peterhennell

Hi Eddy, Pete's asked me to send you a photo of the Herald but I'm not sure how to do it on the forum but I'll try to paste something in - if I fail, could you send me your email address and I'll send it direct. Can't work out how to paste it in here but my email is peterhennell@ntlworld.com if you could send me one - I've taken a few photos of the car. Cheers, Peter

If you are interested, I have a secondhand solid propshaft which you or anyone can have for £25 - collect from St Neots or ? Since I don't manage to keep up to date with this forum, best to email peterhennell@ntlworld.com if interested.

The other day I answered a Courier advert for back numbers of the magazine, but they had already gone to a new club member in the Kings Lynn area. The guy who had them told me he thought they might be read and thrown away, so if anyone knows who took them could they please put him in touch with me - if he doesn't want to keep them I'd certainly be interested, particularly in those before April 2004 when I joined. The only recent new member in Norfolk is Calvin Smith, so it might be him. Can email me at peterhennell@ntlworld.com Many thanks, Peter

I'm new to this Forum lark, but having read these posts thought my experience might be relevant. My 1969 13/60 convertible had exactly the same vibration when I bought it and I spent the first two years and loadsamoney trying to find the cause. Everyone said it would be the propshaft, but I had that balanced twice - each time we did something else it seemed to improve it a bit but didn't cure it until finally someone asked if I had the strap prop. I'd never heard of that, so he explained, we looked and it did have it. I bought a second hand solid one from the Spitfire Graveyard which cured it instantly! It was a little noisy, so when one of the U/Js needed replacing I bit the bullet and got a new sliding spline shaft from Canley Classics, by which time the price had gone up considerably of course. Apparently the strap shafts can be fine when on the balancing machine but once back on the car they presumably do what they're designed for and move so, in effect they can't be balanced. I now have that, which anyone can have for nowt if it's any use, and the solid one, which anyone can have for what it cost me (£26 I think) or I'll keep it as a spare. Hope that's helpful. Peter