The Jalopy Journal
Have had a great time driving this as much as possible throughout the summer, after Pendine, Gow was the next big event GOW! Speed Hill Climb |...
Well done mate your car looked great. I was in a similar situation to you time wise. Im struggling to get back into reality now though! Aaron. (529)
Well, I made it to Pendine, thanks to the organisers for putting this great event on. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
A couple of me [ATTACH][ATTACH]
One of my errors was the cage i built. The way i designed it wasnt upto spec, so i had start again on that. Very annoyed with myself, mainly due...
Things have been happening but all a bit quick to take loads of photos and update - Pendine is happening at the end of next week and i have a race...
I roped my Dad into helping so that has pushed things on a bit. I made some ladder bars and the rear axle built up, Dad sorted the new brakes and...
Another job completed, that's the chassis painted...
My tube arrived for the roll cage, but they sent 2" so that delayed things until the correct size came. I did manage to get the rear end stripped...
Nice work. Looking good.
Decided to sort the firewall out so everything fits. It seems to have taken a lot of effort and im not entirely sure if im happy with the result,...
A quick update.. Made up a crossmember to carry the ladder brackets and welded that in. Fitted the rear axle and spent way too long wrestling with...
Progress has been a little slow but a couple of jobs can be ticked off the list. I positioned the engine and gearbox where I was happy and made...
Thanks, i had some RSJ's left over so put them to perfect use to clamp the chassis to. I bought it as non running and driving, so have pretty...
Guilty as charged! Thanks for pointing that out. Hope you didnt see the picture of the angle grinder with no guard:(
Happy new year. Made a little progress. I made some templates and transfered to steel for the chassis boxing and welded them in... [ATTACH]...
.
I stripped it down more and had a quick mock up of the engine and gearbox . I also started making cross members to mount the F1 pedals to and...
Thanks, totally accidental!
Thanks, appreciate it. The Spare tyre certainly isnt a good look is it! Once the world sorts itself out il be over!
Really happy with how its turned out. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks, it may ruffle a few feathers but it will have a sbc with a muncie and 9". A cool flathead would be nice but for what i would want from...
I removed a small section of the outer skin on the A and B posts so i could fully weld the inner structure of the posts, then put the outer skin...
Haha! It just made me start doing the to do list sooner. Yep! Im slightly (only just) ahead of these pics, il bring it up to date.
I decided on 4.5".[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks for the comments and cool pictures. So the plan originally was to run it as is, but with different wheels etc..just simple stuff to get...
Picked this up a couple of months ago. Very tidy coupe, at least there will be no rust repairs. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
@pecker head Great build, thanks for sharing. Did you narrow the rear end from the 63 f100 or keep it stock?
One from the UK. [IMG]
Separate names with a comma.
The Jalopy Journal
