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well the steering works, so I won't worry about the gap... Meanwhile, I have started to make the frame up for the fuel tank that will be located behind the suspension.
And just to prove to myself, that i have done somethng over the last 4 years...
Just a quick question about your fuel tank frame. Have you tried the body on since you made that, as the back does slope downwards very quickly behind the tank and I'd be concerned that the top-rearmost points of that frame may interfere with the shell and mean that you can't get it low enough?
Dave and Paul, i will check again... Looking at T's, my tank is closer and lower to the suspension. Anyway, i'm making this up as i go along, it's not planned.
Paul, i have to make the internal framing around the cockpit and where the cubby hole will be like has done. Also need to make bulkhead/gearbox tunnel etc... then work out a way to join body to frame.
Gary, your car looks terrific! Wish my chassis looked that clean!
Reference that "pipe bender"you have, I was given a slightly bigger one by a friend when I was trying to bend stainless pipes in order to make my bumpers, and I just could not get on with it.
I took a load of pictures and posted them on my thread somewhere.
For me it was a big F for failure, as it did not so much bend the pipes but just flatten them, and I could not get it to make a curve.
I even filled the pipe with sand, welded up one end and screwed the other endcap up tight to put the sand under compression, and it still flattened it.
Do let me know how you get on with it, and I hope you have more success than I did.
A pipe bender like this is probably only useful bending thick wall pipe like heating pipes.
Siainless thinwall needs a mandrel bender wit a centre roller thats is pulled around the outside with the pipe rolled around the die like this one: http://www.southern-tool.com/store/baileigh-rdb-050-bender.php
Reneanglia is correct if bending any thin walled tube then a steady feed through the mandrels is required, here's a good vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqsrsMyBP90 or you can use a manual type as reneanglia link shows.
A good cheap alternative is the type electricians use to bend conduit which is what i used to fabricate the rear wheel arch supports and can be picked up on flee bay for less than £50, you can even bend square tube if you are careful enough with the round mandrels.
Yes Swifty, Rene is right about mandrels, I went deep into this after my failure with the pipe crusher, in the end, I found stainless pipe with the bend already made, and cut my bumpers from that.
Please tell me more about this electricians bending kit, will it bend 1.5 inch or 2 inch pipe?
