Stockcars..

[Erie Fred]

Bits and bobs done, stays ,roof sun visor, cab gussets, steering shaft bracket, nerf end caps...
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Heck with all the new car troubles, that^^^ would be a great daily commuter car eh ?

 

[Woody.v8]

Heck with all the new car troubles, that^^^ would be a great daily commuter car eh ?

It would but you would have to plan your route properly as it only wants to turn left

 

[Woody.v8]

Panels prepped for paint

 

[Bullet2012]

It would but you would have to plan your route properly as it only wants to turn left

Used to be a teacher at the village school who had to plan her route to and from as she would only turn left !

 

[Woody.v8]

Started stripping for paint, and and made a quick engine lifting plate.

 

[Woody.v8]

The big strip down

 

[Baloo]

Get the 4" roller out with the red paint so it all matches when you asend to the redtops

 

[Woody.v8]

Get the 4" roller out with the red paint so it all matches when you asend to the redtops

I've a full day of da,ing tomorrow ready for paint on Monday, the joys

 

[Woody.v8]

Finished welding the underside

 

[Woody.v8]

Cleaned up ready for me to paint tomorrow

 

[Baloo]

Good luck with that, are you spraying or rolling ?
Looking at the bulkhead l assume the gearbox is one side and the engine the other sandwiching the bulkhead to mount the the engine ? Back when I followed f1 it was done on the exhaust bolts on each head if I remember correctly and there's no certainty of that

 

[Woody.v8]

Good luck with that, are you spraying or rolling ?
Looking at the bulkhead l assume the gearbox is one side and the engine the other sandwiching the bulkhead to mount the the engine ? Back when I followed f1 it was done on the exhaust bolts on each head if I remember correctly and there's no certainty of that

I'm spraying it with 2k.
Yes the engine is held in like you say and another plate on the front bolted through the chassis, then threaded rods pull the two plates together.
There is a better way but I've ran out of time to start making new mounts now.
The old school way was indeed as you say Mounted via the headers.

 

[Woody.v8]

Well that was an absolute nightmare as usual

 

[brightspark]

hope you wore your cheap blackspur facemask when you sprayed it

 

[Woody.v8]

hope you wore your cheap blackspur facemask when you sprayed it

I feel fine today

 

[Baloo]

Well that was an absolute nightmare as usual
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looking good but i bet it was mission trying not to miss bits
on to the nice bit now final assembly ?

 

[zx9]

It looked smaller before you painted it.

Like you said, it must be a nightmare spraying all those tubes, looking good.

 

[Woody.v8]

looking good but i bet it was mission trying not to miss bits
on to the nice bit now final assembly ?

They really are the world's worst thing to paint, I was running out of swear words
The only trouble now is everything I put on the car now has to be fresh looking or it will look @#%

 

[Woody.v8]

It looked smaller before you painted it.

Like you said, it must be a nightmare spraying all those tubes, looking good.

Yes and you get blind to it after a bit and can't see if you have got it or not, luckily my long suffering Mrs was supervisor/paint mixer and pointing out if I had missed anything.

 

[Baloo]

How goes it Woody, how close were you in going to King's lynn
Will you make the next meeting there ?