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Looks good!
The alternator of a Kubato tractor seems to be small as well. The same can be said for Chevrolet/Deawoo Matiz one.
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craig1010cc
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Awesome as ever  Alot of the 16v mini boys use a suzuki swift alternator due to its compact size and cheapness. |
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Dec 17, 2010 10:53:42 GMT
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that they are!!!!!
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Dec 17, 2010 12:10:14 GMT
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just took me the best part of an hour to get through this!!
looking good!!
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Dez
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Dec 21, 2010 22:33:40 GMT
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thanks for all the alternator suggestions. ile jot down a list for next time I'm down the scrappy  more updates shortly............ |
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Last Edit: Dec 21, 2010 22:39:58 GMT by Dez
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Dez
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an hour later and PB decides to work again!! first little update is another cross-post from THIS thread why my mate Choppie has been busy fettling up bits for my engine out of brass, for that steampunk look. |
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Dez
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very cool! header tanks ace too
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1990 Ford Sierra Sapphire GLSi with 2.0 Zetec
1985 Ford Capri 3.0 (was a 2.0 Laser originally)
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Dez
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now, onto my bit. you will see mention in the above post of how when I mounted the header tank I also mounted up the rad and fan. so here how I did that bit. to mount the rad, I simply made use of the stock lower mounts. when I pirated the rad from the 190e, I kept the rubbers that mounted/isolated the bottom mounts, as they're the important ones that take all the weight of the rad when its full of water. no point having to come up with something different when the stock stuff does the job great! I also made a note of the shape of the brackets that they fitted into. they were very simple, basically a plate with a hole in, that the isolation rubber mount fitted into, then a peg on the rad fitted into that- I'm sure you will have all seen something similar as most modern plastic-canned rads mount this way. here the ones I made, a couple of bits of 1/8" plate to replicat them, with a step in the end to put the rad at the right height, weld them both on to the rad frame, job done-  the top mounts were simply two holes drilled in the frame that hit the top mounts, with a bolt and a nylock on each, with a rubber washer between rad and frame. as you can guess, I'm a bit paranoid about isolating all these bits from vibrations- ive had too many bodged up cars where 'soft' items such as plastic/ally/brass rads are worn away or crack because of engine rattles, so its good practice to mount them correctly to prevent damage. if you thought that was easy, the fan mount was even simpler!!the core on the rad is 13" square more or less, looking around to see what fans I had, I found this one, which is one of two off a toyota carina rad, and it comes with its own cowling, which is 13" square. thats certainly saved a job!! a couple more rivnuts later, and its on.  I'm going to extend those headlight mount bits across to meet the fan, to make it look like they're there to mount the fan as well, and tidy it all up  talking of tidying it up, i will also make up a fill panel to go down each side of the rad/fan and fill the gap across to the rad frame, probably with a bit of beadrolling on to make it look nice. itll also help with cooling too as itll trap air in the grille shell and force it into the rad, rather than it going straight past and out the sides. |
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Last Edit: Dec 22, 2010 0:47:19 GMT by Dez
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Dec 22, 2010 10:25:21 GMT
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Good call with the light mounts. I might even be inclined to narrow the rad mount to the same width of the radiator, so it hides behind the grille shell out of view?
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Dec 22, 2010 11:07:04 GMT
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The header tank is nice! I'm not really sure about the inlet manifold but plumbing stuff in brass just looks nice/right.
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Dez
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RA40tony
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SPEECHLESS!!!!!!
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1979 Toyota Celica GT. Currently Gone.
1975 Toyota Celica ST. 13x7 Allycats, "the stick" applied. 100kW 4AGE... Sold
1963 Karmann Ghia - Lo & Slo, Sold.
1965 VW Fastback - cruising
1953 Oval Ragtop, work in progress...
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Dez
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still not got time to do a proper write up, I'm so tired from the amount of work ive got on, but heres some more pics and a few words relating to the build. the pics above, well, yeah i made a custom dash. sorry, i just couldnt hack having that plain and boring one!! its not finished yet, but i know where its going now. all made out of random junk i had lying around, nothing special at all really. here some more pics of the process.  filling up the old gauge panel bit(that i didnt have). glovebox will be staying, I'm in the process of making a new lid and hinge for it.   making what have become to be known as the 'dash tits' to house the '20s/'30s austin gauges id bought. most people don't believe me when i tell them what they're made from!!      making the peaked dash 'spurs' out of exhaust tubing-   steeering box rebuild. i bought a early bay one off ebay, as its what i used on my model A and worked really well. as it was sold as 'good with no slop or notchyness', naturally it was shagged when it turned up. one rebuild later and its ready to start fitting it-    folding up the bedsides in an improvised brake-    i may also have started messing about with the proportions of the cab, and actually making it enclosed. cab back framework, just a laod of 2x1 and 1x1 thinwall (1.2mm) box section to give me some key dimensions ans to support the flat bits-  removed a bit of metalwork from the door frames. i levelled them up too so the roof doesnt slope up and back, it need to be 'fat' on top to work asthetically. 3" chop at the front, 4.5" at the back. i radiused the rear top corner too. still a work in progress, i don't want to weld it all up til I'm sure the proportions are right-   and next, I'm gunna take the old back half of the rover saloon body, 2 splitscreen van rear corners plus half the roof panel, and 2 model A rear roof corners, and make up a pickup cab back and roof. basically, all stuff i had laying around that i thought would 'work'. it sounds easy when i say it like that  basiclly, I'm doing all the proportions by eye, winging it a bit, and when ive got one side looking right, ile transfer all the measurements across to the other side. don't think you have to do everything by measuring on something like this, its about trusting your eye as much as anything else!    notice what ive done here with the above splitscreen van rear corner to make the tricky to fabricate compound curve at the lower rear corner of the cab-   more soon |
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Great use of some spare bits. I'm keen to see how the back of the cab turns out. Keep up the mad-skillz mate!
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Love the brass work Des!!!
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Superb progress Dez, RRG '11? |
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Jan 10, 2011 10:26:51 GMT
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I am blown away by this BEST.THING. EVER
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Jan 10, 2011 13:06:07 GMT
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Back of the cab reminds me of the old Custom Car build that Kev Elliot did with sections of VW Camper |
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Jan 10, 2011 14:12:56 GMT
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Still looking good mate. Need an apprentice? Please?
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1980 Derby GLS
1992 Rover 216 Gti - Sold
2006 Hilux - Sold (boo hoo) need a 2wd pickup. Anyone?
2009 Avensis Tourer - Gone
1993 Mk1 Golf Cabby
1983 mk1 golf. Project rust bucket
1998 Toyota Corolla. Project crash repair
2007 Volvo V70. Daily for sale!
Looking for a winter project - any suggestions?
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basiclly, I'm doing all the proportions by eye, winging it a bit, and when ive got one side looking right, ile transfer all the measurements across to the other side. don't think you have to do everything by measuring on something like this, its about trusting your eye as much as anything else!
