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posted on September 27th, 2010 at 06:30 PM



Greg are those windows attached to a strap ala porsche racing 356s? I've wanted to do that for ages to mine :tu:



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posted on September 27th, 2010 at 08:01 PM



That's right, the L/H door window is fixed, but the R/H window is pulled up or down with the strap - a bit of old seat belt webbing. The windows are Lexan.



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posted on October 1st, 2010 at 09:26 AM



No.8 is back.:tu:......drove it about 100 metres - just to make sure gears etc. work OK. All seems fine, and with a few minor bits to finish off, Wakefield Park next Wednesday is a goer!

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posted on October 1st, 2010 at 11:13 AM



Congrats Greg.



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posted on October 1st, 2010 at 11:20 AM



Thanks Craig, much appreciated.



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posted on October 1st, 2010 at 11:30 AM



a congrats from me to greg.....now go woop some honda ass...

oh, how bout some in car footage.....
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posted on October 1st, 2010 at 05:24 PM



Gee Greg, that was quick. You want to come work on mine :D we could have it running by Christmas with your help :lol:

Congratulations and I'm sure you going to take it easy and feel out your new No. 8 :yes: before you try whipping all those Honda's etc.

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posted on October 1st, 2010 at 05:37 PM



excellent work Greg hope someone has a camera for Wednesday



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posted on October 2nd, 2010 at 10:40 AM



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Gee Greg, that was quick. You want to come work on mine :D we could have it running by Christmas with your help :lol:

Congratulations and I'm sure you going to take it easy and feel out your new No. 8 :yes: before you try whipping all those Honda's etc.

Take care, Kev.

Thanks Kev,

I'll help you, if you want - just let me know. Or just give you a bit of a gee-up.:lol:

Cheers, Greg




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posted on October 2nd, 2010 at 10:47 AM



Kev,

We could have an aussieveedubbers days at your place lol may get the car finished in a day lol im good for wiring work or just getting drinks lol




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posted on October 6th, 2010 at 08:11 PM



nice 356 tacho :)



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posted on January 3rd, 2011 at 09:23 AM



Thats awesome Greg!!!! So glad No.8 is back!!!! Make sure you post some photos up now its up and running again!!!!!
Such a quick rebuild!!!! Hats off to you and congratulations!!!!
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posted on May 12th, 2013 at 07:59 PM



Pretty damn spiffy.....

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posted on May 12th, 2013 at 08:34 PM



Wow, thats some interesting mods right there. Thanks for sharing Greg



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posted on May 12th, 2013 at 08:47 PM



oh yeah! do you think that could be called a ball joint front end!!!!! still swing axle thou:lol: thanx both for the pics and the work!



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posted on May 12th, 2013 at 08:55 PM



Love this car!!! had a close look the other day. Blown away by the engineering that has been done.
Think its more a hime joint frontend mactaylor:lol::lol:




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posted on May 13th, 2013 at 07:10 AM



Nice work on the new roll centre for the swingaxle Greg!
Way better than above the gearbox!

Yeah, that is now a balljoint front end!

Where does that brace from the fork attach at the other end?




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posted on May 13th, 2013 at 07:37 AM



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Nice work on the new roll centre for the swingaxle Greg!
Way better than above the gearbox!

Yeah, that is now a balljoint front end!

Where does that brace from the fork attach at the other end?

Thanks Dave.

OK, the link pins are now rod ends, and the king pins are now 'uprights'.:blush:

The fork braces bolt to the chassis 'castings' [one each side]. There are 2 vertical braces that are hard to see, bolted to a cross-member above. The whole lot is tied in with the roll cage, making the rear end very rigid.




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posted on May 13th, 2013 at 07:48 AM



Very nice Greg... looks to be a lot of hours (years?) thinking gone in to the mix there I reckon !!!

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posted on May 13th, 2013 at 08:10 AM



Not that long, really. I only started to 'muck around' with my VW's suspension in 1960.:yes:

Re-set rear torsion bars, made a comp. spring, fitted a front anti-roll bar, and gave it some front toe-out. Even made up manifolds, and fitted twin Amal carbs.:rolleyes:




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posted on May 13th, 2013 at 03:12 PM



Not much success with the horizontal spring above the box? Too much front wheel lift?



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posted on May 13th, 2013 at 03:48 PM



Fabo, did you bump your head when you hit that concrete thing:?::smilegrin:



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posted on May 13th, 2013 at 04:06 PM



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posted on May 13th, 2013 at 09:17 PM



It was bumped at birth :):)
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It was bumped at birth :):)


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posted on May 14th, 2013 at 09:45 PM



very interesting. But where does that lower arm go connected to the lower control on the front end that run parallel and what does it do?
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posted on May 14th, 2013 at 09:48 PM



sorry my england was awful. Where does that lower arm go connected to the lower control arm on the front end and run parallel with the steering arm and what does that do?
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posted on May 14th, 2013 at 11:48 PM



They stop the lower arm flexing inwards which can also cause the wheel to go into positive camber.
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posted on April 4th, 2016 at 12:28 PM



Just have to say a HUGE thank you to Greg Mackie for selling me this awesome race car! Took it out for its first outing with me as the pilot, All I can say is it is a well sorted and amazing to drive! Did 3 sessions in it, made massive gains each time. Rear tyres are now stuffed! Drum Brakes for the win! 13th outright! against big HP cars, Pretty bloody STOKED! Thanks again GREG!



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