Jikovron

So the Skoda has been a slow burner but again this has been spread over the whole year roughly 

As can be noted the front end was a total mess, it just fell to bits without any disassembly , a few kicks saw it all fall out.

And indeed the metal just kept being cut away

till it was looking completely bollocked 

the donor floor needed some work after it was blasted 

The boot floor and rails fitted OK due to coming from a similar year car, the press tools where changed a fair bit as the steel thickness and pressings were continuously updated through the estelle production run particularly the mk1 and super estelles

surprisingly that was a straight forward task 
and getting it in wasn't all that bad 

By this stage the technique was in place,  yes there's no ribs but no shits were given due to cost considerations , flat sheet is cheap!

I used a copious amount of Zinga zinc coating , bloody expensive given it was 53quid for 750ml 
All that rammel needs copied/repaired and fitted back in, but need to build up enthusiasm again really

the questionable 80s bumper was in bits so I thought I'd see if fibre glass was a worthy option

and it is , if you buy the correct resin for the catalyst, I had to redo the whole deal but got there the 2nd time!
So that's roughly up to date, 12months condensed down as per the proton
 

So a year or so passes by and plenty has gone on for better and worse.
Proton:  10,000 miles this year!

The driveshaft seemed to be out of balance so I added some jubilee weights ,,however since balancing the wheels there is some residual minor vibration at 70 odd mph (knackered cv boot noted)

I made a cheeky towbar of which I should have just bought one than mess about adapting one that looked about right

Bonnet catch failed at high enough speed to snap one hinge and wrap the bonnet around the passenger A pillar,,all OK except the windscreen which was subsequently replaced

The engine was feeling abit off so I found the engine light feed and wired it into the dash , but that was revealing nowt!

I reckoned the fuel pump was struggling to feed the bigger engine, so swapped that for the gti unit however that didn't help either, and similarly the fuel regulator was passing at expected pressure so by then I was abit stumped 

So checked the cam timing which revealed almost a tooth out, but oddly not a whole tooth.

So a loose crank bolt allowed the keyway to fret away the key, ended up welding it and filing it back into shape, fixed!

next up was the rather long ignored cv and rack boot, only took about 20mins or so for a change 

brake pipes were looking incredibly poor so they got replaced, it involved a whole host of tools, strong language and a 3m length of 5mm bore clear poly pipe.

I noticed instantly when this blew out all its oil as the car felt skittish when cornering to the right, so I phoned about for new ones but most places claimed their suppliers didn't have them, yet one tried KYB directly who had stock of them, so swapped both sides as the better of the 2 dampers was in poor condition also

the window wouldn't wind on either side due to the tabs rotting off the glass grab thing so just tacked them back together , makes a big difference being able to open windows without them falling out of the runners

The next engine,,at some stage anon, plenty to plan to get that in given its a VW engine
That's a sort of abridged year behind d the wheel of that car, it's basically been a decent all round thing, enjoyable and easy to drive with reasonable reliability all in.

So the Skoda has been a slow burner but again this has been spread over the whole year roughly 

As can be noted the front end was a total mess, it just fell to bits without any disassembly , a few kicks saw it all fall out.

And indeed the metal just kept being cut away

till it was looking completely bollocked 

the donor floor needed some work after it was blasted 

The boot floor and rails fitted OK due to coming from a similar year car, the press tools where changed a fair bit as the steel thickness and pressings were continuously updated through the estelle production run particularly the mk1 and super estelles

surprisingly that was a straight forward task 
and getting it in wasn't all that bad 

By this stage the technique was in place,  yes there's no ribs but no shits were given due to cost considerations , flat sheet is cheap!

I used a copious amount of Zinga zinc coating , bloody expensive given it was 53quid for 750ml 
All that rammel needs copied/repaired and fitted back in, but need to build up enthusiasm again really

the questionable 80s bumper was in bits so I thought I'd see if fibre glass was a worthy option

and it is , if you buy the correct resin for the catalyst, I had to redo the whole deal but got there the 2nd time!
So that's roughly up to date, 12months condensed down as per the proton
 

So a year or so passes by and plenty has gone on for better and worse.
Proton:  10,000 miles this year!

The driveshaft seemed to be out of balance so I added some jubilee weights ,,however since balancing the wheels there is some residual minor vibration at 70 odd mph (knackered cv boot noted)

I made a cheeky towbar of which I should have just bought one than mess about adapting one that looked about right

Bonnet catch failed at high enough speed to snap one hinge and wrap the bonnet around the passenger A pillar,,all OK except the windscreen which was subsequently replaced

The engine was feeling abit off so I found the engine light feed and wired it into the dash , but that was revealing nowt!

I reckoned the fuel pump was struggling to feed the bigger engine, so swapped that for the gti unit however that didn't help either, and similarly the fuel regulator was passing at expected pressure so by then I was abit stumped 

So checked the cam timing which revealed almost a tooth out, but oddly not a whole tooth.

So a loose crank bolt allowed the keyway to fret away the key, ended up welding it and filing it back into shape, fixed!

next up was the rather long ignored cv and rack boot, only took about 20mins or so for a change 

brake pipes were looking incredibly poor so they got replaced, it involved a whole host of tools, strong language and a 3m length of 5mm bore clear poly pipe.

I noticed instantly when this blew out all its oil as the car felt skittish when cornering to the right, so I phoned about for new ones but most places claimed their suppliers didn't have them, yet one tried KYB directly who had stock of them, so swapped both sides as the better of the 2 dampers was in poor condition also

the window wouldn't wind on either side due to the tabs rotting off the glass grab thing so just tacked them back together , makes a big difference being able to open windows without them falling out of the runners

The next engine,,at some stage anon, plenty to plan to get that in given its a VW engine
That's a sort of abridged year behind d the wheel of that car, it's basically been a decent all round thing, enjoyable and easy to drive with reasonable reliability all in.

Proton OTR
So the Proton became a full blown proper load of excessive work and I trapped myself into a cycle of obsession with battling against severe fatigue to get it done whilst everything hangs in the balance,,for all those who are healthy and procrastinating,,life's bloody unpredictable and short! , there is a level of reward reaped in that despite now slowly recovering some semblance of function again,,ie walking more than 10m at a time the thing has come back onto the road and the entire family love the thing including me inexplicably, it drives like an 80s mitsubishi with competent smoothness and the typical feather weight precise controls these cars have, the engine is ultra smooth and the response is very lively with the 140bhp unit, even the homebrew driveshafts are happy conduits of torque.
Ultimately it has to stay.

Genuine clean pass, no advisories as I went through the entire car!

This took an inordinate amount of time as I would make up a patch meticulously fit it till it was butted flush and carefully weld it,,then just snooze on the mat for abit. And to think it looked OK initially

Sump was loose,,easy fix there really,,just clean it and use sump sealant

As the sun sets here,,it could well be the last hurrah,,,but also there may be a recovery too so one way or the other really!

So the Skoda has been a slow burner but again this has been spread over the whole year roughly 

As can be noted the front end was a total mess, it just fell to bits without any disassembly , a few kicks saw it all fall out.

And indeed the metal just kept being cut away

till it was looking completely bollocked 

the donor floor needed some work after it was blasted 

The boot floor and rails fitted OK due to coming from a similar year car, the press tools where changed a fair bit as the steel thickness and pressings were continuously updated through the estelle production run particularly the mk1 and super estelles

surprisingly that was a straight forward task 
and getting it in wasn't all that bad 

By this stage the technique was in place,  yes there's no ribs but no shits were given due to cost considerations , flat sheet is cheap!

I used a copious amount of Zinga zinc coating , bloody expensive given it was 53quid for 750ml 
All that rammel needs copied/repaired and fitted back in, but need to build up enthusiasm again really

the questionable 80s bumper was in bits so I thought I'd see if fibre glass was a worthy option

and it is , if you buy the correct resin for the catalyst, I had to redo the whole deal but got there the 2nd time!
So that's roughly up to date, 12months condensed down as per the proton
 

Some proper work there.
Well done finding the worn down key on the pulley.

So the Skoda has been a slow burner but again this has been spread over the whole year roughly 

As can be noted the front end was a total mess, it just fell to bits without any disassembly , a few kicks saw it all fall out.

And indeed the metal just kept being cut away

till it was looking completely bollocked 

the donor floor needed some work after it was blasted 

The boot floor and rails fitted OK due to coming from a similar year car, the press tools where changed a fair bit as the steel thickness and pressings were continuously updated through the estelle production run particularly the mk1 and super estelles

surprisingly that was a straight forward task 
and getting it in wasn't all that bad 

By this stage the technique was in place,  yes there's no ribs but no shits were given due to cost considerations , flat sheet is cheap!

I used a copious amount of Zinga zinc coating , bloody expensive given it was 53quid for 750ml 
All that rammel needs copied/repaired and fitted back in, but need to build up enthusiasm again really

the questionable 80s bumper was in bits so I thought I'd see if fibre glass was a worthy option

and it is , if you buy the correct resin for the catalyst, I had to redo the whole deal but got there the 2nd time!
So that's roughly up to date, 12months condensed down as per the proton
 

So the Skoda has been a slow burner but again this has been spread over the whole year roughly 

As can be noted the front end was a total mess, it just fell to bits without any disassembly , a few kicks saw it all fall out.

And indeed the metal just kept being cut away

till it was looking completely bollocked 

the donor floor needed some work after it was blasted 

The boot floor and rails fitted OK due to coming from a similar year car, the press tools where changed a fair bit as the steel thickness and pressings were continuously updated through the estelle production run particularly the mk1 and super estelles

surprisingly that was a straight forward task 
and getting it in wasn't all that bad 

By this stage the technique was in place,  yes there's no ribs but no shits were given due to cost considerations , flat sheet is cheap!

I used a copious amount of Zinga zinc coating , bloody expensive given it was 53quid for 750ml 
All that rammel needs copied/repaired and fitted back in, but need to build up enthusiasm again really

the questionable 80s bumper was in bits so I thought I'd see if fibre glass was a worthy option

and it is , if you buy the correct resin for the catalyst, I had to redo the whole deal but got there the 2nd time!
So that's roughly up to date, 12months condensed down as per the proton
 

So a year or so passes by and plenty has gone on for better and worse.
Proton:  10,000 miles this year!

The driveshaft seemed to be out of balance so I added some jubilee weights ,,however since balancing the wheels there is some residual minor vibration at 70 odd mph (knackered cv boot noted)

I made a cheeky towbar of which I should have just bought one than mess about adapting one that looked about right

Bonnet catch failed at high enough speed to snap one hinge and wrap the bonnet around the passenger A pillar,,all OK except the windscreen which was subsequently replaced

The engine was feeling abit off so I found the engine light feed and wired it into the dash , but that was revealing nowt!

I reckoned the fuel pump was struggling to feed the bigger engine, so swapped that for the gti unit however that didn't help either, and similarly the fuel regulator was passing at expected pressure so by then I was abit stumped 

So checked the cam timing which revealed almost a tooth out, but oddly not a whole tooth.

So a loose crank bolt allowed the keyway to fret away the key, ended up welding it and filing it back into shape, fixed!

next up was the rather long ignored cv and rack boot, only took about 20mins or so for a change 

brake pipes were looking incredibly poor so they got replaced, it involved a whole host of tools, strong language and a 3m length of 5mm bore clear poly pipe.

I noticed instantly when this blew out all its oil as the car felt skittish when cornering to the right, so I phoned about for new ones but most places claimed their suppliers didn't have them, yet one tried KYB directly who had stock of them, so swapped both sides as the better of the 2 dampers was in poor condition also

the window wouldn't wind on either side due to the tabs rotting off the glass grab thing so just tacked them back together , makes a big difference being able to open windows without them falling out of the runners

The next engine,,at some stage anon, plenty to plan to get that in given its a VW engine
That's a sort of abridged year behind d the wheel of that car, it's basically been a decent all round thing, enjoyable and easy to drive with reasonable reliability all in.

I went up to the Crich tram village for the IFA Red Oktober car meet and as I have the relevant car to hand it seemed a perfect run out given I had nothing else planned as such.
So headed up there with a view that the shitty headgasket was already going but it was leaking slowly enough for the gases to evacuate the header tank, initially that's what transpired till near the village, it's a long hill to crich and stopping isnt a safe option on the NSL road which was rather unhelpful.
Predictably the temp went berserk repleat with steam clouds and tremendously loud pinking despite feathering the throttle right down the gears, anyhow it made the trip and that was something!



loved all this stuff as it's a proper time travel venue and the enthusiasm for the trams and village scape is clear to see, I left my  disloyal steed outside as the fun factor of cold war motoring had diminished too much by then.

After a mile since topping up I had to dive off the road and started to very slowly fill up out of a puddle once I had poured water on the alloy block to try and draw heat out of the head rather than quench the iron. Thankfully a gent stopped and had some actual clean water to donate which was very appreciated

Once I got back I cut down another neighbours tree and it behaved itself for the trip up to the tip.

in light of the 1200 engine having unresolvable issues I'm pushing to finish the s100 engine so I can use it as a stop gap power unit.
 
I shot blasted the outside of  liners, cleaned the seats and fire ring faces, glaze busted and fitted them with 0.15mm shims which gives a 0.1-0.14 protrusion.

All the bits seem to be easily got from germany so it's certainly added to the motivation factor not having to scrape about for the basics.

So a year or so passes by and plenty has gone on for better and worse.
Proton:  10,000 miles this year!

The driveshaft seemed to be out of balance so I added some jubilee weights ,,however since balancing the wheels there is some residual minor vibration at 70 odd mph (knackered cv boot noted)

I made a cheeky towbar of which I should have just bought one than mess about adapting one that looked about right

Bonnet catch failed at high enough speed to snap one hinge and wrap the bonnet around the passenger A pillar,,all OK except the windscreen which was subsequently replaced

The engine was feeling abit off so I found the engine light feed and wired it into the dash , but that was revealing nowt!

I reckoned the fuel pump was struggling to feed the bigger engine, so swapped that for the gti unit however that didn't help either, and similarly the fuel regulator was passing at expected pressure so by then I was abit stumped 

So checked the cam timing which revealed almost a tooth out, but oddly not a whole tooth.

So a loose crank bolt allowed the keyway to fret away the key, ended up welding it and filing it back into shape, fixed!

next up was the rather long ignored cv and rack boot, only took about 20mins or so for a change 

brake pipes were looking incredibly poor so they got replaced, it involved a whole host of tools, strong language and a 3m length of 5mm bore clear poly pipe.

I noticed instantly when this blew out all its oil as the car felt skittish when cornering to the right, so I phoned about for new ones but most places claimed their suppliers didn't have them, yet one tried KYB directly who had stock of them, so swapped both sides as the better of the 2 dampers was in poor condition also

the window wouldn't wind on either side due to the tabs rotting off the glass grab thing so just tacked them back together , makes a big difference being able to open windows without them falling out of the runners

The next engine,,at some stage anon, plenty to plan to get that in given its a VW engine
That's a sort of abridged year behind d the wheel of that car, it's basically been a decent all round thing, enjoyable and easy to drive with reasonable reliability all in.

So the Skoda has been a slow burner but again this has been spread over the whole year roughly 

As can be noted the front end was a total mess, it just fell to bits without any disassembly , a few kicks saw it all fall out.

And indeed the metal just kept being cut away

till it was looking completely bollocked 

the donor floor needed some work after it was blasted 

The boot floor and rails fitted OK due to coming from a similar year car, the press tools where changed a fair bit as the steel thickness and pressings were continuously updated through the estelle production run particularly the mk1 and super estelles

surprisingly that was a straight forward task 
and getting it in wasn't all that bad 

By this stage the technique was in place,  yes there's no ribs but no shits were given due to cost considerations , flat sheet is cheap!

I used a copious amount of Zinga zinc coating , bloody expensive given it was 53quid for 750ml 
All that rammel needs copied/repaired and fitted back in, but need to build up enthusiasm again really

the questionable 80s bumper was in bits so I thought I'd see if fibre glass was a worthy option

and it is , if you buy the correct resin for the catalyst, I had to redo the whole deal but got there the 2nd time!
So that's roughly up to date, 12months condensed down as per the proton
 

So a year or so passes by and plenty has gone on for better and worse.
Proton:  10,000 miles this year!

The driveshaft seemed to be out of balance so I added some jubilee weights ,,however since balancing the wheels there is some residual minor vibration at 70 odd mph (knackered cv boot noted)

I made a cheeky towbar of which I should have just bought one than mess about adapting one that looked about right

Bonnet catch failed at high enough speed to snap one hinge and wrap the bonnet around the passenger A pillar,,all OK except the windscreen which was subsequently replaced

The engine was feeling abit off so I found the engine light feed and wired it into the dash , but that was revealing nowt!

I reckoned the fuel pump was struggling to feed the bigger engine, so swapped that for the gti unit however that didn't help either, and similarly the fuel regulator was passing at expected pressure so by then I was abit stumped 

So checked the cam timing which revealed almost a tooth out, but oddly not a whole tooth.

So a loose crank bolt allowed the keyway to fret away the key, ended up welding it and filing it back into shape, fixed!

next up was the rather long ignored cv and rack boot, only took about 20mins or so for a change 

brake pipes were looking incredibly poor so they got replaced, it involved a whole host of tools, strong language and a 3m length of 5mm bore clear poly pipe.

I noticed instantly when this blew out all its oil as the car felt skittish when cornering to the right, so I phoned about for new ones but most places claimed their suppliers didn't have them, yet one tried KYB directly who had stock of them, so swapped both sides as the better of the 2 dampers was in poor condition also

the window wouldn't wind on either side due to the tabs rotting off the glass grab thing so just tacked them back together , makes a big difference being able to open windows without them falling out of the runners

The next engine,,at some stage anon, plenty to plan to get that in given its a VW engine
That's a sort of abridged year behind d the wheel of that car, it's basically been a decent all round thing, enjoyable and easy to drive with reasonable reliability all in.

So the Skoda has been a slow burner but again this has been spread over the whole year roughly 

As can be noted the front end was a total mess, it just fell to bits without any disassembly , a few kicks saw it all fall out.

And indeed the metal just kept being cut away

till it was looking completely bollocked 

the donor floor needed some work after it was blasted 

The boot floor and rails fitted OK due to coming from a similar year car, the press tools where changed a fair bit as the steel thickness and pressings were continuously updated through the estelle production run particularly the mk1 and super estelles

surprisingly that was a straight forward task 
and getting it in wasn't all that bad 

By this stage the technique was in place,  yes there's no ribs but no shits were given due to cost considerations , flat sheet is cheap!

I used a copious amount of Zinga zinc coating , bloody expensive given it was 53quid for 750ml 
All that rammel needs copied/repaired and fitted back in, but need to build up enthusiasm again really

the questionable 80s bumper was in bits so I thought I'd see if fibre glass was a worthy option

and it is , if you buy the correct resin for the catalyst, I had to redo the whole deal but got there the 2nd time!
So that's roughly up to date, 12months condensed down as per the proton
 

So a year or so passes by and plenty has gone on for better and worse.
Proton:  10,000 miles this year!

The driveshaft seemed to be out of balance so I added some jubilee weights ,,however since balancing the wheels there is some residual minor vibration at 70 odd mph (knackered cv boot noted)

I made a cheeky towbar of which I should have just bought one than mess about adapting one that looked about right

Bonnet catch failed at high enough speed to snap one hinge and wrap the bonnet around the passenger A pillar,,all OK except the windscreen which was subsequently replaced

The engine was feeling abit off so I found the engine light feed and wired it into the dash , but that was revealing nowt!

I reckoned the fuel pump was struggling to feed the bigger engine, so swapped that for the gti unit however that didn't help either, and similarly the fuel regulator was passing at expected pressure so by then I was abit stumped 

So checked the cam timing which revealed almost a tooth out, but oddly not a whole tooth.

So a loose crank bolt allowed the keyway to fret away the key, ended up welding it and filing it back into shape, fixed!

next up was the rather long ignored cv and rack boot, only took about 20mins or so for a change 

brake pipes were looking incredibly poor so they got replaced, it involved a whole host of tools, strong language and a 3m length of 5mm bore clear poly pipe.

I noticed instantly when this blew out all its oil as the car felt skittish when cornering to the right, so I phoned about for new ones but most places claimed their suppliers didn't have them, yet one tried KYB directly who had stock of them, so swapped both sides as the better of the 2 dampers was in poor condition also

the window wouldn't wind on either side due to the tabs rotting off the glass grab thing so just tacked them back together , makes a big difference being able to open windows without them falling out of the runners

The next engine,,at some stage anon, plenty to plan to get that in given its a VW engine
That's a sort of abridged year behind d the wheel of that car, it's basically been a decent all round thing, enjoyable and easy to drive with reasonable reliability all in.

Yeah there's been a fair bit over the last year but it's all been complicated by health maladies so I didn't really post much, but I'll do a summary shortly !

So the Skoda has been a slow burner but again this has been spread over the whole year roughly 

As can be noted the front end was a total mess, it just fell to bits without any disassembly , a few kicks saw it all fall out.

And indeed the metal just kept being cut away

till it was looking completely bollocked 

the donor floor needed some work after it was blasted 

The boot floor and rails fitted OK due to coming from a similar year car, the press tools where changed a fair bit as the steel thickness and pressings were continuously updated through the estelle production run particularly the mk1 and super estelles

surprisingly that was a straight forward task 
and getting it in wasn't all that bad 

By this stage the technique was in place,  yes there's no ribs but no shits were given due to cost considerations , flat sheet is cheap!

I used a copious amount of Zinga zinc coating , bloody expensive given it was 53quid for 750ml 
All that rammel needs copied/repaired and fitted back in, but need to build up enthusiasm again really

the questionable 80s bumper was in bits so I thought I'd see if fibre glass was a worthy option

and it is , if you buy the correct resin for the catalyst, I had to redo the whole deal but got there the 2nd time!
So that's roughly up to date, 12months condensed down as per the proton
 

So a year or so passes by and plenty has gone on for better and worse.
Proton:  10,000 miles this year!

The driveshaft seemed to be out of balance so I added some jubilee weights ,,however since balancing the wheels there is some residual minor vibration at 70 odd mph (knackered cv boot noted)

I made a cheeky towbar of which I should have just bought one than mess about adapting one that looked about right

Bonnet catch failed at high enough speed to snap one hinge and wrap the bonnet around the passenger A pillar,,all OK except the windscreen which was subsequently replaced

The engine was feeling abit off so I found the engine light feed and wired it into the dash , but that was revealing nowt!

I reckoned the fuel pump was struggling to feed the bigger engine, so swapped that for the gti unit however that didn't help either, and similarly the fuel regulator was passing at expected pressure so by then I was abit stumped 

So checked the cam timing which revealed almost a tooth out, but oddly not a whole tooth.

So a loose crank bolt allowed the keyway to fret away the key, ended up welding it and filing it back into shape, fixed!

next up was the rather long ignored cv and rack boot, only took about 20mins or so for a change 

brake pipes were looking incredibly poor so they got replaced, it involved a whole host of tools, strong language and a 3m length of 5mm bore clear poly pipe.

I noticed instantly when this blew out all its oil as the car felt skittish when cornering to the right, so I phoned about for new ones but most places claimed their suppliers didn't have them, yet one tried KYB directly who had stock of them, so swapped both sides as the better of the 2 dampers was in poor condition also

the window wouldn't wind on either side due to the tabs rotting off the glass grab thing so just tacked them back together , makes a big difference being able to open windows without them falling out of the runners

The next engine,,at some stage anon, plenty to plan to get that in given its a VW engine
That's a sort of abridged year behind d the wheel of that car, it's basically been a decent all round thing, enjoyable and easy to drive with reasonable reliability all in.

So I filled up the gearbox, bled the coolant on the suzuki last week and it's been great since, which means the gamble paid off there thankfully.
So as that was fairly successful I thought let's repeat the process again! With a better engine for the skoda.

I organised the shipping for this within about 3mins over the phone to speedshift, and this turned up the next day from penzance for 63quid, I couldn't manage to get it for that in fuel costs.

It's a late skoda 120 engine so has all the improvements that pre 83 engines dont have, stiffer block,full flow filtration,and upgraded ancilleries.
This one has done some mileage by the state of the clutch but hopefully the bottom end is ok.
I stored it out in the back with a hat on for the rain showers!

I made a start on it but couldn't crack on properly till I got a jet washer of gumtree.


A once over with the luminous green elbow grease spray,, jet wash, oven cleaner and a finishing rinse off.
Next up will be to take the head off, lap the valves and get it built back up to fit into the car! 
Also dad nipped round with a new waterpump for his 300e and we got on with swapping that over, we did this 10 years ago when we first got the car so it seems to be a per decade job, and a good job too as it's a needlessly shit job to do with how much that requires removing!


At 270k its valve guides have seen better days, but to me it's got the uncle Buck perennial charm as it smokes and occasionally splutters it's way around. 

Yeah there's been a fair bit over the last year but it's all been complicated by health maladies so I didn't really post much, but I'll do a summary shortly !

Yeah there's been a fair bit over the last year but it's all been complicated by health maladies so I didn't really post much, but I'll do a summary shortly !

As the buggy is basically unsaleable and worthless I thought I might aswell tinker on with it as and when, the steering was thought to be a massively faff but actually the saxo rack and quadrants etc all play nicely with each other. The quadrant is a brake pedal as it has a nice pivot point.

the rack mount was welded to the chassis rails to initially position the rack with a view that the drag link follows the average arc of the suspension links.
Steering column is the saxo up joint, a piece of lawnmower and a m12 bolt with a flange welded on.
The steering quadrant pivot got a decent beef up as I predict the thing is likely to be getting its face smashed in rather than a quiet bimble although thinking further a bump stop would be helpful as bottoming the dampers would strain the arms a fair bit.
I knocked up a front bumper as it wants a decent location for some D shackles, basically because why not!
So as the HDPE 1000litre containers worked out so well previously I picked up 2 inner bottles locally for a tenner, as can be seen when you saw them into a net they are a good 7m² of decent 3mm sheet which cut and shape very easily, I would have used then on a shed roof zero bother! 
With the front getting resolved I wanted to sort the unfinished rear so back out with the pipe bender and bandsaw to make a bumper and wheel slider rails.

Next up will be a roll over cage! 

Yeah there's been a fair bit over the last year but it's all been complicated by health maladies so I didn't really post much, but I'll do a summary shortly !

Yeah there's been a fair bit over the last year but it's all been complicated by health maladies so I didn't really post much, but I'll do a summary shortly !