Time for a "major" update. The fabrication stage of the project has finally started. Last Saturday, March 23 things looked like this:
And today, March 31, things looked like this:
The chassis fabrication started in earnest on Sunday (24th), I started with the cockpit sides as they were relatively easy to construct and were flat:
Then moved on to the front top section:
By Sunday evening I had the bulk of the chassis taped together to see how well things fit:
Monday was spent welding, then welding a bit more, followed by even more welding. Tuesday was spent fitting the diff into the chassis:
Wednesday, Thursday and part of Friday were spent on suspension pieces, and making spacers/bushings for assembling all the various brackets.
Saturday was spent mounting the front suspension mounts/brackets/tubes. I would have like to say it was easy, but I'd be lying. It was a pain the bahookie. It took nearly all day, but I did finally get in the right spot:
Which lead to today, which was spent loosely bolting things to the chassis:
The pedal box was also tacked in, which lead to one interference in my design. The clutch pedal hits a chassis tube, the tube will get massaged slightly tomorrow:
I still have tomorrow off from work, which will hopefully see the chassis lifted off the table, followed by putting the motor and gearbox in the chassis to see if it all lines up. I'll post more photo's in the upcoming days/weeks.
Rod