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Congrats Neil, I have your Stonehenge photo as one of my desktop wallpapers

That would be a cool fun build... Love it

No wonder there's never any 512-D's on fleabay.. You have them all Griff I'd love to add a diesel Wh to my collection at some point.. Welcome to MOM by the way, great to have you aboard

Thanks for posting this build Chris, I've only ever seen the finished product, so see how you got there is going to be interesting

Moving away from the roll bar for a while, I started thinking about how to lift the lower 3P arms.. Normally on a GT this would be a thick steel bar that's connected to the hydraulic ram and goes all the way back to a strange pivoting thingy that lifts the lower arms.... So this is what I've started making.. My thinking started with this lifting arm that came from a Wheel Horse C-175. On a GT the pivoting lift arm thingy slot's in to the rear body like so.. The trouble was the bar wasn't quite ling enough as well as needing another "lifting arm thingy" welding to the other side, the angles were all wrong! Best start from almost scratch and make one then Even the most rotten bit's of Wheel Horses have some usable bits.. In this case a manual lifting lever. A bit of grinding of welds and a bit of pressure from my hydraulic press soon had the "shaft" out. Add some 5mm thick flat bar.. Cut into 10" long strips. And there's the basic pivoting lift arm thingy laid out. This part will have the holed bit doubled up. To make the pivoting lifting arm thingy pivot some bearings are needed... Always one to copy the Wheel Horse wisdom I started making some "dry" bearing blocks.. No actual bearings instead steel on steel just like the genuine Wheel Horse item. Starting with this odd shaped off cut.. Two blocks were cut.. Here you can see them while I work out measurements and check there is enough space to fit the mounting bolts. The first block on the lathe. After machining it fitted the shaft a treat. And that chaps is as far as I have got with the 3 point.. More to come as it happens.

The rear hitch with lower arms bolted in place.. Yep the roll bar will certainly need a bit of trimming! Just to see how it would look I dug my 3 point towing frame thingy out to see how it would look... Good me thinks Before chopping any bit's off the roll bar I quickly welded on this bit of bracing to stop the RB from twanging out of shape. Off came the RB for a bit of surgery, first a bit of marking out.. Chopped.. All the opening will be plated over in time That's better, the top arm "fits" now It was at this point that I had had enough of trying to see what I was doing through the GT's fenders etc.. So off it all came More to come in a bit, I need to get started on dinner.. Thanks Paul, there's plenty more to come.

Thanks Hangman, I do like to use what materials I have about the place if I can. Thanks Matt, the new shifter decal from Mark looks great, almost factory fitment. My GT did originally come from the factory with a 3 point fitted, but as I don't have it here's the start of my 3 point build.. I may be cheating a little bit here, borrowing the 3 point arms that I installed on my 6x6, but as I plan to buy another "3 point kit" for the GT I might as well use what I have got to work it all out The big challenge to fitting the 3 point is making it all fit around the GT's roll bar which sort of gets in the way quite a bit! First things first, work out where and how to mount the lower arms. As luck would have it the rear hitch (which also helps hold the roll bar on) was just in the right place. I just need to weld some brackets on the hitch. Straight away part of the roll bar got in the way! Not a problem it can be trimmed to get full lift on the lower arms. The lower cross bar on the roll bar is going to get in the way of the top arm! With the roll bar safely strapped to the roof to stop it moving when I removed the rear hitch.. Parts were plonked on the bench.. Rather than chopping my home made rear hitch about, I dug out a proper Wheel Horse rear hitch instead. While digging out the hitch I also found these two off cuts.. Which by a bit of luck just happened to have holes in them the same size as this steel bar which also happens to fit the lower arms I see a plan forming A bit of chopping up, a nice fit. Both sides welded up and tacked onto the rear hitch.. If your thinking the steel I'm adding looks a bit thin for the job.. Your right... I will be adding quite a bit of strengthening later on in the 3 point build, but for now I want to see if everything I have planned works..

Great progress Matt, loving the new tires

Good to have you back Chris

Good video Mark, and good to see your starting work on the Bendy Best again.. I guess tyre size your limited to the space between the house and the stone wall

Yet another cracking build Nigel, you should write a book with all your build's history

No Idea, but a great looking er.. thingy what ever it is

Good to see Project Bendy up here Mark, looking forward to seeing more progress on your bendy beast

Now I knew how far out from the chassis the outrigger should go. I could mock things up to get some measurements. Some odds n sods of steel were used to keep the outriggers lined up, making the chassis look more like a bed frame with a gear stick Lot's of cutting steel. And welding other bit's of steel together in strange shapes followed. The first outrigger mount/chassis extension done. The outrigger will be bolted on.. as you can see I didn't have the correct bolts at the time Just for fun the engine (yes I was still planning on using the original 12hp engine at this point!), a wheel and a few panels were thrown on just to see how it looked... Er, it looked a bit strange to say the least!

Morning chaps, with the arrival a of a big delivery of new steel, I could start working out where the outriggers should go. Which meant more lathe time to finish the widened rear wheel hubs.. A length of steel bar in the lathe taking shape. More key-way cutting.. And the final part, shrink fitting the bit's of bar and the rest of the hubs together. Time to cut some holes in the outriggers.. Two different jigs were used.. One to make the bearing block bolt holes. And one jig to make a rather bigger hole. A steel crop circle Hole cut out and finished off with with one of these strange sanding wheels in a drill.

That would of made a great video

I watched your video this morning Matt, yes the engine does smoke a bit I edited your YouTube link and turned it into the embedded video

Nigel is now a YouTube star Click on the link to see the Jimshot in action http://myoldmachine.com/topic/477-jimshot-is-alive-and-driving/

Evening chap's, to give you a break from all the lathe work that has gone into building the 6x6, let's have a look at the chassis instead As mentioned earlier I had to lengthen the chassis a bit to fit all the wheels on.. Can you guess which Muppet measured wrong? Yep me!! So the chassis once again was sliced and lengthened a bit more. Trimming off the parts I didn't need. Garry with the first bit of extra metal to go on the chassis. A double barreled chassis Masking tape and measurements.. Not quite "Charlies Angels" but close The chassis was getting a good de-rust and clean up. And painted... More to come later, dinner is ready

I've never seen one of those before, it looks like a strong built machine. Thanks for posting it

I did wonder if they were the old cone shaped fire extinguisher.. A great use for them I hadn't noticed the little ladder rack... A nice touch

You can't beat seeing a machine at work, great photo's, thanks for posting them

It could well be a bit of bath Koen..

Here you are Charlie. http://www.tractorfest.co.uk/entry-forms/