steve4179
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| posted on 18/4/07 at 07:04 PM |
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hello
hey everyone just found this website and i thought i would sign up and say hi, i have just started building the haynes roadster nearly finished the
space frame things are going ok ish but the book does leave you thinking sometimes, anyway hello hope everyone is good and im sure ill be picking
peoples brains in the near future
steve
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graememk
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| posted on 18/4/07 at 07:06 PM |
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hi and welcome
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ecosse
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| posted on 18/4/07 at 07:20 PM |
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Is this your first scratch build or have you been there before?
Cheers
Alex
PS
Oh, and welcome 
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 18/4/07 at 07:25 PM |
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Hi and welcome too a wealth of information, oh and a bunch of pancakes..................
Welcome.
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steve4179
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| posted on 18/4/07 at 07:27 PM |
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hi cheers for the welcomes, yeah its my first scratch build but i did spend 8 years in structual steel and a fully skilled welder fabricator so im not
having a large amount of problems, only problems so far have been mis information really in the book
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steve4179
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| posted on 18/4/07 at 07:40 PM |
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cheers chris also while on the subject do u know what thickness tubing is used for them as it only gives an external measurement no internal from what
i can see
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chrisg
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| posted on 18/4/07 at 08:26 PM |
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It's made a little easier because you can't get different thicknesses of seamless tube - from memory the 25mm is 2.0mm thick and the 19mm
is 1.6mm.
hope this helps
Cheers
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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steve4179
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| posted on 18/4/07 at 08:31 PM |
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i went to my old company and they gave me a vast array off different thickness for the 19 and they gave me 2 sizes for the 25 which i cant remember
off the top of my head
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chrisg
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| posted on 18/4/07 at 08:38 PM |
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Nice one.
Our supplier doesn't stock anything else, but 19mm/1.6 and 25mm/2.0. so they're what we used.
Anything with this or a thicker wall should be fine.
Cheers
Chris
[Edited on 18/4/07 by chrisg]
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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steve4179
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| posted on 18/4/07 at 08:41 PM |
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are u the chris that built the roadster then?
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chrisg
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| posted on 18/4/07 at 08:46 PM |
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Yes mate, wrote the book, built the car, got the T shirt!
(Actually I haven't got a tee shirt yet!)
cheers
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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steve4179
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| posted on 18/4/07 at 08:50 PM |
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top book mate it was that revised book that convinced me to build one, few bits that have knocked me for six but otherwise fantastic, as your here tho
can i use the cortina uprights i have got on the roadster
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ecosse
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| posted on 18/4/07 at 08:50 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by steve4179
only problems so far have been mis information really in the book
Ooops, time for the second edition already Chris? 
Whatever the errors are I'm sure they can't be as bad as the original book
Cheers
Alex
PS
You gonna put some pics up of the progress?
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steve4179
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| posted on 18/4/07 at 08:55 PM |
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its only simple little things in the cutting list few bits that are marked one of when there is more and few bits that are in there as drawn instead
of opposite hand nothing major oh i have pics but dunno how to post em so i guess not lol
[Edited on 18/4/07 by steve4179]
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chrisg
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| posted on 18/4/07 at 08:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by steve4179
top book mate it was that revised book that convinced me to build one, few bits that have knocked me for six but otherwise fantastic, as your here tho
can i use the cortina uprights i have got on the roadster
I've not tried the Cortina uprights yet so I don't really know, the suspension was designed around the Sierra upright so I would have
thought that some alterations to the wishbones would be needed to correct caster/camber/toe etc.
Please send me any mistakes you find in the book, I've got a (small) list (Mostly speelink mistacks) but we're hoping to correct stuff in
the iminent re-print.
Cheers
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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steve4179
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| posted on 18/4/07 at 09:02 PM |
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ive marked everything ive found mate like i said its only things like opposite and as drawn bits few differences in length and one offs when there
should have been more give me an email or something and ill right down everything i have found. my frame is nearly finished so cant see me finding
many more
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chrisg
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| posted on 18/4/07 at 09:09 PM |
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Click the email button mate!
down there |
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Cheers
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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steve4179
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| posted on 25/4/07 at 07:55 PM |
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chassis build is now finished and ive emailed you chris hope it helps
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chrisg
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| posted on 26/4/07 at 10:18 AM |
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It does - thanks mate!
Cheers
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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steve4179
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| posted on 29/4/07 at 07:08 PM |
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did any of it help out chris?
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chrisg
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| posted on 29/4/07 at 07:18 PM |
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Yes mate it did, I'd already picked up most of the stuff, but I'm onto the thing about the numbers of each tube required, we thought that
it was apparent how many of each tube there should be but for good practice the amounts should be with the drawings and I'm going to correct
it.
cheers
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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steve4179
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| posted on 29/4/07 at 07:38 PM |
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cool happy it helped and just remeber its steve lee from dorset to put in the thanks list lol
finshed my chassis yesterday just needs welding, so im sure ill be picking ur brains in the near future about next parts of the build
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chrisg
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| posted on 29/4/07 at 07:46 PM |
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Looking foward to it mate!
Cheers
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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