Tim, Duncan and I trollied over to AB Performance on Sunday and retrieved my Sabre chassis from Andy. Many many thanks to Tim for giving up his entire Sunday to fetch my gear. (while I have a trailer my current tow car is the Winnibago, so Tim did the towing duties.)
So I thought I’d post some pictures of the bare chassis, bear in mind that this is an incomplete chassis, on which Andy did me a bit of a deal, and if you buy one from AB Performance yours will come, all complete, powder coated and beautiful.
It is a 95 % complete, and has all the major mounting points already built in. Its a bit surface rusty from the drive home on salty roads but it is otherwise great. Examining it, it has been clearly made to a high standard… all the mounting points are, for example properly sleeved, welded in and then flushed back. Its a very nice bit of work.
It is also currently strewn with masking tape, and grp dust as it was used to develop the bodywork buck.
As it is not yet powder coated the current plan is to do a complete dry build before sending it off to be powder coated to try and ensure that I get all the welding done before it is powder coated. The other option is to paint it… but 1 pack paint is just too fragile and 2 pack is just too lethal, so I think I’ll go the powder coat route.
So the big long list of things to fabricate\weld onto it is as follows:
- Front frame/crashbox supports.
- Sidepod tension wire/mount supports.
- Steering column + mounts.
- Engine Mounts.
- Gearshift mounts (I can’t use a paddle shift due to dodgy wrists so need to engineer in a lever)
- Rear frame supports.
- Harness Mounts.
- Crotch strap mounts.
- Pedal box.
- Front lower frame.
- Hand brake lever mounts.
- Brake pipe union tabs.
- Setup/datum plates for rockers.
- Setup mounts for alignment squares.
- Fuel tank + water header mounts.
- Bodywork tabs.
- Head restraints.
- Compulsory diagonals in roll bar
- Complete front suspension mounts + check others.
- Instrument Panel tabs.
- Tow Eye Mounts.
- DL1/GPS mount shoe on roll cage.
- Camera mount point.
- Main welded in earth points.
- Pedal box mounts.
- Clutch cable mounts.
- Throttle Cable mounts.
- Brake balance controller mounts
- Adjustable ARB mounts.
- Clutch side brace bar.
Enough of the lists here are the pictures.
