My 65 race car

[Andy Sykes]

got a bit done today used some of my old conduit bending skills to start making the shift rods







i had to cut the tunnel to get to the shift rods but i will renforce that once done.



seat in



moved the stage brake on to the tunnel

front mount tacked in



its all looking a bit shiney in here lol



cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

small bit done had a change of plan on the aluminuim tude when i connected it all up i thought there was too much flex init so ive used 5/8 cromo tube ( as matt said too in the first place lol) fingers crossed that will be better

i had to make some bosses







them made the rear gearbox mounts







im still not sure if i will also secure the top of the box cant decide if i may need to or not ?

cheers andy

[Jon]

Amazing job, but I do believe you would get better results with straight shift rods. And without the guides you have on them, I think you will get bending there as the shifter moves in slight arcs.
Anyway keep the pictures coming! 

[Andy Sykes]

Amazing job, but I do believe you would get better results with straight shift rods. And without the guides you have on them, I think you will get bending there as the shifter moves in slight arcs.
Anyway keep the pictures coming! 

I agree but the way the shifter and box are I can't     


Bit more done I've removed the rose joints and made some acetal bearings









My next issue is I wanted to get rid of as many bends as possible as the shifter and rods are on opposite sides of the car so I've started making a tri-axle bearing ( if that's the right word) that will have a sort lever on each end. That will mount in side the tunnel to keep the rods straight





Long way to go with this part yet let's just hope it works  :lol:

Cheers andy

[m.m.p]

hi Andy, i can see you've done loads of work trying to get the shift rods in place and functional, but due to placement of the shifter and box there is no straight run to connect the two, have you thought of using universal shift cables?

good luck

[Andy Sykes]

That thought entered my head but for some silly reason in thought you could only pull on those not push, thanks for the heads up they will be much easier to use. I will give a bell tmw to talk engines

Cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

Got me thinking I'm sure I've got some of those so up to the loft to look at my small collection of VAG cables lol





And I've found a few woo happy days



Looks like this is going to be much easier

Cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

Mk1 of the vertigate cable shift rod support to prove the idea, now it works i can make a proper one





cheers andy

[AntLockyer]

Awesome!

[Andy Sykes]

Awesome!

Cheers dude


Little bit more done the cable shift rods have taken a lot of thinking about mainly getting the support inside the tunnel but I think I have cracked that just got to make the production model now I have done the prototype, had to tidy out the workshop and replace a few bushes and cv boot my 4mo that hasn't moved for a year bit that nearly done only got the steering position sensor to change and in for the MOT so I can use her again

Workshop tidy



Started on the top gearbox mount I have an idea for this but I'm going to leave it fluid and see what happens



Cheers andy

[Fasterbrit]

Good work! I love the cable shift approach 

[Andy Sykes]

Good work! I love the cable shift approach 

cheers matt thanks at last my head scratching has paid off 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th in and working just got to sort reverse tmw





and the seat still fits lol





just got to make good the hole i cut on the chassis now

cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

bit more done today got reverse connected up



then had a think out how i was ging to perminantly connect up the gearbox end and so i made these





then another idea poped into my head i need to be able to tell the electronics what gear im in for my boost controller and data logging so





i fitted some magnets into the end so now i need to make another braket to fit the sensors to

then filled the hole up i made when i was going to us shift rods




cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

little more done fine tuning realy had to do a slight mod to the end of the shifter rod as it was hard going adjusting the length of the shift rod





little test of the shifter



cheers

[Andy Sykes]

bit more done today making a few more parts and setting up and know at last the box is shifting fine and seams to be working fine its only taken me over 40 hours to do lol



all done



got a small mount to do this end but that will be done when i build the car

for those interested the bussiness end the last rod is reverse



cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

so on to some electrical 1st fix today to work out where cables will run and and where i need to cut throuh the bulk head to run cables once ive done this it all comes out again ready to paint



cameras





gps



Dash2 and nitrous controller



got to find a home for these



its starting to come togther i think at last

cheers andy

[Basti]

hi Andy!
are you sure that the GPS is working like
this?

cheers, basti

[Andy Sykes]

Hi I'm hoping it will be fine as its under the ragtop so should get a signal ok 

Cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

Bit more done





This is to stop the wheelie bar mount flexing as the box is mounted to it

Cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

So as I'm waiting for a few parts to continue,thought I would make a start on its transport

Found the on eBay prototype body that the car will JUST fit in



Wheel arches will be coming out



So on with the chassis 6 lengths of 75 x 75mm box section







Transit rear axles need widening I'm also going to put them on air so hopefully I will be able to sit the trailer nearly on the floor



I'm going to remove these and get them re-drilled to adifferent pcd maybe 5x130 on put some Porsche wheels on there



Cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

weldathon today 8 hours of cutting and welding and its 80% welded up just got to find some air bags so i can start on the axles







cheers andy

[Wout]

Nice one 

Is it streetlegal? In Belgium it's not legal to make a trailer over 750kg.

gr
Wout

[Andy Sykes]

I can't find anything that says I can't we get away with a lot in the UK with cars, if the trailer is over 750kg it must be braked and have the correct sized hitch and have working lights and be road worthy correct tyres etc. I've got to try and keep the weight down as I will towing it with this  that comes in at 6.25 tonnes



I can go to a total train weight of 8.25 tonnes on my car license if I go over a have to take a HGV test 

Cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

all welded up no wonto the suspension









part of a Russian rebreather



To#¤ta air suspension



getting there

cheers andy

[dannyboy]

sry mate but 2x1 pine will not be structually sound 
 

[Wout]

Have to move to the UK 

In Belgium you can't do a thing

Good luck, nice trailer!!!

gr
Wout

[Andy Sykes]

Have to move to the UK 

In Belgium you can't do a thing

Good luck, nice trailer!!!

gr
Wout

Are you sure have you seen how much our VAT is and how much we pay for fuel lol

Cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

sry mate but 2x1 pine will not be structually sound 
 

Lol there's me thinking I had over engineered it again 

[Andy Sykes]

bit more done doesnt seem much but this thing is starting to weight a ton lol

axles welded up i think that is solid



thought i would strip these parts off so i can re drill them 5 x 130



but they seam to like it were they are, the gas bottles are coming out TMW

simple level control for the air ride there will be some more added to i can tilt the trailer and lift two wheels off the floor to help with turning the trailer





cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

Spent all day getting these brakes apart ford crap lol



Two came apart and two did not



Even with ten tonnes on all that happened was the discs shattered all because of this



Good news is I can get the 5 x 130 pcd in

Big ass NATO hitch arrived good for 3.5 tonne slightly over the top lol





Cheers andy