Take a look at my rear end.

It's been a few days since i've posted, as i've been busy at work, so haven't got a lot done on the car. Still... Small progress is still progress, the chassis is about finished now all the framework is done and the suspension mounts etc are all fully welded; just got the seat runners and a few plates to weld in, then ready for painting properly (it's half primered at the moment).

Not often i post pictures of my behind, lol, but may as well tease you with one. (excuse the lighting, it got dark when i'd finished)

Front suspension brackets are on.

Made a jig for the suspension brackets and fitted the front ones today. The rears are in the jig now too, ready to be welded up next time i do some work on the car.

Another small update.

Was hoping to get a full day on the car today, but my grinder packed in this afternoon, when i got home found that it was just a wire had snapped inside the flex. So can crack on again tomorow.

By the end of tomorow i hope to have the rest of the wishbones cut (and possibly weld one or two) and get the suspension brackets and seat rails welded on the chassis.

Then i'm waiting to get some M8 nuts for the roll bar mounts (i've only got stainless ones at the moment) which means i can get the back end of the chassis finished, then some 7/16 unf nuts for the seatbelt mounts (the shop that sells them is only open mon-fri 9-4.30 when i'm ususally at work)

After that, the chassis is about finished, besides engine mounts and headlamp brackets :D

Now fully welded.

The frame's now fully welded, unfortunately the build table had warped in the middle without me noticing, so the middle of the chassis is a few mm lower than the 2 ends - which shouldn't cause a problem with the suspension/steering geometry, just the side panels will probably need some modification to fit.

Next on the to do list is welding all the chassis plates, suspension brackets and steering column supports etc.

Almost there with the frame work.

The chassis is just about fully welded now, but I ran out of wire again getting the last few upside down. The rear diff cage was a nightmare, as most of the chassis tubes for it had been cut wrong; so nothing lined up. Took a little longer than i'd hoped but got it sorted in the end.

Excuse the pic, it was taken in the dark with my phone camera.

One step closer to a finished chassis.

It's getting there now.

The gas ran out on my welder yesterday, so i put some gasless wire in; I've found that although the welds don't look as nice, it runs much smoother off the generator - so i've decided to do the full chassis gasless. Once it's had a skim over with the grinder then painted you won't be able to tell the difference anyway.

Have a look at the pic to see how it's looking.

A Little More Progress

Today i cut out the welded bend in the front frame (the person i'd bought the chassis pack from had welded it wrong) So I re-welded it at the correct angle. This now ment that i could cary on progress with the rest of the chasis. Also made recently made the rear lower wishbones.

Front lower wishbones are finally done.

Finally managed to get the welder working and running off the generator at last, so i can finally crack on with the build.

Unfortunately, the front frame of the chassis with welded angles has been welded wrong by the person i bought it off, so the chassis is on hold until i can get that sorted.

So I've decided to do some of the suspension components. Got them all set up ready to weld in the jig, then the gas decided to run out on my welder - so packed up, went to get some more gas and started again. Then the petrol decided to run out on my generator, so once again packed up and went for petrol. 3rd time lucky, managed to get the 2 front lower wishbones welded up and painted at last.

Next up to make the rear lower ones.

The build so far.

As it stands, i've currently got a dismantled sierra, 2.0 blacktop zetec engine, a few random boxes of lights etc and a big pile of metal ready to make the chasis.

Unfourtunatley, my new welder seems to be having problems, so my build is at a stand still really until it's sorted, which is my next step.

I've got the base of the chasis layed out on a build table and tacked together, i've cut all the angles on the lower wishbones and cleaned up and painted some of the donor parts.

I've also got hold of some Triton race seats which arrived today. :D

The blog is here.

As you'll probably know, if you're reading this - I've started building a Haynes Roadster kit car, based on the book by Chris Gibbs. (the pic is of Andy's at Saturn Sports Cars - Have a look at their site, great guys and very helpful)

I've decided to set up a blog of my build's progress, rather than posting updates on various forums.

So here it is..

Enjoy and don't forget to come back to see how it's going.

Dave