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A100 restoration

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 09 9:53 am
by Jon Connolly
I`ve had 4 x A100`s now and love them. Always wanted a wheelstander but didn`t know where to start. Saw one on Ebay; the only time I`ve ever seen one so bought it. Bought in central Canada, trucked to west coast, containerised and shipped via Hong Kong. Dave Madders kindly did customs clearance etc and took delivery to his place. Soon became apparent it was a BIG project once I saw the standard of engineering. On the positive side ; chassis, drivetrain, body was complete and it could all be sorted.

Maranised exhaust went in the bin, replaced with zoomies. Dave and Alex rebuilt brakes, fitted new tyres, new carb, gave the engine a once over so I now had a running stopping project. Moved it to my workshop in Norfolk.

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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 09 10:07 am
by Jon Connolly
In norfolk I removed all seats, pedals, controls, switchgear, wiring loom and cut away all the floor in between the chassis rails, cut out all dash to leave exposed chassis and drivetrain and outer body only.

The radiators, trans cooler and fuel tank were also removed so I could inspect chassis closely and repair as required.

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 09 11:43 am
by Anonymous
Rather splendid :thumbright:

Great to see something so different.

The very best of luck with it .... :thumbright:

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 09 11:59 am
by Jeff
Show us more! That is really mad. Love it. :thumbright:

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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 09 1:52 pm
by Jon Connolly
Pedal box, brake master cylinder, steering box were removed. Spoke to Jeff Martin and Santa Pod who wanted to see a 1 3/4" x 5mm tubular cage. I decided to build a complete safety cell with the seat as part of the cell so if anything went wrong i`d stand 1/2 a chance.

Bought a hand operated hydraulic bender which was impossible so converted it to operate via compressed air. Mocked up front and rear hoops straight onto chassis rails. Bought Kirkey seat and mocked up general positions. All tube was mig welded with my ancient Lincoln Electric 210, 110 amp 0.8 wire.

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 09 7:47 pm
by Anonymous
Head case. How do you even start thinking about how to build that.

Was there a lot of matehmatics involved to set everything out correctly, or was it trial and error(no offence). :thumbright:

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 09 7:58 pm
by Rogue Trooper
Fantastic Carl i can't wait to watch it in action 8-)

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 09 9:37 pm
by Anonymous
Absolutely bloody class! i want one! will we see it this year?

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 09 9:44 pm
by Anonymous
WHEELIE CITY :shock: I love it :D max wedge in the back :thumbright:

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 09 10:38 pm
by Jon Connolly
Yep ... was really on my own on this one. There are no details on these things anywhere. A few bits on Little Red Wagon but nothing detailed, plus I couldn`t post questions because I was doing it in secret.

Has taken over a year and 1000`s of hours. Each bracket, frame, mounting point etc had to be made in cardboard then made, then trial fitted, then adjusted etc. Things like moving the steering box ( in between work ) took about a week.

Was determined not to give in.

Will post more bits of build up tomorrow.

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 09 10:48 pm
by Pete
Most excellent, keep it coming, Jon :thumbright:

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 09 11:10 pm
by Anonymous
8-) 8-) 8-)

=D>

Great detail going into the build, well done and hope it all go's to plan.

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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 09 12:01 am
by DaveMadders
:rr:

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 09 12:25 am
by Kev
Should of taken it to JPC ;)
Awesome thread, keep it up!!

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 09 7:04 am
by TrevD
that looks cool, i assume it will be street legal :thumbright: amazing work. keep the pics coming.