Springfield Flyer.

[Riaan Lingenfelder]

I understand why you dont go to the coast.
The salt there is not hard enough to do the speeds you want.

[tauruck]

I'd love to go but the fishing is lousy this time of year.
The only "fish" being caught are the holiday makers.

Nearly done on the Dakar truck. 3 parts to go and then
we'll get stuck into the long car. Its going to be an awesome month.
Lots of sanding.

[tauruck]

Still earning, working on client projects.
Frustrating as hell looking at the long car while I'm working.

Nearly done. Some Ducati huggers ready to go out the door.

[Riaan Lingenfelder]

Damn but those look good. Just dont let a certain Rider sighn them. It WILL Drop the value......

[tauruck]

He he he.

I'll sign one for you.

Get an autograph before they get too expensive.

Just trying to dodge Eskom. They can't even organize a black out on time.

[tauruck]

I got really tired of working with resin so I took a few hours off to
finish the two chassis braces.
 It's a clevis type arrangement and was
difficult to set up on my own but eventually it came right.

[tauruck]

Two more pics.

It's going to necessitate a weirdly shaped plenum/air box
but compromise is king on these things.

[tauruck]

The female sections were actually the rear leg pivot points on a springer
front end I designed for the custom bikes.

I've used them all up but for a good cause.

The male ends are tacked in place and will be welded tomorrow.
At least I made a little progress.

[kustombrad]

Bitchin'!

[manta22]

Looks strong! Nice welding, too.

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

[Riaan Lingenfelder]

At the risk of looking like a hijack. Mike welded a frame for a bed in the back of my Vito bus. Will be used to go to Hakskeen for the run and me and the petrolhead missus will be sleaping there.
Point is bed came out so straight that no pothole could make it move or rattle in the back. Extention slides as if on rails.
Thanks Mike. 

[lsrjunkie]

Bitchin' Mike! I dig it. I did something very similar on my car. Looking good man! 

[kiwi belly tank]

If your bodyline is tapering down & in from the back of the cage & you intend to pick up intake air from there, it will be a low pressure & turbulant area at speed & could give you problems getting quality air to the engine.
Tying those long links together in the middle & down to the top rail will help prevent deflection also.
  Sid.

[tauruck]

Thanks all.

Sid, I'm going to have to add extra braces but it won't be easy.
I was dumb enough to angle the female fittings on the cage side.
If you make the two braces a fixed unit you won't get them unbolted.
Brackets, bolts and head scratching coming up.

The body profile doesn't quite follow the bars but I had to get them
out of the way towards the rear. The shape of the car is pretty similar
to Danny Thompson's in that area so I emailed him and asked if his flush mounted
inlets worked. He told me at the time that he hoped so but only testing would
prove it. After he ran way over 300 the report was that the inlets were fine.

Good enough for me.

I was lucky enough to land a sponsorship from a company called Marcom Aeronautics and Space,
a local company that is building launch vehicles for satellites and they're doing all the CFD.

Mark has finished the solid model and says it's much smoother now but the "meshing" takes time
and is the difficult bit. Once that's done I can finalize the body shape.

It takes a lot of very clever people to build a long car and I've been blessed with so many.
You won't get this sort of help in any other form of motorsport, that I can guarantee.

[kiwi belly tank]

If you make those three links with Heim joint ends you can adjust them to fit as needed, they'll change a lot. You'll be using a jack & stands to flex the chassis to line up the long ones every time. We had a pair of three footers on Betsy & that was the only way to do it.
  Sid.