, screws and mounts are in your big box 'o goodies. Somewhere....

Had fun drilling that plate yet?

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So that means if I double back today and steal the engine nobody will suspect?

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I took the engine out and hid a 1.4 one in there just to catch you out.

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I want quite a few extras, inc solid engine mounts. And why haven't you designed a new lightweight subframe yet?

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Hmm, that is an acceptable answer.

Carry on

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The bas**rds! Just can't get the staff...

I mean complete new beam with semi-trailing arms to bolt on

I hope those seat bars go in better than the engine chocks!

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Have you found any more free tools yet? I had a full set of snap-on gear in there at one bit taking parts off so you might get lucky :

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Not yet, i'll have to keep an eye out, hopefully a nice 1/2" ratchet and full set of sockets will be in there somewhere amongst the wiring.

Is there any reason i shouldnt remove the cross member which goes from the sill to the exhaust tunnel in order to get my seat bars as low as possible?
I'd imagine that fitting the seat bars will help replace any structural strength the current setup has?

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Cheers.

I could also be interested in one of your beam setups, though i've got a set of 21mm TB's, 30mm ARB and a beam rebuild kit sat in my bedroom which i was going to fit at some point along with getting some neggy machined into the arms.
What sort of money would i be looking at for your beam setup and is there anything else i'd need?

If i've got as far as getting the welder out i'll be as kind as to let you have a try with it and see if its just me who'se s**te with it or if its the welder itself. I seem to be fine with proper industrial style ones but my dads is a cheap clarke one and i never seem to be able to get nice results, as im sure you may have noticed.

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I've got a little bit done to the car this weekend, I've hydrate 80'd all the welded areas on the cage to prevent corrosion, and done it on the triangulation to the front struts too.

Today i set about removing the crossmembers which normally live under the seats, for some reason the first one took me ages but i'd got into the swing of it for the second one and got it out in next to no time.

I then set about sorting out some seat bars, i wanted the seat to be central to the steering wheel and after some playing about decided that it needed to be closer to the centre tunnel than possible if i was to have the seat bars lower than the level of the exhaust tunnel. With that in mind i got the seat in a position that seems good for the pedals, marked it out and got the plates welded to the sills and tunnel.
Next i trimmed down some tube and welded that in, getting it as close to horizontal and the top of the tube to be flush with the top of the exhaust tunnel. My plan is to use the normal M8 nuts found in the tunnel for securing the standard seats and use them on that side's alloy mount, then i measured up and tacked on one of my home made mounting brackets to the bar, plonked the seat on to check it all lined up then gave it a test sit to ensure it felt good. It did.
Out came the seat and in went some finishing weld to the brackets.

I decided that i want the passenger seat to be in-line with the drivers seat so i've basically marked up where the plates needed to be, flap wheeled all the paint away in them areas then welded in the plates.

I also welded in the seatbelt mounting plates to the centre tunnel.

I ran out of time to get the bars cut and tacked in, the pub is calling me so whilst cleaning up the tools & mess i got the hydrate 80 back out and covered all the fresh welds. Earlier in the day i also noticed some little like nails stuck into the car at various places, i can tell you that kneeling on one of them is very unpleasant so i got walt and flap wheeled them all away, also giving the bare steel a layer of hydrate 80.

Enough typing, heres a few pictures:

IMG_1551 by Steve Count, on Flickr

IMG_1552 by Steve Count, on Flickr

IMG_1553 by Steve Count, on Flickr

IMG_1554 by Steve Count, on Flickr

IMG_1561 by Steve Count, on Flickr

Looks like i've got a co-driver once it's back on the road.

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Cheers Phill, i'll try slowing myself down. Hopefully the weather will be ok tonight and i can crack on and get more practice in on the passenger seat bars.

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If i dont get a welder sorted out soon, can i borrow yours steve, i need to sort my cradle out.

Why dont you get some spare metal and practice, its not that hard

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