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I just remember my mates MR2 knocking it's tits off and they have the same engine


I also remember seeing a lot of Celicas on eBay for sale as spares/repairs for the same issue.

Thoughts have turned to the main chassis. once this is built I can then do the fun part of recreating the body


My 1100mm max length puts the width at 535mm, I threw the axle together and realised it just wouldnt work, so i've changed it to 600mm


Now the axle looks like this, which is still tight, I have about 120mm of space to run the bearings. Ideally they'd sit on the outer edge near the axles, but that just wouldn't work.





For the first time in my life, i'm doing some planning. For the others, its been a case of cut some steel, weld it in, see how it sits. But this one I want all proper like.

Ideally i'd have a bit of ply I could draw on (I might still go that route as I can build a jig) but for the time being, all I have is a sheet of ally off the big Scamp, so you'll have to do some squinting to see what i'm up to as I can't control the glare.


I started up by drawing the axle. Give you an idea again how tight it is.




I pulled the engine out of storage as well and layed out the 30x20 box I'll be using for the backbone. The engine is pretty tall, despite being horizontal, so i've decided to sit it inbetween the chassis rails. This sets them at 270mm apart.

I need to order some 150x400x5 plates that I'll use for the bearing hangers.



Another reason for the added width is the steering. At 535mm the steering arms would be about 90mm long, which i'm sure wouldn't be great. I still have very little room, but we'll work it out as we come to that bit.





I've added the front wheels here and you can see the engine location. I've yet to think about the front part of the chassis as I will have to work out the steering at some point :/

Screwfix Linky


I use one of these, cheap and cheerful, works great


Plus there's a Screwfix 100Yds from every house in the UK

I recently saw a TF (awful) up for sale for £7k

I absolutely love mini bikes, high up on my list to own a blinged up one in the future.


Good call on the sidecar, Brian might let it on track that way

This is the full 110cm long

I'm not sure she'll be the most comfortable thing to ride, but hey, she'll look good





Everything inside is going to be really really tight to package.

The side panel height has already been increased from the real Scamp to cover the engine height, but this still hasn't taken into account my engine has an electric starter on to, plus the carb, so they'll have to stick out a bit.

I never said it would be perfect.


I've spoken to my local kart breaker and he's coming back to me with a price for

4x rear wheels - 2x 160mm wide, 2x 150mm wide with wet tyres (treaded basically)
30mm brake disc carrier
30mm sprocket carrier in steel, to be modified for pit bike sprockets
Smallest brake disc he has for as much ground clearance as possible
Brake master cylinder and caliper
30mm rear hubs
Front spindles with front hubs that take rear wheels (it's a thing, you can get front hubs using the 3 stud fitment instead of the single bolt)


So until I get all that stuff.........

Toilet Transport is very much part of RRG for me

Knocking about the campsite on something i've built really adds to the experience


Way back in what I think was 2014 I 'built' this trike. I say built in the loosest of fashions as it was basically a knackered Honda ATC70 that I roughly made work



I think this came along for 2 or 3 Gatherings before I let it go in the tat auction.



I decided to build something properly. Well, kinda

I bought a Batricar mobility scooter and shoehorned a Honda 390cc industrial engine in



The ability to pop wheelie off the throttle and also do 30mph drifts made it fun, the tiler steering not so much.




I wish I would have persivered with this, but I blew the engine and broke it up for spares.



Next up I joined in with the ride on mower period. These are great really. They're already built and have torque for days. so much so, we built a man trailer for it so we could all ride along





This lasted for the one year, to be fair, it was big, hard to transport around. Oh and heavy, so damn heavy.



This year saw me needing something with a few weeks to go before RRG22, que this little piece of 70s awesomeness.



It's an Allen National triple mower. I removed all the reels off it and everything that added weight.

Damn it was slow, plus it used a pulley clutch which was interesting at best.

I ended up shortening it 8 inches and turning it into the worst thing you could drive ever. The gearing plus the clutch did allow this though





Which brings me up to date.

Now you know I own a Mini Scamp (well you should, if you don't, click the linky in my signature)






I've decided to make a Mini Mini Scamp. A replica of it, but smol.



I also wanted it to be comfortable, so suspension. Though i've still not decided if this is the route it will finally take as it means it will be larger and heavier, but it means I needed a quad as a base.


FaceBook came up trumps with a £50 chinese 125 quad. Non runner, rusty as hell, but worth a punt.

It's one of these, a Tao Tao 125




And no, it doesn't look like the above, it's 9 years old and shows it




First thing was to attempt to get it running, else i'd have to buy a pitbike engine.

Half an hour later, a bit of a rewire, finding out the starter chain was snapped and using a drill on the crank finally had it running.


Happy, I could move on.


Started the strip down



Removed a load of the frame that just wont work for the Scamp shape



Which left me with this




It's still pretty big, the wheels are very large for the look of the Scamp, but then it was never going to be a replica. I'd have to make a laydown rear shock as well as the Scamp is flat at the back.


It's also got a huge issue in the fact the front is wider than the back for some reason





So i'm thinking I might just use the engine and make my own chassis using go kart axles and wheels which will be more in keeping with my actual Scamp


I'm not upset about this, I don't really need suspension, it's not like walking pace over bumps hurts and I don't plan on jumping it.

I can sell the front and rear axles and probably make my money back, but at £50 i've still got a working 125cc fully automatic engine with a f?r gearbox built in



I'll have a think and come back...

1997 MGF VVC

86k

12 months mot

Probably the best version of the MGF you can buy (I would say that)

1.8 VVC engine, pulls strong, no overheating issues, will of had the uprated HG set by now


Mohair roof in good condition

Red half leather interior


Bad mediocre points:

Both front wings have a slight bit of grot on them. I don't think it's gone through, maybe get away with a rub down and paint. Failing that wings in good condition are available on eBay for circa £40


TheHartop has been sold

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