Pete's ERA B Type - R10B

Work, Life and organising events really slowed down the progress on my build. Whilst not being ruinning by the NSW BBQ Event, I got enough done to be able to showcase what I have been up to and to give people an idea on the build process of a cyclekart.

Since the last update, I have completely skinned the front 2/3s of the kart in 0.5mm aluminium and punched about 3/4 of the louvre vents. I made an assortment of punches out of scrap plywood and old merbau timber decking. I used the merbau to make punches and then made dies out of 12mm plywood. It works well enough on the thin aluminium - the dies are stronger than the sheet itself and will split it if you aren't careful.

Ive made a lot of progress on the fibreglass nosecone. I've smoothed it out, put the front cutouts in, painted it and started making a grille. Though not quite finished as a I would like, I have made big progress.

I have made a dashboard from 12mm ply which i have skinned with aluminium and dressed with brass. It contains my keyed electric start ignition and an 85mm GPS speedometer. For 12v power, I got a Milwaukee M12 battery adapter that tucks up behind the dash out of sight to power the 12v accessories.

Steering wheel is about half way done and roughed in to shape. It is made from lasercut 3mm steel and clad in 12mm Plywood with Red 1mm G10 liners between the wood and steel which I had left over from my bladesmithing escapades

Ive also started on the windscreen and side view mirrors which are a work in progress.

Whilst Im a long way off completion, I am hoping to get a lot more done before the Goulburn Car show in November