Valiant

Thanks. It's not as deathly as it appears. Either don't stop and do some tactical circles or similar. Or hold on to a pole, post or wall. Or step off when the pedal is at the bottom of the stroke, which isn't as hard as it sounds.

So these stays have been hard work. Each one has 4 bends in it which need to match side to side. I made a jig to get the bends symmetrical and in the right place *hopefully*, I didn't take any photos of it though. Then I made a jig to hold the drop outs in the right place relative to the stays. I went head and welded them together once again forgetting to tale photos. Anyway today I started to put the back together so I can add it to the front of the frame, I also remembered to take a couple of photos. Freshly bent stays with dropouts attached. They still need a trim. More jigging and clamping. I'll weld a bar between the two pieces of steel hose clamped to the stays to hold them in place, then flip it and to the same on the top. In theory it will be stiff enough then to start fitting to the back of the bike.

Can you fit in it?

I used to go on NZDatsuns.com, I took my Valiant to the NZ Datsuns Grasskana. I did the most doughnuts. They didn't care. Picks/thread for your GTR please I'd like to see it too.

Cletus.

Buy a budget Telstar Mystique there's a good chance you'll find one the same colour, swap the front and revin. It seems too good to give up on. Cronos/GE are the same from memory, there might be some Imoprt/NZ new differences.

So I should have said before, this is the look I'm aiming for. So working towards that I needed some drop outs. As far as I can tell all Pantha used the same drop outs on all their bikes so I copied the dropouts on one of the kids Cubs. And scientifically worked out their ideal location. Where by I could start to make some seat and chain stays. More later.

Good work. That's a big job to tackle at home!

Good work Scott! Has it got all 6 cyls again?

What was making all the noise last weekend Ben?

About three years ago I threatened to build a 26inch BMX that looked like a Pantha. This weekend was the weekend that talk turned into action. I have a pile of parts for it that have been sitting around gathering dust, some tube I brought months ago, and some home made tools to make the job easier. Today It started to become a bike. So notching tube with a file is hard work and time consuming, tube notchers are expensive and a bit crappy looking. I looked at some on line and decided that my lathe could do the same job. It works perfect, and makes very neat notches. No more filing for hours! Nice fit too. And it's starting to look like the front of a bike Lots to do yet.

Safe R Brakes?

Cool, very cool. So some of it is Skoda? How about some mechanical details?

Can you per chance jump off something into one of the swimming holes to create a large splashing action?

Set on the van Chris? I saw a set at American Auto Parts the other day.

Yeah that's the one to get the arm at a better angle, it also put the sway bar in a better position. In saying that thoughI haven't written the book on it.

Is that a Boyd Coddington billet wheel? I hope it is and I hope it's staying!

Hi Matt, I've just called in to talk about your other Anglia. I think the Escort front end is the way to go just watch though the steering shaft sits into the engine bay quite a bit and you will have a crooked steering column unless you want to make an expensive double universal mid shaft. The sway bar ends up in a odd spot too it wants to be about 25mm below the chassis (from memory) Also if you want it to be real slammed the lower arms will end up pointing upwards at a moderate to medium slammed position. None of these problems can't be solved. On another note Classic Ford posted your film of the RX Anglia running on FB, I saw it the other night.

Sounds fun.

Hey, your car is looking good. I can't see your first photos,I don't know if they show the engine bay together or not. What's the cut out in the fire wall,and the transmission tunnel? Got some more specs on the car? Motor, box, suspension etc?

Is it a disc brake rear end? If it is you could add a couple of extra calipers to the rear and plumb it separately.

I feel a chainsaw thread coming on.

That's a big old fella Brock. Is it yours? Where did it come from? The no chain brake gives me the creeps, mine have kicked back and engaged the brake. I'm glad they have it.

Thanks. Yeah,it's been a long project.

Minor update. I've done a couple of things. Made a tow bar and found a nice piece of chain on the road that now lives on the bulldozer. Made a shifter so I can change between first and second in the auxiliary gearbox. It is much faster now especially in reverse. Fitted a new exhaust. Took it to some motor scooter thing. Then I towed some stuff and posed a bit. Does anyone else here get fizzed up about chainsaws?