last summers ride that one i should of never sold it but the wife wasnt very happy going shopping with 3 kids init

picking my shell up tomoz 

Exciting times ahead, don't forget the pics

Quote from: cotney05 on March 06, 2014, 06:57:36 PM
last summers ride that one i should of never sold it but the wife wasnt very happy going shopping with 3 kids init

and she'll enjoy doing it more in the buggy ??   

few pics of my shell collected yesterday from buggypete...

just happened to have a 1967 chassis with brand new floor pans and frame head to carried that from out the bk and chucked the shell on...on my own i may add

doesnt fit as nice as i had hoped


hopin to get gearbox and rear axles in tomoz and maybe the engine

Nice to see a Rat that hasn't has its front wings butchered....er, I mean trimmed. Nice one!

A couple of 6 inch G clamps will pull the shell down at the back.

At the sides start off with a couple of longer bolts to pull it all together.

Bugger on restricted Wi-Fi so can't see pics.have to wait until tonight

Quote from: cotney05 on March 06, 2014, 06:32:55 PM
pickin my shell up on monday so i can finally start putting all these bits ive got together  ...dont know whether i should post a picture...mite be bad luck

we like pictures on here.

Quote from: Manxdavid on March 11, 2014, 04:31:03 PM
Nice to see a Rat that hasn't has its front wings butchered....er, I mean trimmed. Nice one!

A couple of 6 inch G clamps will pull the shell down at the back.

At the sides start off with a couple of longer bolts to pull it all together.

thanx for the advice manxdavid

gonna spend the day on her tomoz will take plenty of pics as i go 

G clamps thru the oval inspection hole at the back onto the body lip. Use some timber to spread the load.

Looks a good decent shell, like said before just need to coax it in to shape

Quote from: volksrod brian on March 11, 2014, 11:45:35 PM
Looks a good decent shell, like said before just need to coax it in to shape

i will attempt to coax it together today...silly question...do i need to use a floor pan gasket or not...thanks

Quote from: cotney05 on March 12, 2014, 04:57:20 AM

Quote from: volksrod brian on March 11, 2014, 11:45:35 PM
Looks a good decent shell, like said before just need to coax it in to shape

i will attempt to coax it together today...silly question...do i need to use a floor pan gasket or not...thanks

i would use a gasket also i notice your engine has twin heat risers to the carb might be worth changing this as there not many if any buggy style exhausts that have the twin take off

chris barker thats a point i was pondering already...was hopin to modify the cannons i had....but i think it wants a 4 into 1 and a decent bkbox

Quote from: cotney05 on March 12, 2014, 04:57:20 AM

Quote from: volksrod brian on March 11, 2014, 11:45:35 PM
Looks a good decent shell, like said before just need to coax it in to shape

i will attempt to coax it together today...silly question...do i need to use a floor pan gasket or not...thanks

I would defo use a gasket, I would also use an original style one.not onebof the foam types, there not very good when they get wet as hold on to the water.