It's a work in progress....

It has been nearly a year since NUT THING has had work done on it, There have been many distractions, We brought a Pajero to use as our tow car for NUTR33 and also Luke's work car, and it needed an engine rebuild, so Luke was busy working on that, We have also sold our old magna and in the terms of the sale, had to change it from an auto to a manual, so that was another Luke job, plus we have had a few time restrictions with work and other social gatherings/trips away. Now that the Paj is up and running, and the magna is gone, The skyline has had priority the last few weeks with a few events coming up (DECA, Dyno and Drags), and then hopefully we can get back into it and head towards getting NUT THING finished :)
Stay tuned for more updates......

Slow and Steady!

Its been quite a while since Luke managed to get a chance to work on his "NUT THING". Today he mounted the engine mount plates to the frame and trial fitted engine mounts. Removed engine and turned frame on table so as to be able to start building cabin and front end. Have also trial fitted the seats to get measurements etc . Slowly getting there!


Rear engine mount:

Rear engine mount close up:

Passenger side of frame with engine still in:

Drivers side of frame with engine still in:

Drivers side engine mount:

Drivers side engine mount front view:

Frame without engine from the front before seats:

And we have seats!!!

Testing out the seats:

Pretending to be asleep.

The Toys...

The toys *ahem* tools that we had to have to assist in this project...

Pedestal Drill from the high school clearing sale

Cut off saw from the hardware store:

And the home made bench to build the frame on :)

Saturdays working day

So we have some more progress...
The uprights are in place and engine mounts have been positioned - Just have to have metal plates added where required to connect them to.
Also purchased front suspension and seats last weekend (pics to follow of seats)

Engine mount set up @ the rear:

Apologies for not updating

Apologies, I have been very slack. Luke pointed out to me the other day that we had not updated here in a while. Will post new pictures and story up tomorrow
Cheers
Anna :)

The supervisor hard at work

Anna "supervising"

Its been a productive weekend!

Luke has been busy working on the engine frame for his car this weekend.
The top and bottom of the frame is tack welded together, other bars are clamped in place ready for welding and the brown tape is to give a rough idea of where some more bars need to be