Now that it's the second week of school and things are starting to get back to the norm I, Joey, have resumed the posting job. The past week and a half Rich has been working almost every day on the car. As you can see we have mounted up the tie rods. This form of steering should be a lot safer and easier to use than last year's experiment. Rich has been doing almost all of the TIG welding on the car, but in our vocational welding class, others have started to show their colors. So he might have some competition soon. Nonetheless, he is the main part of this team and has done the most work.

So now that I am back to posting, look for a new post once a week

School has started once again, so Joey will soon be taking over the blog.

The photo shows the tie rods for the front steering. I machined those and the steering shaft over the weekend. Rich has been pecking away at things and the car is starting to take shape. When the steering is completed, it will be a rolling chassis and we'll be able to get a good idea of how things are going to work. We can then hook up the wiring and brake and it should be pretty close to being a runner.

Look for Joey to start posting on a fairly regular basis and follow along as we build our new car.

Front Axles

We tacked the front axles on tonight. As you can see, we spared no expense in fixturing them up. Rich drilled a hole in a piece of 2x4 at the proper height, squared the 2x4 off the table and I tacked them on. Next week we can weld them up and start on the steering shaft and tie rods.

School will be starting soon so I'll need to figure out what the plan is going to be for the team. As long as Rich keeps after it, we'll have a car. He's going to be in my Vocational Welding class and he's already planning on working on his TIG welding skills right away so he can weld parts on the car. You gotta love that. I'll have to see what Joey's schedule is this fall. Hopefully, he can resume posting here once a week or so.

Just for the record, we now have two official followers. We'll have to do something with the car just to keep our loyal followers. Thanks for the support, by the way.