Kimjon

Heavy duty internal structure to support A pillars and roof.

Targa top... No bracing as its already 50mm out of square from been rolled something in its dirty past.

Finished bracket.

It may get a token starter lever. But e-start all day.

Battery box/chain guard, gearbox brace. If "project binky" tought me anything at all - it's brackets are sexy, especially if performing multiple tasks. Filling up quick in that little engine compartment.

Spare tyre and jack. Better to have and not need, than to...

And after a few minutes with a grinder... boom! Done...I'm very happy I did. Im 6' 4" and about 110kg. Im not little. So extending the window so I can actually see out of it is great. It also eliminates 1m of welding in rust repairs. And I think it looks better-er.

Now the big call. Am I afraid of cutting up a vintage Ape? Nope...ftw!!

Seat was next on the list. So once again I find myself painting a picture of something I've never seen. But I don't view this as a negative, quite the opposite as I get to make what I think looks good with complete artistic license to make it up as I go. So here it is. Seat/engine cover done.

Bit of CAD design. This cardboard shows roughly how the connection between motor and gearbox/differential is achieved. There's going to be a chain drive in here somehow too.

Just for reference, so you can see how much cabin space the motor took up facing the correct way. The seat needs to cover the motor, and it just wouldn't work. Plus exhaust etc etc... So definitely going to run things backwards to solve these issues.

So, the engine is too big. But rather than let that defeat me...10 cups of coffee and some head scratching...and an idea popped into my head. Lets turn it around and face it backwards! The gearbox is straight cut, so it won't care which way it rotates. So that's what I'm going to run. This solves a lot of problems, but also creates some new ones. But I have a few ideas on how to overcome these issues.

And started building a motor for it. Check list was it must do the following: Make 2T nang noises Smoke little of that sweet smelling oil fuel mix Be a manual with a clutch Shift gears on the clutch lever Be force air cooled as its mounted under a seat. So that kinda narrowed it down. Sticking with what I know, I took a blown up vespa 150cc 2T motor and replaced the bare minimum of the fucked parts for unfucked parts. Hopefully I can kick it in the guts this week?

Made a little progress with the Ape.

Here's my most recent one I've finished. Pretty happy with this one considering the basketcase I started with.

Yep, I've done a few projects that I haven't posted up.

Even the rear tray chassis was fucked. But they're still making steel, so no problems just solutions.

More rust...yep, no shortage of it. The stuff never sleeps...

Let the rust repairs begin...

Made it home...its so pretty. There's a lot to work with. In some ways it's more complete than I realized, and in other ways I see my future will involve getting very good at welding panel steel.

But in all seriousness...holy fuck this is a big, little project. It needs so much work. It's well fucked in every regard.

Haven't posted anything in a long time. But the projects Haven't stopped. Been a few more come and go. But this is my latest acquisition. Needs a cut and polish, but it should buff out...

Big step forward. Rest of the stuff can be drip fed, as and when I feel like doing it.

Rear sub frame painted. Small steps...

Awesome thanks. My vespa with sidecar has a lasped rego. I purchased it this way, so paid accordingly.