Europa TCST

[jbcollier]

Just make them.  I'd use SS.

[TurboFource]

Met my goal having chassis flipped by the end of March

Now to repair T-section....        The big hole I cut to hacksaw through brake rod.....

[BDA]

Congratulations on your milestone, Turbo! 

[TurboFource]

Will have to fold pattern in half to recreate left hand drive pedal mounting as it was to far gone for an accurate pattern.....

[literarymadness]

What is your next milestone?

[Dilkris]

I admire you taking on that chassis repair - kudos to you. I am not that brave and do not have that skill set. Mine was the same, but being over the pond it went to Spyder Engineering and came back with a more user friendly T section for access.   

[literarymadness]

Dilkris: S.E. did a great job!

[BDA]

That’s very similar to (or maybe the same as) my frame. I didn’t know they made frames other than their tubular space frame. The extra access to the steering u-joint is really great!

[TurboFource]

Yours looked worse than mine Dilkris! My suspension attachment points are all still intact.

Literary....hope to have chassis repaired and painted by the end of April...

[jbcollier]

Both Banks and Spyder will replace rotten “T” sections on standard frames.  Be nice to live in Jolly Old for that reason.

[jbcollier]

When converting an S2 frame to S1 specs, I didn’t drill it for the pedal assembly until after I’d modded it.  You could even do it after the body is mounted if you wanted.

[TurboFource]

Started removing lower piece of T-section.....too rusty to tell where spot welds are and drill them... Looks like I will be grafting in new metal for the first couple of inches of the vertical pieces too
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[BDA]

Started removing lower piece of T-section.....too rusty to tell where spot welds are and drill them... Looks like I will be grafting in new metal for the first couple of inches of the vertical pieces too
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I certainly haven’t looked at the welds on my frame nearly as closely as you, but I don’t recall seeing any spot welds. I think they were mostly intermittent welds.

[TurboFource]

Where the sheet metal T-sections overlap and where the internal pieces are welded in are done with "spot" welds. There are a couple of stitch welds at the pedal attachment plates at the rear of the T-section to add support and I would imagine to keep from flexing at the spot welds, and of course stitch welds where the T is attached to the rest of the chassis.

[dakazman]

   Turbo, I have an S2 so I used these dimensions ( zoom in to see dimensions)
http://lotus-europa.com/manuals/misc/Lotus%20europa%20chassis%20drawing.pdf
  Maybe you can compare and document your findings. I have to add my pedal assembly plate to the frame now after body on. I have the original plate and can check where welds were made.
Dakazman