Building the Marriage Carriage - Feb to July 2008
 1. Raw materials for a proof of concept hook up back in February |  2. Workshop! It's not as warm as it looks... |  3. Proof of concept towing arrangement |
 4. Towing a pallete! What fun! |  5. Work starts in vigour in late May. Nice summer weather as you can see... |  6. Dry layout of first side piece |
 7. Steve grinding bits flat |  8. First line of weld... |  9. Me welding the remainder |
 10. Steve tidying things up |  11. First side piece complete! |  12. Second side piece |
 13. Second side piece complete |  14. Steve welding |  15. Steve welding |
 16. Rain cover and wet weather prevail. Note exhaust manifold as 'paperweight'! |  17. Do not trust this man with a welder... |  18. Welding the main frame together |
 19. Careful jigging |  20. Basic frame almost complete |  21. A little more welding from Steve |
 22. And myself |  23. And it's done in outline |  24. Yeah, really comfortable! |
 25. Time to polish and grind |  26. Welding in some intermediate bits |  27. Seat retainers in place |
 28. Welding on initial attempt at axles - M10 studding and connectors |  29. Grinding welds flat |  30. Frame with seat retainers in place |
 31. Frame after first paint |  32. Steve grinding and fitting chequer plate for size |  33. Yup, looks OK! |
 34. Welding in extra support for footplate |  35. RIP angle grinder number 3... |  36. Concept 'wheels', seat backs and sides. It hasn't fallen over yet... |
 37. Concept wheel and chequer plate |  38. Subtle adjustment to the drag arm curvature... |  39. Errm... I appear to be hiding behind a toolbox... |
 40. Side pieces drying out after an impromtu wetting |  41. Uh?! |  42. Yes, we take electrical safety in the pouring rain very seriously... |
 43. Cutting the cross bar into shape |  44. Frame with draw bar base in fitting position |  45. Cutting in notches to lie draw bar flat |
 46. Steve cutting |  47. Me grinding |  48. No, it didn't hurt! |
 49. Crucial alignment... A nervous moment... Or 20 mins! |  50. Committed. |  51. The finished object in skeleton form! |
 52. Again, it hasn't toppled over yet |  53. Finished towing arms |  54. How to mend a welder... Well, maybe not... |
 55. First beefed up axle in place |  56. Mmmm... Shiny... |  57. Discussions on welder blockage |
 58. Steve's very shiny side bits |  59. Steve and Steph doing the dual grinding thing |  60. Fastners anyone? Or tea? |
 61. Trueing newly build up wheels |  62. Difficult fixing of sides |  63. Carefully screwing sides in place |
 64. First test ride!! |  65. OK with one towing... |  66. Now what about 2? |
 67. Serious concentration requried... |  68. But all OK! |  69. Close up of drag arm and cross bar |
 70. Subtle manipulation of seat post position... Damn corrosion... |  71. Fixing the footplate in place |  72. Footplate done! |
 73. Painting the mudguards |  74. In our neighbour's car port! Seat backs in place |  75. Final, decorated version without rain canopy |
 76. Steve and Steph |  77. Side view - very shiny! |  78. Oblique view |  79. Cutting piping for rain hood |  80. Rain hood before final stitching. Job done!! Now just to do the wedding itself... |