1974 rover colt 5, one for australia :)

shes going to become a racer with custom front, rear and 5.5 honda clone engine. shes a rear mount engine. pretty rough condition but we'll have to see how it goes. hope it qualifies

Good luck!

Thanks man

So today I got stuck in, manufactured whole new steering set up. It's now got 2 tie rods brand new steering arm bracket and spindle holders. I've remanufactured the seat support to sit 150mm lower than standard. Next will be my 2 piece seat and mounting my fuel tank. My idea is to keep this thing as cheap as possible by building everything I can from scrap steel and parts I have laying around so here goes.

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So as you can see, I've been busy today. built my spindles and tie rods. finished my foot supports and got my seat stay in place. still along way to go though...

wow, great job! one of our old members was from austrilia.

Good luck my upside down brother!

thanks guys I've been busy again today, fixing up little things and plug welding all of my unwanted holes, sanding the frame back and I've run 1" box steel up the frame to make it a little more rigid. I'm sweating my balls off as its 35 degrees Celsius here I hate welding in the heat lol

Nice build, Good Luck!

it's summer there, ain't it?

1997 Murray wrote:

it's summer there, ain't it?

It certainly is. that and we are going through a massive heat wave.

 winter here.. i like the snow. actually right now, it feels like spring here in NY. almost 50 degrees F today

I've never seen the snow before, it's either to hot to wear clothing or just cool enough to put a long sleeve shirt on. I'm jealous lol

A few winters ago there were some Aussies visiting a friend of mine on holiday. They wound up at my house and were marveling at the igloo my kids and I made

hahahaha, that would have been a sight to see. "mate whatz that!?" "I'tz a little americaan house mate, built for winta it is. bloody beautiful"
I hope they didnt actually talk like that

They were pretty easy to understand for the most part, but there was definitely some word confusion...
Example: they were weirded out by my ordering a pitcher of beer. The appropriate word is apparently a jug.

hahaha yep, its either a jug, scooner, or pot. in order from largest to smallest. just curious though. do they have thooeys extra dry beer over there? like as an imported beer?

Not that I've seen. Only beer I've seen around that claims to be Australian is Fosters.

oh... fosters is english and it is *****. no one in australia drinks it lol, its just foul

so today I've rebuilt my seat pan (had to cut 50mm off the rear) and got my brake and clutch mounts welded up and installed. I'm nearly finished with fabrication thus far, then again i change my mind more that my wife hahaha. happy friday everyone gonna sit down for a cold one

So sitting here staring at my mower I'm wondering... Is this thing really a contender? If it's ok with everyone here could you please leave me some feed back, thankyou in advance

So sitting here staring at my mower I'm wondering... Is this thing really a contender? If it's ok with everyone here could you please leave me some feed back, thankyou in advance

mrkadage wrote:

So sitting here staring at my mower I'm wondering... Is this thing really a contender? If it's ok with everyone here could you please leave me some feed back, thankyou in advance

of course it is man, never doubt yourself, you build can go as far as your imagination can take it

mrkadage wrote:

So sitting here staring at my mower I'm wondering... Is this thing really a contender? If it's ok with everyone here could you please leave me some feed back, thankyou in advance

What do you mean, it's an awesome Mowchine and what richie said.
Tho my neck hurts abit after watching your flipped pics   

Keep us updated.

Thunderdivine wrote:

mrkadage wrote:

So sitting here staring at my mower I'm wondering... Is this thing really a contender? If it's ok with everyone here could you please leave me some feed back, thankyou in advance

What do you mean, it's an awesome Mowchine and what richie said.
Tho my neck hurts abit after watching your flipped pics   

Keep us updated.

thanks thunder and richie too... I've been down to the garage and i finally have my idea for my final design. I'll be posting up pics later tonight but I've done a 215mm stretch and re-enforced my chassis 10 fold. it's still gonna be a racer but rather than using my 5.5hp I'm going to go big or go home... 18hp oppy and I'm gonna work the living s**t out of it. and advice or ideas would be welcome too