The photo is misleading - the tie rods are pretty much level at static ride height. I'm definitely going to do a bit of testing once it is driving to fine tune it though.
After a vacation that was much needed, and some rest, I've started back to work on the Seven. I mounted the nose cone as well as built the headlight brackets. I pretty pleased with how the headlight mounts turned out.
I started with some sheet to cut out the plate for the headlight itself:
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Then I used the drill press for the headlight stud to mount through:
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Then I used some 2" tubing and cut it at an angle to allow me to use the Caterham turn signal mount:
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To finish the headlight/turn signal perch, I welded those two pieces up, and used the mounted belt sander to make it look smooth.
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Once those were done, I used 3/4" round to build the stalk out to the perch, with a few cuts to get the angle just right, then fish-mouthed with a 2" hole saw in the drill press:
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Then it was a lot of leveling with the nosecone mounted to be sure everything looked right and allowed easy removal of the body pieces.
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And the final product:
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I need to do a bunch of odds and ends in preparation for welding up the chassis and painting it. Then on to the dreaded electrical!