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build diary January 5, 2006: Happy New Year! Mark Rivera has offered to cut the hood, punch louvres and bend the two lips for me. It would have to be shipped to me but it's a tempting offer. Mark's building a car of his own. I've also been considering moving to the 0.040" aluminum instead of the 0.050" I used last time. It saves a bit of weight and the louvres will stiffen things up. I'm not sure about that but it will make the bending easier. Time to play with the existing hood and see. I started trying to model the front suspension in SolidWorks last night, only to discover I have a lot of learning to do with the program. I'm still not sure if I should write my own analysis program (I like building things), use an existing Excel spreadsheet, write my own spreadsheet or use SolidWorks. The latter is tempting because it's such a cool program. Time to do something, though. I want to have the car up and running again by spring. I guess that means it's time to fix the rear fender that was ripped off too. So many plans! entry 1090 of 1439 |