Preparing our garage for a "build"..what else?
Discussion
Mornin' all!
My dad, my bro and I are shortly going to start building a Robin Hood. We're going into full-on-mega-hyper-overload with it, it's going to be something we're very proud of I'm sure. 2 litre black top zetec which we will play with slightly before it goes in to a modified Robin Hood chassis. Can't wait.
Anyway, we have a double garage which my Lotus currently gets half of. The other half is where the build car will be and when we work on it it's giong to get spun round into the centre and my Elise will go outside for the evening
We have the donor car (basically for the reg and it's rear sub frame and gearbox) already and stripping down will occur this Thursday/Friday. Kit is being brought home 30th September.
We've already have a massive clear out of the garage, so essentially it's an empty double garage with a work bench in one corner (though it's not empty but that's another story).
-We've carpeted it wall to wall.
-We've blocked up one of the doors and insulated it. The build car will stay behind this.
-On the inside of the blocked door we are preparing sheets of MDF to mount all the tools on (back at school stylee)
-We have 6 strip lights lining the garage so everywhere is lit
-Shelves everywhere to house parts of the kit and also the other stuff in our garage
-Radio covered in plaster
-TV/dvd player (apparently the kit comes with an instructional DVD?!?!!)
-Calor gas heater and electric fan heater
-Cork board for receipts, instructions
-Pic of tennis girl scratching her bum
-Pic of Sam Fox topless
So, my question is, what more do the experienced PH car builders think we should do to the garage in preperation? Once we get the kit it will be all hands on deck so I'm trying to cover all the bases now.
Appreciate your opinions people
Tony
My dad, my bro and I are shortly going to start building a Robin Hood. We're going into full-on-mega-hyper-overload with it, it's going to be something we're very proud of I'm sure. 2 litre black top zetec which we will play with slightly before it goes in to a modified Robin Hood chassis. Can't wait.
Anyway, we have a double garage which my Lotus currently gets half of. The other half is where the build car will be and when we work on it it's giong to get spun round into the centre and my Elise will go outside for the evening
We have the donor car (basically for the reg and it's rear sub frame and gearbox) already and stripping down will occur this Thursday/Friday. Kit is being brought home 30th September.
We've already have a massive clear out of the garage, so essentially it's an empty double garage with a work bench in one corner (though it's not empty but that's another story).
-We've carpeted it wall to wall.
-We've blocked up one of the doors and insulated it. The build car will stay behind this.
-On the inside of the blocked door we are preparing sheets of MDF to mount all the tools on (back at school stylee)
-We have 6 strip lights lining the garage so everywhere is lit
-Shelves everywhere to house parts of the kit and also the other stuff in our garage
-Radio covered in plaster
-TV/dvd player (apparently the kit comes with an instructional DVD?!?!!)
-Calor gas heater and electric fan heater
-Cork board for receipts, instructions
-Pic of tennis girl scratching her bum
-Pic of Sam Fox topless
So, my question is, what more do the experienced PH car builders think we should do to the garage in preperation? Once we get the kit it will be all hands on deck so I'm trying to cover all the bases now.
Appreciate your opinions people
Tony
Not got them yet but they're on the list. For a long time though there will be no wheels on the thing, and no engine in it, so we just invisage shifting it round and putting back on axle stands until the time we can get wheels on and use the dolly things. Is that naive to think we can do it?
family to be are building a modded robinhood. they've found having a pillar drill and own welding stuff useful. engine crane very useful. compressor for when they sprayed the chassis.
they made their own floor cos the one it came with/the failed projects owner made was really really thin so they made it a bit thicker.
the chassis does way a ton so a decent crane and aforementioned dolly thingy will be very useful.
they have got a 4x4 sierra diff cos it's an lsd. make sure you decide on spec NOW cos they/we found it quite hard to get the rear end on and off...!
they made their own floor cos the one it came with/the failed projects owner made was really really thin so they made it a bit thicker.
the chassis does way a ton so a decent crane and aforementioned dolly thingy will be very useful.
they have got a 4x4 sierra diff cos it's an lsd. make sure you decide on spec NOW cos they/we found it quite hard to get the rear end on and off...!
Do Robin Hood supply chassis stands? (Waist Height) Worth considering 
Makes life a lot easier for the early stages of the build giving lots of access underneath and also a more comfortable height to work at for bolting on suspension, brakes etc. You will still be able to lift the chassis upto the point of putting engine and box in. What form does the Robin Hood chassis come in? Will it be a bare chassis or will things such as ali panels be already attached? What about brake/fuel lines? If you are going to be doing all this yourselves you will enjoy the additional work space that chassis stands will give over axle stands. Out of interest how long do Robin Hood say it will take to build the car?
Makes life a lot easier for the early stages of the build giving lots of access underneath and also a more comfortable height to work at for bolting on suspension, brakes etc. You will still be able to lift the chassis upto the point of putting engine and box in. What form does the Robin Hood chassis come in? Will it be a bare chassis or will things such as ali panels be already attached? What about brake/fuel lines? If you are going to be doing all this yourselves you will enjoy the additional work space that chassis stands will give over axle stands. Out of interest how long do Robin Hood say it will take to build the car? NikB said:
Kettle and fully stocked beer fridge.
Lots of little re-sealable bags, boxes to keep parts in.
Digi camera to record how things come apart so you can see how they go back together when you have forgotten!
Lots of little re-sealable bags, boxes to keep parts in.
Digi camera to record how things come apart so you can see how they go back together when you have forgotten!
We're actually having to get rid of our beer fridge to make space in the garage! Tea will come in plentiful supplied though, no fear of that!
In true Tony-sad-stylee we'll be recording an awful lot of the process on camera but I like the idea of pics to know how to put it back together - thanks!
(oh, and when you get a kit from Robin Hood you literally turn up and there's 500 pieces - they don't do any delivery, so, we have boxes and bags galore being stored at home at the moment ready for the 30th
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Thanks everyone for the replies 
To try and address some...
We only have axle stands at the moment but chassis stands sounds like a fantastic idea. Is that a machine mart purchase?
Floor wise, we have wall to wall carpeting (about 4 layers in total) of old big off cuts to try and make it nicer to work on.
Engine hoist we've just bought - huge jobbie that's now in the corner of our garage (a fold up one).
Welding wise, none of us can but fortunately a very good mate who lives 30seconds round the corner is a welding genius so anything like that needs to occur, he's our man.
Pillar drill; hmmmm. We don't have a specific pillar drill but I do have one of those brackets that you can put a big B&D hammer drill in and use as a pillar drill, that would be suitable I assume?
Some very useful suggestions there, thanks people
To try and address some...
We only have axle stands at the moment but chassis stands sounds like a fantastic idea. Is that a machine mart purchase?
Floor wise, we have wall to wall carpeting (about 4 layers in total) of old big off cuts to try and make it nicer to work on.
Engine hoist we've just bought - huge jobbie that's now in the corner of our garage (a fold up one).
Welding wise, none of us can but fortunately a very good mate who lives 30seconds round the corner is a welding genius so anything like that needs to occur, he's our man.
Pillar drill; hmmmm. We don't have a specific pillar drill but I do have one of those brackets that you can put a big B&D hammer drill in and use as a pillar drill, that would be suitable I assume?
Some very useful suggestions there, thanks people
What no kettle for making a nice cup of tea
foolish it will never work
And remove the carpet it will get filled with oil and the trolly jacks etc will be pain to roll over it
Maybe you could get a nice purpose made plastic type product but god knows where you would find that.
Failing that go to nearest laminate flooring place and buy the cheapest tat they have.
foolish it will never work
And remove the carpet it will get filled with oil and the trolly jacks etc will be pain to roll over it
Maybe you could get a nice purpose made plastic type product but god knows where you would find that.
Failing that go to nearest laminate flooring place and buy the cheapest tat they have.
stone said:
What form does the Robin Hood chassis come in? Will it be a bare chassis or will things such as ali panels be already attached? What about brake/fuel lines? If you are going to be doing all this yourselves you will enjoy the additional work space that chassis stands will give over axle stands. Out of interest how long do Robin Hood say it will take to build the car?
The chassis comes completely bare - no panels at all attached so we literally are doing the full works. Will definitely look into the chassis stands as I like where you're going with that...!
As for build time I believe they quote 100-150 hours, not including stripping down the donor car (which will happen this thurs/fri).
Thanks again
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