My Budget Traditional T Build

[bobs66440]

Thanks. I may end up doing that because I really don't like the color of these.

Anyway, I got the battery box for the pc680 battery fabbed up. It's not real pretty, but it will be hidden and should serve the purpose. I still have to make the hold-down.

 

[old round fart]

Do you think that box is strong enough to hold a battery? LOL

 

[bobs66440]

Ha ha. Yeah, I kind of over-built it because of the way I'm mounting it. It's going on the inside of the rear kick-up and being attached only by the small end side so I want to keep flex to a minimum.

 

[bobs66440]

I got some more work done this week, though not a lot. I clearanced the floor for the driveshaft by cutting a hole and fabbing up a hump and glassing it in. It's going to interfere with my planned seat installation, but nothing I can't work around. I also worked on the fuel tank. I made up some bungs for the sight glass and welded those in along with the fill cap bung. I still have to do the feed at the bottom. Next is to fabricate the mount for it. I'm still engineering that in my head...









I'm not going to use these fittings for the sight glass. They are just too long... It's amazing that there aren't any 90 degree 1/8" NPT/1/4" barb brass fittings in any of the stores locally. I had to order them...

It was a huge pain to get all the welds so they didn't leak too! I thought I had good welds initially...until I pressure tested it. Cripes, it took forever, but it's good now.

 

[baddawgcustoms]

I got some more work done this week, though not a lot. I clearanced the floor for the driveshaft by cutting a hole and fabbing up a hump and glassing it in. It's going to interfere with my planned seat installation, but nothing I can't work around. I also worked on the fuel tank. I made up some bungs for the sight glass and welded those in along with the fill cap bung. I still have to do the feed at the bottom. Next is to fabricate the mount for it. I'm still engineering that in my head...









I'm not going to use these fittings for the sight glass. They are just too long... It's amazing that there aren't any 90 degree 1/8" NPT/1/4" barb brass fittings in any of the stores locally. I had to order them...

It was a huge pain to get all the welds so they didn't leak too! I thought I had good welds initially...until I pressure tested it. Cripes, it took forever, but it's good now.

Good work bob!

 

[bobs66440]

Thanks! I enjoy this part of the build!!

 

[RatchetRob]

Really like seeing all the "how to overcome" parts of these builds. We know there is always going to be some obstacle or something we didn't think of and it's how we overcome it that is so neat to see. Great build thread and keep sharing please!

 

[Keeper]

You have any better pics of the front panhard bar setup? I see its a "t-bucket" bar, but looks like you modified it?

 

[bobs66440]

Here you go. I haven't modified it from how I got it from Spirit.

 

[Keeper]

Thanks.

In other pics it looked like you shortened the middle mount. Is the middle welded or bolted to the plate?

I am looking at making one of these over the winter. Is the axle end, just sit in a "u" channel bolted to the batwing?

 

[bobs66440]

The middle mount is welded to the bottom plate for the spring perch. Not sure what you mean by the axle end? If you mean the panhard rod end, its attached to a tab/bolt combination that doubles as the lower radius rod bolt that attaches to the lower batwing.

This is it...

http://shop.spiritcars.com/chassis-parts/front-panhard-assembly.html

 

[RPM]

I got some more work done this week, though not a lot. I clearanced the floor for the driveshaft by cutting a hole and fabbing up a hump and glassing it in. It's going to interfere with my planned seat installation, but nothing I can't work around. I also worked on the fuel tank. I made up some bungs for the sight glass and welded those in along with the fill cap bung. I still have to do the feed at the bottom. Next is to fabricate the mount for it. I'm still engineering that in my head...









I'm not going to use these fittings for the sight glass. They are just too long... It's amazing that there aren't any 90 degree 1/8" NPT/1/4" barb brass fittings in any of the stores locally. I had to order them...

It was a huge pain to get all the welds so they didn't leak too! I thought I had good welds initially...until I pressure tested it. Cripes, it took forever, but it's good now.

What psi did you test it at.

 

[bobs66440]

What psi did you test it at.

Hmmm , not sure exactly. I just pressurized it until I thought it was enough. Maybe 20-30 lbs.​

 

[Keeper]

Thanks that's exactly what I need.

 

[baddawgcustoms]

Thanks that's exactly what I need.

Me too! That will be money well spent. Not worth the fabrication time to build one. That looks real nice Bob.

 

[bobs66440]

Glad to help

 

[hulkamania]

Awesome pictures and build Bob. Enjoy looking at them.

 

[bobs66440]

Thanks!

 

[cmcdanl]

This may be a stupid question, but how did you smooth out those bungs? It looks like you hooked them up in a drill press and somehow used that as a make shift lathe?? If so, i got to know how you did that because I'm too poor to buy a lathe, lol.

 

[bobs66440]

Lol yes that's correct. I just chucked them up in the drill press and spun them while holding a grinder against it. Very low tech but it works and it's cheap ( like me!)