vin likes diesel m.o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsaJCcGyXIQ&feature=youtu.be

 

Excellent!

 

There we go on the road

 

Well done Vince just watched the video, I'll pop in for a spin when I'm next up your way.

 

No probs, bring ear plugs.

 

well its looking pretty bleak for us hotrodders in the uk with possible new EU regs killing our hobby, but for now I am going to have fun.
Went to a pre 73 show with 1/8 mile racing and flag starts and a slalom course.
i done 20 runs down the 1/8th and 5-6 slaloms




and to top it off i won a trophy for spirit of hotrodding

 

That slalom stuff looks like big fun?!

 

it was a one day show and the best one i have been two, the rain come down just as the slalom started and with bald crossplies that i had to drive home on made it more exciting, biggest grin i have ever had.

cheers vin

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcvICcW-TNg&feature=share

 

Thats awesome!!!

 

Not been up the workshop, been enjoying the rotory M.o too much, got a couple of thousand miles on it now.

Like every one funds are low just for building cars, but lately I have been aquireing parts for the green M.o to hopefully get it out for next year.

I picked up a wider 9" as the one I had was to narrow, this I have nearly finished bracketing but I need to make another four bar as I rearranged the new bracket design from the old axle.

I know its not traditional stuff that I do but I enjoy posting so sorry that my builds are not in keeping cheers vin

Axle in jig recieving new brackets

 

Another 9 hours of work and not much to show except shock mounts, A-frame mounts, A-frame is all finished and bushed

 

It is sitting on the floor, ready to be jacked up in the air, sert at ride height ready for work on the front end.

 

Been playing wheels up there tonight, tried the steels on the front, wide then narrow then the mustang alloys. For now going mustang alloys.

 

Had today off work and very happy to have the front strut bars in, it took me what seemed like forever but got there in the end, the volvo brake master had to be removed as it ended up in the way, no probs just going to use ahydro boost system.

 

Not alot to show for aday, mk 3 cortina rack narrowed. wheels now fit out to arch via hub centric spacers.

 

Made my pillow ball top mounts for my struts, just got to make the adjustable top mount that will be welded to tubes.

 

I like these cars andI like what you´re doing with yours.
Couldn´t help but wonder how it would look as a coupe. Pretty good, even as a stocker i think.

 

Cheers for the comment , it does look good, did think about 2doors but there are so many compound curves it is out of my league, plus they way modifying cars in uk is going i need to keep it as my log book says.

 

Also took off the front x-member as i thought it looked ugly

 

Ain´t that the truth. At least the Pre 60 thing may be a break for a lot of people. No officials sticking their nose in any more!

 

Made the top mount brackets today, just tacked one in position just to hold the top of the strut to make it easier setting the rest up, got fed up with a floating strut hitting me on the back of the head.lol

no such luck with a cad designed cnc cut top mounts, just cut two 6mm plates andweld together drill and flie.lol

 

Had a busy workshop weekend, got engine out and stripped of factory wiring ready for the painless, not alot more to see as I have been making and threading tubes for the suspension.....cheers vin

 

12 hours up the workshop today got me where I wanted to be, went to put a wheelbearing kit in that I bought so that I could fit both front wheels and ebay sent the wrong wheel bearing kit.

 

Got some more done

 

wing just roughly in position and at ride height, not much else done just took an inch out of each four bar at the rear to central the axle

 

xmas up the workshop
well I got a few hours in today.













sat in it for half hour pretending to drive making brm brm noises and it was to uncomfortable so I cut the floor out.
new brake pedal position is needed and alsonow need to slip theengine and box back in to see how much extra space i can steel.
going low profiles on the back aswell nowas i want this sucker slammed.
steering is joined to the wheel.