Every schoolboys dream

Surely joining a car engine directly to the rear axle must be something that every dirty-fingered schoolboy must have enthusiastically discussed with his mates at sometime!
Well, today I finally made my dream come true - and i have to say, I was very excited with the result. All I've got to do now is build the frame and start the engine!

Unclutering the rear axle

Its a wet sunday morning so i figured that no neighbours would be out in their gardens and consequently bothered by me grinding brackets off my read axle. It took me far less time to do than i thought it would, and gave me a great sense of achievement (those redundant Reliant brackets have been niggling me for a while)
Ive decided to leave the original leafspring pads to mount mudguard brackets to.
Of course it would be lovely to flatten the pitted rusty axle tubes with some pro-sandblasting, but time and money wont run to that, so i think i might get an angle-grinder lap-wheel and just give it a once over before a coat of paint