Sirpent
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Time on the rotisserie today making a new lock mechanism Cars upright now ready the pans
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Well that’s the second rail in and blended front and rear into the body along with the (What I’m calling) tunnel horse shoe with ladder chassis bolt points Now for the pans which are almost ready to pick up along with some additional weld clean ups cheers John
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Well that’s the second rail in and blended front and rear into the body along with the (What I’m calling) the tunnel horse show with ladder chassis bolt points Now for the pans which are almost ready to pick up along with some additional weld clean ups cheers John
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Excellent attention to detail Jeff
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Well that’s it for the weekend Ran out of gas as I was finishing off the gussets in the rail floor pan cross member Managed to weld in the ladder chassis pick up bolts, close the ends after reducing the deck height by 5mm and welding one gusset in All in all, extremely happy with the progress
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Nice to be back Simon Another day of fabrication removing the remaining tunnel section and fabricating a new cross support. After centering all up I realized that the entire sections are not symmetrical and are off some 15mm to the passenger side, meaning the drivers foot well and gearshift position are 15mm more to the left. All good, I’m having new custom pans cut, bent and pressed which should be ready this week. Happt to report, no exploding cutting discs and flying metal this week. Cheers John
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Excuse me while I go to the next room with a box of kleenex very nice Jeff
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Not a Supa car Peter it will be quick but not a drag or track car just after the driving experience
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Not a Supa car Peter it will be quick but not a drag or track car just after the driving experience
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Quick walk around 57258678555__8F406E3D-D6B6-433C-8881-808126B8922E.MOV
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2nd rail fabricated test fit of the Ladder chassis done to check clearances angle grinder 1 John nil after a piece of metal hit me in the face Z and John doing ok otherwise
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Thanks Peter Crumple points have to be added fore and aft on each side of the engine cross member still No internal roll bars planned, but a reinforcing ladder brace between the two rear shock towers is in the plan
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Thanks Jeff Yes should adequatodeal with the M112’s torque or a future addition of 2 more cylinders in the M156 AMG V8 which is identical as far as transmission bolt pattern and engine mounts just a fraction longer
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Thanks Jeff Yes should adequatodeal with the M112’s torque or a future addition of 2 more cylinders in the M156 AMG V8 which is identical as far as transmission bolt pattern and engine mounts just a fraction longer
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Progress on drivers side rail today with attention on the rear dog leg extension All in all going well, checking the geometry, I ran a length across them both and then measured the distance from each sill, each side has a gap of 53mm and are squared and level. Hopefully I will get the chance to finish this one off tomorrow before I move onto the floor pan and trans tunnel.
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Nice work mate, got room for 1 more ?
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Shmick looking engine bay Jeff
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Nice pick up Peter, a friend had a midnight blue 302 Windsor powered one in the 80’s, I believe it’s still in storage after all these years look forward to seeing this progress
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Rail #2 underway Removed drivers floor pan, de-spotted and cleared all the overlap metal to adjoining sill, front firewall and rear bulkhead the remaining tunnel section with the reinforcement will also be removed and replaced along with a new horse shoe reinforcement. Photos unfortunately don’t load in correct sequence
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Thanks Buddy i need to catch up to you
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Notched out the roll bar area and added and RHS section for streangth due to its now dog leg shape The front graft welded up brilliantly and as the new rail section is securely welded to the remains of the lower torsion rod mount I don’t think I will have to plate it with a gusset to reinforce it, it’s now purely more of an asthetic section. Still needs finishing welds which I’ll do later. Now onto the second rail and removal of the remaining floor pan. Happy days. E783ED2F-1A20-4AE7-AB85-1EDD3854A36F.MOV
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Just had the chance to appreciate the posts and updates Well done Jeff ;)
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Dry or wet weight David? Being a 240z they are lighter than the 260’s and that iron L6 being replaced by alloy would also help Ive got 35kg in the ladder chassis, will be another 8kg in those rails, lpg donut tank a good 5kg extra the diff will have another 3kg extra, AMG seats another 10kg, planned rear inner interior mods and reo probably 10kg Thats 70kg just there on top of the original 1,100 kg 260 wet weight
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Thanks for the lead AndBit, will look into it but weight isn’t my concern as with the AMG V6 this thing will hopefully one day be pushing around 300kW and 500Nm through that T56 6 speed im after the driving experience not a track or drag car
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It’s actually an AMG truck lol around 1300kg each rail weighs in at around 4kg
