epeppy Ed Peppard Woodlawn, TN (61 posts) Registered: 08/04/2008 08:35PM Main British Car: 1975 TR6 Ford 302 |
Finally Coming Together
Well, I'm finally starting to put this thing together. It's been a slow process but hopefully will be worth it in the end. I appreciate all the information that has been posted on this website. A lot of what I have done has been gleened from the builds that are shown here. Shooting to be finished (whatever that is) by early spring. Have started wiring and would like to get that completed in the next week or so. We'll see.
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88v8 Ivor Duarte Gloucestershire UK (1041 posts) Registered: 02/11/2010 04:29AM Main British Car: 1974 Land Rover Lightweight V8 |
Re: Finally Coming Together
That's a very clean engine bay.
It's too easy to end up looking like a How Much Can We Cram In Here competition. Now, all you need is to hide the wiring like the Custom guys do :} Ivor |
epeppy Ed Peppard Woodlawn, TN (61 posts) Registered: 08/04/2008 08:35PM Main British Car: 1975 TR6 Ford 302 |
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Thanks Calvin. The color is Dodge Viper Blue. It came out looking pretty good. It's not perfect but it will be fine for a driver. Ivor, the engine bay now looks like a bowl of spaghetti fell in it. Plan on putting the relay panel on the shelf at the firewall. Hopefully it won't look too bad when finished.
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kstevusa kelly stevenson Southern Middle Tennessee (985 posts) Registered: 10/25/2007 09:37AM Main British Car: 2003 Jaguar XK8 Coupe 4.2L DOHC/ VVT / 6sp. AT |
Re: Finally Coming Together
Ed, you could plan to visit us at the Blount County Brit Car Show in May 2014, Early May. Townsend is a great place to visit and try out a Sports Car. SAFETY FASTER !
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epeppy Ed Peppard Woodlawn, TN (61 posts) Registered: 08/04/2008 08:35PM Main British Car: 1975 TR6 Ford 302 |
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Kelly, that definitely sounds like something to shoot for. Have been camping in Townsend and it is a beautiful area. Dan, that is good example of a clean wiring layout. I've got my relay panel where the MSD ignition box is located in the picture. I will probably try to put it in an enclosure. Might help to hide some of the mess.
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epeppy Ed Peppard Woodlawn, TN (61 posts) Registered: 08/04/2008 08:35PM Main British Car: 1975 TR6 Ford 302 |
Re: Finally Coming Together
Art,
The radiator is from KMJ Performance. [www.kmjent.com] Because of the width, there was quite a bit of cutting and welding to get it to fit. Made some pockets for the bottom of the radiator to slip into just on either side of the body mounting bolts at the front of the frame. Had to modify the radiator shield below the radiator and also the bumper brace to accept the new width. |
epeppy Ed Peppard Woodlawn, TN (61 posts) Registered: 08/04/2008 08:35PM Main British Car: 1975 TR6 Ford 302 |
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epeppy Ed Peppard Woodlawn, TN (61 posts) Registered: 08/04/2008 08:35PM Main British Car: 1975 TR6 Ford 302 |
Re: Finally Coming Together
Some pictures of the steering wheel fabrication. A guy on mgexp.com made a wheel like this and did a pretty good job documenting what he did.
Six sections glued up with splines between the butt joints. The sections are 1/2" thick walnut Six sections of 1/8" oak glued to one side Cutting the groove for the spoke ring Spoke ring setting in one half |
epeppy Ed Peppard Woodlawn, TN (61 posts) Registered: 08/04/2008 08:35PM Main British Car: 1975 TR6 Ford 302 |
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BlownMGB-V8 Jim Blackwood 9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042 (6468 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 12:59PM Main British Car: 1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS |
Re: Finally Coming Together
Looks pretty darned good!
(Of course an MG wheel would have to be made with 8 sections...) Jim |
epeppy Ed Peppard Woodlawn, TN (61 posts) Registered: 08/04/2008 08:35PM Main British Car: 1975 TR6 Ford 302 |
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Thanks Jim. The work you are doing on the TR7 with the Lexus V8 is amazing. You guys are making great progress considering the few weekends that you have worked on it. Keep going. Looking forward for more posts from Dan.
Ed |
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rficalora Rob Ficalora Willis, TX (2764 posts) Registered: 10/24/2007 02:46PM Main British Car: '76 MGB w/CB front, Sebring rear, early metal dash Ford 302 |
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Ed - I've done a lot of woodwork but that pic showing the jig and cutter used to route the groove has me scratching my head. Do you have any pics from a bit further away - showing more of the cutter head and whether it or the jig table is what rotates? I have a jig I made to route circles, but it blocks my view of what I'm routing. I'm interested in seeing your set-up so I can borrow the idea!
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epeppy Ed Peppard Woodlawn, TN (61 posts) Registered: 08/04/2008 08:35PM Main British Car: 1975 TR6 Ford 302 |
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Rob, I cut the steering wheel on a 3 axis CNC machine. I built the machine a couple of years ago to be able to accurately cut the dash. I've cut a lot of stuff with it but have yet to cut the dash. That's next since the dash area is what wiring I have left to do.
There are quite a few plans on the web to build a CNC router. These came from Solsylva.com. Mine is the 24" x 48" version. There are a couple of more pictures of it in the gallery towards the end. Really wasn't very difficult to make as the plans were very detailed. Purchased the stepper motors and controller online also. Runs off of the parrallel printer port on just about any PC. I would highly recommend building one, it will add another dimension to your woodworking skills. |
epeppy Ed Peppard Woodlawn, TN (61 posts) Registered: 08/04/2008 08:35PM Main British Car: 1975 TR6 Ford 302 |
Re: Finally Coming Together
Have made some progress on the wiring. Have the engine compartment pretty well completed. Taking longer than anticipated but I've come to realize that is the norm for me.
It started out looking like this: And ended up like this. Still thinking about putting some type of cover over the relay panel. Either that or spend some more time trying to tidy it up. |
epeppy Ed Peppard Woodlawn, TN (61 posts) Registered: 08/04/2008 08:35PM Main British Car: 1975 TR6 Ford 302 |
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Fabricated a Bob Danielson style hood release. Think I'm just going to use this and not use the cable. Used the hole in the firewall where the cable came through for some wiring. Never did like the cable. Broke the plastic T handle trying to get the hood open many years ago. Haven't driven this car since 1998.
Made a walnut T handle to attach to the rod. |
Addicted Mike Hagadorn Warren PA (132 posts) Registered: 09/27/2013 03:46PM Main British Car: 1976 TR7 Victory Edition Ford 302 |
Re: Finally Coming Together
That steering wheel fabrication is fantastic! I may have to look into this CNC router idea. hmmm, need more shop space.
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