MrSpeedy
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Oct 13, 2017 21:51:27 GMT
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Just a little update as there's not much to see, despite me working on it every night this week! So, last night I made a clutch cable, but as there's not much to see there's no pictures of that. It does however mean that I have a fully functioning clutch! And with the left foot occupied, it's only decent that I give the right foot something to do. And with that thought I followed a similar procedure to previous and made myself a brake pedal and accelerator;  And the view from the driving position;  Hopefully picking up a brake caliper at the weekend, so that's next weeks agenda |
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mk2cossie
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Little Tikes "Crazy Coupe" mk2cossie
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Oct 18, 2017 22:06:49 GMT
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Not much chance of left foot braking there then  Loving this build tho, will you keep the cosy coupe part red and yellow in the final paint scheme? |
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Davey
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Oct 19, 2017 11:05:38 GMT
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Clutch pedal looks like it puts you're leg in the perfect position for some precision sprocket slicing!
Is there gonna be a guard on the sprocket?
Whole project looks awesome.
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MrSpeedy
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Oct 19, 2017 12:17:04 GMT
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Yes, there will be full guarding on the chains and sprockets. I'm building this with my kids in mind, so safety precautions are being built in. It's one thing for me to injure myself on some ridiculous contraption, but not them.
The colour scheme isn't totally finalised yet, but the body shell and roof will be the original red and yellow, and probably with white rear wheels and a black chassis
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Davey
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Oct 19, 2017 12:35:29 GMT
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Yes, there will be full guarding on the chains and sprockets. I'm building this with my kids in mind, so safety precautions are being built in. It's one thing for me to injure myself on some ridiculous contraption, but not them. The colour scheme isn't totally finalised yet, but the body shell and roof will be the original red and yellow, and probably with white rear wheels and a black chassis Be good children or daddy will feed you to the Crazy Coupe? |
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Mk2 MR2 T-bar - E46 328i - Skoda Superb - Fiat seicento - 6n2 Polo - 6n polo 1.6 - Mk1 GS300
EU8 civic type S - MG ZT cdti - R56 MINI Cooper S - Audi A3 8p - Jaguar XF (X250) - FN2 Civic Type R - Mk2 2.0i Ford Focus - Mercedes W212 E250
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MrSpeedy
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Oct 21, 2017 11:12:35 GMT
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Right then. Brakes! So a nice little kart (I think) brake caliper was donated to the cause by a friend, and bracketry happened;    And shortly after that, nice Mr Postman brought me a little package so I fitted that as well;   Made up a copper brake pipe, filled the resevoir with fluid and we now have fully functioning brakes! |
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stevietuck
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Oct 21, 2017 16:10:03 GMT
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God I'd just love to be able to drive this down the high street lol!
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MrSpeedy
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Oct 21, 2017 16:37:10 GMT
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God I'd just love to be able to drive this down the high street lol! I definitely won't be driving it around the industrial estate where my workshop is or even my estate at home! |
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stevietuck
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Oct 21, 2017 16:54:35 GMT
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No that would be a really bad idea, and taking videos would be even worse!
How about building a trailer type thing with seats for the whole family?
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MrSpeedy
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Oct 21, 2017 17:37:29 GMT
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No that would be a really bad idea, and taking videos would be even worse! How about building a trailer type thing with seats for the whole family? Oh no. There definitely won't be any video evidence! 😂 We have talked about a trailer, but nothing finalised yet |
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stevietuck
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Oct 21, 2017 17:50:57 GMT
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I grew up in the 70s, and we used to go to a local park that had a miniature railway.you could have a ride on it for about 5p lol! but they had things they towed behind the train that were like long seats that you would cock your leg over and there was a foot rest to er rest your feet on. I'v made a very bad job of describing what I mean lol! I'm going to blame beer for that!
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Oct 21, 2017 17:53:55 GMT
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If you go down the trailer route then a fat radio flyer would look epic behind it  |
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MrSpeedy
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Oct 21, 2017 22:54:45 GMT
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I grew up in the 70s, and we used to go to a local park that had a miniature railway.you could have a ride on it for about 5p lol! but they had things they towed behind the train that were like long seats that you would cock your leg over and there was a foot rest to er rest your feet on. I'v made a very bad job of describing what I mean lol! I'm going to blame beer for that! I know exactly what you mean. Our local model steam club has a similar set up |
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MrSpeedy
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Oct 21, 2017 22:55:06 GMT
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If you go down the trailer route then a fat radio flyer would look epic behind it That's not a bad shout tbf |
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Oct 21, 2017 23:22:40 GMT
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God I'd just love to be able to drive this down the high street lol! I definitely won't be driving it around the industrial estate where my workshop is or even my estate at home! Why ever not? What are the odds of getting pulled by the plod? |
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MrSpeedy
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I definitely won't be driving it around the industrial estate where my workshop is or even my estate at home! Why ever not? What are the odds of getting pulled by the plod? I should have added this at the end - 😉 😁😁 |
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Oct 22, 2017 21:36:00 GMT
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Why ever not? What are the odds of getting pulled by the plod? I should have added this at the end - 😉 😁😁 I'd say the odds of that depend on wether or not the local prodnoses/ curtain twitchers/ @rsehole spots you and takes massive offence at somebody daring to have fun and enjoy themselves  |
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What looks right is not necessarily right,
but what looks wrong is definitely not right!
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MrSpeedy
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Oct 22, 2017 23:03:25 GMT
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I should have added this at the end - 😉 😁😁 I'd say the odds of that depend on wether or not the local prodnoses/ curtain twitchers/ @rsehole spots you and takes massive offence at somebody daring to have fun and enjoy themselves At work wouldn't be a big issue as we're located in a cul de sac and most of them know what I'm up to with this anyway. At home is even less of an issue as I live in a private housing estate where the roads are unadopted 😁 |
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MrSpeedy
East Midlands
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Oct 24, 2017 19:34:03 GMT
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Right then. It's the start of another week. That means more tinkering time So, another delivery from the great land of cheap knock offs and we have a mystical box of elastictrickery;  And with a quick bracket we have a battery isolator switch. Because safety and shizz;  The original air filter looked a little too, errrrr, generatory so I fitted a spare K&N I still have from the Vitesse when it was on carbs, because racecar!;  |
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MrSpeedy
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Oct 24, 2017 19:36:53 GMT
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So, following all that, some wiring happened. I won't show you that as I'm sure you all know what electric cabling looks like!
With the wires extended and connected to where I thought they should be, I flicked the switch. Things happened;
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