Re: Snapey's 1935 Racing Biposto
Posted by Matt snape On 2011/8/7 7:00:37
It has been a few weeks and still not much more done to the biposto. I must stop letting other things, like earning a living, get in the way of my hobbies! Seems to me that you either have the time to do something OR the money to do it - never both!
Anyway, I did get to spend a few hours in the shed this afternoon thanks to some unexpected rain which meant I couldn't wash the other car like I was meant to.
Spent most of the time today playing around with the spring hanger point set up on the front and have revised the original plan as the geometry just didn't want to play ball. Still reusing the old forged rear hangers, but have had to modify them further and use them in a different orientation to the original intention. There is still much to do to get this right including working the original cross tube back into the mix, but I am happy with the way I have been able to use the chassis off cuts to box the fronts in.
Also used the BBH (bloody big hammer) to separate the spring shackles and old front points from the front springs. Now I can take the springs to the local spring bloke as soon as I get a chance during the week to pick up the old 'spares' off the other Mats 34 which are sitting at Wades Workshop. Oh, and by the way, thanks for allowing the old springs to be donated to the cause Mat.
Worst part of today was that due to the amount of cutting and grinding today my workshop buddy Echo did not want to curl up and sleep under a shower of hot gringing sparks, so no photo of him this time. Although he was keeping a close eye on proceedings most of the afternoon.
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Anyway, I did get to spend a few hours in the shed this afternoon thanks to some unexpected rain which meant I couldn't wash the other car like I was meant to.
Spent most of the time today playing around with the spring hanger point set up on the front and have revised the original plan as the geometry just didn't want to play ball. Still reusing the old forged rear hangers, but have had to modify them further and use them in a different orientation to the original intention. There is still much to do to get this right including working the original cross tube back into the mix, but I am happy with the way I have been able to use the chassis off cuts to box the fronts in.
Also used the BBH (bloody big hammer) to separate the spring shackles and old front points from the front springs. Now I can take the springs to the local spring bloke as soon as I get a chance during the week to pick up the old 'spares' off the other Mats 34 which are sitting at Wades Workshop. Oh, and by the way, thanks for allowing the old springs to be donated to the cause Mat.
Worst part of today was that due to the amount of cutting and grinding today my workshop buddy Echo did not want to curl up and sleep under a shower of hot gringing sparks, so no photo of him this time. Although he was keeping a close eye on proceedings most of the afternoon.
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