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Rebuild coming along nicely

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Looking forward to lots of lovely updates, Shaun.

First question: what is the name on that id plate in front of the left motor mount?

Oh, and second question: where are you?

Randy

ID plate



John

Getting the hang of this IT stuff now

Got it. Thanks, John. I couldn't quite read it, and since it didn't look like a red tubular Spyder chassis, that word didn't occur to me

Randy

Hi I'm from Staffordshire england ,undergoing full nut and bolt restoration for my sins

Shaun

your brake pipe routing is non-standard...but nice,,

John

john.p.clegg wrote:your brake pipe routing is non-standard...but nice

. . . but subject to damage from road objects, as it's on the leading edge of the A frames . . .

Just a thought . . .

Beautiful chassis and running gear restoration, though!!

Salut shaun

Beautiful work !

I have complete braided brake lines, too - direct from the unions to the calipers. However I followed the original routing which does leave them less exposed:


Similar for the front - held in place by rubber-lined P-clips.

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Vernon

Sea Ranch wrote:

john.p.clegg wrote:your brake pipe routing is non-standard...but nice

. . . but subject to damage from road objects, as it's on the leading edge of the A frames . . .

Just a thought . . .

and looking at it again it could chafe on the ball joints/arms..

John

Most forest rally cars use braided brake lines that in one event will be exposed to far more flying rocks, stones etc than a road car will in several lifetimes. Brake failure due to brake line damage is quite rare. The reason braided lines are used is that they are extremely resistant to wear & damage from flying objects, not because they look good.

In my recent outing competing at the Sandown Historic races in my Elan there was a very load clang from the rear during the race. Nothing seemed to happen to the handling so I continued on. After the race I checked the rear suspension and found a very large indentation on the leading side of the A frame front tube where a stone / rock had been thrown up from the front wheels. The indentation was the like the tube had been hit very hard with a ball peen hammer. Even a braided brake line would have been crushed and potentially cut by the impact.

I would route the brake lines via the original locations or at least put on the back side of the suspension

cheers
Rohan

Thank you for the comments,before the car is completed I will wrap the hoses in protective spyro band as used in my previous rally cars

LooKS great rebuild. Could not get my engine out with manifold in place. Can you get yours in with manifold on as makes life easier

No I had to remove manifold studs and engine mounting,dropped in engine fitted manifold then fitted engine mount I also relieved chassis for a bit more room