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Another great write-up to go with the photos...
Thanks for sharing thumbs


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Originally Posted By Graham, G4FUJ
Another great write-up to go with the photos...
Thanks for sharing thumbs


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Thanks for sharing your updates they are really interesting and a great insight for anyone considering competition.

Good Luck with the rebuilds.


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Your reporting and photographs let me share the wonderful world of racing and competition. Thanks a lot thumbs


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Update 24 - Gearbox, Spare wheel covers and seating

First-up Vintage Sheet metal completed the rear spare wheel cover, so we fabricated the necessary brackets to hold it in place. As you can see we have managed to source another high level brake light which we have summarily cut down for a more slim-line fit. The spare wheel cover will be sent off for powder coating to match the rest of the trim.

Before showing brackets:



After:



Next-up getting the gearbox in.

The gearbox finally arrived from Quaife. We've opted for the QBE15Z close ratio Heavy Duty box with straight cut gears. First up we dummied the box into the car where the 4 speeder was.





Next up we have located the mounting bracket for the rear end of the gearbox. As you can see, the bracket has been moved back about 2 inches, but it's not a complex job. You can also see in this picture that the original prop with the swapped yoke fits fine. I'm also pleased to see that there is no problem with fouling from the handbrake on the gearbox casing.





Now we have the gearbox in place we need to check the spacing of the gearbox tunnel. First up extracting the freshly powder coated gearbox tunnel from the wrapping. We dummed the tunnel in when we finalised the floor to mark out where the holes are likely to be needed... we're hoping they all work out!



Front section in first... the quaife boxes have a breather and filler in the top of the casing. So we need to put a hole in the top of the case as we're likely to need to get to this. Good news is that it actually fits with no other adjustments. The shifter hole works fine. (dispelling a few myths I've read elsewhere here). If you'd kept with plywood floor you'd also have about 8mm or so extra height which would help.



As we have the alloy floor the rear section of the trans tunnel is under the front (this is usually the other way round) but it works for us and gives a great finish with no further adjustment. Luckily all the holes lined up. In the grey it gives a great finish.









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From the engine bay showing how much of the gear box cover constitutes the bulkhead.



Finally Seats!

We have Sparco Rev+ seats now the Sparco Rev standard is no longer available.. this is ok other than the Rev+ is 2cm wider than the Rev... in a narrow Mog this is not too handy. (luckily they fit as alternatives are thin on the ground).



The seats use Sparco Pro Alloy mounts bolted to the additional steel cross members we welded on before putting the floor in.



Here you go.. drivers seat in place.. you can see the dash blank in place and the Quaift short cranked shifter fitted to the gearbox. As usual we trim about an inch off the bottom of the dash to provide more room for shifting.

So.. how does this work for Missprint...?





Good news.. fits like a glove. Final fit will be sorted once the Sparco R375 steering wheel with quick release boss is fitted. This test only highlighted how important the removable steering wheel is going to be once the door bars are fitted. This is due to the fit of the Roll Bar and Scuttle Bar on this car.. there is less room than the Blue and White car.

So that's us for this week!!! Thanks for looking in.....





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Thanks Cereal, another fascinating report on all the hard work you are doing. I'm glad you can find time to post all of this for us, as well as doing the spanner work. Looking forward to seeing Missprint with Woodstock sometime in 2013.
Best wishes Gerry.


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Originally Posted By GerryWal
Thanks Cereal, another fascinating report on all the hard work you are doing. I'm glad you can find time to post all of this for us, as well as doing the spanner work. Looking forward to seeing Missprint with Woodstock sometime in 2013.
Best wishes Gerry.


Hear hear.


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A fascinating read as ever.


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