nigel

Awesome!
And you got it muddy too

we gave the holder a offroad rundown today it behaved well
 

we gave the holder a offroad rundown today it behaved well
 

we gave the holder a offroad rundown today it behaved well
 

Thanks Nigel. Next time I need to drill any very big holes through thick steel I will give you a bell
 
 
Well chaps, it's looking like this 3 point saga is finally coming to the end.. Not much left to do now
 
Yesterday I finished welding up the lower arm mounts, and then turned my attention to the roll bar. Lot's of seam welding and plating over a few holes to make things stronger..
 
Here's the first two plates on top of the diagonal bit's ready to be welded on..
 

 
 
I had four round "open" bit's to make filler plates for..
 

 
 
I was going to cut some circular plates out until I spotted quite a few of these big thick washers (thank you Michael )..
Just the right size, but how would I hold them in position for welding?
 

 
 
By welding some off cuts into the washer holes I created my own mini metal mushroom garden
 

 
 
Which gave me a way of holding the washers in place for welding..
 

 
 
Tacked in
 

 
 
With the welding all done the last job for yesterday was to get the bare metal painted to stop it rusting. If I had some black paint then I would of painted the roll bar with some.. But a bit of colour adds character.. It will soon get dirty and start to blend with with the rest of the GT anyway
 

 
 
The lower mounts could do with a second coat..
 

 
 
 
Today's plan is to get the GT all bolted back together then enjoy not cutting, grinding, welding and filing thick steel for a short while

you only had to ask ian ive got drills that would do that in one hit

you only had to ask ian ive got drills that would do that in one hit

Nope, no more clues Neil.. I'm not even saying which Wheel Horse it might be near

notice the 200mph speedo in this first pict
 

notice the 200mph speedo in this first pict
 

paint it chris you know you want to

do you have to get on your hands and knees to use it paul or does it have handles

do you have to get on your hands and knees to use it paul or does it have handles

ime suprised it dont break the front axle matt

yes the stigs your man especialy now he has a new mig welder / loads of free time/ and nothing to use it on

Here is my 1954 BMB President Orchard model with underslung exhaust
 
 

These are some of the implements that I bought with Kermit also my young brother using my 1032 to plough at the caravan park I hope you like :hdance:

Any chance you can pm me a cheeky pic or two?
Scrub that, I've got a copy. I should subscribe, since I buy it every month....
Cheers

Morning chaps, a bit more of an update for you..
 
Drop links and the connecting rod thingy fully welded up.. I decided that "strong and functional" was the look the connecting rod thingy should have..  As it won't be seen under all the panels, I didn't think there was any need to make it look really nice.
 

 
 
The pivoting arm thingy slowly being welded up a little at a time to stop it getting to hot and bit moving due to the heat.
 

 
 
Painted bit's everywhere..  A bit of handling with dirty hand will take the freshly painted look away and make the parts blend in a bit with the rest of the GT
 

 

 
 
Which leaves just the roll bar and the lower arm mounting bracket to tidy up and make strong.
 

 
 
Way too much time was spent trying to work out the best way to strengthen the bracket!!!!
 

 
 
In the end I thought it would be easier to start from scratch and make something a little stronger, so I dug out this thick wall box that I had bought for the 6x6's dozer blade.
 

 
 
Four short bits of box. The two on the right are slightly shorter than the two on the left..
 

 
 
So when I sliced the shorter ones up to fit into the larger ones I had a nice edge to get strong welds onto.
 

 
 
A close up of the groove I had to cut to clear the manufacturing weld/ridge thingy.
 

 
 
All clamped up and ready for welding..
 

 
 
All welding has been done on the new bracket and I have started the long winded process of chain drilling and filing the holes to take the lower arm pins...   But as it's all very boring stuff I've not taken any photo's of it..

When cleaning up the hard drive on my PC I found this picture taken when I had just finished restoring my howard 200.and also one of the line up I had at much marcle steam rally in 2009.

And dont forget a tiny part of Berkshire too!!!

How the map of Scotland will look after independence.
 

like this?

 
 
Koen

great job matt