrow afternoon/evening, so expect some updates tomorrow!

Steve

by **Captain Tightpants** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:51 pm

Again thanks for your comments guys,

I managed to get the gearbox tunnel all but complete today. It's looking pretty wicked! I have run out of welding gas though, so that stopped play this evening. I managed to get the selector mounted, and made a bracket that is welded to the inside of the tunnel to locate it.
I will be removing the engine tomorrow morning, then set about seam welding the inside of the tunnel, and the bottom of the car. The chassis legs run next to the tunnel I have made.
Again, it's all so time consuming, I'm planning on really trying to get the metalwork done at the moment. The sooner the car has some primer on the bare metal the better.

I have managed to get myself a differential from a Jaguar. It's a 10.5" with LSD. I have yet to collect it yet though.

Steve

by **XRMike** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:54 pm

wow nice 1

by **Excursion** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:48 pm

nice welding, it's such a Bic™ on the thin stuff isn't it.

by **Rodge** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 10:15 pm

Quality once again

by **nick050** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:10 pm

you are a legend for trying this one m8. Looks like its gona be a beast gona have to get some vids of this monster when its up and runing

by **FezzR** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:50 pm

glad the search went well, 10.5 lsd sounds good

by **Red16** on Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:06 pm

good luck with it all mate, will deffo be keeping an eye on this thread, see how she progresses, nice to see something a little different

by **heeman10** on Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:41 pm

Tunnel looks very good Stephanie, will you be packing it with soundproofing on top? What sort of throw do you have on the gear lever, and how long's the lever? Will be nice to have it all primed. Cage next week?

by **MAD_Adamski** on Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:12 pm

tunnel looks great steve keep the quality coming :aviator:

by **Captain Tightpants** on Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:06 pm

MikeCVH, Cheers mate!

Excursion, Yeah, it takes a little while to get used to it dude. It won't take you long to get used to it dude. Man of you talents, it won't take long. :wink:

Rodge, Thanks man!

nick050,

Thanks mate, will definately get some vids when it's up and running mate!

FezzR, Cheers man. Hopefully it should put up with some fairly serious abuse. I think the gearbox is my weak point now.

Got to collect the thing next weekend, in blackpool! :cry:

Red16, Cheers mate. Yeah it's definately a little out of the normal circle of things!

Sheeman, Cheers gorgeous! I'm going to use some sound deadening pad on it, but then just carpet directly on it. The gearlever is approx 8" long. The throw I would imagine is about 4-5". It feels lovely!! I'm thinking I'm going to leave the cage until last. I have plenty of fabrication to do at the rear. On looking I may have to replace the rear strut tops, of course the cage would attach to these.

Adamski, Cheers man! In the words of the Rawlster, Very 'TVResque'!

Bit of a small update,

Engine and box are out.

I needed to start work underneath the tunnel/bulkhead. This involved me removing the underseal from around the chassis legs and tunnel. I will eventually remove all the underseal from the car before final prep.

You can make out the new chassis legs from this angle. They seem to line up with the under car ones better than the originals!! :lol:

Seam sealed tunnel.

Not a massive update, but these things see, to take sooo much time!! :cry:

Steve

by **ant pittaway** on Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:15 pm

excellent work mate, keep it up, cant wait to see a vid of it on the road!

by **Sphinx** on Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:09 am

Looks amazing dude!!

Now where are my fish and chips?

by **MAD_Adamski** on Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:20 am

wicked steve i know what you mean tho people wonder what you been doin all day and never realise some stuff can take all day :oooh:

by **Zetecfiesta** on Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:40 am

only just found this post as i dont usually venture into the members gallery but wow your mental (in a good way) proper respect for the work your doing!

by **heeman10** on Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:05 am

You've got some superb symmetry going on in all this work Stevey bwoi! Next weekend then is it?

by **mannion** on Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:13 am

In the words of that tosser on men and motors...

"A RWD is born".

Looking amazing mate, truely breath taking.

by **Excursion** on Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:33 am

mannion :In the words of that tosser on men and motors...

"A RWD is born".

Looking amazing mate, truely breath taking.

LMA0!!

I dont dislike that guy

by **pornstar!** on Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:48 am

awesome stuff steve, i cant belive how quick its starting to take shape!!!

keep at it geezer :aviator:

by **Sphinx** on Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:19 pm

mannion :In the words of that tosser on men and motors...

"A RWD is born".

Looking amazing mate, truely breath taking.

Oi, dont bad mouth Mark Evans! I think he's a legend for expanding his skills like he has. He's a qualified vet and now he's a hell of a builder and engineer. I take my hat off to him.

Anyway, again, nice work Steve

by **FezzR** on Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:30 pm

sphinx :
mannion :In the words of that tosser on men and motors...

"A RWD is born".

Looking amazing mate, truely breath taking.

Oi, dont bad mouth Mark Evans! I think he's a legend for expanding his skills like he has. He's a qualified vet and now he's a hell of a builder and engineer. I take my hat off to him.

Anyway, again, nice work Steve

dam right i wouldnt complain about having his job

by **scotty_boy** on Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:27 pm

Looks very slick dude. Where did you learn to weld and fabricate bits like that?

by **Rodge** on Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:34 pm

With the quality of the work your doing, i'm pretty sure you've done a RWD escort conversion before :lol:

by **Rodge** on Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:36 pm

Oops!!

by **Captain Tightpants** on Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:58 pm

ant pittaway, Cheers man! I can't wait to drive it on the road! :lol:

sphinx, Cheers bud! You took so long collecting them, I had to eat them myself!! :lol:

adamski frst, Definately mate, 100% agree with you. I have sooo much still to do, it's unreal!! It all takes so much time to get it right. Cheers mate

Zetecfiesta, Cheers man, Glad I managed to pull you over to the Members gallery, LOADS of interesting stuff going on in here at the minute!

Heeman, Not all as symmetrical as I would have liked to be honest. Sphinx was saying earlier it looks odd on the front of the bulkhead to the tunnel. The reasoning behind this is purely to 'hug' the box as tight as I safely can, try and keep some room in the car! :lol:

Yeah mate, just looking to book a hotel. Me and Lib are going to be staying in Blackpool on Saturday evening. Fancy meeting up for a quiet beer?

Mannion, :lol:

Cheers mate!

Excursion, :lol:

Pornstar, Cheers mate! Not as quick as I would like though, I keep having to slow and wait to get the correct parts! Rear hubs are my main missing parts now.

Scotty_boy, Cheers mate,

. I did my first apprenticeship as a toolmaker. I was then in the engineering maintenance position of the same company for 7 years. It made for an interesting job, and I picked up alot of information. I find though, if you find a good bloke, engineer, electrician, whatever, stick by him for a few months. Take on board what he has to say, learning from peoples experience in my opinion is the best way.

Rodge, Cheers mate! I wish I had, it would have made things much easier!!! :lol:

Cheers guys,

Big up Mark Evans!!

Steve

by **heeman10** on Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:35 pm

Quiet beer, good plan. Will buy you feckers some stuff while we're there too! LOL! :lol:

by **Captain Tightpants** on Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:11 pm

Heeman, Yes matey, hotel all booked up now! Should be able to catch one of the last nights of the illuminations, which should be interesting. Never been to blackpool before.

Todays update,

Started the day by again removing damn underseal!

Once I had completed removing the underseal I could seam weld the joints on the inner arches.

I then seam sealed all the joints again, and primed it using wash primer. Then this afternoon I came back up and gave it a few liberal coats of 2k Dupont primer,

I was initially going to underseal all the arches and the floor once I had finished the car. But looking at it now, I think I will stone chip under the floor and the inner arches. I will then paint them 2k black when I paint the car.

Pretty happy with the look so far. I have primed it mainly to protect it, as it will be a couple of weeks before I am doing any more metalwork. I don't want to give the rotworm any opportunity to get in my car!

My bloody birthday tomorrow, 26. :cry:

Roll on Saturday,

Steve

by **Brycey** on Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:16 pm

Great stuff steve!

Keep on plugging away, your making amazing progress.

Happy Birthday for tomorrow aswell!

by **Sphinx** on Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:29 pm

Awesome stuff as usual mate!

Whats wash primer tho?

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