Thread: Resto-Mod Micro Car w/Sport Bike Power

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The diff mounts are nearly done. Photos soon. I pulled apart an old reverse trike project for this.

[IMG]20161212_170317 by Ben Modified, on Flickr[/IMG]

It is only a 600cc (100 hp / 46 tq) but it is free, so I am going to use it for now. Plan is to build a removable engine cradle to simply a later engine upgrade. The wiring harness is already lengthened and it has a radiator from a geo metro with a built in fan.

[IMG]20161212_170401 by Ben Modified, on Flickr[/IMG]

Also found the perfect set of tires for the Bianchina, Archilles Economist 165/50-14. Same overall diameter as the oem 12's, V rated and only $48 each.

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Finished up the rear subframe diff mounts today. Used some leaf spring bushings and a piece of thick wall tubing to make up a pinion mount

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View from Underneath

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Complete

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I added some extra plating and some collars to the carrier mounts with removable bolts. These will also be used to tie in the chassis tubing

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The rocker panels and the bottoms of the fenders are rotten. Also, the fenders are not removable from the body. That said, I am replacing the entire bottom 4" of the body with some 4" x 4" 14 gauge square steel tubing. It strongly resembles the shape of the original metal and will give me strong mounting points for the tubing

[IMG]20161213_171038_resized_1 by Ben Modified, on Flickr[/IMG]

View from underneath

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Used a paper template to trace the lower section and started shaping the 4 x 4

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Decided to incorporate a 4" Body Drop

[IMG]20161213_171800_resized_1 by Ben Modified, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]20161213_163958_resized_1 by Ben Modified, on Flickr[/IMG]

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