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OTHER CARS WHERE USED INCLUDING A 1303 WHICH WE USED FOR THE BACK IRS SETUP. THE TRAILING ARMS WHERE STRENGTHED ( as you can see in pic 1) THE MAIN TORTION TUBE AND GEARBOX HORNS WERE LEFT IN ONE PIECE AND THE REST OF THE FLOORPAN WAS CUT AWAY AND PLATED(see pic 2)ON THE BACK END SETUP THERE WILL BE A VAN GEARBOX (the fitting we will show later).

ALSO USED WAS A STEARING RACK OF A 1990 VAUXHALL ASTRA CAR .WE ARE USEING THIS SETUP (rack and pinion) TO ELIMINATE BUMPSTEAR (see pic 3).

                                          STARTING THE FRAME
ON SUNDAY 26-1-01 WAS A BIG DAY FOR US WE WELDED TWO PICES OF 2INCH PIPE FROM THE FRONT BEAM TO THE BACK END (IRS) SUSPENTION UNIT (see pic 4,5 ) JASON WAS VERY HAPPY NOW BECAUSE IT LOOKED AS IF HE WAS GETING SOME WHERE AFTER SPENDING HOURS CLEANING AND MENDING THE BACK PLATE'S,BRAKE'S WHEEL DRUMS,FRONT BEAM AND ALL THE BACK END (IRS) UNIT


                                                ENGINE REBUILD
THIS WEEK I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOT OVER MY BROTHER HE HAS DECIDED TO LEAVE THE FRAM FOR A WHILE BECAUSE HE WANT'S TO DO THE ENGINE.( TALKING ABOUT FINISHING ONE JOB BEFORE STARTING ANOTHER) HE'S DOING MY HEAD IN . ANY WAY AS YOU CAN SEE IN (pic 6) HE DOES NOT DO THINGS BY HALF ANY BODY WOULD HAVE JUST PUT A GREASY ENGINE IN , NOT JASON HE WENT FOR THE FULL MONTY, STRIPPING AND CLEANING EVERY PART IN SITE . THE ENGINE IS A 1300 BLOCK WITH 1600cc PISTON,BARRELS& HEADS.HEAVY DUTY CLUTCH,AND TWIN CHOKE WEBER CARB .I MUST ADDMIT IT LOOKS THE DOG'S B*****K'S WELL DONE JA.I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO PUT IN NEXT WEEK'S REPORT BECAUSE JASON'S JUST MOVED HOUSE NOW HE'S GOING TO GET HIS COMPUTER UP AND RUNING AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET READY FOR BUGFREEZE 18-2-01 SO WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS

                                                   FITTING THE GEARBOX
                                                   updated new pictuers in red tex

Well this week unfortunately not a lot has gone on with the build of Jason's rail.What with Jason moving house and my work commitment's there wasent a lot of time.Jason decided to concentrate on helping me to get my BAJA in some sort of working order for the S.C.O.R.R. show stand at bugfreeze at Bingley Hall,Stafford 18 feb 2001 (see pic7) thank's Jason.
So saturday afternoon and all day sunday we went to our garage in a secret location some where in the outback of Leicestershire (see pic 8) armd with tool's,welder,grinder's,big box of tea bags and not forgeting the mobile disco for the workshop! When we arrived on saturday Geoff (my brotheringlaw) was already there working on Diane's (girly racer) car. Sunday mornig Jason came round to pick me up supporting a BIG HANG OVER and two lovely blood shot eye's. He said "I shoulden't have had those last 5 pint's!" So off we went to the secret location to commence work.
We did do a little work on Jason's rail THE FITTING OF THE GEARBOX ! Jason wanted a solid mounted gearbox. As you can see (see pic 9) two metal supports were welded in between the horns as a cradle for the box to sit on .A piece of metal 6 inches by 3 inches by 1/4 inch thick with two holes drilled in it was made to locate on to the stud's on the back of the camper box. The bottom stud was cut down to a 1/4 inch so when the nut was thightend up on the top stud the plate wouldent swing from side to side because we needed the bottom half of the plate to weld the locating mount to (see pic 10). The rubber was burnt off, And the locating mount was welded to the new plate that Jason had made ( see pic 10a). this will hopefully make a solid mount at tha rear of the box.You should be able to place the box on the cradle and slip the box back and the mount will locate to the bolt's under neath the back of the IRS torsion bar (see pic 11). Then there will be two straps, one front and one at the back to go over the gearbox and bolted down to the horns (see pic 11a).Now let's put the engine on and and have a look it's beginning to look like an offroad rail take a look at (pic12). When the frame's built there will be two metal bars that come down from the frame and bolted to the top of the gearbox. PS If you understand that lot you'r a better man than i am because i don't and i wrote it,and i helped him do it