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Back in January, when the fires looked like they were about to tear through the entire city, I was feeling desperate to make a positive impact. I was looking for a dog who was displaced by the fires. This girl wasn't, but I couldn't resist her face. She came from the same shelter as Samir. We've spent the last couple of months working on Glory's fear of, well, EVERY THING ON EARTH!
Turns out, she's the most affectionate dog I've ever met.
Meanwhile, the TVR was in storage with some hifalutin' cars, the cost of most of which is beyond my willingness to accept as reflective of "value."
The long hiatus was mainly down to the last person who was helping me with it stressing me out. This car needs to contribute to my joy, not to my misery, otherwise, what's the f
king point?!
A couple of weeks ago, I'd taken care of enough adult crap in my life that it was time to shake this project loose again. I don't have the space to work on it (because my landlord says so, despite me making above market offers to rent the empty two car garage on the property), so I found someone who could work on it for me. And so, off it went.
It's been a real point of pride for me, to have done so much of the work on this car myself, but I need to get it finished, so fk pride.
I went to visit, yesterday, and we discussed priorities, details, and took some measurements for me to design the air box/filter housing. That's what I'm working on now.
I switched to Dassault's Solidworks. I don't love it. I have decades into AutoCAD, so that's how my brain is wired now. I've had a pretty easy time adjusting to modeling in SketchUp, at work, but Solidworks feels counterintuitive. Probably just a matter of putting the hours in. I can see benefits, but it "feels" very production oriented, as opposed to sculpting, which is how I view the other products I've become comfortable with.
Oh yeah, and this came!
The original, blue one is in great shape, but I couldn't resist.
Turns out, she's the most affectionate dog I've ever met.
Meanwhile, the TVR was in storage with some hifalutin' cars, the cost of most of which is beyond my willingness to accept as reflective of "value."
The long hiatus was mainly down to the last person who was helping me with it stressing me out. This car needs to contribute to my joy, not to my misery, otherwise, what's the f
king point?! A couple of weeks ago, I'd taken care of enough adult crap in my life that it was time to shake this project loose again. I don't have the space to work on it (because my landlord says so, despite me making above market offers to rent the empty two car garage on the property), so I found someone who could work on it for me. And so, off it went.
It's been a real point of pride for me, to have done so much of the work on this car myself, but I need to get it finished, so f
k pride. I went to visit, yesterday, and we discussed priorities, details, and took some measurements for me to design the air box/filter housing. That's what I'm working on now.
I switched to Dassault's Solidworks. I don't love it. I have decades into AutoCAD, so that's how my brain is wired now. I've had a pretty easy time adjusting to modeling in SketchUp, at work, but Solidworks feels counterintuitive. Probably just a matter of putting the hours in. I can see benefits, but it "feels" very production oriented, as opposed to sculpting, which is how I view the other products I've become comfortable with.
Oh yeah, and this came!
GAjon said:
. . . free basic CAD program . . .
That's what attracted me to Soildworks. They have a "for Makers" subscription, at $24/year, that stipulates that your projects aren't used in a for profit enterprise.
Not actually free, but it may as well be.
Edited by Slow M on Monday 24th March 16:49
catfishdb said:
Turns out, she's the most affectionate dog I've ever met.
Hey Bernard....is she a feathered Saluki?
Arthur
According to the DNA test the shelter had performed, she's 55% Afghan Hound, 35% Collie, 6% Shetland Sheepdog, 2% Miniature American Shepherd, and 2% Borzoi.
My own first dog was a Saluki, after growing up with two Borzois and then a retired Greyhound. That's Glory on the left and Memphis on the right, in Toronto, a few decades ago.
ivanhoew said:
Thats what i did with mine bernard , with a sheet of ally , then i replaced it with a big intercooler .
That's exactly what I'm planning, except for the intercooler part. Two rectangular K&N filters, each facing down (to stop as much water and dirt from collecting in them as possible). Each one capable of flowing enough for a ~300hp naturally aspirated engine.
See the early sketch below.
I also want to incorporate an horizontal separator that ensures that only cold air is taken in, and no hot air from the radiators is pulled in. Figured on gold foiling the bottom of that separator. (Two bottom horizontal lines in bottom image.)
Edited by Slow M on Monday 14th April 00:18
And this was a very large chunk of a three day weekend. It's one half, and the variations and permutations of the mirror command aren't working as advertised. Also, not sure my 'Maker" license will allow me to output a file type readable by a commercial shop. Nonetheless, I'll keep plodding away. Anyway, the back cap should be easy, by comparison.
catfishdb said:
How are you mounting the Vitaloni?
I have a set going on my car. The mounts/stand-offs that came with them are not as body hugging as I had hoped.
I'm not sure yet, but the shape suggests that if I mount it far enough up the curve of the door, it'll look balanced between the door and aluminum frame. I have a set going on my car. The mounts/stand-offs that came with them are not as body hugging as I had hoped.
The plastic one has enough excess material in the pedestal, that I can probably take 3/8" of mounting height out of it.
Another thought was to see which of the two shapes I preferred, scan them, print moulds, and make lightweight fiberglass replicas, like the versions often found on '70s racing cars. Those were sometimes done with a flange mount, over the "vent" window.
Are yours the modern production version of the Vitaloni Sebring, with the thicker edge? I thought those came with a pretty flat (almost flush) mount. This is my metal one:
This is the modern version:
Correct. Mine are the modern production version. They come with a pedestal that makes them incredibly adjustable but also raises them off the body more than I was hoping.
Vintage photos of them show them mounted almost flush onto the body panels. Sometimes they are on the front fender area but I wanted mine on the doors....viewable through the quarter window so the adjustability is required.
Vintage photos of them show them mounted almost flush onto the body panels. Sometimes they are on the front fender area but I wanted mine on the doors....viewable through the quarter window so the adjustability is required.
Correct. Mine are the modern production version. They come with a pedestal that makes them incredibly adjustable but also raises them off the body more than I was hoping.
Vintage photos of them show them mounted almost flush onto the body panels. Sometimes they are on the front fender area but I wanted mine on the doors....viewable through the quarter window so the adjustability is required.
Vintage photos of them show them mounted almost flush onto the body panels. Sometimes they are on the front fender area but I wanted mine on the doors....viewable through the quarter window so the adjustability is required.
Probably. But the M quarter window is quite small and the driving position puts my eyeballs at an awkward angle to get any useful information in the mirror about what is behind me. To get it in a favourable viewing spot without the mount, the mirror would need to be mounted right at the seam of the door/fender. Probably not ideal for door function.
The pedestal does solve that for me by raising the mirror body and getting it in the right line to use almost all of the mirror glass.
I just really like the look of no mount. Quite sleek me thinks.
The pedestal does solve that for me by raising the mirror body and getting it in the right line to use almost all of the mirror glass.
I just really like the look of no mount. Quite sleek me thinks.
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