About to become exceptinoally busy with work which will put a dampner on much progress in the coming month or so and as a result I am trying to make a bit of a push on the car. I suspect the biggest development is to finally decide the direction for the build, which is now... Continue Reading →
Well had a bit of time away and a chance to get perspective and decide what I wanted to do with the car. Came back with a bit more enthusiasm and then tonight managed to get a good few hours working on the car. Fabricated up some mounting points for the retaining straps that are... Continue Reading →
The more I looked at how other builders had fabricated mountings for fuel cells the more I decided that mine wasn't beefy enough so I have added in some additional sections to cross brace it with box section.
Finished the Fuel Cell Framing last week and it's now in a base coat of POR15. Since then I've been doing some tidying up elsewhere on the shell, such as removing the studs that had held on the fusebox. The heads of these are real rust traps in the wheel arches so there was some... 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 →
The other little thing I have been working on is the bypass for the heater matrix coolant pipes. Prior to deciding to take out the heater setup I had bought a set of the Baker BM silicone hoses but they were now surplus to requirements with the new heater less setup. So they've been chopped... Continue Reading →
Kept this plan low key so far, but will need to get the angle grinder out again soon as I've had a recent arrival. The container is here... Big metal box Nice details...
Rallye Project 