Project Lunchbox.... The Minus

[mk1]

Looking Excellent!

And moving on pretty fast too.

I have seen "professional" paint jobs that aren't a patch on that one, very well done!

What are you doing about the interior?

[almondgreen]

very nice colour !!!!

[tedmcedd]

thanks for the comments!! been away on holiday for a week but now im back!
interior will have a dash made by myself, ive made the template but more on that when i make it! will be a blend of black carpet, black vinyl and green corduroy... however i have to get the car done for going back to uni, so i think interior will have to be a winter project!

next update:

Subframes onnnnnn!

heres a few pics, phone ones im afraid as i forgot my camera....









i also moved him up to his new home while i finish him off... again, no camera... lol i made up some spreader plates, just got the tower bolt ones to make and i can tighten him all up!

ill get some pics on monday!

bought this for my dashboard too, said not working on ebay so was the only bidder, got it for £3, when it arrived i cleaned it up and put it on a battery and hey presto, it worked! lol



Ed

[chris-pilling]

ed, shells looking fantastic but i cant help but think!!!! why didnt you tart up the donkey and the running gear?? or is this just to get you on the road for the momento?

[tedmcedd]

Yeah, i kinda need it on the road asap! ill be getting neggy camber later date too so that will be all new and shiney, ive painted up my calipers, and the engine is very dusty, it was painted and cleaned when it was built for my '71 that got written off last year, and it was only in about a month before someone hit me and so its been sat ever since, ill be cleaning it up once im on the road!

[tedmcedd]

update time!

well ive been putting everything together now.... taking a while as the garage ive moved to has no electricity yet, soon though...

spreader plates made from some nice thick ally:


got a sand blasting cabinet at work, so got some bits cleaned up:


painted up my pedal box and got it all copper greased up, so now it actually returns on the spring!


got it all in with new gaskets, got the loom roughly in and drilled the hole for my capillary temp guage


a few questions about interior....

got this fabric to go on the dash and headlining, should look swish!


just a shot of him in his new house!


all for now...

Ed

[chris-pilling]

ted, im loving the green corduroy.. its a bit like what tom kidd likes to wear! its going to look pure 70's! i like it!!! dare to be different!!! and those spreader plates are tops, i remember when i was doing my marcos it had them in the cross member already but when i was tightening them down it was un-nerving! keep up the good work! looks like it will be running soon!

[tedmcedd]

cheers chris, prob wont get round to the interior until christmas hol...

im pretty pleased with the plates, its great working in a garage where your boss lets you use materials for free! the new garage is rented off the boss to so i get to use the machines as well which is great!

Ed

[chris-pilling]

what do you do as a job ted?

[tedmcedd]

its just my summer job, hoping ill be able to work there over christmas or any other holidays!

im working for a coachbuilders called H.Horsfileds, lots of bentleys, rolls' and pretty much anything with a carb! its great fun!

Ed

[tedmcedd]

Today I got my master cylinders stripped, painted and rebuilt with all new seals, and got them ounted on the bulkhead and connected to the pedal box!





Lovely!

I also got a few more things stripped in the sand blaster...


did some other bits and bobs that i didnt get photos of, like strip the bonnet and mark it for the hole i need to clear my carbs...

more tomorrow...

ED

[guru_1071]

and mark it for the hole i need to clear my carbs...



ED

ed

you can shorten the carbs and choose wisely on the manifold and you wont need to spoil the bonnet

[tedmcedd]

and mark it for the hole i need to clear my carbs...



ED

ed

you can shorten the carbs and choose wisely on the manifold and you wont need to spoil the bonnet

the bonnet already had a silly diagonal bulge that was from the oil filler to the single carb the original engine had, the bonnet was also full of cracks and had holes drilled for all sorts, so it was already ruined... lol i was thinking ERA scoop on the bonnet, subtle....

[tedmcedd]

More done today!!

made some spreader plates for the front subby....





got some crackle black on my switch panel, and on my steering column mmmm! love this paint!







got thease lovely beauties from a good mate!



and i took this because it pleases me! mmmm!!



Ed

[InimiaD]

Tidy. Nice touch with the crinkle paint.
Time to give Frosts an order.

[ceejam]

Just one point about the spreader plates - If you increase the length of "body" between the frame and the bolt head, you may crunch the fibreglass in trying to get the tower bolts tight.

I found this on my FRA shell - it was crushing the GRP before the bolt shoulder had tightened against the frame. I got round it by only using one of the "solid mount" spacers.

[tedmcedd]

hmmm... i see what you mean.... ill see how it tightens up....

[ceejam]

Just something to be aware of - you want the tower bolt tight against the frame, just nipping the crossmember.

[chris-pilling]

ted, who makes that crackle paint? as all the stuff iv ever used is guff and the application is crap.. just blocks the nozzel ever time!

[tedmcedd]

ted, who makes that crackle paint? as all the stuff iv ever used is guff and the application is crap.. just blocks the nozzel ever time!

Got it from Frost, VHT wrinkle finish.... good stuff! I used a heat gun on it to cure it a bit faster, plus it makes the wrinkles tighter....