Used to be Blue's Valiant

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Thu Jan 15, 15 12:49 pm

really depnds on how much used engine oil you have ingested over the years....

Dave

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu Jan 15, 15 12:51 pm

Damn. Maybe that is the reason why...

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Thu Jan 15, 15 6:16 pm

Funnily enough I've got a bag of holes....

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Fri Jan 16, 15 8:42 am

Blue wrote:Funnily enough I've got a bag of holes....

I hope you are going to flatten those holes out a bit before fitting them.

And you should never leave a lot of holes lying around in one place. Someone could fall in.

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Fri Jan 16, 15 9:08 am

It's ok Dave, I've carried out a risk assesment and coned off the area...

DaveBishop · Post by **DaveBishop** » Fri Jan 16, 15 10:11 am

Blue work looks even better in the flesh went to his workshop the other night fantastic work cant wait to see it finished

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Tue Jan 27, 15 6:59 pm

Lest you thought I'd been slacking, here's what I've been spending far too much time doing. Front chassis braces, run from the roll bar A post bar to the front K frame mount tying into the shock mount on the way. Figuring out how best to do it has taken almost as long as actually doing it. I couldn't work out exactly where they would need to pass through the bulkhead, so I carefully cut out a large access hole. The original parts will be trimmed and welded back in. In order to get maximum tyre clearance and to get as close as possible to the shock mount, the bars have to be let into the inner wings. Both inner wings are different shapes which just makes the job slower. Working in several different planes at once and single handed, it's laborious to say the least, but I've nearly got them ready to weld in now.

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Tue Jan 27, 15 7:00 pm

Couple more..

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Jan 27, 15 7:03 pm

Great work as ever and I think an excellent idea - it's amazing how fragile the front rails are.........especially flexing in an upward plane......

Jerry Smith · Post by **Jerry Smith** » Tue Jan 27, 15 7:42 pm

Looks great Blue, very nearly did it that way on mine

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Tue Jan 27, 15 8:16 pm

Clever stuff Blue. Impressive.
I take it your expecting some wheelie action ?

MrNorm · Post by **MrNorm** » Wed Jan 28, 15 12:16 pm

Oooh nice work!!

Yes I can see how that would have taken some time! Great job

db · Post by db » Wed Jan 28, 15 12:40 pm

A great idea and a really nice way to do it!

I did something similar to my floor to make room for the 4-link.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Wed Jan 28, 15 3:48 pm

Wow... once that is finished and painted. it will be invisible from the engine compartment. Nice.

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Wed Feb 11, 15 7:06 am

Another marathon welding sesh last night, front bars finally finished. A really challenging job, I'm glad that's out of the way! Progress should speed up a gear now...