Archive for September, 2007

Footboxes

Ron Schofield @ Thursday, September 27th, 2007 ()

This week was spent working on the new steel for the foot boxes. I went as far as I could but now have to wait for the two steel plates to be machined.

Passenger Side

Driver Side

I also finished the […]

Forward Step..

Ron Schofield @ Saturday, September 15th, 2007 ()

I did some rare Saturday work.

I started by welding in a support that would give me the 15 degree angle that I previously figured out was the correct angle for the pedal box/steering column. I then added the first brace. I cut a small piece of steel tubing and drilled out the […]

Back Step..

Ron Schofield @ Thursday, September 13th, 2007 ()

I had a little back step on working on the drivers side pedal box and steering column.

When I was redesigning the pedal box/steering column, I simply added my new pedal box braces on top of the current braces.

This meant that the pedal box and steering […]

Rear Axle Assembly Trimmed

Ron Schofield @ Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 ()

I finished cutting, grinding and sanding the not needed upper brackets. A grinder with a sanding disk makes a nice clean finish. I plan to bead blast the tubes and paint them with some chassis black paint.

Back to work..

Ron Schofield @ Monday, September 10th, 2007 ()

After a week of vacation, it was back to work on the car.

During the day I received the defective parts that came with the kit. The banana bracket that I got back was actually worse fitting than the one I sent to be replaced. So more photos taken and sent back […]