[akydawn]

hi all got a question ...single leaf spring i have tried to fit them but iam going off the hole were the axle sits just cant get them far enough back to fit if i reverse the spring they sit to far forward does it matter if the hole in the leaf not centred on the axle only about a inch off any helpers:wtf:

 

[akydawn]

hi every one sorry it took so long updating my thread i was waiting on parts to arrive and waiting on a moron who likes selling stuff taking your money and not sending your item waited 4 weeks finaly had to get ebay to sort it out any way ive had my moan on with the build first i bought a anglia 105e axle striped it down fitted new seals, gasket,nuts self lockers .ground of the saddle brackets but left about 10mm on one side just to give me a marker
to were the new saddle bracket are going.

 

[akydawn]

 

[akydawn]

then i started on making a new chassis to accomodate new brackets to hold the leaf spring

 

[akydawn]

after that i started to box the chassis in to give it more strength then started on the rear now i tried different ways never try to over engineer something that is simple i made that mistake i boxed the rear chassis then drill a hole threw the chassis to fit a sleeve so that when i fit the brackets it wont tighten up on the chassis

i may be jumping a head of my self before i wielded any thing i fitted the axle in place to see were it fits then measured from the front wheels 91 inches back fitted the leaf spring the wrong way round as the right way wont fit on the chassis trust me i tried for a couple weekends then it hit me trail and error once i was happy then i wielded other wise its get the angle grinder out to undo wat you have done believe me its hard work. now for the rear brackets as the chassis is a lot thinner than the leaf spring you have the bend one side of the leaf spring bracket so it narrows it see pic

 

[akydawn]

after welding all the brackets and boxing in i fitted 2inch lowering blocks as the car will be ridding high but its up to you what height you want then set the axle make sure you measure from front to back then side ways otherwise it will crab when you get it on the road also i fabricated the new chassis to allow for the propshaft to meet the gear box

so now my pop is rolling the next step is to fit the engine and gear box and to fit more chassis braces for the gear box,floor i hope you have a good read and please your comments will be very helpfull to my build

 

[bigyellataxi]

Cool, just a quick question, have you tried the rear wings on to see if the wheels are 'centred'...??

 

[THE POP SHOP]

I was thinking the same thing!

Original Pop wheelbase is 90", but on modified ones you usually need to move the axle back 1" - to 91"

Edit: just saw your post about measurements - 91" already done :tup:

 

[akydawn]

Cool, just a quick question, have you tried the rear wings on to see if the wheels are 'centred'...??

yes thats the first thing i did before i welded it all up make sure it was centered

 

[1936 standdard]

nice one looking good body looks well tidy,keep us posted

 

[103ePop]

Great build up. Keep posting updates! Love the colour, looks like it may be Shark Blue, my favourite, or possibly Ludlow Green :tup:

 

[harris66]

lovely looking car there :tup:

 

[bigyellataxi]

yes thats the first thing i did before i welded it all up make sure it was centered

No worries, sorry to ask, it's just that they look too far forward to me.

 

[akydawn]

No worries, sorry to ask, it's just that they look too far forward to me.

thanks for the input i have read a lot of builds on here and thanks to steve who is also building a pop but like i said any inpute would be great to my build cheers

 

[akydawn]

hi again my next step is to fit my 2.0 pinto engine here goes bought a p100 sieera for the engine box and wiring loom plus any other bits i can adapt to fit took the engine out of the p100 got my engine lift and hovered the engine in the pop

i soon relised that the p100 engine mounts wont fit they are to long so went on ebay bought a set of capri ones fitted them and i had to make engine mount brackets to fit the chassis but this ment they have to be fitted a the side of the chassis which ment the weight of the engine will be putting strain on the chassis side ways which i didnt want so i scraped that idea i wanted the engine to rest on top of the chassis so i began to make my own on the third attempt i finaly came up with the same idea as the p100 but shorter https://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/imagehosting/thumb_9789501eb0072cd62.jpg

 

[akydawn]

the next step is to make brackets to fit the chassis got them welded in place but make sure you have clearance from your steering rack i had to cut the bulk head so it would clear the cross member fitted the gear box to make sure it is in line for the axle

i also had to make slots in my mounts so i could adjust the engine left and right once i was happy with the engine in place i welded the brackets to the chassis by this time i had the engine in and out about ten times in a couple of weekends https://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/imageho...75b8571.jpghttps://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/imagehosting/thumb_9789501eafa133b21.jpg

 

[akydawn]

the next step is to make mounting brackets for the gear box cut the propshaft down not sure how to do that might take to a engineering place then finish my boxing in will keep you all updated as i go along

 

[voxrod]

Please don't mess about with your prop mate,get it done properly,if in any doubt ask Kev (kapri ) what happens if a prop lets go!!

 

[mygasser]

bigyellataxi is the 'guy' (literaly) on here for propshafts. :tup:

 

[Trav13]

that looks like a very clean shell not seen one that good in a long while