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well, hmm the recipient referred to it as yet "another corpse on its way" :lol: i should have drawn a face on it but figured the carriers would have abused it.....anyhow aiden will have it deposited onto his floor at 10 on monday :lol:
this didnt appear to have been connected, clues :lol:
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nice shop theses came from :wink:
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welding a box up
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still developing it but they will be sorted in a few days,
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tis like a tardis
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had a long talk with a safe firm and learned a lot about locks and their uses and applications, glad i did as well , more later
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That is the cable from the old split charger. It's now redundant due to the sterling charger. I left it in incase the sterling charger breaks when we are away so I could reconnect the split charger as a back up.

The safe is looking very substantial. :ok

"another corpse on its way" - Sounds ominous!
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The locker will be similar to these? :
http://www.rockymountainwesty.com/Vanag ... s_s/40.htm

Clever idea.
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ZsZ wrote:The locker will be similar to these? :
http://www.rockymountainwesty.com/Vanag ... s_s/40.htm

Clever idea.
i really hope not as they are too flimsy for any real use :wink:
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metalmick8y wrote: i really hope not as they are too flimsy for any real use :wink:
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:ok :wink:
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Is it going to be a key or combination lock?
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double bit lock :ok
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well been away proper offroading :D
got this :D
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trial fit door
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SS pin assembly
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trial in place
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got to be right first time as its not coming back out in a hurry :lol:
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and shut
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front cover plate to fit to door and lock plus a few other things that wont be in print :wink:
oh and this is the body i was making earlier in the year :D
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All very naughty! Whats the red thing then?

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well i will crash my own thread then no more :lol:
a young french designer saw the previous car in france last year (this was a body we done a few years ago) and always liked it and met up with him at a french meeting and one thing led to another so he sent hundreds of concept drawings and such to get a feel and these had to incorporate the centre body of the old series, it would be wrong to post the whole saga here but ive grabbed these few early ones from the screen hence distortion
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from these and further detailed ones we could arrive at the idea shape, i then had this in my head and set about making it, bear in mind i had no measurements nothing so it was ...trying....
this is the raw chassis, with the only bits that applied to me fitted as in wheels engine steering and coilover location, i had no need of the front rear diffs etc as i know where they are and what needs to be done as ive built loads of them so how can i pout it, the purpose of everything is planned and allowance made for things you know will be needed
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after setting it square and mounting the centre body from the old car to it i mke a frame to hold the sheet in the place i have in my head if that makes sense
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i needednt be pretty or neat as its all going to be scrapped after moulding, some bodies i built had to be perfect as they were running in the ally and not moulded from
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sheet going on
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gas weldy weldy
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taking shape
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nearly there
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oh and its done fdt twice and whilst a new driver is in the top 5 i will keep the other 7-800 picks aside :rofl
tomoz back to the van and doing the engine bay mouns as in exp tank etc
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Very, very impressive work. Speechless.

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well,do a job and make a job.............
made a realy nice bracket / housing to accept the exp tank and top up , just ready to weld it together but first i needed to take the old air box bracket off as it was in the way , then..............find that the exp tank is pattern and a bit different to OE so modify the bracket and then
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cut it out
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vw banged some sealer in here and thence the tank /filler maybe anyhow chipped the sealnt off and no further issues
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so sod it ,not welding on sunday im off out :D
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That really is very nice. 8)

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Was made from a top steering yoke of a ktm I beleive
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Not hard to make at all. Block up, pitch two holes, side cut with a ball-nose slot drill. An hour's work for a two-off.

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