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I haven't been on here much as of late as I've been pretty busy with work & also this project on & off over the last few weeks.
I thought I'd throw this in here after the response from the last wiring project.
My friend has been building this ratter on & off for over 3 years now, using a bit of imagination, ingenuity, bits & pieces from here there & everywhere.
The car is set to debut at the Phillip Island Kustom Nationals in early January.
He started this car with only a cowl & nothing else. Meaning the firewall section. No cab.
He built everything else incl. the complete chassis, rest of the cab, tub, 4 link, rear airbag setup, brake setup, seating (an old cut up couch!) steering the works.
The few bits he gathered along the way was the I beam front end, wheels, & Model T rad shroud. He still doesn't know the whereabouts of the cowl or its origins as to what it is exactly. So its dubbed the "Hammond!"
Once he’d finished build the cab & tub, he sat them outside to rust the normal way! haha
Its got an engine out of his old HJ ute, 253 & Trimatic & a modded Torana diff. The engine also blows smoke too! It was pretty shagged! haha From what he can remember he had the ute for several years & not once changed the oil! haha
I was blown away from his workmanship, as hes's a plumber by trade, not a mechanic, fabricator, boiler maker or engineer!
Its obvious by looking at all the pipe work! Its awesome in real life!
After he seen the job I done on the HG Prem http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newf...ad.php?t=38083, he asked me if I'd do the same job to get his car going.
I jumped at the chance obviously, cause I enjoy doing this sort of work on cool cars.
It’s also a good part of the process, cause your the one who actually gets the cars going for the first time & are there for first start up too!
To start with he just wanted it "wired" but I said, dude. If you going to all this trouble, lets make it all as invisible as possible.
Nothing worse than spending all this time on how the car looks to have dodgey looking wiring hanging out all over the place.
The only thing he said was he didn't want to drill holes in the chassis.
The basic system consists of an On/Off ignition switch which kills everything so no kid’s can walk past & press either the start or airbag push button's. The brake lights are wired up to constant power as most cars are wired.
The power board has a Power supply which is the main power feed for everything & also where the Alt. charges the battery too!
There is also a Earth point as seeing as how the cab is so rusty, I couldn’t get a could connection at all! Haha. So its linked to the chassis which is perfect.
The Thermofan also has a constant power source so he can park the car, walk away from it & when heat soak sets in, it will automatically cut in & start cooling everything.
I used relay's to power most things, as I didn't want to be loading up the little push button switches with the high current that's caused by the things like the starter, airbag pump & thermo's etc.
The lights are all fused with the thermo fans & Airbag pump wired through circuit breakers.
Everything else what a matter of making it all look as neat & as hidden as possible.
Once the fuse box it tucked up under the dash, all you can see is one single wiring loom running from the floor up under the dash.
Ignition, Start, Airbag pump & Headlight switches
The red light in the centre of the dash is the alternator light. This is covered by an old school cast alloy grill from some car! Early 50's sort of style. The wiring you can see get's tucked up along the bottom of the cowl & won't be visible at all.
I also fitted a main isolater electrical kill switch for when it sits for a long period of time.
Starter & power supply lead. Note the headlight, Thermofan & engine harness running along the underside of the chassis
Chassis/engine earth connections & the wiring looms going into the cab.
Engine harness. Thermofan temp switch & Alt. wiring
Thermofan wiring tucked away
Headlight wiring
I thought I'd throw this in here after the response from the last wiring project.
My friend has been building this ratter on & off for over 3 years now, using a bit of imagination, ingenuity, bits & pieces from here there & everywhere.
The car is set to debut at the Phillip Island Kustom Nationals in early January.
He started this car with only a cowl & nothing else. Meaning the firewall section. No cab.
He built everything else incl. the complete chassis, rest of the cab, tub, 4 link, rear airbag setup, brake setup, seating (an old cut up couch!) steering the works.
The few bits he gathered along the way was the I beam front end, wheels, & Model T rad shroud. He still doesn't know the whereabouts of the cowl or its origins as to what it is exactly. So its dubbed the "Hammond!"
Once he’d finished build the cab & tub, he sat them outside to rust the normal way! haha
Its got an engine out of his old HJ ute, 253 & Trimatic & a modded Torana diff. The engine also blows smoke too! It was pretty shagged! haha From what he can remember he had the ute for several years & not once changed the oil! haha
I was blown away from his workmanship, as hes's a plumber by trade, not a mechanic, fabricator, boiler maker or engineer!
Its obvious by looking at all the pipe work! Its awesome in real life!
After he seen the job I done on the HG Prem http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newf...ad.php?t=38083, he asked me if I'd do the same job to get his car going.
I jumped at the chance obviously, cause I enjoy doing this sort of work on cool cars.
It’s also a good part of the process, cause your the one who actually gets the cars going for the first time & are there for first start up too!
To start with he just wanted it "wired" but I said, dude. If you going to all this trouble, lets make it all as invisible as possible.
Nothing worse than spending all this time on how the car looks to have dodgey looking wiring hanging out all over the place.
The only thing he said was he didn't want to drill holes in the chassis.
The basic system consists of an On/Off ignition switch which kills everything so no kid’s can walk past & press either the start or airbag push button's. The brake lights are wired up to constant power as most cars are wired.
The power board has a Power supply which is the main power feed for everything & also where the Alt. charges the battery too!
There is also a Earth point as seeing as how the cab is so rusty, I couldn’t get a could connection at all! Haha. So its linked to the chassis which is perfect.
The Thermofan also has a constant power source so he can park the car, walk away from it & when heat soak sets in, it will automatically cut in & start cooling everything.
I used relay's to power most things, as I didn't want to be loading up the little push button switches with the high current that's caused by the things like the starter, airbag pump & thermo's etc.
The lights are all fused with the thermo fans & Airbag pump wired through circuit breakers.
Everything else what a matter of making it all look as neat & as hidden as possible.
Once the fuse box it tucked up under the dash, all you can see is one single wiring loom running from the floor up under the dash.
Ignition, Start, Airbag pump & Headlight switches
The red light in the centre of the dash is the alternator light. This is covered by an old school cast alloy grill from some car! Early 50's sort of style. The wiring you can see get's tucked up along the bottom of the cowl & won't be visible at all.
I also fitted a main isolater electrical kill switch for when it sits for a long period of time.
Starter & power supply lead. Note the headlight, Thermofan & engine harness running along the underside of the chassis
Chassis/engine earth connections & the wiring looms going into the cab.
Engine harness. Thermofan temp switch & Alt. wiring
Thermofan wiring tucked away
Headlight wiring
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