Springfield Flyer.

[tauruck]

Neil, its off a Ford Sapphire. They were built here and in England.
I'm a Ford fan but the way the boots deteriorated and how far off the casting to boring was left me wondering.
It must have been within tolerance I guess.

Thanks Frank and fear not, I'm working to get the wheel discs done. You'll get them soon.
We're busy finding a shipping agent we can afford that is into export.

[manta22]

Thanks, Mike. I had never seen one that small & Compact.

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

[tauruck]

Neil I shortened it by about 2 feet from original.

[manta22]

Aha! That's why it looked so small! 

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

[tauruck]

Neil, we can't just go down to the local speed shop/race store over here so we have to improvise but in saying that LSR is something else, no matter where you live.

I ordered a special board with a melamine surface I could use as a table top to mold stuff like flat honeycomb panels.
It was a big board and took up space so I decided to cut it into sections that would make it easier to use.

Yesterday I started on molding the panel that would become my radiator box.
It should be a large cross shaped piece that would get routed and bent into shape much like a cardboard box.

Clever me!!!!
I cut the board 5" smaller than I needed. What was going to be a two step operation turned into a mission.
Measure twice, cut once.

A few images of the process.

[tauruck]

One of my "crew" members expressed the wish to be more involved in the liner project.

A lot of partnerships have been very successful in racing and a few come to mind.

Sox & Martin.
Gapp & Roush.
Poteet & Main.

Victor Moore is now my partner on the liner.

My rendition is very amateur and Photoshopped but this is what the long car should look like.

[lsrjunkie]

Not bad Mikey! At least you have a picture. All I've got is a vision running around in my brain like an elusive unicorn. If there's anyone can bring it into the realm of reality it has to be you!

[tauruck]

What's in my head doesn't transfer to 2D that well.

I know your pain but it's good.

You have to build the real article to see what it looks like.  

[tauruck]

In among the other work I did a little on the tail.

The best solution I could come up with was a NACA 0006 profile.

Its symmetrical and offers low drag.

The plan is to get the three profiles in position, fill in the blanks with foam and then sand that down until its flush with the profiles.

After that clad with Carbon fabric.  That's the simple explanation but I have high hopes.

[tauruck]

To get everything lined up I pushed all three profiles to the bottom against the mounting box.

I then got the leading and trailing edges to line up dead centre on the line I had scribed earlier.

Clamped it all together and drilled two 3mm holes through everything.

I set the base up in the vice and spaced the profiles as required using clothes pegs to stop them sliding.

I slid some 3mm stainless steel welding rod through all three profiles and into the mounting box.

Everything looked like it lined up nicely but I needed proof so I put the laser on it. Bingo!!!!

[tauruck]

When I was happy I spot welded the wire first to the base and then moved up after it had cooled and all the while tweaking the levels to make sure nothing had "moved".

I then cut the foam to size and bonded sections in starting at the 19mm post.

[tauruck]

The lower front got the same treatment.

[tauruck]

I kept adding layers on both sides until the foam was proud of the steel profiles.

I'll let the bottom cure and carry on with the next level tomorrow.

I've been waiting so long to do this part and I'm loving it.

Never having done one of these before it's an adventure and I can't wait to see how it turns out.

[tauruck]

The work I do has a lot of hurry up and wait to it so I'm jumping around between work, the vertical stabilizer and the radiator box.

No time for idle hands here.

This is a ride of note and I don't know what I'll do when the car is done.

[Buickguy3]

   Building a streamliner body for Salt Cat ll comes to mind if you get bored. You could come to Montana to take measurements or come to Speed Week.
   Doug