{"id":10940,"date":"2025-09-16T14:28:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T13:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/?p=10940"},"modified":"2025-09-19T16:49:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:49:46","slug":"caterham-5-6-speed-gearbox-mount-scan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/caterham-5-6-speed-gearbox-mount-scan\/","title":{"rendered":"Caterham 5\/6 Speed Gearbox Mount Scan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of my Putting The EV in Seven project I needed to have a good model of the gearbox mount that Caterham used on their 5\/6 speed installations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a partial scan of the mount with it in the car but that wasn&#8217;t going to be good enough for my needs. So&#8230; I ordered a new one from Caterham, as well as taking the old one out of the project car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turns out they&#8217;re different. The new one is wider (in the front\/rear of the car direction, i.e. along its shorter side). I&#8217;ll be going with the new version that Caterham now sells, so it was time to scan and then model the part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><script type=\"module\" src=\"https:\/\/unpkg.com\/@google\/model-viewer\/dist\/model-viewer.min.js\"><\/script> <script nomodule=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/unpkg.com\/@google\/model-viewer\/dist\/model-viewer-legacy.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-tertiary-background-color has-background is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<model-viewer src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Gearbox-Mount-5-6-Speed-v21.glb\" \nios-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Gearbox-Mount-5-6-Speed-v21.glb\" \nalt=\"Caterham Gearbox Mount\" \ncamera-controls \nauto-rotate \nar \nexposure=\"0.5\" \nrotation-per-second=\"20deg\" \nauto-rotate-delay=\"0\" \ncamera-orbit=\"0deg 80deg auto\" \nfield-of-view=\"30deg\" \nstyle=\"width:100%; height:400px;\" \n<\/model-viewer>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the files, please attribute me if you use them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GearboxMount.obj\">Scan OBJ<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Gearbox-Mount-5-6-Speed-v18.obj\">Parametric Model OBJ<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Gearbox-Mount-5-6-Speed-v18.step\">Parametric Model STEP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of my Putting The EV in Seven project I needed to have a good model of the gearbox mount that Caterham used on their 5\/6 speed installations. I had a partial scan of the mount with it in the car but that wasn&#8217;t going to be good enough for my needs. So&#8230; I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"As part of my EV project I needed a model of the elastomer gearbox mount that came off the ICE car. 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