My build log.

I'm a 1.6

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Timm, Got a question for you about your lower 4 link mount point. Are you planning on gusseting that to the floor or making some sort of skid for it. It looks really exposed in the those shots?

Yes, I am going to make a skid for it, plus some of the underbody will be covering it (and about the first 4-6 inches of the links)

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You're making two of everything so you can sell Mark all the stuff to do the same thing to a Starlet some day right?

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Grant Hughes

1.6? no sweat, you get to keep it floored longer. And its all about power/weight anyway,(they don't call me Alberto Gordo for nothing).

Al

NoCoast Wrote:
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> You're making two of everything so you can sell
> Mark all the stuff to do the same thing to a
> Starlet some day right?
>
> Grant Hughes
> www.nocoastmotorsports.net
> Denver, CO


Mark....? Mark who? Mager?

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Mark my roommate who has my old Starlet.

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alkun Wrote:
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> 1.6? no sweat, you get to keep it floored longer.
> And its all about power/weight anyway,(they don't
> call me Alberto Gordo for nothing).
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> Al

Nah, we'll just pull a plug wire on the Volvo, that should even it up pretty good....

right. That volvo makes more torque in one cylinder. You'd have to pull 5 hahahaha

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Oh snap.....



The other box is in.





The driver's side is welded to the bracket and just needs the front top portion finished, the co driver's side needs to be welded to the bracket and the top and the holes punched, but it IS welded to the chassis!

And in other news, the bottom is about 80% sanded, about to be ready for paint. Should be painted by monday, or ON monday, wooo

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Got the boxes all welded in and made some little skid plates for the brackets. With the underbody protection over it, They should be nice and protected.



Then I got some POR 15 and brushed it into all the seams before I reseal them, and went ahead and covered the rest of the underside of the car, making sure to cover the external seams and any [wirewheeled] rusted areas well.




The engine bay and interior will be next, painted white. However, I have a bit more work to do in the cabin/engine bay before it will get paint.

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Ok, I've finally gotten more "picture quality" work done, haha.

In the quest to find masking material, I found a good use for my returned college papers from last quarter (this quarter just started, and I just cleaned my backpack out, lol)



Painted



And here is the sunroof blank welded on. We used the TIG, and just made little tack welds, and worked from the center out. It took a little caressing, as you'll see in the video










Dave, I ended up bending the piece of sheetmetal I used around the A pillar reinforcement bar, and then used that. I think it came out really well. Thanks for the advice of using a curved piece of metal!

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Tiny update...

Got the driver's side box top spot welded down. I need to do a bit more welding on it, but it was late, and I was tired, So I stopped.




Really not that amazing, lol but it's more progress.

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Dazed_Driver Wrote:
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> Tiny update...
>
> Got the driver's side box top spot welded down. I
> need to do a bit more welding on it, but it was
> late, and I was tired, So I stopped.
>
>

Timm, are you planning to tie those boxes into the cage somehow? They WILL move around otherwise. A bar running across the top between the main hoop legs would help a lot.

Doivi Clarkinen Wrote:
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> Dazed_Driver Wrote:
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> > Tiny update...
> >
> > Got the driver's side box top spot welded
> down. I
> > need to do a bit more welding on it, but it
> was
> > late, and I was tired, So I stopped.
> >
> >
>
> Timm, are you planning to tie those boxes into the
> cage somehow? They WILL move around otherwise. A
> bar running across the top between the main hoop
> legs would help a lot.

Yes, I have been thinking of ways to do it. I've been thinking of making gussets (think kinda like a taco style) that go from the top to the X tubes, or making some triangle style gussets from the floor up to the top. I think I'd rather tie into the cage though, as the floor will get hit by stuff and move...

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