Recent content by clive carling

Hi all' I am running Aurora joints throughout, 1/2" x 1/2". I have made all the suspension rods from 1" chrome moly tubing and when I started adding up the machining required to make all the fittings to hold the rose joints, I decided to farm them out to a machine shop. They came back...

Peter, I have had a 40 under construction for some years, and a couple of years ago contacted our local Rego geese about what would be required for rego. This had the fortunate outcome of establishing a start date. I received a polite reply, with some of the most ridiculous tests I could...

Hi all, You guys are a tonic! Need some advice. I have a fairly reasonable body, but the doors are far from perfect, and have about a 6mm/1/4 inch suck=in through the centre/bottom. I had considered "bogging" it, but there has to be a better way. These panels have been made of an inner and...

Hi all, Mention was made of the wheel centres being bolted from the rear (to disguise the fact that they are 2 - 3 piece wheels?). Can anyone describe how this is done? I am nearly at the point of having BRM centre copies cast up, but am terrified that simply bolting the rims to the centre...

Hi all, Have noticed a number of requests for windscreens. After a little searching some years ago, I found an Australian firm, Nielson and Muller who made glass for virtually every vehicle in the world. The 40 windscreen was in their catalogue. More recently, (about 5 years ago), I decided to...

Hi all, Magic web site - congratulations. I'm buiding a 40 from a bare frame and a glass body. A challenge! The spaceframe is very good, with a full cage in the cockpit and additional bars back to the engine/gearbox crossbrace, and a frame from this back to the rear of the gearbox. Should be...