keep the updates coming Troy...👍
awesome stuff. great to see that car back on deck again. are you keeping the dedion rearend?
yeah mostly likely,dave has already made changes to it after it crashed s it should now handle better but time will tell
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pete wood wrote:awesome stuff. great to see that car back on deck again. are you keeping the dedion rearend?
The rear suspension is no longer DeDeon.
If you look at the pictures you will see that the dropped axle is no longer connected together from each side.
It now has heim joints mounted to the chassis under the CV joint location.
This effetively makes it an independant suspension with a swingaxle wheel travel.
The best thing about this style of swingaxle,
is the camber can be adjusted with the lower heim joint,
and the roll centre is not high like a conventional swingaxle car.
As long as the mountng points are strong(just tacked in at the moment),
and the car is properly wheel aligned,
this car will run nice and straight.
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
$500 side to side.
includes everything.
shocks .steering shaft,steering arms and brand new steering box. even the ali front end bracket.pagey is getting the spindle and king pins,but he might not want them,so i will leave that up to pagey,but i know he atleast wanted to get some measurements off it.
let me know.i checked today it won't fit in the car for the dyno day ,not with a car load of travellers,so we will have to organize something else.
will talk soon.
down sharon.
$500 side to side....sounds good.....thats wheels and tyres to eh ???😁
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fuck yeh,they are to hard to clean,just gona get a new set.lol
down sharon.
nice one troy give me a yell if you want a roadie!brad you bringing a trailer up i've got bo's car waiting unless u want a hot little itallian🤪
New paint scheme I'm working on? Perhaps a new name for the car - "Vanilla Slice" hahaha....
Mmmmmm!
VANILLA!
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
Looks good Al...nice
Umm... okaaaayyy...... I grew up knowing vanilla slice as "snot block", so PLEASE come up with another name for it !!!
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dangerous wrote:Mmmmmm!
VANILLA!
vanilla muffins??!
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hey Al, Are they 3 different shades of yellow there that you are playing with or is it just the angle of the light?
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Hehehe....yeah three different shades - was just a test panel for colours for a customer's bay window kombi!
Vanilla Slice Slice Baby......too cold, too cold.
Has a nice ring to it eh Troy? 😂
Dasdubber wrote:"Vanilla Slice"
Has a nice ring to it eh Troy? 😂
That IS a good name for a race car.
...well,...better than "snot block" anyhow!
😂
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
dangerous wrote:That IS a good name for a race car.
...well,...better than "snot block" anyhow!😂
I have a bit of left over paint from my new T3 shop van (pictured below)....I was thinking if it went satin blue like the van it could be called "Blue Balls".....haha
😂
Don't know if that would be cool though! Maybe thats all you'll end up with after spending all your cashola on the racecar if your wife finds out what it really costs to go racing!
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HOWS IT GOING WITH THE FRONT END
ARE YOU GUNNA BUY BRADS SET UP OR ARE YA TOO
MUCH OF A TIGHT ARSE 😂😂😂😂
🤘
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i dont have the cash at the moment but i did send brad a PM but i havent heard from him yet so if you see him ask him about it and let me know
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i'm gunna go do some work on the junka
tomorrow so i'll get him to give ya a buz
🤘
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how did you go with brad yesterday
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Just read through this thread and some of the oothers related to this car and its awesome!
What specs/rules/sanctioning body do you guys have to work to for things like this chassis over in Aus?
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andra( australian national drag racing association) is who makes the rules for drag racing in australia. The engine that is in my fastback will end up in the tube chassis car at a later date
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now that warwick is out of the way for another year, its time to start get into the tube chassis car, need to chase up westi to send the front end up to me and will go and see trevor i think at custom exhaust to bend up some bar work and weld up the front of the chassis. Will also have to chase around for some front wheels as well so if anyone knows of some spindle mount wheels to suit strange strut so i can fit front brakes let me know...
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Good to see the tube car is coming back on stream....
Troy, put out a "anyone driving to brisbane from sydney with a trailer" call... its the best way 🙂
its ok, i had a courier pick the front end up today from westi and sending it to my work. Will be getting my new wheels in a fortnight then taking the car to get the front of the chassis welded on so with any luck the car will be back on its wheels in a few weeks or so. I will post some pics when i get the new bits
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BEING ASPIRATED FEELS GREAT BUT BEING BLOWN TAKES THING TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL....
well i have a front now and will have front wheels in another week or so then off the customer exhaust to weld on the front bar work, finally getting close to being back on its wheels again. All the old front bar work has now been cut off and ready for new work
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its looking good 🙂