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Nice words Gav. Great times.
I was out playing last weekend, with the car, plus two other cars at MPH drags. 1/8 mile flag start. Damon was driving the new car, Gavin was...
I used the lathe to face the drop arm and the tube. Clamped it all together before welding. This helped to keep it all straight.
Sadly I don’t seem to have any photos. It’s pretty simple. The top of the drop arm is welded to the tube as you can see, along with the new drop...
Thank you. Yes the butterfly wheel is really cool. It’s very nice to hold too. nice link, thank you.
Finally some photos from the weekend. We used the car to tow the other flathead dragster we run. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Bit of wiring, temporary battery strap, remove the blue layer and done for now. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
One of the bits I wanted to use from the T was the mechanical rear brakes. I made a rod that went under the torque tube. This connected to a uj,...
All the big bits done, time to tackle the small time consuming bits. Mounting the battery, making the dash panel with an easy access to the...
Thin aluminium sheet and a bunch of Dzus fasteners and voila! body work! The blue is just a protective layer. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Add some expanded mesh for the seat. Cheap and lightweight. More tubing for bodywork and to hang stuff from. A push bar and seat belt loops....
Steering next. I used the mill to saw a thick aluminium plate to mount the Land Rover steering box. I made a long output shaft and used an exhaust...
shackles on the springs and make up the wishbone front and rear mounts. Add rear engine mounts and wheel it outside to take a look. [ATTACH]...
Front axle has an A spring cut in half, drilled and mounted as quarter elliptical. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Looking at how to mount the rear axle....
Bending tubes [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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