Norfolk Tornado
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Hi Andy,
How many pieces was your fabricated elbow made out of, is the leading edge radiused if so how fif you do that.
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Hi Nick,
The duct elbow was made from a single piece of aluminium. I worked our the shape in CAD (Cardboard Aided Design!) and then bent it up using my vice
Rgds,
Andy
The duct elbow was made from a single piece of aluminium. I worked our the shape in CAD (Cardboard Aided Design!) and then bent it up using my vice
Rgds,
Andy
Just seen your car at the NEC. Looks beautiful, you did a fantastic job.
Hi Guys,
thanks for the complements guys, it does buff up well with a bit of elbow grease!
Rgds,
Andy
thanks for the complements guys, it does buff up well with a bit of elbow grease!
Rgds,
Andy
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Andy m8 your car is magic ..... Very individual . lots of your own ideas m8 ... And sound bloody awesome .....
John
John
Great work bud, looks a stunner. ;-)
Hi all,
Time to post on a few updates. I spent the last 6 months giving my workshop a major revamp. It’s gone from a working space of 1 to 4 cars, with lots of lighting, sockets and insulation. I used an industrial roof cladding with 80mm of foam between the skins and from original build nearly 20 years ago, I was able to reuse a lot of the cladding and timbers. The grey lower panels are concrete panels from an old garage we dismantled years ago and re-used by nailing them onto to wooden trusses. There’s still some more to be done once the weather warms up, but it great to have a warm dry space to work on the ‘40
Regards,
Andy
Time to post on a few updates. I spent the last 6 months giving my workshop a major revamp. It’s gone from a working space of 1 to 4 cars, with lots of lighting, sockets and insulation. I used an industrial roof cladding with 80mm of foam between the skins and from original build nearly 20 years ago, I was able to reuse a lot of the cladding and timbers. The grey lower panels are concrete panels from an old garage we dismantled years ago and re-used by nailing them onto to wooden trusses. There’s still some more to be done once the weather warms up, but it great to have a warm dry space to work on the ‘40
Regards,
Andy
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Back to the ’40, the dash has been out to repaint it and a few minor mods on the dash wiring harness. I also finished off some changes to improve the ventilation. My heater unit has 3 outlets, 2 plumbed to the face vents and 1 to the screen. What I found was when using heater on early morning blasts, my legs were getting cold.
To get over this I added a diverter valve into the feed to the screen. A simple duct was them made from plastic sheet and a hot melt glue to direct air into the footwells. This all tucks up behind the dash and old choke cable is used to operate the valve. This works really well, especially when using A/C on a hot day, which is a bonus
I also fitted some LED bulbs to the rear and front side lights. Personally I couldn’t tell the difference apart from the front indicators, which have made a huge difference and the front side lights now a cool blue hue to them
A new slave cylinder seal was fitted after it gave up the ghost when trying to remove it from the stand at the NEC. No obvious reason why the seal failed, but I suspect it’s the quality of the rubber used in a pattern part that I was using.
I fabricated a rear belly pan to tidy up the rear end. It doesn’t really follow the lines of the rear clam in side profile, as it would mean re-positioning a cross member on the chassis. I’m not sure of its aesthetics, so it may be removed.
Regards
Andy
To get over this I added a diverter valve into the feed to the screen. A simple duct was them made from plastic sheet and a hot melt glue to direct air into the footwells. This all tucks up behind the dash and old choke cable is used to operate the valve. This works really well, especially when using A/C on a hot day, which is a bonus
I also fitted some LED bulbs to the rear and front side lights. Personally I couldn’t tell the difference apart from the front indicators, which have made a huge difference and the front side lights now a cool blue hue to them
A new slave cylinder seal was fitted after it gave up the ghost when trying to remove it from the stand at the NEC. No obvious reason why the seal failed, but I suspect it’s the quality of the rubber used in a pattern part that I was using.
I fabricated a rear belly pan to tidy up the rear end. It doesn’t really follow the lines of the rear clam in side profile, as it would mean re-positioning a cross member on the chassis. I’m not sure of its aesthetics, so it may be removed.
Regards
Andy
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Inspired by JimmyMac’s recent posting gear knobs, I thought I’d have a go at making one. Using the GT logo cut from a key ring, I made a knurled brass insert with was first glued into my lump of wood. The prototype was a carefully selected out of the basket for the wood burner, whilst the final one was made from mahogany and finished with teak oil.
Never tried wood turning before and quite pleased with the end result.
Regards
Andy
Never tried wood turning before and quite pleased with the end result.
Regards
Andy
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Looks really good Andy m8 ...
I’m going to use a corsa c column on the gt forte is about to start building. How did you lock of the adjustable height and what did you do to extend the shaft to the steering wheel. Cheers in advance Phil