Felixx's Superleggera - It is ROAD LEGAL!

[felixx]

thats right! and then pass them on to someone else/ scrap merchant

[dales133]

Just in case you need new barrels or parts for those locks if there the type I'm thinking of they are called tasman locks.
If you need advice I've literally pulled hundreds apart and put them back together between aus and nz

[felixx]

Thanks Dale!
Oh my axle got welded up by pete today. His welder at work is much gruntier than my little 105A Stick machine


There was another chap welding 1 inch steel at his work today! WOW! wish I had taken pictures!

Oh I got my screen doors today, - free locks!

I have a lead on a couple of old tilley lanterns too. I plan to run all my cooking and some outdoor lighting with kerosene as I have a few old (1940s and 50s) kero stoves I use regularly

[dales133]

1 inch steel....that's a challenge. I've learnt to weld 3mm an up to about 10mm. It's impressive watching someone good at there trade

[felixx]

Got my axle and real wheels on


Mudguards mocked up but Im struggling how to fix em

[dales133]

Those wheels will look great with the angle box.
What are the gaurds made of and have they got an infil pannel?

[Sheddie]

If you have room, try to hide some mounting brackets under the guards. It looks a lot tidier with them hidden. I see that you have got some offcuts of the angle, that should work well if you have the space.

I don't know how well you can see from these? I used flat bar 40x5 (?) welded on its edge under the frame. I put a bend in them so that they would clear the rolled inner edge of the guards. The guards are bolted to these with two 6mm bolts per bracket. I have galvanised guards, so they are as solid as a brick "s" house. I can stand on them with no flexing. They sit about 2-3mm off the body and even on the road don't vibrate enough to touch.

[felixx]

Hi Frank
I think the Bar will work, the angle iron woulnt be sitting square due to the curve of the guards

I appreciate the simple, but effective solution, I was overthinking

[Sheddie]

Hi Frank
I think the Bar will work, the angle iron woulnt be sitting square due to the curve of the guards

I appreciate the simple, but effective solution, I was overthinking

Overthinking! We all suffer from this. I did wonder myself how well it was going to work when I did it. Maybe by putting the bend in the bar to clear the guard and this then meaning that they were welded to the frame on a diagonal may have firmed them up. Also make sure that the bolts are well apart.

[Vedette]

I know guards are fenders right?
Brian

[Sheddie]

You're catching on Brian. Guards, short for mudguards

[Vedette]

We too have mudguards.........they are made of rubber and hang down below the fenders???
But we have boots too!
We wear them on our feet when we walk in the mud that the mudguards stop from splashing up on the rear of the car where the trunk is????
God it is late and I may have had too many nut browns and I am not talking spiders or snakes??
Brian

[Sheddie]

No! The rubber bits that hang below the mud guards are mud flaps, and what are you doing with an elephant in the boot. Also most of our spiders are friendly and we don't have snakes

[Vedette]

Sorry I got you confused with that other place........Australia????
Oh I forgot! Those are fighting words????
I know it is late at night here, but we are "stealing" this thread.
Brian

[dales133]

Don't be calling me an Australian you Franco - American! ...
Yea we arnt fond of being caĺed Australians, we paid to get here they arived in chains hehehe
Although my great great great grandfather and great grandfather were gold miners within an hour of where I live in Australia now.
But my great grandfather followed the gold rush to the coromandel, thank god for that, I got a proper accent and some culture