A significant step has been today. The old MX-5 body has been taken away, which means that now I have space again!!
Obviously the other bits and pieces had to go back in, but it means that the engine hoist can stay assembled which is nice :)
With alot of sweating and swearing the back end has been mostly pull apart.
I think one more trip will have the garage ready to recieve the new chassis when it arrives in a few weeks.
This is a catalogue of my attempt at building a Lotus 7 type kit car from a Mazda MX-5. The car will be made from a tubular space frame chassis which I am far too incompetent to weld myself, and the engine, gearbox, differential and brakes ect from the MX-5. So far my companions in this task are fellow novices James Marston, Elliot Newman and Matthew Potticary. And my dad, but he's no novice.
Sunday, 22 January 2012
Sunday, 15 January 2012
Day 11
It's official, the car is now no longer a car, it's just a pile of bits. Both subframes are off, and the body is scheduled to be taken away in a weeks time :)
It'll be nice to have some space again! It's so underated.
As you can see, my nans garden looks more like a breakers yard (kudos to her for putting up with this)
Also my new chassis and suspension has just been ordered, and should be ready for collection in around a month, it's all coming together now :D
The only slight fly in the ointment is that I couldn't for the life of me get the suspension to part ways with the hubs, and I broke a socket trying. Still it'll come off eventually.
It'll be nice to have some space again! It's so underated.
As you can see, my nans garden looks more like a breakers yard (kudos to her for putting up with this)
Also my new chassis and suspension has just been ordered, and should be ready for collection in around a month, it's all coming together now :D
The only slight fly in the ointment is that I couldn't for the life of me get the suspension to part ways with the hubs, and I broke a socket trying. Still it'll come off eventually.
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