Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

[jackiewilson]

This damn thing has been a geometrical nightmare and I haven’t even started on the planetary system
yet! bollard goes 25 kilos but is only about four inches (100mm) wide—— height of about a metre, hanging from a skyhook swaying in the wind bones get a tad exciting!!!

[jackiewilson]

Been digging through the archives for any information about the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost “Pearl of the east”——- was a famous old chariot in its day——— commissioned by a maharajah in India who paid a shedload of dinero initially—— then had Purdie firepower installed ! Plus a rear carrier and roof rack!
Now have a proper diagram drawing of the ten and fourteen spoked wheels.
Decided I would do ten and twelve spoked wheels—— see what they looked like?
Mighty pleased with the first ever attempt from a proper plan—— book I’ve got covers everything —— how many rivets in the bonnet !
Steering wheel detail is quite amazing Alloy, Brass, leather and hardwood——- going to be a frig—— but I’ve always been ambitious!

[jackiewilson]

Cobbled a couple of wheels together—- just in case

[FUJIMO]

...cobbled? hardly. very nice work. whats the black tire source? are they a big o-ring or what?

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[jackiewilson]

It’s quite difficult to explain how to put the finned brake drums on to the axles—— then turn them down to fit the single bearing and then thread he axle to take the wheel hub.
Its one of those tasks you have to get into the mood for.
Once you have them made—- they can stay on the shelf until you feel like making a few more components before stitching the whole shebang together.
Bear in mind I have to make do with material that I pick up at the car boot sale or the scrapyard, none of the materials used are new or purposely ordered!
Wheel rims for instance were too thin for use—- until I hit on the idea of stitching two together—- Voila—- wide rimmed Rollerwheels!

[jackiewilson]

This phoggie was posted today on Facebook——- it’s the now defunct Watt Tyler Maritime Museum at Basildon Essex.
Now this is where Fuji comes into his own——— Ignore the boats in the foreground——- stuck right at the back is an old friend of mine????
When we picked it up, it was outside —- open to all weathers—— James Sheppard collected her and put her back under cover at his house in Horsham.
Markthen arranged for it to be shipped to the USA——- where it still resides to this day awaiting a COSWORTH DFV !!!

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...I don't know leonard, I kinda like the unipart cat in the foreground that has the transom cutouts for mercruiser speedmasters...

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