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just can't believe how quick this coming on
Not playing with a full deck....
Nice work filling the gap in the floor. Will have alook for that rust remover.
I'm louder than gods own revolver and twice as shiney.
Nor me, it's almost like he did it years ago and is leaking the photos to us now!Originally Posted by Dan Boyes
just can't believe how quick this coming on
Teeth? LUXURY! When I was a child we ate by putting rocks in our mouth and jumping up and down.
ya could of got a photo of my good side lmaolmaoRight back down there again today
Had my brothers camera yesterday and the pics didn’t come out too clear for some reason, but got mine today here’s the underneath of the calibra floor all stitch welded up
here’s the de ruster all dried up, the dis coloured bits just brush off
As the rear of the floor sits about 4 inches higher than the original astra some of the compartment cut outs that used to be inside the car, are now going to be outside, so made some plates up
and the other side
speaking to shager with the 4x4 white astra he said with the inner arches sitting higher one of the inner quarter holes needs plating up too
and the other side, thought I’d just do the other holes this side so its all nice and smooth and flush
then thought I might as well do all the holes on the other side, getting carried away again, I can see this going the same way as the engine bay did already lmao
then it was time for a well overdue sweep up, grinding makes so much mess :lol:
then it was time to call up some enforcement and my two hands just weren’t enough to get the floor in, so called up some assistants andy and bruce. Coincodencely Drizz and his mate turned up for a look too so we had a right party going on.
When I initially lined everything up, not having a clue what goes where I decided to start at the joint behind the seats, putting the calibra floor exactly where the astra floor was removed, but once we got the subframe on and wheels on it was real clear the floor was way to far backwards. Had to move a couple of inches forward. We measured the wheelbase off my red one and used that as the base length.
So moved the whole floor forward a couple of inches so the calibra actually overlaps the astra floor now. And tacked in place
andyman holding the wheel up in the arch, snap shot courtesy of drizz lol
now a problem with moving the floor forward a few inches, its made it a bit short:lol:
so going to use the rest of the floor that I cut off, and cut the while section in
the reason for doing this instead of just using a plate, means I can carry on the chassis legs right to the rear panel, and will use the nice oridional lip on the boot floor and chassis legs to weld onto the rear panel
just quickly tried in the calibra inner arches too and they don’t look too far out which is handy
looks like pretty much all the holes I go carried away welding up needed to be welded up anyway
and that’s how I left it today, ready to be welded in
ronnie i think we are pretty dam cool!! i think you should pay me for modelling on the photos
lmao yea u got me, this is all done and on the road! just makin my self look cool showin progress lolNor me, it's almost like he did it years ago and is leaking the photos to us now!
progress is gonna stop for a couple of days as i actually got to go to work
i think we're pretty dam cool too! lmaoronnie i think we are pretty dam cool!! i think you should pay me for modelling on the photos
ok mate i'll be the model for your project!
dam good skills ronnie!
spare wheel plate? pah! Diff access/inspection panel ftw!
You think youre other sides any better
Ronnie suggested perspex!
DRIZZ
DEVELOPMENTS
Then that would require a shiny chromed diff or maybe even gold platedpimpin yo!
that the guy who said "shock absorber" is the wrong word for a shock absorber? and the guy who bolted a bucket seat to an alloy pplate? hardly legendary bit of a plonker imo lmao
keep up the graft ron
amazing bit of work
ok
Would the wheel sizes make much of a difference - 16" turbo rims vs 17" F1s?
New Mk4 SRi C20LET track car in the making.... (slowly!)
T34, Custom Inlet, Emerald
18inch f1's
but no, wheel base is taken from the centre of the wheel\hub, so doesnt't matter what size wheels are on there!
18inch f1's
but no, wheel base is taken from the centre of the wheel\hub, so doesnt't matter what size wheels are on there!
It would because the beam is on a pivot so as the pivot moves the hub will move further forward/bckward in the arch. I've found this on my nova now my beam angle is pointing up.
thats cuz ur lowering it more not changing the wheel size, no matter what size wheels u put on the beam and suspension arms are gonna be at the same angle, will be higher off the floor with 18s on as appose to 16s, but the suspension will still be at the same angle and wheel base will still be the same!
Ah yes! very true!
thank you
lmao
Very nice dude, very nice indeed.
yes he is in trimley im trying to get hold of his number at the minuite as sson as i get it ill give him a buzz
keep up the good work
cheers mateyes he is in trimley im trying to get hold of his number at the minuite as sson as i get it ill give him a buzz
keep up the good work
excellant work, am very impressed with your skills and the quality you work to,
well done and good luck with the rest of this project!
Really exciting project! Nice progress. Have been looking at this thread for a while. Looking forward 'till it's done
1989 Opel Vectra 2.0i 4x4, 1995 Opel Astra 1.8 16v Caravan -> C25XE
1992 Honda Prelude 2.0i 16v, 1993 Volkswagen Vento 1.9TDK
This is one of the most exciting on the edge of my seat projects i've ever read, love it, i'm nursing a semi as we speak!
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