At long last I've made a start, doing the front suspension frame first, all tacked together. I need a bit more practice before I weld it up fully, it's been too long since I did any amount of welding. It's a new welder so I need to play with the settings, the wire feed died on my old one. Couldn't resist the (slightly blurry) view from the workshop, it is Wales after all, twice as many sheep as people. 

Should have mentioned the end uprights will be cut, and the piece of tube used for the suspension sliders to run on, just welded in to keep everything in alignment.

I'll be back at it Monday, other things taking up the next two days, walking tomorrow morning, then RUGBY, Car Boot sale, autojumble, and rugby Sunday. Hopefully I'll get a "mould" for the radiator Sunday, and I can finalize the width of the front end of the chassis. Need to weld up a bench top before I start on the chassis though.

A bit more progress, bench top built, and design finalized. I'm going to hinge it to the wall with two alternative mounting points, to match the two heights of my ancient Workmate. I'll lift the end with a high lift jack, and slide the Workmate under to support the end. Easier to make than the original idea, and it won't take up as much space since I can easily demount it and store it against the side wall of the shed.

The jack will also come for raising the top deck on the trailer, again simplifying the design, and making it lighter.

Yes you do see 4 wheels hanging on the end wall, I spotted them on ebay, they'll be ideal for the second kart. I'll be going a bit "off piste" with that one too, a brainstorming session with Rhys established that a car I'd discounted as impossible, isn't, just needed some lateral thinking (literally going sideways). Details will emerge eventually, keeping it under wraps until I start it.

Should be able to make a start on the Morgan chassis tomorrow, doing the bench top has just about got my welding back up to scratch. I've decided to taper from the scuttle forward, as per the original, a bit more work, but worth it I think.

Chris

Brilliant Chris, you’ve made a good start. Bring your chassis to builders day please. I brought mine to Rhys when we met in November and now it’s just about finished and I’m not retired 😳

Finally made a bit more progress, too many "things" getting in the way. I've got the suspension frame fitted, though I've discovered the U bolts are about 10mm too short to fit the lock nuts. Also done a test fit on the handbrake and cable, looks like it'll work OK. If necessary I can take the cable further forward through the suspension frame, as the grille fits forward of the suspension. Just waiting for the tube for the spacers to go inside the box section where the U bolts are, then I can fit the anti crush box section to stop the front crossmember getting squashed when I pull the U bolts down tight.

I'll definitely be at Stretton, the target is to have it running, may not have a body though. As soon as I've got the front suspension done I'll clear the decks, strip off all the extraneous bits of the scooter, and get it running, before I cut the frame.

I wasted most of a day last week fiddling with it, because it's decided not to start.

Looking good progress Chris, keep it up, 5 weeks to go till Stretton

The scooter strip down, and cure for non starting proved to be easier than expected. It seems that at some point the side stand switch became dislodged, hence no sparks, and no start. Setting it back to it's correct position cured the problem, it's now disconnected and the wiring will be used for the kill switch.

The petrol tank will be moved forward to above the engine, and the surplus frame cut off, to lower the rear bodywork.

I can't manage to post portrait  photos in the correct orientation, I'll take the same ones tomorrow in landscape and post them.