^ I think about a page back, theres a pic of a new spangly Propane heater.

MMMMmmmmMMmmm. Warm.

Correct. I shook the Gumtree, and a 90's style Calor gas fire fell from it, barely used, on my doorstep, very efficient and hot as hell. All for a tenner! Shame the gas is about £34 per bottle now.

I don't always have the fire on mind, depends what I'm doing. It is handy as hell though, no doubt.

Got this



Hopefully when my father returns from work tomorrow (today :/) it shall be one with the column and I can see what's what as far as centreing my seat goes, then get the correct height magic wand etc.

Well, I wasted the day until 4 pm. I'm so knackered all of the time lately. I need to sort this out. Consequently, I am still to weld my bosses into the seat rails.

Anyway, decided to paint the cage. Seeing as when I got the shell back, to stop it rusting I had previously covered it in this


It meant I had to clean it down with this


then this


and this and this (it's amazing how much all this rubbish adds up lol)


and finally paint it with this.

Whilst I am on the subject, I hope this shit protects better than it applies. The can was constantly spitting. they have a crap nozzle. Not best pleased with it tbh.

So, back to how it looked when it returned


Then finally like this

Getting this in paint is important, as when oiled up, it means I can't get inside the car lol
Needs a couple of bits touching up still, but at least it's protected now

Thanks to my dad, my quick release steering boss slug is now welded to the column. It and the column were chamfered, a round bar inserted in the middle and then welded all around whilst centralised in a lathe. It's a great job, and they are definitley not going to part ways.

This style







Will give a shit load more access when getting in and out of the car, and I am not ashamed to say, I think they are cool as hell



As can be seen, the column isn't fitted correctly, There's three reasons for this, I cannot remember where the brackets go (will check my pics), I currently don't have a way to secure it where the ignition barrel was, and the most important, I want to relocate it to have it as central to the seat as possible.



Wonky as hell. Not cool.

Here's some pics of the cage boxing and rear stay feet. I meant to add them when I took the initial cage pics. Nice job as with the rest, shame I never got pics when they were bare metal.






A pic to cheer me up


I hope to get a decent amount done this week.


Cheers, Liam.

Looking good, if it's any consolation all I managed to do all WEEK was ruin some bolts I needed and make a big puddle of gearbox oil It's too cold to think straight

lol on your 360 mate? Some days just don't go right do they?!

Looking awesome as ever mate. Up the mojo, summers comin.

volvosneverdie wrote:Looking awesome as ever mate. Up the mojo, summers comin.

Summers coming and I want to be driving not building this year!

BTW, that boss you're getting me won't fit now, but that's my fault. Will still have it. Cheers mate.

Awesome stuff lad. Looking very good. Haven't seen this thread for awhile! I'd love to do this to mine. And like VND said, summer is coming, (at some point). Warmer days, longer days, sunnier (?) days. mmmmm.

Cheers Jon. Aye, it would be nice to just be able to brim the tank and go hooning around during some of these long warm days some time soon !

I failed to reassemble the column (have no clue where the brace bar bolts to either the column or bulkhead! Even after a phone call to FJ... Anyone got a pic?
This meant I still can't allign my seat, or see where I need to move the column.

So I turned my attention back to the riddle of how to remove the turrets.




Got the bastard out! It was very strange, a combination of what turned out to be a very tight press fit (see the lip below)

and the rest basically being part of the inner wing, although this seems impossible.

Will be replaced with something a bit like this

(preferably in steel trolol)

I know how to remove them now, but they're still a massive PITA!

I'm also about to PM Nikidev, as it looks like his extended turrets running XYZ 200SX coilovers are flat on the top, not sloped like standard. I assumed this wouldn't matter when running pillow ball top mounts or similar, but it's nice to know.

Anyone clued up?

Almost forgot, spoke to Nev from F1 Moto today and have ordered an awesome modified Escort quick rack setup from him. Gonna 5 link the shell courtesy of F1 Moto too, though that will have to wait a little while.

Time to plough through the plethora of hydraulic handbrakes out there and see if I can find what I want.

What does 5 link the shell mean man? unless youre talking about rear suspension...........

He's talking about rear suspension. You need somewhere to bolt the links to. So you weld link attachments to the shell. Probably.

Correct lads.

This kinda thing, this is a 4 link.


As Rich says, you weld the link boxes to the chassis, then bolt it up.


Annoyed! The fucking etch primer is just scraping off whenever anything touches the cage. This is despite me spraying it when it wasn't minus temperatures outside, heating the garage and heating the damn cans in boiling water before use! At first I thought there may still be oil on it (even though I thoroughly cleaned it several times), but it is also scraping off where I have got overspray on the shell. Could only be temperature related I guess?

The upside is, I only used one can. You know the downside - it has to come off again.

In the spirit of not wanting to get too dirty, and continuing the trend of half doing something, tonight I decided to mod the dash to get it to fit again. Mark came over for a little bit, and we hacked it up. After a 'power nap' from me of 2 hours lmao.





Like I say, half finished (:lol:) it got late. Plus this way, one day I will have loads of finished stuff without feeling like I have done much lol.

I'm hoping to make the dash neater around the legs with expanding foam or similar when I have it sitting where it needs to be, then it is being flocked.