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Originally Posted by Whiplash23T
Wow, its much bigger now :LOL:
I've had pie crusts on other cars over the years Whip without any problems, I will use the old tyres for the winter.
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Originally Posted by Whiplash23T
Wow, its much bigger now :LOL:
I've had pie crusts on other cars over the years Whip without any problems, I will use the old tyres for the winter.
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Stop it Steven, ya mucky boy :LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by stovens
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Heck guys, I now have had to wipe the coffee of my keyboard from the laughter. Thanks Johnboy, you are amazing and I could just imagine you and Her Indoors doing that to some poor lady, LOL.
Seriously though guys, does anybody else have the same issue as Steve when it comes to reading my type ? No Roger, I'm not angry, but I thought one had to type in capitals to make people know one had raised their voice .
Steve we have just enjoyed a TV show called "Car Crash Britain" and man oh man, you guys have some right pillicks over there.
Yes, your posts are harder to read with the bold, italic Book Antiqua font. That font is slightly smaller, and when selected bold and italic becomes even more dense. The default Arial font is easier to read for my old eyes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiplash23T
I can read it . . . but I have a 50" monitor. ;) Seriously, default Arial is the most readable.
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Whip I never watch any of the TV car programmes, they are all made up garbage in my opinion.
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Nah this program actually used film for dash and helmet camera's so absolutely nothing made up. But I digress so back the the normal advertised program now please.
Oh how is that font ???
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Well seat frame mk2 is done, spent the last few evenings cutting with the plasma, drilling etc etc, I'm happy with it now :D
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Whoa! It looks like you spent more on that seat than I did on my whole interior. I like it.Quote:
Originally Posted by roadster32
Very cool!
Thanks guys, I did think about adding some thin red acrylic behind the holes to tie in the windows but I think it will be too much ???
Had a good day today, no interruptions and managed to get a lot of pesky small jobs finished.
First job was to sort a heater fitting for the intake, I looked everywhere as I wanted a brass fitting to match the others but all I could find was chrome or stainless, so found a bit of brass hexagon bar and borrowed a 1/2"npt die off a mate and made one on the lathe.
While I was there I thought I would fit the aluminium thermostat housing I made ages ago but found both threadswere no good, so tapped them out to next size up, will have to get 12 point bolts to match the others.
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Next up was the blower blow off plate, I did buy one but it was really billet looking so resold it, Made this one up and bought a pair of springs from Weiand. The other fitting is for the boost gauge.
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Next job up was the weight bar, I made this ages ago but never found any rounded end caps for it, my stainless supplier found these so I welded them on, It can now be polished.
Thought I would bolt it on and then realised I hadn't cut the slots in the skirting panel, so sorted that too.
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I've not had the blower drive all put together before so assembled it all and checked alignment, it all fits perfectly, just a few more bolts to order.
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It's looking great! The 2nd seat base is killer!!! The engine is looking way cool to. Keep it up!
While fiddling around with the seat I got to thinking about battery placement, I originally bought a drop down battery box which I was going to fit in the rear corner under the bed but I wasn't liking it much after thinking about it, I measured the clearance under the seat and it was a tad tight, luckily i'm using a Optima gel battery and they don't care how they are mounted so flipped it on its side and instantly loads of clearance.
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Next I made up a battery box in sheet aluminium and added a bit of details to the ends, the extra layer is welded along the edges.
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Geeze, there you go showing off again. Haha It looks great. Do you have good luck with Optimas down there? We've had nothing with problems with them since they got baught out a while ago.
Cheers Ryan, I've used Optimas since the late 80's I guess and only had problems with one of them, funnily enough it was the only one I bought from the states !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe
While I was under the seat I thought about fusebox location etc etc, I'm not a fan of fusebox under the dash as they are hard to get to and you can guarantee when a fuse pops it will be dark & raining !!!
I usually fit them somewhere sensible like in the trunk or behind the seat or under the seat which is where this one is going, I'm using the 9+3 Universal Rebel harness kit I sell as I like to use stuff I sell, I've tried all the different makes and for price & quality the Rebel kits cannot be beat !!! They are simple to fit and each wire is marked every 6" with what it does, foolproof.
I laid the fusebox in place and decided it needed lifting slightly so made up a mounting plate from some 1/8" aluminium with 4 pillars on it to lift the fusebox 1.5"
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Here's a shot of the markings on the cables.
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For those that havn't seen one before this first pic is of a american fuseable link, yes it looks like a bit of wire but its actually designed as a type of fuse, Now I never use them for the simple reason you will struggle to find a replacement in England, I replace with a Maxi fuse or a mega fuse holder box as i've done here to protect everything, I will tywrap a spare fuse to this later.
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Heres a pic of the terminals for the 3 spare circuits, just crimp the wire on and they click into place in the rear of the fusebox. I will be using them for fuel pump and electric fan.
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Here's the proposed layout, the Rebel kit comes bundled together for under dash mounting and as i'm mounting under the seat first job I like to do is to cut off all the tywraps so i'm left with just the fusebox and the connected cables. I will add all the other cables as I progress
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Here's the cables I removed, will sort them out for fitting later.
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I also fitted a pair of remote battery terminals and a battery cutout switch and a 12v power socket, these are in the pickup skirt side panel just behind the cab.
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That's going to be sweet. I googled Rebel wiring and it appears that their 9+3 harness would be perfect for my 76 Vette. I would probably mount it under the dash as room in a Vette is nonexistent, but it would eliminate the glass fuses and I could hinge mount the thing for convenience. Thanks and at less than $200 I think it's a good deal.
I'm really surprised you hadn't heard of Rebel Wire, Bob & Jean who run it are a lovely couple and Bob knows his sparks, I've been their only UK dealer for around 10 years now and never had a problem with a kit of theirs.Quote:
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Great work. That fusible link would be a pita to find if you didn't know it was set up like that. My 40 had an early Ron Francis harness with odd sized glass fuses shoved clear up to the top of the bottom of the dash. It was an awesome feeling to hack that pos up when I took the car apart. :LOL:
:rolleyes: Had a change already, decided to locate everything on the same mounting plate so a bigger one was made :cool:
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I don't often change my mind this much but here's Mk3, there won't be a Mk4 !!!
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Thats what they all say until Mk4 comes up... lol
Looks great!
Been taking it a bit easy this week as an old archiles heel injury flared up and made me hobble about a bit but I did manage to get the fuse board all finished and ready to plugin.
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my mate Jason popped in to give me hand to remount the radiator, due to the addition of the blower the drive pushed the rad forward a couple of inches, it was either buy a narrower rad or cut into the front panel, the front panel lost !!! I will tidy up the cutouts shortly. You can't see it with the hood shut !!!
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Great work. Hopefully your heel heals fast! It's always something isn't it? :LOL:
Got the battery cables made up today so could test the fuseboard, all works perfectly.
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Next up was the new lower mounts for the radiator, made in 3mm aluminium and welded on.
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Next job was to make a stainless trim around the grille opening, started with some pre polished 1/4" stainless round bar, On my coupe i made this in one piece and welded the joint but it was a real pain getting the radius's in exactly the right place so this time i'm making it in 4 corner pieces and then weld them all together.
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Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe
Thanks Ryan, its an old injury from years ago, it pops up for while then goes away again, but these days stays longer each time, I really need an operation but it involves around 6 months on sticks and 9 months off work, that would drive me nuts !!!
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as long as its not the pedal foot ( gas or welder)
Left Jerry, its only walking thats a problem, the archiles tendon swells up to around 3 or 4 times its usual size, Its a bit like walking with a sharp knife in your heel :CRY:Quote:
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Steve I take it they can't do the surgery orthoscopicly? With the scoped forms of repair recovery time is much faster. Sorry you have to live with that kind of pain. I had to hobble around work for a year and a half before the insurance companies agreed to a MRI of my knee. Then it was Oh you haave a bilateral tear in your miniscus, that needs to be operated on! That was a scoped procedure, and healed in about 3-4 weeks.
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Originally Posted by stovens
Steve I'm going back to the quacks this week and gonna demand to get something done, I can usually work through it but it's beginning to be a problem now.
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It's good to push for an accurate diagnosis, and the squeaky wheel gets the grease as they say. Hoping there's no tearing there, and you can get to the remedy without the knife, large or small. Being "booted" and "on sticks" for six to nine months would be a hassle I'd not want to have to deal with, for sure.Quote:
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Mainly bench work the last couple of evenings, got the top half of the grille surround done, its held in place with small tabs welded to the back.
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Spot the join
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Another small job to finish was the battery clamp, Its basically a 5/8" slot, I couldn't bend it up so I milled a slot into a piece of solid rectangular bar. 2 small bolts hold it in.
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Nice work! Hopefully they can get ya fixed up Steve!
If not nitrous might reduce the sting! :)
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Thanks Ryan, hopefully they will fix it soon.
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Not a great deal of progress recently mainly due to having a bursitis on my Achilles tendon so can't stand on it for too long but did manage a few bits & bobs.
Firstly sorted a top hose out, its a stainless bend cut up and rewelded and has 2 short lengths of radiator hose and stainless clips, it got shot in satin black.
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I got my coupe out of storage and someone mentioned the truck was much lower so I took this pic to compare them, not much difference really.
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I got to polishing the stainless bed strips as well (god awful job) and drilled the holes in them, i'm using rubber matting on the bed floor so had a trial fit.
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I also got to thinking about rear fenders and had a good look around but couldn't find exactly what I wanted but then a pal Nick who owns Pro-Laminates came up with some glass ones, they are virtually perfect but needed slightly enlarging on the radius so a few cuts were made and they spread just enough, I will glass up the cuts next job, then I will cut them to add an inch in the width.
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Great work and that tendon looks not so fun! Do you keep the coupe outside when you have it at home?
I got 500mg pain killers Ryan :LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe
Yes it lives under a California car cover in the summer, when we have one :LOL:
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