Re: Sows Ear Chassis
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:55 pm
I started about 7:30 this morning, I knocked these GT6 uprights apart as I didn't like the green. I found some crud under the paint so I was glad I took the time to take them apart and get a good look under the paint.
I guess that Tingles C Production body is getting converted to RHD because I have the parts to do it and I need to use them up. About 9 hours to get this stuff cleaned and painted. There is no money to be made doing this, I just like to build these wrecks back from the dead the way I like.
Friday 11:30 am
GT6 uprights reassembled and hung off the top ball joint.
Progress is likely to slow down as I have run into some problems with parts that must be repaired or replaced. I have 3 diff housings and 2 have some issues that I can't overlook, one is a maybe but if I get one welded then I might as well do the other. Here are a couple of pictures of the worst one. This used to reside in my current Elan and was living with me beating the living shit out of it with 150 hp for 6 years, I pulled it out 5 or 6 years ago to replace with a 3.55 and this morning I pulled it off the shelf to have a look and clean it up before installing and noticed that Its a bit cracked and to install it as is just ain't going to do the job.
This other Diff was out of 36/6292 I think and it has the snap ring showing for about 60 degrees of the circumference and may be ok for mild use but I plan on beating it hard so I would like to install something that I won't make worse than it already is.
4:15 pm
Progress continues with the one good diff and it now has paint on it, matches the chassis. The other diff pig was painted as it's just as easy to paint two as it is one, the prep time was about an hour each. these are not rebuilt but I have not had problems with the Ford english diffs, these cars, either Elan or Cortina just never got all that many miles on them before something else rendered them dead.
Gary
I guess that Tingles C Production body is getting converted to RHD because I have the parts to do it and I need to use them up. About 9 hours to get this stuff cleaned and painted. There is no money to be made doing this, I just like to build these wrecks back from the dead the way I like.
Friday 11:30 am
GT6 uprights reassembled and hung off the top ball joint.
Progress is likely to slow down as I have run into some problems with parts that must be repaired or replaced. I have 3 diff housings and 2 have some issues that I can't overlook, one is a maybe but if I get one welded then I might as well do the other. Here are a couple of pictures of the worst one. This used to reside in my current Elan and was living with me beating the living shit out of it with 150 hp for 6 years, I pulled it out 5 or 6 years ago to replace with a 3.55 and this morning I pulled it off the shelf to have a look and clean it up before installing and noticed that Its a bit cracked and to install it as is just ain't going to do the job.
This other Diff was out of 36/6292 I think and it has the snap ring showing for about 60 degrees of the circumference and may be ok for mild use but I plan on beating it hard so I would like to install something that I won't make worse than it already is.
4:15 pm
Progress continues with the one good diff and it now has paint on it, matches the chassis. The other diff pig was painted as it's just as easy to paint two as it is one, the prep time was about an hour each. these are not rebuilt but I have not had problems with the Ford english diffs, these cars, either Elan or Cortina just never got all that many miles on them before something else rendered them dead.
Gary