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Postby del » Sun Aug 30, 2009 2:59 pm

:shock: Looking good.

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Postby Mini Renegade » Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:03 pm

:applause: :applause: :applause:
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Postby dandan » Sun Aug 30, 2009 6:01 pm

Greetings,
hope you are well :)

10 hours today & pleased with progress.

made a modified fixed roof vent.
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cant make my mind up if it looks ok or a bit cruddy.
only riveted on so its easy to remove if it needs to go at a later stage.
may put a 12v car rad fan in the roof at a later stage if it stayes.
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cut & folded the fender wheel shrouds / liners & riveted them in before
welding, then cut the holes for the lights.
just placed them in for a piccie.............
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there is also a forward faceing indicator & a teardrop marker light in the top.

have offered the fenders up & dont think i will be changeing them for double-
curvature ones in the future. they seem fine to me.

hope to get them mounted tomorrow, then its door & window time.
best rgds dan. :thumbsup:
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Postby bve » Mon Aug 31, 2009 8:48 am

Oh man you are never going to be able to relax while pulling that - EVERYONE is going to want a tour :)

The air vent is soooo right for the Roswell!
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Postby dandan » Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:33 pm

thanks bve for the view on the roof vent. :thumbsup:
think its here to stay.

my brother dropped round to see it yesterday & was rubbing his eyes a bit.
he reckons im going to be busy answering questions about it.

anyway, 12 hours today.
capping run over the fenders then its mounting time.
made steel re-inforcement bars for the fender mounts.
apologise for lack of method piccies, was trying not to faff too much.

here they are..............
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the numberplate brackets will provide a 3rd point of contact for them although
they are pretty rigid as is.

will post again at end of play tomorrow.
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Postby Wolfgang92025 » Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:44 pm

Sweeeeeet, real sweet. :D
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Postby S. Heisley » Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:14 pm

Dan wrote:
...was trying not to faff too much.



...From across the pond, what does 'faff' mean?

Your Rosewell is really starting to look like a space ship! :thumbsup: It's getting exciting! Do you suppose they'll give you any hassles when you go to get it licensed and inspected or will the inspectors be too busy trying to shut their dropped jaws? :lol:
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Re: faffing

Postby del » Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:21 pm

dandan wrote:Hi Del,

think its best summed up here,
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/p ... about.html

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...From across the pond, what does 'faff' mean?
Now you know, That is one great thing about this forum, learning new words.

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Postby jayare » Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:20 pm

End of play must be pretty late tonight!

There is no licensing or registration of trailers over here, so no inspection is required.

Good luck with getting it ready for the Steam Fair Dan - looks like you may have a few late nights!

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Postby jackdaw » Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:26 pm

OH yes that is looking so Sweeeeet. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I'm loving your work Dan. I'm so looking forward to seeing the Roswell for real.


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Postby dandan » Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:36 pm

Thanks for the comments. :thumbsup:

another 12 hours today.

made & fitted the fender stays which also double up as numberplate holders
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then got the wireing out of the way.
(a friend came round & did it for me)
& fixed all the lights on the fenders.

its the door & windows tomorrow!
early start & long day again.
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Postby starleen2 » Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:53 pm

Love seeing the progress,fabrication, and ingenuity; but I can't help but wonder about the hours of aluminum polishing ahead? :thinking:
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Postby planovet » Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:07 pm

starleen2 wrote:Love seeing the progress,fabrication, and ingenuity; but I can't help but wonder about the hours of aluminum polishing ahead? :thinking:


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Postby razorback » Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:42 pm

Who cares if it is polished! Will look like it just passed through meteor dust slowing from warp speed.
Absolutely amazing craftmanship!!
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Postby Mark & Andrea Jones » Wed Sep 02, 2009 12:59 pm

razorback wrote:Who cares if it is polished! Will look like it just passed through meteor dust slowing from warp speed.


Oh, so true! What an awesome excuse for not having the time to polish it! Dan, I hope you are writing some of these down. . . . . :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: You're gonna need 'em!

I agree. Wow, what a camper! And its not even finished yet.

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