DCUK Martin
09-24-2011, 01:54 PM
I'm currently restoring #3352 and was able to get my hands on a completely refurbished chassis. Unfortunately it was for an automatic and #3352 is a manual. I've done a conversion before and the custom work involves the gearstick mount which has different mounts in a different place and at a different height!
This time around, I designed the adapter in cad so I could reproduce it in the future. The photo shows the second physical attempt which I subsequently modified by hand (it's now in the chassis), and the cad model is the finished article ready for the future. I had it water-jet cut in 12mm aluminium plate. The small holes were tapped to M6 and studding used to mount the gearstick on top of 12 spacers cut at the same time to save cost.
I added the DMC logo because I could :wink:
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This time around, I designed the adapter in cad so I could reproduce it in the future. The photo shows the second physical attempt which I subsequently modified by hand (it's now in the chassis), and the cad model is the finished article ready for the future. I had it water-jet cut in 12mm aluminium plate. The small holes were tapped to M6 and studding used to mount the gearstick on top of 12 spacers cut at the same time to save cost.
I added the DMC logo because I could :wink:
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