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Hi Iain, it will have a split brake pedal, but split front/back rather than sides on the rear... Thanks James, it's getting not as fast as I would like, but any progress is good progress.. Even though I have not posted anything about Why Not for a few weeks work has slowly been happening.. When I left off at the end of the last update I had just started making new wheel centers.. Like so Which eventually turned into this... The raised bit is a nice tight fit in the center of the wheel which means the new wheel center is centralized in the center of the wheel And from the outside it looks like this.. Please note the widened wheel rim was used for photographic purposes only and won't be going on Why Not.. Bolt holes drilled... The extra two holes were the result of me making a jig out of ally to drill the holes accurately.... The trouble with ally is it's rather soft to use as a jig and one of the new holes ended up a couple of mm's in the wrong place! Time to break out the welder.. Lot's of tacks to stop it moving with heat.. Fully welded in.. A mixture of neat strong welds and not quite so neat but still strong welds The blackish ring seen on the inside shows good heat penetration.. Next up was to remove the old wheel center... Once it was cleaned up you could see the join between the new wheel center and the old metal, so I carefully ground out a V along the join and.... Back filled the V with plenty of weld With the welds and the raised center carefully ground down to make it all smooth and level.. I could finally bolt a Wheel Horse wheel to a Reliant rear axle

this is another one i have had sitting around for 4 years or so its a 1963 huffy broadlawn got it running today

Nice job, Ian. Now get t'other wheel done.

Awesome job Ian

Looking good!

You certainly got a good deal there, Tom.

I like the way that Mermaid colour coded their van to match the Huffy I will say guys that pictures don't do this machine justice, she looks stunning in the metal

well today i managed to squeeze some time in for the ranger work after the cousins left and this took a long time because of all the surfaces you have to sand and then clean but not too long i had a pair primed and ready to go, hopefully more later but i will have to see. james

Had a trips to Marks you today for a Natter and a swap if mower decks (Cheers Ian by the way )and I had the privilege of driving bendy in one word wow what a machine I only drove it around the drive but everything feels right the steering is awesome and the driving position is spot on its a work of art whilst I was there I didn't manage to take any photos but I'm sure Mark and Sam did well done mate cheers James Good to see you....

Wow Ian looking good mate it's all falling into place now keep it up !

What the hill climbers call "fiddle brakes". http://www.devon4x4.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&catid=4&id=104710&Itemid=106&view=topic

It might be worth thinking about a split brake peddle so when the front is in the air you have some form of steering

Thanks mate though I'm not sure about a seasonal special, I'm even more "ba-humbug" than Nigel Duels anyone? Maybe not... A bit too much Progress has been made although it's hard to tell from the next photo.. The axle has been put back together, diff and half shafts installed.. The axle can now be unbolted from the chassis, and the axle mounting place on the chassis has had some reinforcing.. I really need to take some photos! One thing I always pride myself on is doing everything "In house" or even "In workshop", partly because it's nice to be able to say "I made that", and partly because I'd rather spend time making something than part with money So with that in mind yesterday I finally came up with an accurate and safe and strong way I could convert a Wh rear wheel with it's 5 bolt 4 1/2" PCD.. To fit the Reliant's 4 bolt 4" PCD I found this nice length of thick plate hiding on the bottom of a shelf in Nigel's "Handy scrap metal" store.. (Thanks Nigel ) which is enough to make 2 wheel centers from. Let the lathe work start The bad news is this steel is rather hard so it's going to take quite a while to turn each wheel center!

he is another of mine before and after