Fordmods Logo

Home » Forums » Fordmods Tech » X Series Falcon Workshop

newdie with xk project 

 

Page 1 of 1 [ 11 posts ] 

Post New Topic Post Reply  Previous topic Next topic
 
brownman
 Post subject: newdie with xk project
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:37 pm 
Oompa Loompa
Offline

Age: 76

Posts: 22

Joined: 4th Oct 2006

Ride: Falcon

Location: lexton victoria
VIC, Australia
Hello all at fordmods,my name is terry
Im in middle of xk project,ie,MitsL300 f/end
tilt front clip,here are a couple of pics.



Image
Top
 Profile  
 
 
brownman
 Post subject: re project
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:46 pm 
Oompa Loompa
Offline

Age: 76

Posts: 22

Joined: 4th Oct 2006

Ride: Falcon

Location: lexton victoria
VIC, Australia
here is f/end,stubs have been reversed
this allows for rear steer,
this allows for standard steering to be used if preffered



Image
Top
 Profile  
 
 
brownman
 Post subject: re xk project
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:51 pm 
Oompa Loompa
Offline

Age: 76

Posts: 22

Joined: 4th Oct 2006

Ride: Falcon

Location: lexton victoria
VIC, Australia
in this pic,u can see trimmed edge of bottom rail,
this allows for f/end to lifted into position with relative ease
u will also notice bracing 1"sq tube 2.54m thick

Image
Top
 Profile  
 
 
brownman
 Post subject: xk project
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:55 pm 
Oompa Loompa
Offline

Age: 76

Posts: 22

Joined: 4th Oct 2006

Ride: Falcon

Location: lexton victoria
VIC, Australia
this pic shows f/end in position
notice the mounts ,I have used original "crush tubes"


Image
Top
 Profile  
 
 
brownman
 Post subject: xk project
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:00 pm 
Oompa Loompa
Offline

Age: 76

Posts: 22

Joined: 4th Oct 2006

Ride: Falcon

Location: lexton victoria
VIC, Australia
this is pic of crush tubes assembled.
If I had not installed 1"spacers the car would have been dead level
so I spaced it to lift car up 1"to allow for levelling out
when clevo is in

Image
Top
 Profile  
 
 
bowsaw
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:45 am 
Getting Side Ways
Offline
User avatar

Age: 59

Posts: 4370

Joined: 5th Nov 2004

Ride: BA Fairlane Ghia

Location: Karratha
WA, Australia
I got the whole trim, chjrome strips etc, but i think its a XM/L/P. One of them, bonnet doors etc, i have to.
Top
 Profile  
 
 
brownman
 Post subject: xk project
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:31 pm 
Oompa Loompa
Offline

Age: 76

Posts: 22

Joined: 4th Oct 2006

Ride: Falcon

Location: lexton victoria
VIC, Australia
Ob viously,wrong forum for early falcon
Top
 Profile  
 
 
XB GS
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:13 pm 
Fordmods Newbie
Offline

Age: 36

Posts: 16

Joined: 25th Feb 2007

Ride: XB GS ute

Location: Bathurst
NSW, Australia
that looks like a heap of thought and hard work gone into that. good luck with it!!
Top
 Profile  
 
 
brownman
 Post subject: big room for big block
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 8:37 pm 
Oompa Loompa
Offline

Age: 76

Posts: 22

Joined: 4th Oct 2006

Ride: Falcon

Location: lexton victoria
VIC, Australia
Hi all,bit of an update on project
front end (L300) is in,towers removed

now for tilt front,
the tilt mech shown will be gone tomorrow,
replaced by better version

 

 

Attachments:
100_0058 (Small).jpg
100_0058 (Small).jpg [ 52.39 KiB | Viewed 268 times ]
100_0054 (Small).jpg
100_0054 (Small).jpg [ 60.41 KiB | Viewed 257 times ]
Top
 Profile  
 
 
brownman
 Post subject: big room for big block
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:01 pm 
Oompa Loompa
Offline

Age: 76

Posts: 22

Joined: 4th Oct 2006

Ride: Falcon

Location: lexton victoria
VIC, Australia
the tilt mech shown is no more,
new one should be finished tomorrow

 

 

Attachments:
File comment: The one rule I have stuck to is make sure one side is right before I tyackle other side
inup (Small).jpg
inup (Small).jpg [ 73.64 KiB | Viewed 255 times ]
File comment: this will not be welded but will be all in one piece
clip.jpg
clip.jpg [ 54.31 KiB | Viewed 245 times ]
100_0059 (Small).jpg
100_0059 (Small).jpg [ 58.67 KiB | Viewed 335 times ]
File comment: front veiw
100_0058 (Small).jpg
100_0058 (Small).jpg [ 52.39 KiB | Viewed 241 times ]
100_0054 (Small) (3).jpg
100_0054 (Small) (3).jpg [ 60.41 KiB | Viewed 248 times ]
Top
 Profile  
 
 
brownman
 Post subject: big room for big block
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:07 pm 
Oompa Loompa
Offline

Age: 76

Posts: 22

Joined: 4th Oct 2006

Ride: Falcon

Location: lexton victoria
VIC, Australia
last two pics tonight

 

 

Attachments:
sideg (Small).jpg
sideg (Small).jpg [ 56.61 KiB | Viewed 252 times ]
tilt (Small).jpg
tilt (Small).jpg [ 62.09 KiB | Viewed 251 times ]
Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:
Sort by  
Post New Topic Reply
 Page 1 of 1  [ 11 posts ] 
Jump to:  

Home » Forums » Fordmods Tech » X Series Falcon Workshop

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 15 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

 

 

It is currently Tue Dec 24, 2024 1:08 am All times are UTC + 11 hours

 

 

(c)2014 Total Web Solutions Australia - Australian Web Hosting and Domain Names