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Lets not forget the single post car hoist.
Living in country where the ground moves more than most I would be concerned working under one but they do have their advantages and disadvantages. -
I used to work with a strange chap who was but no all I confess to is liking the look of the Allegro Estate😉
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19 hours ago, JohnD said:
Clearly there is experience and knowledge here! I have an old Zyto lathe, which in size is adequate for what I do, but it's run by a cobbled together leather belt drive that won't change across the various drive pulleys and the traverse, the cross slide and tool post are all wobbly or only partly functional, from age and wear. I've been looking to replace it, but so often potential candidates run off 3-phase. Which is a better solution; a 3 to single phase converter (inverter?) or replace the motor with a single phase one? Either would appear to be about the same cost.
John
If you want/need speed control then 3ph motor with a VFD that is 1ph input 3ph output.
Just be aware that VFDs are noisy electrically and audibly.
On my lathe when I had it apart I replaced the (70yr old) leather belt with an inverted ribbed belt as found on cars driving alternators etc
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16 hours ago, DVD3500 said:
I see them all as works of art (Allegro excepted) and engineering marvels and have as much a right to exist and be maintained as anything else.
Damn I quite like the look of the Allegro especially the Estate car but dont tell anyone
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Have a look at the Bosch PB40 bench drill.
I have used one and was impressed but it might be too small for what you want-
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I bought a 2nd hand 1/3 hp WEG 3ph motor to run my Southbend Lathe. Original motor was 1ph 1/3 hp
Then I bought a 1.5kw VFD from Aliexpress
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005072919468.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.58.35e81802tcPvcK
I got it running on basic start and stop and speed control.
With the help of Google Translate I managed to get it running forwards and reverse, external speed control and set the motor parameters.
Since the original VFD purchase I have bought from Aliexpress a clear lid enclosure, 10 turn potentiometer and an electronic tachometer for the lathe.
From what I have read with the chinese VFDs get double the motor rating.
I will be mounting the enclosure on the wall above my lathe so I can see that it is behaving and will put the speed control pot with the motor direction switch where it is at present just beside the gearbox easy to reach. The enclosure will be well ventilated but the VFD is going into it because the screw terminals are not covered and there will be various wires about the place.
When dealing with Aliexpress I tend to buy from sellers with the greatest number of sales and good reviews. Over the years I have bought plenty of stuff form the site and it has all been decent gear.
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First thought is you feed it in the sparkplug hole.
But even then I can't see how it would work.
A bit of rope works well for changing valve springs without removing the head-
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On 28/08/2023 at 09:36, Puglet1 said:
......... raised the steering column as suggested by Pete Lewis .
What is this raising of the steering column you and Pete Lewis mention?
I know we can extend the column but am not aware of any raising -
Calm down gentlemen😇
Southland NZ is still delightfully behind the rest of the world and long may it continue.
Just dont tell anyone from there I said this
It is one of the few places that has a distinct dialect, they roll the 'r' when speaking. Its a quick way (but often wrong) to distinguish between a local and an import -
That was Southland NZ back in the 1970s.
It has always been a bit behind the rest of NZ which in turn is a bit behind the rest of the World😉 -
I dont know Peter. As far as I am aware they did not import the Aussie 12/50 into NZ.
It could be a private import but it was expensive thing to do back in the 60/70s
Also it is the same owner driver in the Vitesse Saloon in the first photo.
Both cars have right hand fuel tanks and are what looks like 2 tone paint, the roofs and sills could be black as are the headlight surrounds on the coupe.
I think they did a roof swap.
NZ assembled 1200 and 13/60 Heralds the Stoke plant near Nelson in Saloon and Estate only.
Therefore NZ assembled Herald doors and bodies do not have any parts for convertibles built into them.
There are a few NZ asembled Vitesse Saloons, they are prefix 3
There is/was a V8 Vitesse Coupe racing in NZ that was built by the owner-
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And another one, yes it could be an Aussie 12/50
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Here is another NZ Racing Vitesse
https://talkmotorsport.co.nz/rally/barry-robinson-to-be-remembered-at-wyndham-rally/
Search for:RegisterCategory: Rally | Written by: Lindsay BeerBarry Robinson to be remembered at Wyndham Rally
Lock in Saturday 7 October for a very special Wyndham Rally which will remember iconic rally driver Barry Robinson.
Robinson, who passed away in March 2022, was a South Island rally legend who led the 1983 New Zealand Rally Championship into the final round only to suffer an engine failure which cost him the title and left him the championship runner-up. He won the Otago Rally in 1981, 82, 83 and 91 and the Southland Rally in 1983 and 95.
He also won a Canterbury Rally and was a fan favourite at the Ashley Forest Rallysprint through his exploits in Vauxhall Chevette’s over the years. Locally he won the Wyndham Rally multiple times including a hat trick in 1988, 1989 and 1990 as well as the inaugural Catlins Coast Rally in 1991 with his daughter Anna alongside in the co-driver seat for that event. Robinson farmed in the Mokoreta area near Wyndham during the height of his rallying career.
The Eastern Southland Car Club will organise the event. The club has run many such events over the year’s including their first Catlins Forest Rally on 10th August 1977 which was its fourth Rally after the first three Gore based events. The Wyndham Rallies were early Clubman type events, closed to allow only members of the club running the event plus neighbouring clubs. The last Wyndham Rally was held in 1998.
Barry Robinson in a Triumph competing in his pre-Chevette days – Photo Terry Marshall
Rally Secretary, Roger Laird says, “we are back, and delighted to have the support of MLT as our naming sponsor plus that of Rayonier NZ, the Southland District Council, Gore District Council and the landowners on the rally route to put this event together. There is already a huge amount of interest in the event and entries are coming in. Past competitors from the Wyndham Rally are keen to come back and do it again and the event has given a lot of people the motivation to get their rally cars out of sheds.”
The rally will be centred on the township of Wyndham, 45 kilometres east of Invercargill and 25km south of Gore. It will start at the MLT Three Rivers Hotel in Redan Street, Wyndham at 9.30am on Saturday 7 October from where competitors will embark on five Special Stages consisting of 126km of magic, gravel special stages with no stage repeated throughout the day.
The first stage, Wyndham Valley, is over 17.49 km and is followed by a stage of similar length, the 17.02 Mt Herbert stage. Cars then return to Wyndham for a Service Park before the 28.12km third stage in Waikawa Valley followed by the longest stage of the event, Quarry Hills over 43.06km. The cars head back to Wyndham for another Service Park before the final stage at Tuturau over 20.79km.
The rally then ends where it began, at the MLT Three Rivers Hotel in Wyndham after 126km of Special Stage competition linked by 110km of touring stage mileage.
With the start and finish plus two Service Parks in Wyndham, the township will be a real focal point of the event.
The event prizegiving will take place in Gore at the MLT Croydon Lodge with the winning crew awarded the Barry Robinson Memorial Trophy. The rally also carries points toward the Eastern Southland Car Club Rally Championship.
- Barry Robinson
- Barry Robinson Memorial Trophy
- Eastern Southland Car Club Rally Championship
- MLT Croydon Lodge
- TalkMotorsport
- Wyndham Rally
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Have you considered a scissor lift?
I have one for my Vitesse but it only lifts 1m.
I can sit under the car and work and can access all mechanical parts as I uise it sideways under the car not lengthways as the hoist is to wide.
Our garage pit in Sunderland would freeze over in Winter, good drainage is a must plus air movement/extraction. -
20 plus years ago I drove the bridal party to my brothers wedding in my parents Hupmobile R.
We did the photos before the ceremony and driving through the city to the hotel then ceremony my foot went to the floor when I was braking.
This car only had rear wheel brakes and the foot brake was expanding shoes while the handbrake was contracting band on the rear drum.
Quietly and calmly I used the handbrake for the rest of the journey and at the hotel took of my rented suit jacket and slipped into the overalls I had stashed in the car. A clevis pin for the brake rods had lost its splitpin which caused the clevis to fall out and the brake rod to drop and lose brakes. I scrounged a bolt from elsewhere on the car and reinstated foot operated rear brakes and the rest of the day went well. None of the ladies had any idea what went wrong.
To be honest the handbrake was the better of the 2 brake options probably because it had more area on the drum and better cooling.
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Found it, he admits to not knowing much about the Triumph so you can forgive some of his mistakes.
Personally I would put a few more batteries in the boot to increase range and bugger the space.
Anyone recognise the car?
The chap in the video mentions they do the conversions so they can be put back to original. -
I have no objection to converting any vehicle to electric as long as the original parts are retained and the conversion can be retrofitted back to original.
If it keeps our cars on the road then it is an option.
You can easily fit a low powered motor so the drivetrain and brakes don't get stressed and the electronics can be tuned to mimic the combustion engine.
Battery tech is getting better so range anxiety will be gone.
I am sure in a few years time after they get the noise simulation of rattly tappets spot on they will also get it to leak coloured vegetable oil from strategically placed reservoirs and with similar setups smoke and steam. Might even be able to program breakdowns due to age and mileage but that is more an MG thing.-
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And then you can sell them on as ventilated discs making the job almost cost neutral🤪
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At 1.45 into the video there is what looks like a red Mk2 Vitesse Convertible in the background
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My dad was part of the Fiat team in the Fiat 128.
I think he still might have the road book and car number somewhere. -
https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/search/F7943/
My dad was in the Fiat 128 on this run
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5 hours ago, Unkel Kunkel said:
If you work in very confined areas and with with little storage space and have to move things about every time time you want to work them, things like renovation, de rusting, painting and axle reassembly can be awkward.
A modified trailer jockey wheel with bracket to chassis mounting points to chassis helps. and gives variable access and it can turn in its own length.
A later, steerable version which was easier to maneuver on gravel, used adapted DiY door dolly welded to the lower section of the jockey wheel.
What a brilliant idea, unfortunately I am stupid enough to pick up the end of the chassis move it around then wonder why my back hurts the next day.
Taking your idea one step further if you bolted a draw bar on the front you could tow a chassis behind your car to where ever you needed to tow it. -
OP that is the colour I want for my wheels, what is it?
The wheels I have a Mk4 Spitfire that I will be fitting to my Vitesse 6 (cherry red).
Two post car lift
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I know the type you are referring to PeteH similar to a single level goods lift but the ones I am meaning are these.
https://automotechservices.co.uk/product-category/single-post-vehicle-lifts/
A bit like a forklift to look at.