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Toyota Freestyle GT - dandydons - 08-11-2018

A lot of good progress Jason - well done mate.

Toyota Freestyle GT - DaveEdin - 08-11-2018

Excellent work Jase Smile busy bunny ain't ya?

Toyota Freestyle GT - ormi - 08-11-2018

looking good but a fat load of use that rear view mirror is.....itll look like that intercooler is following you around...
why you putting a mirror on?

Toyota Freestyle GT - Demon - 09-11-2018

ormi looking good but a fat load of use that rear view mirror is.....itll look like that intercooler is following you around...
why you putting a mirror on?

I need one for the IVA test! It looks like you can't see much but it works pretty well, there is actually a good amount of view looking under the intercooler as the seats are so low down. They put cones in certain points on the IVA test and they all need to be seen from the drivers seat without turning around so i sort of need the mirror.

Toyota Freestyle GT - Lexusboy - 09-11-2018

Some good progress Demon.
Lots of shiney bits added, this car looks bigger than the donor car Smile

Looks like your pretty close to having it spinning around...

Toyota Freestyle GT - toxo - 09-11-2018

Lexusboy Looks like your pretty close to having it spinning around...

Quite literally in this weather! Smile

Toyota Freestyle GT - Demon - 09-11-2018

Thanks Guys, it is actually getting there slowly. Been dying to take it out in this snow but not ready. When i stand back and look at the thing it looks very close to being finished, however when i look down at the huge list i realise i am nowhere near. The problem is that even the small jobs take so much time! For example the clutch master cylinder clevis, you would asume that you can buy a piece and just fit it, WRONG! i bought it, didn't fit so had to cut it up, weld it, re drill it. Then the master cylinder arm needed modding so that was removed, cut down, thread extended. Then i fit the lot and its clear the pedal lug was in the wrong position so that needed removing, cutting, rewelding! Any other car you would simply buy a part and fit it, this is a whole different story! I do enjoy working on it though, just need it done so bad now!!!!!

Jason Big Grin

Toyota Freestyle GT - DaveEdin - 09-11-2018

All be worth it in the end though mate Smile :thumbup:

Toyota Freestyle GT - Demon - 18-11-2018

DaveEdin All be worth it in the end though mate Smile :thumbup:

So i keep telling myself Big Grin

*** Update Time ***

Well about time i added an update i guess, got to keep Steve off my back :lol:

Chrsitmas over and done with so i was straight back to work, Well monday and tuesday i had off work but as the girlfriend was working i decided to go into wotk and crack on with the build.

As i got the clutch and brake pedals all sorted i thought i would finish off the set and get the 'Go pedal' done and fitted.

Started off with getting it roughly tacked together and fitted.......
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Then created a bracket to hold the cable in place.......
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After a bit of head scratching and trying to work out where to place the stop i simply just added a piece to the bracket. Has a rubber buffer piece on the end so it won't damage the mechanism. The whole setup will be housed in the side panels so will be out of sight and should help protect it.

stop added.......
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Here is the mechanism on its own, will be covered either side eventually when i get round to it.........
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Thottle cable is all cut to length and fitted in place, im not 100% happy with how it fits to the bracket but i will reweld the bracket at a later date when James can do some more alloy welding for me. Picture doesn't really show it but the cable doesn't point at the thottle body 100% true.
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A Random shot of it in the workshop, love the stance so much Big Grin ........
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Well that was one more thing crossed off the list, then for the next, fitting the fuel cell in place. Fuel cell was designed to fit in the back compartment i had fabricated up but i think i measured it ever so slightly out so i have had to grind a piece off the chassis and move it slightly. The piece was where the original rear chassis bolted to but i have cut it off and added a strengthening piece further forward so now the fuel cell has a bit of room so i can create a firewall.

Bottom rail added..........
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then with both pieces added, plate on the floor is the piece i removed as it was rubbing against the tank....
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then with the fuel cell bolted roughly in place, will get round to making a firewall when i make all the other panels...
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I was starting to get a bit fed up with working on the buggy recently, even though i seem to be really cracking on it just seems never ending and the list of jobs to do seems to just be growing in size! So i thought i would pick one of the big jobs off the list and just concentrate on that, rather than working on bits here and there. So looking down the list i chose a job and set to work.

Toyota Freestyle GT - Demon - 18-11-2018

*** Building a nosecone from scratch ***

Now where do i start, have the rough idea in my head of what to do and know what needs to be done! Design is already roughed out thanks to my bro and his earlier sketch's.

So with this image in my head i set off........
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Started by removing the radiator and creating a dumby one from thick ply wood. This is so that i don't get resin/fibreglass all over the thing and gives a good base for me to mount the other templates from....
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Then quickly knocked up a few pieces to start me off..........
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After bolting these together i realised that the bottom piece was the wrong shape and needed to be more rounded across the front if i was going to stick to the sketch my bro did and not have a flat edge to it at the front.

So then soon after made version mk2, this has the correct shaped bottom piece but the side panels where not correct.........
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Bottom piece looks the correct width and should work well, i just needed to alter the side pieces slightly.......
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I decided to start building up the side profiles anyway and then alter the side parts later to suit.....
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I have seen this process used several times by car builders/designers where they build up profiles from ply then add foam in between to bulk it out, then sand between the profiles and skim the whole lot to create a good solid shape to then create a fibreglass mould from and finally build a fibreglass nosecone. Long winded i know but should mean that i will have a proper mould so if i need a replacement nosecone i can easily make another.

Anyway, changed the radiator side templates and continued making templates and stacking them up, the white rod shows the form the nosecone should follow.........
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What do people think? this view looks good as you can see the profile side on against the wheel, i think it will be awsome but open to comments.

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Then added more.........
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This side view is even better as you can actually visualise the large vent from the radiator..........
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and one last one........
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Thought i should update now as anymore pictures and i think you would all fall asleep.

Hopefully tomorrow during my lunch break and monday i should get even more done, watch this space Big Grin

Jason Big Grin