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The 3D design of this has been going on for some time now, chassis books in hand. Measurements of components scribbled down and memorised for later recollection.

Spent a few hours after taking yet more measurements today organising where the top and bottom rails will lie in relation to the diff. Then where the pick up points for the rear wishbones will be to keep the desired geometry. Likewise the rails then need to locate the front wishbones whilst leaving ample clearance for the engine/bellhousing/gearbox arrangement. Then came the head scratcher when leaving enough room for the drive line components and then realised that the Kirkey seats I have will not fit between the tunnel and the main hoop of the roll bar. Time to rework the design and add a few more bends to the main back bone of the chassis. Now with a few more compound bends everything begins to tie to together. Added an uncommon style of door bar where the upper and lower have their adjoining faces milled out making for a much stronger joint that can be fully welded without breaking the structure of the tube itself.

So with this comes the numerous other thoughts that come with such a build, due to the orientation of the engine and with the exhaust and turbo configuration being on the off side of the vehicle I had known for a while I was going to have to make it left hand drive because of this reason and many other constraints. One of these being that the exhaust would run down the off side now passenger side of the vehicle, where leg room was not of such a high concern. This may however not even be possible still but that is a long way off yet.

Just a few of the things that float around my mind most of the time. Haven't got enough hours in the day to write down all my ideas and thoughts to details and implications I may incur.

Shutes