My V8 Sierra project ..... maybe I will finish this one !

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gelmonkey wrote:You drew that :shock:
How the hell do you do that?
Car is looking awesome Mark you gotta be pleased.

Using the lounge as a workshop pretty cool too although not sure that Mrs G would be happy for me to use our lounge for car stuff :lol:

Keep up the good work
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Took me a long while using a 3D cad program, that is the 4th attempt I think :?

Had to hoover the lounge after I had finished !

Not allowed to keep motorbike in there over the winter though :lol:


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Impressive mate
Can just about turn my computer on let alone do a drawing on it
Cad design is very very cool but way beyond me
Excellent stuff
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The standard of your work is truly inspiring :shock: :D

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Thanks for the words of encouragement :D

Took the other rear door off and had it re-painted as it had some silicones and tiny dings that were driving me nuts

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Nice and straight at last

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This left me with some silicones on rear quarter that I sorted myself.

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Rust proofing time

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Probably used too much as it ran out all over the place...

Some new old stock door mouldings

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Marked it out as I did not want to bugger it up

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Next some Dynamat

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Also made a start on diff cover

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Squared the block up

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Skimmed flat

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Bolted to an old injection mould tool back plate so I can start work on the profile.

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Front hubs shot blasted and then attacked with grinder, dremmel and wire wheels

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On the garden rake spray jig for some epoxy paint

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Sanded and then some satin black 2 pack

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I made this jig so I could work on the parts not bolted to the car as it allows the hub nuts to be torqued up.

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Knocked out the studs again an took the hubs into work to skim the disc face true to the bearings on surface grinder - this is more than a bit dodgy as there is a risk it could start spinning and get out of control

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Came out Ok after turning them carefully by hand, and I still have all my fingers :D

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New old stock wiper mechanism I bought a few years back on ebay, sticker on it said November 1996 - so not so new and a bit scruffy

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Stripped down

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A quick blast with satin black

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Good as new

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Cleaned up the mounting rubbers and git hold of some new metal bobbins

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Nearly up to date, just the pics of the new shocks 8)

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Impressive !
9.85 @ 144.75mph
202mph standing mile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgWRCDtiTQ0

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PORN PORN PORN and more porn
Awesome work mate you going to bring it to the Retro show next year ?
Fantastic
Cheers
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gelmonkey wrote:PORN PORN PORN and more porn
Awesome work mate you going to bring it to the Retro show next year ?
Fantastic
Cheers
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Don't think I'll have the time or money to have it done for next year :cry:
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Some progress on diff cover

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I've been trying to learn some 3d tool path software and had some luck.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/ ... scbkbe.mp4

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The outside with the fins is proving far more difficult and I'm stuck at the moment !
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Looking awesome mate well done
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I suppose grinding them out with an angle grinder would be out of the question ? lol
9.85 @ 144.75mph
202mph standing mile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgWRCDtiTQ0

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stevieturbo wrote:I suppose grinding them out with an angle grinder would be out of the question ? lol
It would need a lot of Solvol Autosol to make it shiny afterwards !
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TCT blade in a grinder ? lol

If the fins are just straight, some sort of mill could machine them out ?
9.85 @ 144.75mph
202mph standing mile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgWRCDtiTQ0

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stevieturbo wrote:TCT blade in a grinder ? lol

If the fins are just straight, some sort of mill could machine them out ?
The fins follow the curve of the bowl in the cover, the machine I've been using is a type of mill - just has a posh name "CNC machining centre"

I'm a novice with the software, that's the main problem :lol:
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Love it, keep em coming.

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Ahh right, get ya now, thought ya just meant the exterior fins which would finish sort of straight.

But yea they would contour at the bottom.

Although you managed to get the internal surface curved ?
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202mph standing mile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgWRCDtiTQ0

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