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Trailer
Created on 2007-07-26 19:27:19
Why build a trailer from the back of the 78 parts car? Because I can, I need a project and it is fun.
Dec. 06: Cut apart the parts car and kept the back end.
June 07: Worked on getting a trailer axle made. $240 for a 2" tube, hubs and bearing was pretty decent. My original delight at having 8 bolts in the wheel pattern, 4 that fit the B and 4 that fit the trailer hub, has diminished because the studs are not EXACTLY on centre with the holes and the nuts are perching on the hub a little instead of sitting down into the camfer. I can fix this by having a machine shop drill the other 4 holes into the hub, like on the B, and fitting the studs on the other holes. A little more work and cost than I had anticipated. The second engineering problem is that the hub comes through the hole in the wheel too far to fit the decorative centre cap. However with some careful removal of material on the inside of the plastic and re-working the outer cap I think I can get the 1/4" I need to make it work OK.
July 07: fitted the axle and started to contemplate design options. Think I will mock up a wooden frame first and go from there.
July 31: DECISION TIME! This shell is just too rusted out to use for a trailer. I scrapped the rest of the car because it had rotted out, and hoped I could salvage and repair this shell into a trailer but it is just too far gone. The panels I need will cost about $1200 and then it will be a LOT of work. So I have located a substitute which is in far better shape, and I can have it for cheap.
I gave up on this Journal in favour of periodic posts... so check here.
Trailer Progress
1/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,714496,714892#msg-714892
2/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,715527,715765#msg-715765
3/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,719189
4/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,720342,720362#msg-720362
5/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,721493,721822#msg-721822
6/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,722409,723015#msg-723015
7/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,724344,725345#msg-725345
8/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,726900,727260#msg-727260
9/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,728713
10/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,730045
11/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,732614
12/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,736807
13/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,739882
14/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,742369
15/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,753552
16/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,758232
17/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,760460
18/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,767943
19/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,770300
20/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,775920
21/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,780587
22/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,783205
23/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,786227
24/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,787658
25/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,789133
26/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,793097
27/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,817250
Dec. 06: Cut apart the parts car and kept the back end.
June 07: Worked on getting a trailer axle made. $240 for a 2" tube, hubs and bearing was pretty decent. My original delight at having 8 bolts in the wheel pattern, 4 that fit the B and 4 that fit the trailer hub, has diminished because the studs are not EXACTLY on centre with the holes and the nuts are perching on the hub a little instead of sitting down into the camfer. I can fix this by having a machine shop drill the other 4 holes into the hub, like on the B, and fitting the studs on the other holes. A little more work and cost than I had anticipated. The second engineering problem is that the hub comes through the hole in the wheel too far to fit the decorative centre cap. However with some careful removal of material on the inside of the plastic and re-working the outer cap I think I can get the 1/4" I need to make it work OK.
July 07: fitted the axle and started to contemplate design options. Think I will mock up a wooden frame first and go from there.
July 31: DECISION TIME! This shell is just too rusted out to use for a trailer. I scrapped the rest of the car because it had rotted out, and hoped I could salvage and repair this shell into a trailer but it is just too far gone. The panels I need will cost about $1200 and then it will be a LOT of work. So I have located a substitute which is in far better shape, and I can have it for cheap.
I gave up on this Journal in favour of periodic posts... so check here.
Trailer Progress
1/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,714496,714892#msg-714892
2/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,715527,715765#msg-715765
3/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,719189
4/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,720342,720362#msg-720362
5/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,721493,721822#msg-721822
6/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,722409,723015#msg-723015
7/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,724344,725345#msg-725345
8/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,726900,727260#msg-727260
9/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,728713
10/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,730045
11/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,732614
12/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,736807
13/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,739882
14/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,742369
15/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,753552
16/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,758232
17/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,760460
18/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,767943
19/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,770300
20/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,775920
21/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,780587
22/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,783205
23/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,786227
24/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,787658
25/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,789133
26/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,793097
27/ http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,817250
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Done
Matt-Jenn Wedding
ITCHTAIL
At MG 2008
Hitch finished
Hitch 2
This is going to be a trailer?
Yup - a trailer
Another view
New Axle - test fit.
Too far gone 1
Too far gone 2
Too far gone 3
Too far gone 4
Too far gone 5
Done
Matt-Jenn Wedding
ITCHTAIL
At MG 2008
Hitch finished
Hitch 2
This is going to be a trailer?
Yup - a trailer
Another view
New Axle - test fit.
Too far gone 1
Too far gone 2
Too far gone 3
Too far gone 4
Too far gone 5
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 8 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scissor Lift | 2007-07-09 | 6 | I have had about 6 PM's on the scissor lift I bought. A lot of you are interested in how it is working for a B so here goes. (I have no vested interest in this product, although s... | |
| Reconstruction Mar 07 | 2007-03-02 | 38 | Mar. 01/07: March came in like a lion with a terrible storm. 10cm of snow followed by freezing rain and ice pellets with 60mph winds. We had trees down and 40 power outages in To... | |
| Reconstruction Feb 07 | 2007-02-01 | 34 | 2 | Feb. 01/07: A most frustrating day. After getting a new brake master cylinder ($300.00) because the old one would not pump I discovered the new one won't either.... and it is bec... |
| Reconstruction Jan 07 | 2007-01-08 | 32 | Jan. 01/07: Painted second rear drum red. POR15's rear axel. Installed heat shield in tunnel with rivetting help from Alyssa. Examined rear axel brake lines - to be replaced. | |
| Reconstruction Dec 06 | 2007-01-08 | 5 | Dec. 01/06: Removed and replaced '75's cracked windscreen with 80's windscreen. Installed rubber seals - boot, bonnet, doors. Sort out seals for windscreen replacement. Dec... | |
| Reconstruction Nov 06 | 2007-01-08 | Up to this point I did not keep a Journal of my activites on the car. From when it came back from the painter I started so here goes: Nov. 27/06: replaced gas struts in hoo... | ||
| Body Work Done | 2007-01-08 | 1 | Nov 27, 2006: After two years of body work and prep we now have the Black B back from the painter ... and now she is RED... this is Retro Red, also known as Hyundai Accent RED pain... | |
| 1980 Coming Back To Life | 2006-06-01 | 3 | I am starting this Journal of the 80 restoration. Bought it in July 2003. Burned in Sept 2003. Now on the way back to life. Make sure you click on 'next entry' to... |
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