Ian

For your viewing pleasure here's how Nigel broke the steering

Nor me

Safety in numbers eh If you ever need a new home for bap let me know

For a change it wasn't me that made a shopping mistake, it was Nigel... It gave us something to laugh about yesterday For reasons I'm still not sure about Nigel bought a set of disk harrows from Fleabay not quite realizing how big they were!! Of course Nigel had not turned up at the workshop when "Time Team" Dave dropped the harrow off, so Nigel's face when he turned up and saw the size was priceless What you can't quite see from the above photo is the front of the harrow was through the doors of my workshop, so it had to be moved....Ah.. No wheels on it!! Only one thing for it, split it in two and borrow a forklift.. The rear discs went first.. Followed by the fronts. As fun as a forklift is they are not that good off road.. So the LandRover tug was called into action to finish the job.. So far so good.. Until suddenly no steering!! So the LR had to be abandoned where it was for the day. I'm not back at the workshop until Monday, so I will let Nigel finish the story once he has worked out what has busted steering wise..

That's not sounding good Alain!! I'm not sure what's the worst.. Floods or next door running around with a gun!

When I first read the title I thought you wanted to see what your Cubby would look like painted red Cream for the trailer get's my vote as well, yellow would be too bright.. Maybe paint the wheels yellow?

Most of yesterday was spent dealing with Nigel's latest Fleabay purchase (Pic's coming soon in a new thread ) but I did manage to get some WN time in.. Right side foot plate and handbrake lever bolted on. The 90 degree steering box thingy was cracked open and filled with grease before being attacked with some red oxide... It will be getting a proper clean-up before the top coat goes on, but as I had a can near my hand it seemed rude not to spray it The rear axle is back in and assembled.. I had forgot just how much I hate drum brakes, getting the springs and shoes in is a right pain... It's a shame the new brake shoes were the wrong ones (I'm starting to get quite good at ordering the wrong parts now!), but the old ones still have plenty of life in them so they will do for now... The new brake cylinders I ordered were the right ones so they went in.. And that's things up to date again. No workshop time until Monday now but things are looking good for a test drive next week Thanks Norm, she's getting there

Thanks Mark, paint is on the way. Thanks Norm.. Yes I did have to look up gradely Kylie you say.... Can she weld? Thanks mate, it looks even better now it's not silver I didn't take many photos Tuesday as it was quite boring stuff.. The day started with making lots of these small plates.. To cover over these sort of bits on the chassis.. And the day finished with a red oxide chassis The welding is 99% done, just a few small detail bit's left to do.. Wednesday the engine frame got the treatment.. Some final welding and a bit of smoothing out.. Here the frame is fitted to the engine so I could make a mount for the coil pack.. It always amazes me how a quick coat of paint can change how something looks... A red metal sculpture Engine and a few other bits bolted back on.. The wheels were only thrown on to see how the front end looked.. They will be coming back off to fit the new tires/tyres. A close up of the front end... Me likes how it looks Before the rear axle could go back on I had to pull it apart again! The mounting holes needed to be made slightly bigger but the brake backing plates were in the way stopping me getting the drill in... So it was easier just to pull the axles out to get the backing plates out the way. I also needed to drill a small breather hole in the top of the axle and fit a jiggle pin.. A jiggle pin is a small split pin that's a loose fit in the hole.. The idea is the pin jiggles about and stops the breather hole from getting blocked up..

That's a shame Richard, is it possible to fit the blades in a lathe to loose an 1/8th?

Oh, it's that guy! I remember his builds from back in the day when I used to be a member of that forum.. He may of spent quite a bit of money on his builds, but the engineering is awesome..

Not quite my cup of coffee (I don't drink tea) Paul, but a nice find and a good save.. It would of been a shame if it was raced or scrapped..

A neat and handy build Norm, extra bonus points for using odd's and sods you had kicking around That Cadet wrecker is a real nice machine, I'd happily give it a home

Where do you keep finding all these great machines Tom? No such luck down this way! Knowing how fast you work I'm sure your have the CC up and running in no time.. The three point will come in handy

Thanks mate, yeah all the grinding wasn't quiet but it did drown out Nigel's singing I did hope to have a coat of paint on the front yesterday, but I ran out of energy..

That looks a real beast of a machine, very nice Thanks for posting it

Hi Iain, yep there is a fair few feet of box section is the frame, it should keep it from twisting during launch I'm not sure about how to hold the wiring yet, but I do have a Wheel Horsey solution for holding the brake lines in place. I'm trying to think up something witty to say about the Triumph air filter, but it's just to early in the morning for but brain to work fully Thanks Charlie. Thanks mate, she's getting there now Hi Norm, the engine and rear axle will be going gloss black, the rest will be normal WH colours. To add a bit of sparkle some of the engines ally bit's will be polished up Well, what a week that has been! My step daughter has been seriously ill for a few weeks resulting in her being rushed into hospital for an emergency operation last Monday. Since then she has been staying with us and quite rightly so my workshop time this past week has not really been much! The good news is Lisa is now recovering quite well, and life is slowly returning to normal for both us and Lisa What workshop time I have had this week has been taken up with welding.. The inside of the chassis where it meets the front axle has been plated up giving it a smoother look and thus changing my plans on how the front end will look.. The outside of the same bit of chassis could of been welded up and ground smooth, but it would never look as smooth as the inside bit.. So a cardboard template was made and some WH panel off cuts were dug out. Resulting in.... The very front of the chassis under the axle needed tidying up, and as the whole build has a Hot Rod feel to it I thought the chassis needed the same touch.. Three bits of plate and a bit of box tacked together. Which go here.... I would of welded them on but early Wednesday morning I ran out of welding gas.. I wondered why the last of the gas vanished very quickly and found a welding burn hole through the rubber pipe! So watch out for flying sparks guys and girls! New gas didn't arrive until late Thursday afternoon so instead of welding I did some cutting.. Eight plates marked out on some 5mm thick steel. These would of been easy to make had I not wanted the curves! It wasn't until yesterday that I got the chance to weld all the new bits on.. Lot's of welding and lot's of grinding the welds smooth, but it was worth it

That looks fantastic John, please keep us updated on how the build is going

It didn't take you long to get it sorted mate Thanks, it needed sorting! Here's a quick test drive video

A fantastic spot to cut some grass, your a lucky man George

I've seen it all now, engines in the bedroom I think my good Wife would freak if I tried that..

Nice work Luke, we don't mind modified machines around these parts, I'm very much guilty of it myself

Ouch! That steering box does look a bit past it's best! Good to see your cracking and and fixing it Mark

Looking forward to the upgrade, it has some nice touches

Never have I see wooden rollers being given so much love Nice work Richard

Morning all, a bit more progress for you.. Starting at the top... Brake fluid reservoirs mounting bracket.. Only tacked on at the mo. Middle... Bonnet hinges... Bottom... Two bit's of box welded to the engine frame... These will bolt to the chassis and will add vital strength to that area.. Getting the engine out was interesting, slide it forward and lift at the same time! Engine frame bolted back on to help keep things in line during welding... Plenty of surface rust to be cleaned off! A view you would only normally get if you were lying on your back and had just been run over by WN I did make a good start on the cleaning up and welding yesterday, lot's of joints like this needed welding up.. A few more parts have turned up.. New front tyres, sorry for the rubbish photo.. And some shiny stainless pancake air filters.. These are for a 1098cc MG Midget engine so two of them should flow more than enough air.