Ian

Nice gauges, the rev counter is a nice touch

That's a great idea Mark, it should save your back a bit

This was spotted in Cranbrook last night parked outside the curry house.. Not sure what it is other than the mudflaps are Land Rover..

I can only imagine how good the finished deck will look knowing the quality of your work Richard.. Just don't make the deck too good to use

I bet if you left it on the car parcel shelf you wouldn't have any problems with tail gaters

Evening all progress on MadTrax's gauges continues.. The temp gauge face plate had all the cut/other marks welded up.. To stop me blowing any holes through with the welder the face plate was clamped to a lump of brass. The rear side, you can see where the weld has filled the gap without sticking to the brass plate. Once the welds were smoothed a couple of small brackets were welded on which bolt to the temp gauge backing plate.. Quick, easy and does the job a treat. It all started with a cardboard template. The steel version with 4 captive nuts and two bit's of threaded stud welded on. The threaded rod is for bolting the ignition barrel on. The gauge pods/bowls gained a flange thingy, only tacked on at this point.. To bolt the pods on I needed a M8 thread but with a bolt head smaller than 10mm, so I dug out a few allen key bolts.. Clamped one in a drill chuck then put the drill in the vice.. With the drill tuned on I fired up the grinder and totally failed to get a good photo of the allen bolt head being ground down to size! A quick test fit, me likes.. Working out how to mount the bracket that the gauge pods bolt onto has been fun! In the end I made a couple of brackets that use the same bolts as the headlamp. Other than cleaning up a few welds and adding a couple of captive nuts to stop the pod tops from opening, and adding a couple of warning lights the gauges are done. A view from the seat.. You may of noticed in the above photo that the front brakes have gained a bigger master cylinder.. An upgrade that's needed me thinks.. And to finish off, the latest MT video... Enjoy

Making the head lamp bowls 1 1/2 inches longer has been fun, here's the second one after tack welding. And the first one part way through having the welds cleaned up.. As well as a temperature gauge the pod on the right will have a couple of warning lights fitted.. Neutral and low oil. Only balanced in place here, but the shape and look of them do make me grin

Evening all a bit of a MadTrax update for you.. The coils, regulator etc have been mounted under the gas tank, you might say space was tight! Photo's to come when I remember to take some To make enough space to get the ignition barrel in the right place and to stop my thumbs being crushed between the bar and the gas tank I made this handle bar riser thing.. The riser thingy in place. While in the handle bar area I thought I should have a look at getting a rev counter, temp gauge and a couple of warning lights mounted. With a bit of trimming of the mounting plate the temp gauge shrunk a bit in size. Some thick-ish flat steel was needed so I decided it was time the last remaining part of my first Mig welder found a use.. I do have plans for the louvers Not a bad fit.. The plan was to mount the temp gauge in a box, I even started to mark out the sheet to do so.. Then Nigel asked if I had thought of fitting the gauges in tube? Not a bad idea I though and went of the search for a couple of big enough bit's of steel tube.. It was at that point that I found a pair of Gutbrod headlamps that have a rather nice shape to them. Who would of thought a Honda rev counter would be such a good fit in a Gutbrod headlamp!!! I just need to make them a bit longer

Nice looking wheels Chris, no idea what they are from but I do agree with you both that they could be off a scooter of some sort..

Happy birthday Norm, here's wishing you a great day

It will be I do plan to make some supports to help hold up longer bit's of tube/box. Thinking on it, it would be quite easy to make something using an office chair just minus the chair bit.. Height adjustable and would move around easy

A bit more company for your cow's, these beauty's were in the field next to a small holiday cottage we rented.

I've no idea Chris, it was given to me by someone who didn't know what it was.. It was a mystery to me for many years until Koen came up with the answer.

And here was me thinking quick fit is the place to stay away from!!! I dread to think what damage the fire inside the tyre/tire did! I certainly wouldn't want to travel in any vehicle that has had tyre/tire repairs done that way!

Thanks for that Chris, it's interesting to see what the missing bit's look like Mine used to be black and rust but I gave it a quick respray as it lives on display on a kitchen shelf.

If I gave my wife an iron she wouldn't know what to do with it!! It would make a nice vice fitted anvil as a suggestion to stop it being thrown at you

At a 1/4 mill it's barely run in Norm

I picked this bandsaw up yesterday for a rather cheap price, it works but needs a new blade.. You may also notice the legs are somewhat bent, twisted kicked about a bit.. Sooooo... Out came the grinder, "off with her legs".. Not wanting to have a bench top bandsaw I thought I should give it some legs back made from only the finest scrap steel I could find Back on the ground with the cutty bit bolted back on and a couple of wheels from a WH cutting deck to make moving it around easier.. Once I've rewired it and a new blade is fitted I can make a start building something with this lot... 64ft of pipe that came my way for free

Hi Guy's, not much of an update as I've been away on holiday recharging the battery's and getting away from Nigel's singing An expansion/overflow tank was needed, the trouble was there was not the space to fit a battery and the original CX expansion tank.. So I made my own Yep, it's one of those paraffin engine cleaning things with the handle cut off that that you plug into an airline.. I have had it for 12 odd years and never used it, so I found a use for it Water in at the top, breather/overflow pipe on the right and with a bit of clear pipe put between the two things at the front I will be able to see the water level.. A battery box/tray was needed so I quickly knocked this one up.. The next morning I looked at it and thought it was just too small... Battery tray 2.0 is much better but it will have to wait until MT is back on the bench and I don't have to get on my knees to fit it in the gap between the swing arm and carbs. The time has come that I have been dreading... Sorting out this mess of a wiring loom and finding space to mount the coils, regulator etc.. Wish me luck!

It's a real shame to see it has gone, I've always liked the look and shape of the building.. Nigel and I had been chatting about it, I think if we had a place to put it and a way of moving it we would of done.

That's fantastic work, up/recycling at it's finest..... It would be great to see a video of it in action

I'd like to see your wife's face when you say, "here's your new hoover darling"

My wife would have her steak as it is.. Still mooing!! I like mine cooked!

Happy birthday Frank, here's wishing you a great day