This site describes the construction of a home built, mid-engined car. First conceived in 1999 and inspired by cars such as the NCF Blitz and Onyx Tomcat. I finally began work this year(2005) with a friend, who is an Aircraft Engineer. Why Mistrale? Well, the author of 'A Year in Provence', described the Mistral as a "brutal, exhausting wind that can blow the ears off a donkey" - appropriate for a car with no roof, sides or windscreen. An 'e' was added as others have already used 'Mistral'
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Clutch!
Another snowy day, a little more progress. Today I continued with the clutch pedal. I am using the shaft from the original Rover pedal box and mounting a bespoke pedal onto it using nylon suspension bushes. I wanted to use a coiled spring as a return spring and spent a little time today making this arangement work. When I finally did, it projected above the bodywork so it had to be modified again! Once this was sorted, I spent ages making sure that the pedal was in the correct place before tacking it in. Finally, I made a beacket to hold the tunnel end of the throttle transverse bar (not shown on photos). The end result was very satisfying as it meant that I could sit in the car and operate all three pedals for the first time (the brake pedal looks a bit strange, it works well) I didn't make Brrrrmmm noises, honest!
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