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Postby ade » Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:31 pm

Weld new brackets to the floor and stengthen it all up thats what i plan to do. Then weld brackets to the axle ,have a look on uk hotrods very helpful http://www.uk-hotrods.co.uk/v2/tech/4_bars/4_bars.php
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Postby Spence » Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:35 am

ade wrote:Weld new brackets to the floor and stengthen it all up thats what i plan to do. Then weld brackets to the axle ,have a look on uk hotrods very helpful http://www.uk-hotrods.co.uk/v2/tech/4_bars/4_bars.php


cheers ade, keep forgetting the rod scene :oops: those guys have probably overcome virtually every problem encountered with building a special :lol:

i take it your going to run the your top bars inboard of the bottom ones as per diagram?

come to think of it, are you going to run a sway bar (or watts linkage) as per scimiter axle or are you going to make one of your own design?

sorry for all the questions, just ive never done anything like this before :lol: (bikes are alot different)
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Postby ade » Wed Sep 16, 2009 4:23 pm

To be honest I make things up as i go along so havnt got a full plan off how im going to do it. :lol:
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Postby Spence » Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:26 pm

ade wrote:To be honest I make things up as i go along so havnt got a full plan off how im going to do it. :lol:


oh heck :? and there was me thinking it was just me that worked like that :roll: :lol:

one thought i have had, is to run the original lower arms, copy the brackets on vaux axle, weld them in place of scimmy ones, then reverse the top arms ie instead of going chassis towards center of axle/diff, turn the "V" the other way round running outwards from axle, towards the center of the floor?

excuse the pants pics, they aint to scale! :oops:
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Postby ade » Sun Nov 29, 2009 7:47 am

Back on track after the big move I resumed the position off welding :roll: found many more holes than antispated
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Postby phil dawson » Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:50 am

Ade,
Some nice patch work there, keep it up.
An inspiration to us all to get on with our own projects :D

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Postby frankengeep » Sun Nov 29, 2009 1:05 pm

You've been busy Ade. A lot done and more to do.
I like the car roller/jig thing. Must be ideal for turning a weld the right way up. Out of position welding is horrible, especially upside down :cry: .
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Postby ade » Sun Nov 29, 2009 7:18 pm

I think I may have given up a long time ago if it wasn't for the roller well worth the few hours it took to knock up
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Postby Jon-HPF » Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:17 pm

Looking good Ade ! :D At least you have that nice big garage to work in .
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Postby viva2300 » Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:59 am

Yeah im bloody jealous, all that room!
To be honest Ade im so pleased that little coupe got saved....i know its been a lot of work, but its another one saved and back on the road again.
Looking forward to seeing the finished article.
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