Hi Chuck,
Your thread has motivated me to get a D-Type. I live in Toronto so it looks like there might be two RCR D types in Toronto!
My plan is to track the car.
Awesome progress!
Great news Joseph! The adventure begins . . . . .Hi Chuck,
Your thread has motivated me to get a D-Type. I live in Toronto so it looks like there might be two RCR D types in Toronto!
My plan is to track the car.
Awesome progress!
Ian: Excellent point. Yes indeed I need to protect that bracket to minimize the risk of a short. Considering options, including reversing the battery 180 degrees per your suggestions and placing an insulating surface on the bulkhead or adding a cover on the angle iron and covering the tightening rod and wingnut. The final solution will be deferred until I pin down the type of battery connection that will be used. Appreciate your observation.Chuck
Should that battery not be rotated 180 degrees to keep the terminals away from the angle iron bracket.
All too easy to touch It on both terminals on fitting and removal.
Ian
Yes indeed a ball joint is an excellent idea. Even found one and ordered it, but after waiting months for it to arrive I gave up. Other downside with a ball joint is it makes adjustment for bump steer a bit more complicated. I am now looking at a 'bump steer kit' as an option - which has the tapered stud and would be nicely adjustable (similar to what I used on the GT). It will require a specific inner tie rod which has been on order now for three weeks.Can you use a ball joint for that outer end? I have a tapered reamer you can borrow to set it into that steering arm.
You may need to shift your rack height slightly if it's all set up as desired but that depends on the dimensions of the ball joint.
I know they're not as sexy as heims, but they would probably be more period correct (yes, I realize they'd be located right next to CNC'd uprights).