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#Post#: 14167--------------------------------------------------
Aston Martin Build?
By: matt Date: December 14, 2025, 3:13 pm
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Hi, some photos from my build so far.
Aston Martin was the original inspiration but it seems that the
chassis can be relatively generic so this may change depending
on how well body parts go! i am being very flexible in this
bit, as i have not built one before.
I bought wheels from Ebay, and went through 3 jigs trying to
work out the best way to fix the gokart hubs to them, found that
wood router bits are best on 6mm Al (not milling machine bits).
Also found that keeping router stationary and moving the al gave
the best results. they seem pretty well balanced as well. can
see that i had to warm the hubs up to fit the bearings which had
been in freezer for a few hours, worked a treat, but i needed
more heat that the hair dryer.
Made a "strong back" to lay the chassis out on and hold parts in
places as they were welded. generally went well, but amazed at
the shrinkage on some of the welds, can see this in the tapered
front pics.
Building with my son, so had a photo of him welding chassis!
bulkheads from Ply initially, but you will see i also made
strength from 12mm steel section that was bent to match. made a
simple bending jig from angle and tube.
pedals have been a nightmare! three different builds and still
not sure i have got it right! problem was length in the cart, i
have long legs and i positioned the cross brace too far back,
realised that i could cut holes in this thought and have brakes
and throttle forwards of this point. still not sure on pedals
though!
i plan on having radius rods from the chassis to the top of the
kingpin. had to make some small spacers from steel tube to get
max angle from rose joints. not sure that this will work yet.
floor pan made of ply, glued together. This is my happy
place(!), i make a lot of things from ply!
i also have English wheel (what a lovely and engaging bit of
kit!!), and am looking at making a simple home made shrinker,
would like the body to be all Al. but this is a wish at the
moment!
hand brake plan, ebay hand brake with a bowden cable to the
hydraulic foot brake, i think this is allowed in the rules.
comments and suggestions or questions welcome!
currently have a 200cc gx200 clone engine with the torque
converter, never realised how many chain options existed! have
what i think is a compatible set now!
I wanted the engine to sit low so have the torque converter
pointing down giving a short rer distance but less ground
clearance, it is still not as low as the chainring on the axle.
photos to follow....
matt
matt
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Re: Aston Martin Build?
By: Jimr1999 Date: December 15, 2025, 2:17 am
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Great to see a new build journal Matt, looks like a very
positive start. :)
JimR
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Re: Aston Martin Build?
By: Ian F Date: December 15, 2025, 4:07 am
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Its coming on nice. I also bolt brake discs and flywheels to my
build table for bending tube round ;D
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