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 644 Posts Member #: 9371 Post Whore East Yorkshire |
29th Jul, 2012 at 04:32:54pm
Good luck with that. Too adventurous for me ha ha BHP sells engines, but Torque wins races! |
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15 Posts Member #: 7848 Member South London |
29th Jul, 2012 at 04:32:59pm
Good work keep it up… |
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 319 Posts Member #: 1742 Senior Member essex |
29th Jul, 2012 at 05:48:05pm
nice work i like the idea of the deep valance. looks like you got a good selection of tools at hand. Those shrinker stretchers are a god send good luck james My small bore turbo project http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=473901 |
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 324 Posts Member #: 9441 Senior Member South Devon |
30th Jul, 2012 at 07:45:48pm
Thanks guys, the shrinker and stretcher have definitely made a lot of the jobs on this easier. |
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324 Posts Member #: 9441 Senior Member South Devon |
9th Aug, 2012 at 11:32:56pm
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 6729 Posts Member #: 618 Post Whore Glasgow |
10th Aug, 2012 at 07:41:23am
liking the fabrication work |
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 690 Posts Member #: 1851 Post Whore Woolavington, Zummerzet |
10th Aug, 2012 at 08:48:50am
Allegro door handles I think.
Metric is for people who can't do fractions. |
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324 Posts Member #: 9441 Senior Member South Devon |
11th Aug, 2012 at 04:44:40pm
On 10th Aug, 2012 Rob Gavin said:
liking the fabrication work Thanks Rob, I like a bit of fabrication it mellows me out. On 10th Aug, 2012 Alex said:
Allegro door handles I think. You're making me want to go work on my orange estate - which is a good thing !! Yeah did a bit of looking about and it seems they where on Allegros and Marinas although I'll forgive them their relations because they look cool. Good to hear you want to get cracking on your estate, there are far too few on the road. I had a bit of play to try and figure out how to mount the bottom of the rad and came up with this. There's a slotted hole for the rubber grommet to slot into, so far it looks like it should hold the rad nice a snuggly. 
I alos drilled out the seat catches and took a little material off the sides of the so that they slip in and out of their holders nicely. 
There should still be plenty of boot space even with the seat sat further back.  
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 2057 Posts Member #: 9252 Post Whore Cleethorpes |
11th Aug, 2012 at 05:02:00pm
nice work cant wait to see it finished Done now needs redoing lol |
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324 Posts Member #: 9441 Senior Member South Devon |
12th Aug, 2012 at 01:02:40pm
On 11th Aug, 2012 wng691s clubby said:
nice work cant wait to see it finished Me too. 
I did a bit of doodling last night trying to figure out a grill design. I like number 5, a centre emblem similar to the early clubman grills with thin slats behind it. 
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2057 Posts Member #: 9252 Post Whore Cleethorpes |
12th Aug, 2012 at 02:24:34pm
are you having sidelights above the front bumper? as in pics 1,4,5 Done now needs redoing lol |
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324 Posts Member #: 9441 Senior Member South Devon |
12th Aug, 2012 at 06:44:55pm
On 12th Aug, 2012 wng691s clubby said:
are you having sidelights above the front bumper? as in pics 1,4,5 The side lights will be in with the headlights, I'll only have the indicators bellow them. 8-) I had a bit of spare time today between doing nothing and dong more nothing so I popped down and had a fiddle with my tail gate hinges. I made these captive channels a while ago for the hinges in bolt to. 
This is how they bolt up the the hinges. 
The hinges go through the step sill and under the floor so I needed to make a hole to get to the bolts. I started with a step drill and then moved onto the die grinder. 
I still need to add some structure under the floor to weld the captive channels onto but the is roughly where the hinge should sit. 
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 16540 Posts Member #: 4241 King Gaycharger, butt plug dealer, Sheldon Cooper and a BAC but generally a niceish fella if you dont mind a northerner Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
12th Aug, 2012 at 06:46:38pm
On 12th Aug, 2012 Tupers said:
so I popped down and had a fiddle with my tail 
On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it
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690 Posts Member #: 1851 Post Whore Woolavington, Zummerzet |
13th Aug, 2012 at 09:35:28am
Capri headlamp units fit perfectly into the front of a clubbie - I have them on mine, though the grille leaves a bit to be desired...
Metric is for people who can't do fractions. |
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16540 Posts Member #: 4241 King Gaycharger, butt plug dealer, Sheldon Cooper and a BAC but generally a niceish fella if you dont mind a northerner Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
13th Aug, 2012 at 09:48:55am
I have mk 2 escort RS2000 lights on mine. Needed to trim the headlight panels a bit to get them to fit. Im making a grill from scratch as the mini lights are 7" and the ford 5.5". On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it
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324 Posts Member #: 9441 Senior Member South Devon |
13th Aug, 2012 at 10:57:30pm
On 12th Aug, 2012 apbellamy said:
On 12th Aug, 2012 Tupers said:
so I popped down and had a fiddle with my tail Oh dear. 
On 13th Aug, 2012 Alex said:
The front of the Clubman was designed by Roy Haynes (iirc) who was also responsible for the Mk2 Cortina. The photos of the early concept Clubman fronts that I've seen have the indicators and sidelights outboard of the headlamps in exactly the same style as the Cortina... I wonder if they'd fit - it would look good and be unique ! I hadn't thought about how similar they looked until now, it'd be an interesting conversion. On 13th Aug, 2012 apbellamy said:
I have mk 2 escort RS2000 lights on mine. Needed to trim the headlight panels a bit to get them to fit. Im making a grill from scratch as the mini lights are 7" and the ford 5.5". Are you using the surrounds as well for just ht eFord mounting panels? We where only talking in the work shop last week about the feasibility of making a droop snoot Clubman. I had a go at making the closing plates for either side of the captive channels today. Each one will have a curved lip that will be plug welded to the valance. To make the lip I used a pair of long nose pliers to bend the 15MM at 90* to the rest of the panel but this left me with waves on the edge. 
I decided I needed a tucking fork to sort them out but didn't have one so I made this one quickly 
I slipped the fork onto each waved section and then twisted it counter clockwise to make the metal double over on it's self. The more you twist the more of an overlap you get until you end up with an S shape where the wave was. 
Once I had it over far enough I used a hammer and dolly to knock the S flat so it's just three layers of metal stacked on top of each other. 
The radius on this one is off a bit l but I'll chalk that up to learning and make a replacement. 
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16540 Posts Member #: 4241 King Gaycharger, butt plug dealer, Sheldon Cooper and a BAC but generally a niceish fella if you dont mind a northerner Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
14th Aug, 2012 at 07:14:54am
I've had headlights rings made and am making the rest of the grill myself. On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it
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690 Posts Member #: 1851 Post Whore Woolavington, Zummerzet |
14th Aug, 2012 at 08:09:59am
Shamelessly stolen from AROnline.
Metric is for people who can't do fractions. |
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324 Posts Member #: 9441 Senior Member South Devon |
16th Aug, 2012 at 08:37:50pm
I decided not to do the folded and tucked edge on the closing plates as I need more time to figure out the process. Instead I made 4 closing plates this afternoon that will have a curved piece welded to them to support the valance.
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324 Posts Member #: 9441 Senior Member South Devon |
23rd Aug, 2012 at 08:28:48pm
So here's one of the curved sections I made for the closing panels instead of trying to do the tucked edge.
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 847 Posts Member #: 6673 Post Whore Worral Sheffield |
23rd Aug, 2012 at 08:44:06pm
looking good, likeing the fan very neet. not sure how mig differs to tig but I find doing a butt weld on thin stuff with my mig, I tend to do one decent blob and stop for 2-3 seconds then overlap the next blob about 40-50% over the first. |
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847 Posts Member #: 6673 Post Whore Worral Sheffield |
23rd Aug, 2012 at 08:47:13pm
looking good, likeing the fab very neet. not sure how mig differs to tig but I find doing a butt weld on thin stuff with my mig, I tend to do one decent blob and stop for 2-3 seconds then overlap the next blob about 40-50% over the first, not actual moveing the tip much while pulling the trigger. not sure if this is a official method but it has given me good results. |
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319 Posts Member #: 1742 Senior Member essex |
23rd Aug, 2012 at 08:49:12pm
looking good some unique ideas com ing together there. My small bore turbo project http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=473901 |
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 9502 Posts Member #: 1023 Post Whore Doncaster, South Yorkshire |
23rd Aug, 2012 at 09:44:02pm
attention to detail on this is brill, keep up the good work mate, this will be a stunner Yes i moved to the darkside |
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1909 Posts Member #: 9764 Post Whore Northamptonshire. |
23rd Aug, 2012 at 09:53:48pm
Looking cool :] very good build thread |
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