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MDifficult wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 7:54 pm

Thewelder wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 5:47 pm Thanks for saving some bickies guys.

What a fantastic place you work in mate - absolutely loved it. I could have wandered around all day taking photos. The stuff you guys produce is pure art.

Why thank you, it's a bit like stepping back in time aint it.....lol

Thanks for saving some bickies guys.

Ben_payne wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 5:28 pm Nice. Got one too?

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No but one day maybe.

Ben_payne wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 5:22 pm Do you work there?

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Yes i build the Atom and Nomad chassis

Don't make a mess in my bay will you guys, and if there's any biscuits over you can leave on my bench

Having watched that last Youtube video, it seems the guys are missing the point when they reprofiled part of the squashed frame, at the rear. OK, they pulled out the squashed bits, so the frame section was circular again, but they don't seem to realise that the frame at the rear of the Atom is hori...

Must have been winter as not a pair of shorts in sight

Can't beat a bit of Josh Groban eh.... 

[quote="John Scherrer"] I don't know where they source the baffled sump or if they get the baffle welded in themselves and then add the mastic. I'm sure they remove the sump from the motor on the pallet and replace it with this one. It looks similar to the Toda but that one is just screwed...

John Scherrer wrote: Yes - Arch Motors at Huntingdon, Cambs

They have a forum member on here - "The Welder"

Looks like someone has been out with the filler and paint tin..

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I'm pretty sure the chassis weren't made in the UK !

'The Welder' will concur -  I seem to recall he expressed his opinion as to the 'quality'  or lack of it ...
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Indeed 

"The Atom's most stunning feature is its chassis with its fat curved tubes and neat welding that looks like it's been done by a brain surgeon during a weekend off" 

Looks like chineese poop to me

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