Brumby build with a difference

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 3:11 pm

nachaluva wrote:Looks like a really good job you've done!

I agree with Scott, take your time & do it right..."measure twice & cut once"

Nah its steel - measure once, cut twice and weld three times

So here is my template :

and here are my 2 brackets - and yes they fit !!

Just got to bend the lip and they are ready to weld on to the car.

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:51 pm

And VOILA !!!! It is done - wellthe brackets are anyway - got a L - O - N - G way to go before the whole car is done

Anyway heres a couple of shots of them sitting in place. Now I can continue putting it all back together.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:06 pm

Good stuff mate!

I love seeing this sort of work with metal - I've got no idea when it comes to stuff like this!

Cheers

Bennie

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:28 pm

El_Freddo wrote:Good stuff mate!

I love seeing this sort of work with metal - I've got no idea when it comes to stuff like this!

Cheers

Bennie

hahaha neither do I - thats why it took me 2 months to do one simple little bracket............

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:02 pm

Disaster has struck.

Well not really disaster just a lot of wasted time. Those pesky brackets that took me 2 months hard work are no good.

To try and keep everything where it should and to make it easier to line everything up and put everything in place while I build it I had bolted the engine and gerabox crossmembers in place. I had also made the bracket as big as possible to give it as much strength as possible and to span between the original chassis rail raised bits on the firewall.

Turns out this was the wrong thing to do

When I put just a single rail up to the car the bracket didn't fit. So I changed tack with the bracket and made it much smaller :

You can see how much smaller it is next to the other one :

And here it is on the car - you can see the large flat areas where the other one was going to be welded on.

This will be fully seam welded rather than spot/plug welded :

This new bracket is SOOOOOO much easier to make as there are no compound curves in it.

WHY DIDN"T I DO IT THIS WAY IN THE FIRST PLACE

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:18 am

This one didn't take two months to make either. Good thing you tried to fit your cross members now and not next year !

Showing a finger to the masses cost a cricketer half a match payment

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:14 pm

niterida wrote: This will be fully seam welded rather than spot/plug welded :

This new bracket is SOOOOOO much easier to make as there are no compound curves in it.

WHY DIDN"T I DO IT THIS WAY IN THE FIRST PLACE

Because hindsight makes everything clear

Its a good thing you found out this now, now down the track...

So are you going to have the seam welded then weld the bracket on over the top?

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:51 pm

I've been a bit slack since Xmas but managed to at least get it looking like a car again :

I have squared up the chassis rails and welded them temporarily to hold them in place. Then I bolted the Liberty crossmember back in and finally bolted a WRX strut brace across the towers. This puts everything in exactly the right place so now all I have to do is weld it in !!

Easier said than done though - I still have to make those pesky brackets from the rails to the wheelwell. And since bolting the strut brace in it has moved the position of the rails slightly so its back to square one on those - bugger.

But on a bright note I am moving house next weekend - this one has a shed that is almost twoce the size - 8m x 12m compared to the 6x9 that I have now - woohoo - plenty of room to move

revmax · Post by **revmax** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:53 pm

Awsome to see you are going to alot of trouble, she is gunna be nice once it is done

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:00 pm

Its not really a lot of trouble - just working out exactly how to do it is the hard part. And of course because I started off doing it a different way I have cut some things off that I shouldn't have etc etc.
When I do it again to my other Brumby it will be SOOOOO much eaier and quicker

revmax · Post by **revmax** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:15 pm

niterida wrote:- just working out exactly how to do it is the hard part.

that is the "a Lot" of trouble bit.

Bennie, practice with carboard.

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 3:16 am

Well here is my new shed :

Still organising it all - it is currently a lot fuller than in the photos since they were taken at the start of the move. Will probably take me another week to sort it and the house out before I can get stuck back into it. Its been driving me nuts not being able to do anything with the building of the car for the last 2 weeks.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:27 am

Just what I need - shed like that - how big is it ? Looks bigger once you put the Brumbies in it !

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:36 am

steptoe wrote:Just what I need - shed like that - how big is it ? Looks bigger once you put the Brumbies in it !

its 8m x 12m

once I have all the shelves stacked and benches and equipment setup there should be enough room for all 3 of my brumbies

and the double garage attached to the house is 7.5m x 7.5m internally so I have managed to get all the camping gear and all the rest of the family shit out of MY shed and into the garage to give me even more room.

92 brumby · Post by **92 brumby** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:56 am

That's sweet so jelous I want one lol

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:20 am

I can't wait to have my own shed! With cement floor!! I dunno if you've noticed in the pics of R.Scoo but dad's shed is still with a dirt floor - it makes things interesting at times!

Can't wait to see the next progress report!

Cheers

Bennie

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:04 pm

El_Freddo wrote:I can't wait to have my own shed! With cement floor!! I dunno if you've noticed in the pics of R.Scoo but dad's shed is still with a dirt floor - it makes things interesting at times!

Can't wait to see the next progress report!

Cheers

Bennie

Yeah but its amazing how you make do with what you've got. I am on the British Brumby and Retrorides forums and some of thos guys do more major work than I am doing in a dark, damp, musty, freezing cold single car garage where ther is just enough room to squeeze around all 4 sides of the car

I have just about got the shed organised but still have a few things left to do to sort out the rest of the house and yard. But I have a whole week off in a couple of weeks so hopefully will be able to spend it working on the car instead of around the car.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:49 am

Nice shed.. Has work recommenced on the project?

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:12 am

RSR 555 wrote:Nice shed.. Has work recommenced on the project?

Not really - I've put the chassis rails under the body but haven't had time to do anything else. Got 5 days off from Wednesday, then a week off a week after that so I'm hoping to get a lot of work done on it then because afetr that I am off to Christmas Island for a month of hard slog. But I'm sure you've heard the one about the horny mouse . . . . . .

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:51 pm

hehehe... best of luck on Christmas Is.