Springfield Flyer.

[Queeziryder]

Mikey,

A good few years ago a friend and I stopped off to have a look round both parts of the museum on our way upto Gainsville for the AMA/Prostar dragbike finals (that dates it  )

Whilst looking at Bo O'Brochta (Spelling ?) TF drag bike, who walks up but the man himself. He then took us round on a guided tour, and after finishing off the road vehicle museum he took us for tea with his mother who was still as sharp as a pin, way cool 

Neil

[tauruck]

Neil, that's what humble guys do.
It must have been a great experience. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[tauruck]

I have the first trailing arm for the tanden steer front end 80% done.

Some images of the  fabrication.

I built it on a jig but sometimes I forget to take photos.

I found a very good use for hard drive magnets. They need some sort of handle built on or they are difficult to handle.

[tauruck]

The welding.

Quite a few components.

I cleaned and cleaned just to make sure.

[tauruck]

The back.

[tauruck]

The uprights are also made up using quite a few parts.

The cylinders are actually necks I had from bike projects and will take tapered bearings.

[tauruck]

Boxed and ready to go to the engineering shop for facing.

The welding did a number on the backing plate.
It's got a slight bow in it even though I had it bolted to a 1/2" plate.

I should get them back on Friday.

[Geo]

Mikey,

Looking good. Must not be too hot there to weld that much!  :-P  You are living up to your tag line! 

Geo

[tauruck]

The trailing arm in the chassis.

The slotted holes are for the caster adjustment.

[tauruck]

Thanks Geoff.

It looks like the rain has finally gone. There were stars out when I let the dogs out earlier. It's going to be a hot one I hope.
Two views of the trailing arm with the upright, spindle and hub. The proper parts are being machined but I just had to see what it looked like.

[tauruck]

I think the trailing arm needs additional bracing but I'm waiting for confirmation.

I was thinking to add a second tube above the one already there and one angled from the pivot point to merge.

[tauruck]

I love my job.

Whenever I have some new part in a mold It's like opening a Christmas present.

Even after all the years I still get excited.

The only thing thing is that even if you've been a good little boy you don't always get what you asked for.

The composite Santa has a wicked sense of humor.

Glassfiber can be fixed if it's not great but the black stuff is a hit or miss.

I put more work into this water neck than it's worth but the OEM Ford was just a straight up tube on a flange so it needed to go.
A piece of useless info is that the flange on the Cleveland water neck is identical to the exhaust flange on a Harley.

That was the starting point.

Today I got to open a mold and I just know the part in there is a good one.

Some images. It still has the release agent on it but I love it.

[tauruck]

The flange will get two Aluminum inserts bonded in after drilling.

Two coats of clear and she's good to go.

I was up at 3AM for this one.

[tauruck]

Mikey,

Looking good. Must not be too hot there to weld that much!  :-P  You are living up to your tag line! 

Geo

Check it out. What do you think?.

[SPARKY]

Mickey,  I would get one of the engineer types to give their opinion but I would want some extra thought on your system---there are some very complex stress going to be induced into that part!