hello jim great work as usual
and that rick is a clever buggar as well
he did a terrific job on those vents
jim how many hours a week do you put
in to the gt?
chris
Rick did a great job on the vents.
He did the deck vent 3 times due to silly errors.
Hes good at it know, if you need advice ask Rick, practice practice practice.
2nd part of your question.
I spend all day Saturday, a 12hr day.
I try to put in a 1-3 hours in the morning before work.
I do this so I can get an extra 1/2 to full day in.
If I go to bed thinking about it I will be up at 4am and gone.
My home is only about 10 min from my factory so I dont waist time in the car.
This post I took more photos of the drivers door being made from scratch.
Its not complete yet but I will post the rest up in a week or so.
First thing I have to do is make the intrusion bar.
I made the hinge pin tube first then a rear plate for the lock assembly to mount to.
I attach the lock and fit it onto the striker.
I then fit up one tube and tack it in, once happy I do the second tube.
Once I am happy with the fit and open close I put some gussets in, weld the tubes and gussets.
2 strips of 1mm sheet is used to cover in the tubes.
I use the bead roller to put the ribs in the sheet, this adds a huge amount of strength.
Weld the sheets to the tubes.
In The sheet work I drill 2 holes and same in the end of the tube, I then inject the frame with 3m pillar foam, It is a 2 pac closed cell foam designed for impact area.
This adds more strength but allows me to keep the weight down.
I should have taken more pics as I was building this but you get involved.
The whole build of the bar was 3-4 hrs including paint.