Headed home to Norfolk for a weekend of carpentry and decided to take the Rallye. It's the first time I've driven a Rallye on the familiar country roads around our house since I had the Series 1 and it was a good laugh to get out and about a few times in the car. The... Continue Reading →
Wanted to press on with things, so back at it again today. After load of measurements, I fabricated up these supports for the fuel cell container. Capped off the ends to give a nicer finish - you'll never see it, but it's all about satisfaction about knowing it's been nicely done. Welded in the supports.... Continue Reading →
Another job ticked off the list as the seat mountings have now been adjusted on the seat rails - positioned, drilled, compression tube welded in, ground down and primed. EPAS is now ready to be chopped and have the Lifeline boss welded on, which means we have a steering position at last.
Finally finished welding on the steering column to make sure it has plenty of support. Started the clean up and prep for paint tonight...
Had to chop a bit of length of both the pinion and the steering column, but the EPAS is now fitted and has eliminated the unwanted movement in the column... It works... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAKri8FJRy0 Into the home straight on this now.
Managed a couple of hours this week due to a couple of strokes of luck giving me some time back, so cracked on with work to get the EPAS fitted. The Borgeson double UJ has two what are known as DD fittings of different sizes ( 3/4" DD / 1" DD ). I ordered mine... Continue Reading →
Two more bottles of argon mix and we're ready to crack on again. Over the last week I've started working out the runs for the braided lines through the car. So Master cylinder and servo are temporarily back on, bulkhead has been drilled and the rear line run along the tunnel. I've started to fab... Continue Reading →
Sourced from Geordie Paul at Duksville, stronger than any Frankensteined Universal Joint.
Handbrake Reinforcement: Trying to repair the mess on the parts of the tunnel I mentioned last time just left me chasing holes in the affected sections. So despite getting it looking pretty good, it was full of thin metal sections and pin holes. The underside told the true story - things were not good. Only... Continue Reading →
The problem with working on the exhaust tunnel is that you need to be able to get to both sides of it and the underside is a pain to work on. It would make sense to have a facility to be able to turn the car on its side but that's not an option. So... Continue Reading →
After a lot of hours I have the majority of the engine bay in POR15 primer. I've left the lowest sections of the bay in a rough state because there still some work to do to bring the shell back to bare metal and treat it properly with POR15. The next job will be to... Continue Reading →
After a bit of a pause in which not much happened on either car, some nice bits have arrived for the 16v which means that I can press on and get some bits finished off. I have to think ahead on a lot of different levels about how things will fit together and work once... Continue Reading →
Rallye Project 