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Tony : thank you very much for the link. I contacted them and I got a very quick reply, but unfortunately, they no longer make laser cutting. I found another company in Växjö who looks to be able to do the job. I sent them the CAD files (I could get them very easily without being nice to Vedde :lol: ), and I'm waiting for their quotation. Thanks for the help.

Fred, I got "sassy" because I think these kind of comments (like your first one) are not helpful and useless. I posted a question, and I don't need to know your mind about how I build my car, it is not the point of this topic, I just need help. I made this joke about the gear box because you will always find somebody more advanced in engineering than you are, who can make you feel small. Easy, and I said, useless. Now, this is said, let me explain you the reason I want to buy the CP plate : For doing the CP set by myself, I need a 3mm steel plate. I don't have many connections here in Sweden (as I have in France, with friends and companies I worked with, so I can get easy discounts). Here, a steel plate 2000x1000x3mm, which is the minimum size, cost me 1080 sek last time I bought one. A complete set in UK cost about £86, which is 865 SEK. Hope you understand why I want to buy the plate set rather than doing them by myself : the problem is not my skills, but my wallet. Making as many things as you can by yourself is important, but keeping the building "low cost" is at least as important to me. Thank you very much though for the link of the British shop which is selling CP's, I didn't know this one. But I will have the same problem with shipment cost. And I think I haven't been nice enough to get the CAD file, sorry, my mistake. But if you (or somebody else) want to help, could you please tell me how do you say "water cut or lazer cut companies" in Swedish ? So I can look for a local company in or around Växjö. Thank you very much. Regards. S.

Hi guys, Thank you very much for your replies. Jocke4U, thank you for the tip, I didn't know about this shipment cost from Sweden. It might be worth to order from England so... and yes, I found a couple of good deals on ebay. Thanks. Vedde, I'm sure you did all by yourself on your car, mate. Engine, gear box, diff, and so on. Not too difficult to carve the gears of the gear box with your angle grinder ? Hahaha ! Don't worry about me my friend, I know what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. If anybody else has good advices when it comes to find the CP set in Sweden, thanks in advance.

Hello guys, Thank you very much for your replies. The amendment from Chris Gibbs has been very useful, thanks Unaimed. My transmission tunnel and the steering wheel support are now in place ! Bye.

Hello Everybody, I'm building a Haynes Roadster (Chris Gibbs book), in Sweden. I want to order the suspension brackets set and a pre-cut chassis plate set. But from England, the postage cost is very expensive. Does anyone know where I can find these items in Sweden, or which company can make the cuts and bends on map ? I'm sure some of you have already made fabricated these items in Sweden. By the way, I'm leaving close to Växjö, and a supplier or a company in the neighbourhood would be great, but of course, I can also mail order these parts. May be the answer is somewhere in the forum, but my Swedish is too bad for me to understand the topics. Sorry about that. Thanks a lot. Sylvain

Hello everybody, I'm French, but living in Sweden. I'm learning Swedish, but my Swedish is still too bad to be able to write and read on this forum in Swedish, so I try to post in english. All my apologies for that. I'm usually on the "locostbuilder.co.uk" forum, but as my problem concerns a problem British guys have hard time to help with, I try here, as I'm sure some of you already encountered the problem I have while building my chassis. I'm building a Haynes roadster (Chris Gibbs book). I want to make a left steering wheel chassis. If I build the chassis as it is described in the book, the room on what is the passenger side will be to small to fit a pedal box for the driver. My idea is to reverse all the non-symmetrical tubes, which means the transmission tunnel, U7 and U8. But my concern is : will the gearbox fit with such a change ? I will use a 5 gear T9 gearbox from a 2.0i Sierra, but I don't have it yet, so I can't make any try. I guess the gear box is perfectly symmetrical and centred, so it should not be any problem, but could anybody please confirm I can do that ? How did you guys make a left driver car from the designed right driver chassis ? I have to start the building of my transmission tunnel now, so I want to be sure. Thanks to all of you. S.