Having a rolling chassis is nice, but having it rolling of the hoist is another thing (not that this has happened yet). So, a working handbrake seemed like a logical thing to do next. The original handbrake end-bracket was to small for the supplied handbrake cable. Adjusting it (by cutting a slot in it) did not seem a …

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So, the garage has yet again a new floor. The top one of the images below is from the current situation, the one below it is from the first attempt (already 2 years ago!). Spot the differences… Let's hope this time the cracks will not appear. Having to clear out the garage, store everything somewhere and put …

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As I need to clear the complete garage by monday, having the cobra on wheels and rolling was necessary. Although this is a (self imposed) deadline, when the thing was on wheels and actually rolling it did feel more a milestone than I had thought. Again, I have to applaud Gardner Douglas for their 'fit'. The …

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I am working towards a situation where i can fit wheels to the front temporarily, so the chassis can be positioned over the rear end, not unlike a wheelbarrow. After that I'll want to fit temporary wheels to the back as well because the garage needs to be cleared out by the 20th of July. After we created the new …

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Moving to the front… Apart from one bolt I'm missing for the front (the one I had got damaged somehow) I'm also going to need two pieces of brake pipe for connecting the flexible hose to the front calipers. Looking at most other GD builds and the pictures I have from GD, the routing often does not make sense to me, so …

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