105 Targa Car Version 2.0

[Colin Byrne]

haha, thanks Evan, thought i'd "edited" all those out!

thanks for the info Luke, yea i guess the loading would be relatively well dispersed with that many balls

[Colin Byrne]

Got the rack in over the last couple of weekends, for a little while there i thought it had beaten me and i'd be stuck with the steering box, but eventually managed to slip it in...

another video on the blog

http://105rally.wordpress.com/2014/12/07/mmmmmm-nice-rack/

[Evan Bottcher]

I hope you're enjoying making these videos as much as I'm enjoying watching them. 

[Mick A]

The videos are fantastic.

[Colin Byrne]

thanks guys, the videos are good for me as they don't require spell check...

also a good excuse to cover when i begin to talk to myself after countless lonely hours in the workshop!

seat mounts are coming along well, should be finished by the weekend, the steering boss for the new column should arrive by then, so i can mount the column as well, hopefully somewhat easier than the rack

With the column in i can finish off the front of the cage, and then it will really be time to start bolting things back to car!

[Colin Byrne]

Seats and steering are in, currently working on the air intake and oil cooler mounting, both coming along well with the help of  a bit of holiday time!

more photo's and a new video here

http://105rally.wordpress.com/2014/12/23/take-a-seat/

[Colin Byrne]

smashed out a few jobs over the break oil cooler, air box and most of the rear diff

more photo's and video here

http://105rally.wordpress.com/2015/01/07/work-sucks/

[Brad M]

Awesome work on the car and video

[Colin Byrne]

cheers brad
next job on the list is to rebuild my phone and replace the mic so I can keep making the videos
it never ends!

[Evan Bottcher]

I want a refund for the last bit of video... 

Good work Colin, as someone who can't even drill a straight hole it's great to see the fabrication work in some detail. Days of work compressed into a few minutes of video!

[Colin Byrne]

been a while, but have updated the progress, check out all the details here

https://105rally.wordpress.com/2015/03/16/im-back/

plenty of jobs knocked off the list, here's a few pics, plenty more on the blog

[john m]

Lots of clever design and fabrication and funny twist on your definition of CAD. Neat location for battery, terminals in image face outward. In case of a bump in that area is it worth facing terminals towards the centre of the car?
Great work Colin.

[Colin Byrne]

Hi John

yea good point, i had it that way around to help out with the cable routing, i always insulate the terminals but I'll have a look at spinning it around
cheers

[LaStregaNera]

Yeah, neat mounting spot.
2 questions - what's the steering rack from, and what are the mudflaps from?

[Colin Byrne]

steering rack is out of a ford laser
Ford Laser KC/KE 10/1985 - > 03/1990

pretty nice unit actually, nice compact ali body, and reactively lightweight, you thinking of a conversion?

the mud flaps are just an ebay special, the fit reasonably well

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=221688083514