Monday March 9, 2009.

Things I’ve managed to get done since the last post are…

The steering column support structure.

Note that the brake master cylinders are probably too close to the windscreen for their tops to be removed sensibly, I’ll probably be spacing them back an inch or so and extending the push rods to suit.

Then there was the lower “A” arm outers, I’ve turned up four of these that the lower ball joints push into.  Note the poor finish on the parts due to ineptitude with the lathe on my part.  The inner diameter of these parts is under size, it is expect that they will deform during welding,  once welded I’ll take them to a local shop to be bored the correct size and have the lower ball joints pressed in.

Next is the front damper mountings…

I got lucky recently and found the holy grail of self builders everywhere…  The unattended scrap bin!  from this I’ve been able to source some 3mm plate as used in these brackets and various other bits of steel to be used for other brackets and jigs.

On the inside of the bracket you can see the remains of the paper pattern that was glued to the plate to give the profile to cut to.

Next is a MDF mockup of the fuel tank, this should hold 50 litres at this size, I’ve cut the width down 100mm from what was initially designed in the PC.

Then there are these:

Which are strips to be welded to the side of the chassis to enable the bulkheads that are in the side aluminium  box structures to be bolted to the chassis (hopefully this’ll become clear when they’re on the car)

Lastly this strip has been attached along the lower edge of windscreen to form the support for the windscreen to be bonded to.  I wanted something stiffer than straight strip hence the use of the angle but the angle was overkill, so lots of holes to get rid of the excess material.

So that’s it for the moment.