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Alpine TT ( Tightarse Trackcar )

Started by _BARRY JACKPOT_ , Oct 20 2012 08:09 AM

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#1 _BARRY JACKPOT_

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 08:09 AM

So how this all came about was one of Brownie's brainstorms, I was around working on the Dart and we were talking rubbish and he said how much fun it used to be doing the sprints at Warwick and Lakeside and how we should all get together and nominate for next season ( starts February ) yeah yeah sounds like fun. Well I didn't even think about it after that.

The phone rings about a week ago "you're entered". "for what". "the sprints, first round is February". Cue cackling laughter from the Brown and a huge F#@^ from me. So bearing in mind that the pink car is broken after Mopar Saturday this year and I'm too lazy to even look at it until I can afford to put a TKO 600 behind it I'm thinking "nice work son you"ll get yourself outta this pretty easily". But noooooo. "What am I driving, Barbie's broken and I ain't got the cash to fix it after doing Dad's car." Well done dude you've got yourself outta that nicely, nup. Brown man comes up with " drag the alpine out, you've got everything to do it, it won't cost you bugger all." Double F#@^! Looks like I'm building a car for the sprints.

This car has been in the family for longer than Dad's car, since before I was born. I don't have the emotional attachment to it that I have for the green car but in saying that it was still one of the old boy's cars and I'd like to do a bit of a hat tip to him and build up the sort of car he would have done. There is no way in the world he would have done a nut and bolt job on the XU-1 like we did, don't get me wrong he would love it how it is now but that just wasn't him.

So strap yourself in for another Backwoods special, Freddo style.. Here we go (gulp)

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#2 _sunburst73-xu1_

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 08:53 AM

Jessus Chris you are glutton for punishment there aren't you,but I love you enthusiasm man.
So can we say DING!,DING! round 2.

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#3 _BARRY JACKPOT_

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 09:17 AM

Lol, yep round two. The good thing with this one bro is I can do it Freddo style, which translated means "functional" stop steer go. Just get that sucker to the track, god he loved racing didn't matter if it was for first or twenty first it didn't matter to him as long as you give it your all. I wanted to do nothin for a while just chill but whadaya do. So yep I better pull on the gloves and start swinging.

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#4 Mort

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 09:28 AM

Cool little car don't think i've ever seen one of those , if i have i haven't recognised one, looks like a lot of work to make it look good.

What running gear, etc are you putting in it.

Look forward to watching this build.

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#5 _BARRY JACKPOT_

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 09:42 AM

Mort, they're nothing rare or exotic they're basically a poor mans MG. Sean Connery drove one in the first Bond movie and Maxwell Smart punted one round in get smart. I'm cheating a bit cause Brownie prepares one for a customer who campaigns it in historic racing so I already know all the tricks. As for the engine driveline combo lets just say it's not something you'd expect, I'm chuckling just thinking about it, it's so retarded it's nearly cool lol. More on that one a bit later.

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#6 A9X

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 10:16 AM

chuck a 186 in it

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#7 _BARRY JACKPOT_

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 10:46 AM

The combo may or may not involve some sort of forced induction, we'll see how we go lol.

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#8 orangeLJ

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 11:00 AM

Im thinking something late model japanese maybe?

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#9 Mort

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 12:16 PM

A blown 186.

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#10 ucfd1978

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 04:04 PM

Use the Blown BB he has sitting outsdide the office.LOL.

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#11 _BARRY JACKPOT_

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 10:49 PM

So we pulled her out today and got cracking, we musta pulled five kilos of rat turd outta the thing, aside from the turd we decided that being a track car it needed to go on a diet so if it wasn't required it got turfed needless to say there ain't much left.

By the end of trading today here's what we had left after a quick vacuum and a jet wash.

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#12 Stinga

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 11:21 PM

almost looks like a mini batmobile...

13b turbo?? :spoton:

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#13 _BARRY JACKPOT_

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Posted 21 October 2012 - 06:02 AM

Think Swedish lol.

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#14 V-SLR5000-P

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Posted 21 October 2012 - 06:33 AM

Turn that Alpine into a Sunbeam Tiger. The Tiger was another Carol Shelby shoehorn job, Windsor into a four cyliner Pommy sports car. Same concept as the Cobra which was the AC Ace until Shelby squeezed in a 260 Ford Wiindsor. The car Maxwell Smart drove was a Tiger,
http://world-viewer....-tiger-260.html

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#15 wot179

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Posted 21 October 2012 - 07:31 AM

http://youtu.be/APyut2B7tdo

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#16 dattoman

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Posted 21 October 2012 - 12:25 PM

Don't use a dirty old Ford motor though
Rover 3500 v8 would do

But sounds like your going swede... 5 cyl ovlov ?

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#17 rodomo

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Posted 22 October 2012 - 11:39 PM

Contacts for bits:
http://www.uniquecar...ing.php?id=1107
http://www.abouttime...ist.asp?cat=106
http://www.autosurplus.com.au/
http://www.cavehillengines.com.au/ Stu loves these engines, he did his apprenticeship on them.

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#18 _BARRY JACKPOT_

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 04:46 AM

Thanks Rodomo, I should be ok the old man collected a small room full of parts for these things with quite a few nos pieces in there.

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#19 ucfd1978

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 12:59 PM

Volvo s are cheap Ahh.
What brand of BVD s are you using.

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#20 _BARRY JACKPOT_

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 01:18 PM

What's a BVD ?

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#21 ucfd1978

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 03:54 PM

For your roll cage!!!

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#22 _BARRY JACKPOT_

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 08:18 PM

Dunno all that stuff is at Brownie's shed, he's in charge of that. :spoton:

So needing to get on with it I thought what the hell, and started cutting.

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So first up was the passenger side fender, it was a bit of a mess but lucky for me there was a NOS guard that the old boy had hoarded somewhere along the way.

NOS

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Gone.

And back on.

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Now here's the tricky bit, the drivers side had taken a big hit and with the bonnet square near the wind screen it was over lapping the drivers side fender the black texta line shows the overlap.

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So the easiest course of action was to cut that sucker off and start again!

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So with some persuasion (from a sledge hammer) the inner guard was moved to a more appropriate location. Now this might all seem a bit agricultural but it's sticking with theme of what would Freddo do. I'm thoroughly enjoying the lack of finesse and the practicality of the build but it's how the old boy would have done it so that's what we're going with.

And back on.

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And that was about it for the morning, after that I ran out of be bothered and went and watched TV.

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#23 _BARRY JACKPOT_

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 08:57 PM

Dunno what happened there a few of the photos disappeared, oh well you get the idea cut, shut, blah blah blah.

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#24 76lxhatch

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Posted 24 October 2012 - 06:24 AM

I'm thoroughly enjoying the lack of finesse and the practicality of the build but it's how the old boy would have done it so that's what we're going with.

I know exactly what you mean, its amazing how much time we spend mucking around getting everything just so, its great to have a project where things just get done.

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#25 _BARRY JACKPOT_

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Posted 04 November 2012 - 06:20 AM

Rightio where were we, that's right building a tightarse trackcar. So it's been a bit mental round here lots of work and lots of kids stuff going on so not much has been happening down the shed. We do have a power plant however, now bearing in mind that the original was a 1600 we've decided on a BIG BLOCK ! That's right the 2.4 baby. Two and a half of Sweden's finest LOL!