I am impressed WCA You are indeed a jolly good stacker!
I was so knackered after all that cutting, I thought I would stack another day.
Just thought I'd show you last years logs, of course I've burnt them all now!
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Does he still own it Chris?
Is that where you got the idea for the colour gel coat you used?
It would look like it!
I had another small setback yesterday, when I welded the captive nuts on the inside of the drivers windscreen side, I was aware at the time that one bolt was 2mm longer than the other.
Being too lazy to cut it off, I put the longer one in the bottom, and the shorter one in the top hole.
When bolted up tightly they were fine.
The screen is on and off a lot for different work related reasons, and when I put it on last, I forgot about the different length bolts.
This was a BIG mistake, as when I bolted them tight, the longer bolt in the shorter hole forced the steel outward cracking the filler on the outside, and making a lump appear!
Oh dear! back to proverbial, and its now all done yet again.
It really does make one think if the damned thing will ever be finished!
I have not put the screen back on the car yet, and will not until I have trimmed the offending bolt, which I should have done in the first place.
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Ha Ha! Thanks Paul!
I'm definitely no quitter, and will win in the end.
Bollo to it all ! (No "X" of course)
Today
Today it rained a lot where I live so I did a fiddly inside job, which I rather enjoyed.
I had installed an electric fan, and had bought a controller, but never connected them up.
Also I have some new air-horns, which hopefully, when wired up, will be loud enough to scare off dumb-assed bovine's, the likes of which mounted a motorised assaulted on WCA, and successfully wrecked his car.
I devised a little module which made about 90% of all the connections possible on the bench, including two relays and the fan controller.
All I have to do now is wire in a 3 core cable one to the ignition switch, one to the horn push, and one to the battery.
The module will be mounted close to the fan and horn at the front of the car,
the controller temp sensor will then go into the top hose, and all should be working.
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Saturday
Today I tackled another niggly job I'd been putting off.
When I cut slots in the bodywork for the windscreen struts to pass through,
I made them larger than they needed to be to give me room to work.
I also cracked the drivers side, which needed repair, so I did it all.
It looks neater now, and with the crack repaired, it is also stronger.
Eventually, this gap will be hidden by trim of some sort, so it will not even be seen.
But I will know that its been done properly underneath, which is what counts in the end.
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Coffe break
The other day, while working on the car, I took a coffee break, and decided to use some coffee I picked up from my mother's house when I cleared it out.
I had not had this type of coffee since I was a little boy, and it stirred up memories.
The coffee is called "Camp", and way back when they named it, I expect the tent in the picture influenced their choice of name.
I guess we are going back to the days of the Raj, give or take a bit.
It actually make a reasonable cup of coffee, as I found out.
Then I noticed that the two blokes in the picture are both wearing skirts!
Well! The coffee was more aptly named than the makes intended, it does'nt get any camper than that does it?
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I would just like to point out that my last post was purely an attempt at humour, it was not my intention to offend any
cross-dressing perverts who happen to be building kit cars. :-)
How's your interior coming on WCA?
I stand corrected!
Power to your elbow, or wherever the power is needed to do what you do, that (voodo) that you do so well!
Bank holiday Monday
Today I started a job which has terrified me from the beginning.
When I first ordered the body shell from Chris, my biggest worry was trying to fit windscreen wipers. All the body's he had sold previously did not need any, as they had simple perspex fly-screens.
I discussed this problem with him at length, but he assured me it was an easy job.
So here we are, with me confronting my demon at last!
I will have to hack some sort of hole in the fibre glass dash top to allow the drive cable access to the wipers.
The drive cable by default will have to run above the dash top as it is at present, and then be covered over later, when I fit my own final dash top, most likely covered in red leather to match the rest of the interior.
I will have to have the motor in and out a few times, in order to re-bend the drive tube to fit the position I need it in now.
Awfully fiddly and awkward (which is why I was dreading it).
It has to be done , or I will never finish the build!
here is one pic so far:
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Wipers
I carried on working towards getting the wipers fitted, but as it was a Bank Holiday I was stumped because there were no engineering places open.
The original steel tubing holding the wiper drive was not long enough to position
the wipers wheel box where it needs to be, and I will need to source some steel tubing and make up my own unit.
I also decide it would be easier if the wiper motor was raised up a couple of inches or so, as the wipers will now be in a different position than the Spitfire ones.
To that end I made a block to raise the motor, and had to weld extensions onto the "U" holding bracket so the original bolts would fit.
I will sort the steel piping out tomorrow when everything should be open.
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You Tube
Thanks for that Ollie, that was one video I did not have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ai0uSj_OVE&list=UUQMELFlXQL38KPm8kM-4Adg
I just tried to post a link above for others to see the video, but it looks like it didn't work. oh well.
Ah! it did work.
I am tempted to ask you if you have one of those old fashioned toilets at the bottom of your garden, but of course I won't!
How could I possibly fit my luggage rack any differently than that of Mr Cool himself??
Decapitation? Small price to pay for looking cool I'd say!!
Wipers
Having spent most of the morning cruising around engineering places, scrapyards, spares depots and the like looking for a length of 5/16 steel tubing for my wipers, I finally had to admit defeat, and revert to plan B.
I would cut my short tubing and extend it with 10mm copper tubing which I had.
As the copper tube is a slightly larger internal diameter than the 5/16 steel tube, the drive shaft should have plenty of room to travel back and forth unimpeded.
Also, being copper, it is easier to bend to the awkward shape it needs to be to get to where its going.
I could have sourced the 5/16 stuff from the USA which still uses and produces the imperial measurement tube, but I wanted to get the job done NOW.
The saga continues.......
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It seems like I'm doomed to making everybleedingthingmyself!!
Because the screen is so small compared to a full size one, I have now realised there are no wipers nor wiper blades that are actually small enough to fit straight on.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!!!.
I trial fitted the rubber into the screen aperture to see what size wiper blades I would need, and the measurement from the top of the rubber to the lower edge is only 11 inches.
Really `10 inch blades would be pushing my luck a bit, as it looks in tests as though they would foul the rubber at the lower edge.
I have found some 9 inch blades on the internet, and ordered some, as without them it will not pass the Mot.
They are Renault mundane rear screen blades, and are plastic, but right now, I'm not in a position to worry about that.
Once its through an Mot, I can then mod up some stainless ones to look correct.
until I get the wiper arms shortened and the blades fitted, I cannot progress any further with the wiper fitting, as I need to know the wiper sweep and where they will park in order to drill holes in the screen to fit the damned things.
Will it never end!
Watch this space.
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Thanks for that Landmannn, I hadn't thought of boats!!
