Basic chassis construction complete

Another big day on the MIG - I finished tack welding all the rear (C1) chassis together and I then started final welding the rest of the chassis moving around regularly to minimise distortion from excessive heat build up.

I ground back all the welds where sheetmetal needs to be attached in the future and sprayed primer in the weld areas to minimise surface rust whilst the chassis is worked on in coming months prior to the final painting.

Chassis construction continues

A lot of measuring, cutting, bending and trimming on the weekend followed by a lot more welding.
Today some tack welding and assembling of the transmission tunnel (TT1), rear bulkhead (E1) and rear (C1) frames.

Chassis construction Begins

After collecting parts for the best part of 12 months, the chassis build has finally started!

The chassis is based on a FMS chassis, check the link for a cool 3D rendering http://www.formulamotorsport.net/Models/L7R/index.html#

A layout of the major sub frames



Lots of careful measuring, cutting and dressing of material before the first tack weld.
Bottom (A1) and top (B1) frames have been tacked as individual assemblies and then joined with all the interconnecting pieces.
Lot's of welding to come...