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I need a smaller chassis
newtrikebuilder - 4/6/10 at 04:45 PM

The front of the chassis is too wide for me, is it easy to make it smaller? I need it to be around 500mm max so that it'll fit through a door. Would the single seater chassis fit?

The other possibility is making a longer top wishbone. Would that be easy to do?

Is the chassis in the newer book any smaller than the Ron Champion one? The bottom section is small enough, it's just the upper section that is too big.

If it won't fit through my door then there's no way I'll be able to start this project

l0rd - 4/6/10 at 04:51 PM

It would be good to give us the dimensions of the door so people can let you know.

mangogrooveworkshop - 4/6/10 at 04:52 PM

A seven chassis will fit through a door
You turn it on its side.
We had this issue when we moved to rental accommodation and the chassis got moved to the spare bedroom

austin man - 4/6/10 at 04:53 PM

how smalls the door ??

newtrikebuilder - 4/6/10 at 05:09 PM

The door was approx 600mm, so the chassis needs to be less than this (including any backets that stick out). So any more than 500mm will be difficult to get through.

The problem with the height is the roll bar thing. That won't go through the door.

madteg - 4/6/10 at 05:17 PM

Thats how you do it Rescued attachment chassis.jpg
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Michael - 4/6/10 at 05:23 PM

When i first started my project i was sharing the single garage with a Beetle, so i could only work on the car in the summer and had to strip back down to bare chassis for storage, so used to put it on its side and store it in a corridor.

The roll bar issue did come into it, but had the idea from day one to have it a bolt on so i could still turn on its side and get through the door.

The Beetle has now gone so car is always in the garage now, but yet to be IVA'd.

norfolkluego - 4/6/10 at 05:24 PM

quote:
Originally posted by madteg
Thats how you do it


Did your wife notice it was in there?

mcerd1 - 4/6/10 at 05:52 PM

quote:

The problem with the height is the roll bar thing. That won't go through the door.


what about a bolted or roll bar/cage ?


but even with a welded on one I got my dax through a narrower door than that - you just need enough room to sing it round when it gets to that point (ie. walk it through on its side untill it get to the roll bar then swing/pivot it round to get the last bit through)

[Edited on 4/6/2010 by mcerd1]

newtrikebuilder - 4/6/10 at 06:08 PM

quote:
what about a bolted or roll bar/cage ?


I think a welded one would be safer, but I could be wrong.

Does anybody know the size of the Haynes roadster at the front?

With the Ron Champion one, the top suspension mount hole is 297mm from the centre line (page 63).

newtrikebuilder - 4/6/10 at 06:13 PM

Either I measured it wrong or my door has been growing very quickly. It's now 780mm, so it'll be ok

bmseven - 4/6/10 at 07:04 PM

quote:
Originally posted by newtrikebuilder
Either I measured it wrong or my door has been growing very quickly. It's now 780mm, so it'll be ok


lol - measure twice cut once

Jon Ison - 4/6/10 at 07:17 PM

quote:
Originally posted by madteg
Thats how you do it


how the hell did you get away with that ?

mcerd1 - 4/6/10 at 07:35 PM

quote:
Originally posted by newtrikebuilder
Either I measured it wrong or my door has been growing very quickly. It's now 780mm, so it'll be ok


mine did that too, the door was 550mm wide when I first measured it, and a couple of weelks later it was 2200mm wide - but there was a pile of steel, stihl saw, cement mixer and a welder involved in its growth