Stormin 4,458 #26 Posted April 25, 2014 Neat! 1 meadowfield reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the showman 4,074 #27 Posted April 25, 2014 Top-job Mark, with a week off you should have it ready for Newby !!! 1 meadowfield reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meadowfield 1,900 #28 Posted April 25, 2014 Top-job Mark, with a week off you should have it ready for Newby !!! Chris,If I can get it on the trailer with the other three it will be going, even if it's a stationary exhibit! Btw I'm after a few raider parts if you have them in stock... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the showman 4,074 #29 Posted April 25, 2014 better pm me a list, ill see what I've got Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meadowfield 1,900 #30 Posted April 25, 2014 Pm on its way Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel 1,876 #31 Posted April 25, 2014 cant wait to see that next to my holder mark, top job 1 pmackellow reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meadowfield 1,900 #32 Posted May 11, 2014 Brief update... Keyways cut And it now steers, well temporarily until I do it properly. 1 jak3_smith reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diggerjames 543 #33 Posted May 11, 2014 Looking good mark I love the steering James 1 meadowfield reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 4,458 #34 Posted May 11, 2014 Noticed something, Mark. The centre pivot. I assume you will be fitting grease nipples? Just that I can't see any. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meadowfield 1,900 #35 Posted May 11, 2014 If you look closely there are threads on all the pivots for m6 nipples. Gotta grease things up! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the showman 4,074 #38 Posted May 12, 2014 Looking good Mark, have you got to the "broooom- broooom" stage yet when pushing it around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meadowfield 1,900 #39 Posted May 12, 2014 Looking good Mark, have you got to the "broooom- broooom" stage yet when pushing it around. Ha Chris, been doing that since I was a kid, missus still doesn't understand after 25 years!! 1 diggerjames reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meadowfield 1,900 #40 Posted May 31, 2014 An overdue update... Thought I'd get in the action on fender repairs, by the time I welded up the holes in a c series fender, I thought it easier to weld up the very rusty raider fender. Here it is with most rust cut out and patched And with the last patch in place Time for a short video showing the final transmission arrangement and steering. http://youtu.be/S6zzlN8f1-0 And some pics with the body mounted and engine It was going to Newby, but now the GT is going there's no room... 2 jak3_smith and dubscum reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the showman 4,074 #41 Posted June 1, 2014 Fantastic, your sure you've been away, forget the GT you gotta bring that theres still a few days yet !!. is it going to have front fenders Mark ? 1 diggerjames reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diggerjames 543 #42 Posted June 1, 2014 Looking good mark that's some right engineering Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian 2,417 #43 Posted June 1, 2014 It looks great with some bodywork on Mark, good vid as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel 1,876 #44 Posted June 1, 2014 You got to take it to newby mark that was the only reason I was making the trip half way round the world was to get a picture of that next to my holder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meadowfield 1,900 #45 Posted June 1, 2014 You got to take it to newby mark that was the only reason I was making the trip half way round the world was to get a picture of that next to my holder That leaves me with the quandary of getting the steering coupling completed and swapping it with the GT. As it's not running under its own steam it will have to be towed too.... Back down south for 4 days at 3am, so time is tight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diggerjames 543 #46 Posted June 1, 2014 My god mark you'll be ready for a rest this weekend ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meadowfield 1,900 #47 Posted June 1, 2014 Fantastic, your sure you've been away, forget the GT you gotta bring that theres still a few days yet !!. is it going to have front fenders Mark ? I am slowly being talked round Yes it will have front fenders.... It looks great with some bodywork on Mark, good vid as well Thanks Ian My god mark you'll be ready for a rest this weekend ! Got 4 days at work in London, not sure it will be a rest as I've been on hols for a week, so no doubt it will be mayhem! Steering now complete-ish.... Very tight, with no play. The rubber damper will have to go, it made adapting discovery parts to beetle very easy, but it's twisting under load. Engine is out as there's nothing to bolt to yet, there's no seat or fenders either. I did get 5 mins to offer the original raider footrests up, with a bit of cutting and welding they will fit just fine. So this is how it ends for a few weeks, will continue to see how it goes and whether the GT gets the boot in favour of bendy 2 brrly1 and jak3_smith reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the showman 4,074 #48 Posted June 1, 2014 Just bring it, you know you want to, there be plenty of us to tow it around, I could even bring my tow crane Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meadowfield 1,900 #49 Posted June 15, 2014 Short update.... Bendy made it to this years UK wheel horse round up and then back.... some of you saw it, the weather spoilt it off the rest. I started on the footplates this week, using the original ones but reversed left and right. New bars for the footrests - a bit of rebar With the heavily modified plates back on Amazing how the original front angle works in reverse And with the seat on blocks to get the height Next stop, rear transmission strip down 3 ranger, pmackellow and jak3_smith reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pmackellow 2,738 #50 Posted June 15, 2014 Looking good Mark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
