Car looks good mate!
Roll on spring/summer and some good driving time
Nick
I have finally got around to putting some more photos of my car in the archive. There were taken last May when i took it to the local airfield for a
pre sva test run.
Just realised ive none of it since its been on the road , so will have to take a few when the weather is better.
Paul.
Hi Paul,
Car looks good mate!
Roll on spring/summer and some good driving time
Nick
Car looks very nice mate. What engine u got?
Did u make that trailer?
Hi Paul,
Are you using a Mk2 Escort axle and what rear arches are you using?
Cheers,
Pat...
I built the trailer from an old caravan chassis , used it to test the car and for dvla inspection etc.I sold it after SVA to put some money back in
the bank, but keep thinking i might build another.if i do i am thinking of building a tilting bed type .
Paul.
quote:
Originally posted by Danozeman
Car looks very nice mate. What engine u got?
Did u make that trailer?
The axle is mk2 and I used Stuart Taylor rear arches.They look ok now but didnt fit very well until I built up and filled the rear part of the
flanges.
Paul.
quote:
Originally posted by Avoneer
Hi Paul,
Are you using a Mk2 Escort axle and what rear arches are you using?
Cheers,
Pat...
Was that between the rear ali tub and the arches at the back?
I will have the same setup on my locoblade and am wondering what arches to go for.
Cheers,
Pat...
Yes the problem was the bottom rear of the arches where they meet the rear panel, i had to do a bit of chopping around to get the top part by your
elbows to fit and when i had that right there was a gap between the arch and rear panel at bottom.I laminated a few more layers of glass onto it and
tapered the cloth to roughly fill the gap. I then drilled them and finished with filler and rubber filler strip .The finished result is not bad but i
am hoping to respray the whole car in the summer and improve it a bit.
When I spoke to Ian Grey he said the problem was because i had fitted the ally first and i should have bolted the wings to the panel before fitting
it, but dont really see how that is possible, and think it would be even worse to do.
Paul.
quote:
Originally posted by Avoneer
Was that between the rear ali tub and the arches at the back?
I will have the same setup on my locoblade and am wondering what arches to go for.
I also have 10mm spacers fitted to the rear axle, which is enough to fill the arches a little better with 185 tyres.
Cheers,
Pat...
Hi paul, I am in the process of converting a caravan chassis to a trailer using an indespension axle (hopefully!), as the old coil spring suspension
was completely rotten. What suspension have you used?
Adam
Adam
I used the caravan chassis complete, it had swing axles and was just wide enough for a seven, I made the deck from 1,5mm sheet and welded in some
extra 100x 50 box section to support it.
The only down side was when unloaded it has a lot of negative camber, but towed really well loaded or empty.
If it has the jacks at each end then keep them, as it is much easier to load by lowering the rear jacks slightly and the fronts fully when not hitched
to car .I then used to position the car and lower the front jacks until on tow ball.this method allows more deck clearance for the car to be driven
on.
Paul.
quote:
Originally posted by phelpsa
Hi paul, I am in the process of converting a caravan chassis to a trailer using an indespension axle (hopefully!), as the old coil spring suspension was completely rotten. What suspension have you used?
Adam
I did see some caravan axles with rubber inserts that could be cut in half and extended a bit like indespension units.
Try calling around a few caravan dealers , i found a scrapyard that broke caravans and got mine from them.
Paul.
Okay, I kinda get what you mean, but could you explain in a bit more detail, expecially what you mean by inserts.
This seems like a good idea.
Adam
The axles i saw were a tube the width of the van with a short trailing arm attached to the hub.This arm appeared to be sprung by a rubber mounting
similiar to the small trailer units available.There was a seperate shocker attached to the arm.
I didnt look in detail but it seemed that they could be cut in half and extended by sleeving and welding .
The indespension units work out quite expensive to use so may be worth looking at alternatives.
I also considered using a volvo rear axle cut and extended as these looked suitable or the axle of a large FWD van.However caravan axles are already
fitted with the right brake linkages etc.
Paul.
quote:
Originally posted by phelpsa
Okay, I kinda get what you mean, but could you explain in a bit more detail, expecially what you mean by inserts.
Adam
quote:
Originally posted by paulf
I also considered using a volvo rear axle cut and extended as these looked suitable or the axle of a large FWD van.However caravan axles are already fitted with the right brake linkages etc.
My tow hitch had a manual lock off lever for the auto brakes, you just need something to prevent the slider from retracting when reversing.The older
caravans were all like this.When i got the chassis there was an electrically operated brake release , this was like a thin compression strut fitted
with a solenoid valve which released the internal oil trapped behind a piston and allowed it to retract.It would have been attached to the revesing
light circuit, unfortunately it didnt work so i went back to the manual lock.
Paul.
quote:
Originally posted by phelpsa
quote:
Originally posted by paulf
I also considered using a volvo rear axle cut and extended as these looked suitable or the axle of a large FWD van.However caravan axles are already fitted with the right brake linkages etc.
The thing is the auto-reverse brakes.
Adam
Ahh.
I have bought a hitch on ebay, that was made by brian james, £300 from them, I got it new for £42.98.
Adam
That silincer on your car, where comes that from (which donor car)?
I like it
Hi
It started out as an mgb rear silencer.I welded on a bracket for attaching to the chassis with a rubber mount, the tail pipe I made myself from a
90deg 50mm stainless dairy bend with stainless ring welded on to form the radius for tailpipe.
It was ok for a while but got very noisy after about 500 miles, when i checked there was no packing left in it at all.Maybe a better quality make
would last longer as it was only a cheap make.
I have a carbon fibre can from a zx9 on there at the moment but it is also very noisy.
Paul.
quote]Originally posted by dr-fastlane
That silincer on your car, where comes that from (which donor car)?
I like it