Front end parts

[old round fart]

I think he did in 1988!

 

[Zandoz]

Good to see you back.

Thanks. Unfortunately sort of just from the cyber arm chair. No chance of actually following through with my build.

 

[Spanky]

Hey, Bill . . . you did some on-line drawings of your dream roadster earlier. Do you still have those, and could you post them again?

 

[Zandoz]

Hey, Bill . . . you did some on-line drawings of your dream roadster earlier. Do you still have those, and could you post them again?

Yes, I still play with the CAD plans...gives me something to pass the time, even if nothing is likely to come of them. Here is the last presentable version...

 

[fluidfloyd]

Yes, I still play with the CAD plans...gives me something to pass the time, even if nothing is likely to come of them. Here is the last presentable version...
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Bill... I think I ask you once about which Cad program you use and I think you told me Draftsight. If that is correct, did you install the recent service pack and how did it go? I had version 2015 on one laptop and version 2017 one the second laptop. Now neither one works. Dassault doesn't seem to have made any afford to post a fix. Forced me to pull out an older version of Autodesk Autocad.

Hope you get your health straightened out and you get to work on your car. My thoughts and prayers will be with you. Take care.

George

 

[Zandoz]

Bill... I think I ask you once about which Cad program you use and I think you told me Draftsight. If that is correct, did you install the recent service pack and how did it go? I had version 2015 on one laptop and version 2017 one the second laptop. Now neither one works. Dassault doesn't seem to have made any afford to post a fix. Forced me to pull out an older version of Autodesk Autocad.

Hope you get your health straightened out and you get to work on your car. My thoughts and prayers will be with you. Take care.

George

I'm still running DraftSight...currently on a Dell 17R notebook. As of about 2 weeks ago, I'm running the 2017 version with the recently released service pack. I had been running the original 2017 release with no major issues, but about that time I got an email notifying of an urgent fix. When I went to download the fix there was the cumulative service pack option and I went that route. The only problem I've had with the service pack is that it wiped out all my customization.

 

[lincolnuT]

Ron Got it.........Thanks...............Very nice perch...............

 

[fluidfloyd]

I'm still running DraftSight...currently on a Dell 17R notebook. As of about 2 weeks ago, I'm running the 2017 version with the recently released service pack. I had been running the original 2017 release with no major issues, but about that time I got an email notifying of an urgent fix. When I went to download the fix there was the cumulative service pack option and I went that route. The only problem I've had with the service pack is that it wiped out all my customization.

Thanks Bill. I tried the the service pack add but got nowhere. Uninstalled Ver 17 and did a new clean install but still won't work. Went to my 2nd XP Professional laptop and it failed to open as it was past the cutoff date. Very aggravating to me and evidently many others. My son will try and load it to his Wingows 7 desktop and see if it will work. Guess we'll see.

George

 

[Zandoz]

Thanks Bill. I tried the the service pack add but got nowhere. Uninstalled Ver 17 and did a new clean install but still won't work. Went to my 2nd XP Professional laptop and it failed to open as it was past the cutoff date. Very aggravating to me and evidently many others. My son will try and load it to his Wingows 7 desktop and see if it will work. Guess we'll see.

George

Am I getting it right that your machines are running Windows XP? Just guessing here, but I'm wondering DS is no longer supporting XP.<shrug> I'm running Windows 10.

 

[fluidfloyd]

Am I getting it right that your machines are running Windows XP? Just guessing here, but I'm wondering DS is no longer supporting XP.<shrug> I'm running Windows 10.

Bill, I have a newer Dell laptop that is a Windows 7 Pro 64 bt machine that had Draftsight 2017. I also have a older Dell laptop with XP Pro 32 bit machine that had Draftsight 2015. I got the email from Dassult/Draftsight about the service pack download or just doing a complete new reinstall of version 2017. Also noted that if you didn't upgrade the programs would no longer open after March 1st of 2017.
Had my son upgrade the Windows 7 machine but it failed to open. After wresting with it he uninstall all traces of Draftsight and did a new from the company website download of the new and improved version of Draftsight 2017. Exact same program. He went through everything including Microsoft and everything loaded on my laptop but never could get it installed. Still could not get it to open and run. Due to work in progress I installed Auto Desk/ Autocad Ver2012 and opened it with no problems. The one problem I no w have is all work done on either laptop is not readable with the earlier 2012 ver Autocad. My next plan of attack is to install Draftsigth 2017 onto my son's Windows 7 64 bit desktop computer and see if it will run there. If so, I will resave all earlier draftsight drawings to 2011 dwg files. Fortunately I haven't done that much on the newer laptop. Also fail to mention that I use Firefox and that may or may not have any bearing on the problem, That's about where it stands now. Guess we'll see1

George

Just A White Boy Lost In The Blues

 

[Zandoz]

Bill, I have a newer Dell laptop that is a Windows 7 Pro 64 bt machine that had Draftsight 2017. I also have a older Dell laptop with XP Pro 32 bit machine that had Draftsight 2015. I got the email from Dassult/Draftsight about the service pack download or just doing a complete new reinstall of version 2017. Also noted that if you didn't upgrade the programs would no longer open after March 1st of 2017.
Had my son upgrade the Windows 7 machine but it failed to open. After wresting with it he uninstall all traces of Draftsight and did a new from the company website download of the new and improved version of Draftsight 2017. Exact same program. He went through everything including Microsoft and everything loaded on my laptop but never could get it installed. Still could not get it to open and run. Due to work in progress I installed Auto Desk/ Autocad Ver2012 and opened it with no problems. The one problem I no w have is all work done on either laptop is not readable with the earlier 2012 ver Autocad. My next plan of attack is to install Draftsigth 2017 onto my son's Windows 7 64 bit desktop computer and see if it will run there. If so, I will resave all earlier draftsight drawings to 2011 dwg files. Fortunately I haven't done that much on the newer laptop. Also fail to mention that I use Firefox and that may or may not have any bearing on the problem, That's about where it stands now. Guess we'll see1

George

Just A White Boy Lost In The Blues

Wow...beats me what's up there. One thing I would try is take a look on cnet for a stand alone file conversion program. Some years back I was working with someone using an older file format program, and found a utility program that allowed us to get past the version barrier.

 

[fluidfloyd]

Wow...beats me what's up there. One thing I would try is take a look on cnet for a stand alone file conversion program. Some years back I was working with someone using an older file format program, and found a utility program that allowed us to get past the version barrier.

Thanks Bill, I'll try that. My hopes are that Dassult will post a cure but so far nothing to date. We'll see.
My apologizes to hi jacking this thread. I should have moved it to a new one and I won't let that happen again.

George

 

[Spanky]

OK, George . . . . go sit in the naughty chair!!!

 

[fluidfloyd]

OK, George . . . . go sit in the naughty chair!!!

Old man with a wandering mine and no sense of time. I except my punishment!

 

[Dan Noecker]

Here are a couple pictures of how my front end is coming together. There are a handful of bushings for the shock installation that have yet to be chromed. But overall I am pleased with how things are turning out. What still has to be worked out are the steering setup and the panhard bar.

 

[choppinczech]

Looks really good.

Who's doing your chrome? They've all vanished from my state.

 

[Spanky]

Looking good, Dan!
Will you be using a cross-steer arrangement?

 

[Tundrajax]

Where did you get the headlight/shock tower ?

 

[Dan Noecker]

I do intend on using the vega cross steering set-up. The head light/shock tower bracket I got from Speedway www.speedwaymotors.com. For my chrome work, I use a shop in Fresno, CA. Moreno's Metal polishing. 3626 East Butler Ave. Fresno, CA 93702 (559) 445-1359 Robert is the owner and his shop does top quality work and the prices are fair. The turn around time is excellent.

 

[choppinczech]

For my chrome work, I use a shop in Fresno, CA. Moreno's Metal polishing. 3626 East Butler Ave. Fresno, CA 93702 (559) 445-1359 Robert is the owner and his shop does top quality work and the prices are fair. The turn around time is excellent.

Shoot Dan, I didn't realize you were in Ca too.

I thought all of the chrome shops had left the state due to EPA and CARB regulations.

I'll look into them.