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Got one coming from Chic Doug?. The old one split getting the tank out☹️. Viewing the Pickup, is made impossible by the baffle in the tank, even with an endoscope it was very indeterminate. Pete

Garage access, two lengths of steel or alloy channel section? placed stretegically. similar to the ramps used to load onto trailers?. When we loaded static caravans onto Lorries the ramps where alloy channel and up to 6 or 8 meters in length, had to be supported in 2 or 3 places. just to prevent grounding!. Is it a 1600 or 2Litre, Vitesse? SWMBO, had a 2Litre back in the 80`s. She was No1 in the Traffic Light Grand Prix, on her daily commute,😂 Pete

I`ve been spending their`s, for the last 20years. 3 American R-V`s, a Caravan, and Two 7.4M Motorhome`s in quick sucession, 2 Triumphs, a Peugeot 107. Sold the BMW (Bike) though, got too heavy, but wouldnt mind a lightweight one?. Add in several extended trip`s to the USA ,,Can`t be much of it left now😂 Pete.

Unsure where I stand on this. It does at first sight appear to be “sacrilegious” but then is putting a later or upgraded ic engine in just as bad? gearbox conversions? Lighting upgrades. Even back in the day we did performance mods?. My personal take would be along the lines of needing to hear an ic engine. And not to feel as if I was driving. Milk float. For me that would be the deciding factor. It would look “right” but never feel right Pete

Co incidentally I have just removed the tank from Plum, bit of a fiddle and I now need a new filler seal. As I needed to remove the overriders for refurb. As it was out and easy to access I removed the drain plug, gripping the neck with stillsons and after tapping the neck with a light hammer the plug came out relatively easy with a socket on the ratchet gun. Minimum load on the neck and tank or it’s weld. Fair bit of crap came out, and I have cleaned the area ready for a coat of paint. Pete

Did you ever get one?. I had a look on e-bay myself and wondered at the quality? I have an aftermarket wheel which is very scruffy (and smaller than O/E, therefore more knee clearance?) which I fancy trying out?. Pete

Never had reason to do it. But for many years we wintered a sailing dinghy in similar fashion. I used ratchet straps to hold that. But it took 3 of us to get it hoisted while one worked the strapping. Pete

Captive nut/flanges?. I just bolted through and put new stiff nuts and large washers to spread load, also make sure you have the bracing tubes between the top and bottom of the side rails or the rails will crush. mine where tack welded into place but I was working on a bare chassis. Pete

Dave, yes not easy to come by now, mine came curtesy of my self build house! Strangely. I had reason to go for sand gravel at a quarry locally and this section was lying around. Guy on the pay office said I could take it got used as a mat in front on the bench for some years. I just stripped a section to make the pads. It now forms part of the path in front of my firewood store Pete

I cut some square ones from a short section of redundant conveyor belting, Slightly thicker than "normal" but tough as old boots, using a jig saw.👍 Pete

My wife has a crafting cutter. (silhueette) Which will cut vynl?. Could be worth enquiring amongst ladies who make Greetings Cards etc; Many too are capable of cutting vynl. We made a display board, using her`s a few years back. The letter`s on that where A4 sized. We have had them down to a few millimeters. The one below is actually on our shower door, because visitors had the habbit of pulling it outward and wetting the bathroom floor!!. What size and font are you wanting?. Pete

Bet your glad your not there now?. It`s inside the ULEZ.😭 EDIT:- "Plum" has a pair of Lucas Sealed beams. but no visible ident:. Pete

Whose?.🙄

Same with a recently purchased Canon printer, huge page when unfolded, size of a broadsheet newspaper. 1 tiny section in English the rest both sides in every language known, I am sure including languages from Starwars? Pete

I think I have some dome head aircraft alloy rivets somewhere I wonder what size they where?. Pete

Hi Sorry tried my anchient copy of photoshop best I can do is **9*VC. Is that any help? there is grass covering some of the plate Pete

That looks suspiciously like a form of "brittle fracture"?. The reasons are lengthy, complex and technical, (there are whole technical "papers" written about it) and have to do with intergranular failures. I’ve only ever seen that where welding procedures where not followed to the letter, promoting changes to the granular structure of the steel close to the Heat Affected zone. Some steels have been known to spontaneously fracture, after being stored at extremely low temperatures even if brought to ambient before being worked. I have no idea what happened in your case, you would need to know it`s composition and history to get any clues. I never studied metallurgy, but I did know one or two through work. Always blinded me with science. Pete

Can I just emphasise anyone contemplating changing to alloy wheels, to check the correct torque figures?. Some time ago it was discovered that over tightening could propagate a form of stress cracking originating from the bolt holes. I knew nothing about this until I discovered cracks in one of the very expensive wheels on a Ford Granada Gina 😂 Pete

I Know that we are suposed to have a "moral duty of care" for the less fortunate, and I know there are a lot of "genuine" cases. But, you so often get to see in "media" those doing the handwringing, and in the background, there is the all singing dancing T-V, new Leather Furniture, kids with the latest tablets, x-box games, Mum all made up nails expensively "manicured", and (when) there is a second parent both glammed up in the more expensive gear, smoking their heads off. But the basics, the nuts and bolts? are missing, Can`t feed the kids, learn to cook? not just use a Microwave, buy cheaper cuts and peel fresh veg. All the things our parents had to do, back after WW2, and rationing. So there you go, Old Git ranting.? but how close to the truth am I? Pete

Something I learned a long time ago, If you want Quality sheet steel, go to a comercial supplier. DIY outlets often get supplies from very "iffy" sources. A well known local industrial supplier, has a section in the steel store where "offcuts" can be "discovered" and purchased mostly at discount too. I find that a chat with the guy in the office often gets a a good response. I may have some adavantage having not just worked with structural steel and plate, but also delivered such, which gives an insider view of the business. Having said all that, my personal welding skills still leave a lot to be desired☹️. Even my second youngest grandson`s welding is far neater than mine. I do know my current helmet is well overdue replacement, but I keep finding other stuff to buy😭. Pete

I suspect we have "got away" lightly this time. Some of the near Seaside towns got a bit of a battering, and the local dog walk beach has gone (again). The "glass" was down to 26.6" yesterday (903mb) but the winds where not excessive, barely Force 4-5 or 20mph. Wet day driving to and from Hospital. Today we have a fresher breeze, but sunny with some high cloud, I am making some Electric (1.8Kw/h currently) for the first time in the last few days.👍 Parts of West Yorks have suffered (the Don Valley for one) and I am told York it`self is under flood alert. One issue that always comes up, every time there is flooding, is WHY do planners allow building on KNOWN flood plains?. Is it "brown envelopes"?. Pete

I put acre`s of 1.2mm Steel into the main chasis and outriggers etc: as well as some of the Floor. More complex shapes where easier to form in 1mm. All supplied by a local Steel suppliers. Still have a Half sheet of 1.2, now earmarked for a Drip/catch tray for the lathe. Pete

H Harrington Alpine?. The only pic I could find on Wiki? Pete

Thinking about this a little bit "laterally". My feeling would be that the absolute need for a 3rd brake light, with the top down, which implies good visibilty? may not be the "essential" part? However with the top up in inclement weather, when one would reap more benefit? one could be installed (if thin/flexible enough) inside the hood rear window at the highest point. The P-O of my 13/60 had done so on the hood, which I have recently replaced as it leaked quite badly, and it was wired into the rear loom in the boot. I am considering re-installing it at some point. I have seen them fitted to the "roll bars" of convertibles, how that would conform with German Law I have no idea? In fact I am not sure even about UK law?. Pete

Electric PAS conversion? Pete