mark powell
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Garador Mk111C garage door... So glad I don't have to replace the cables or springs any more!
Nice work, by the way!
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Hermes now Evri I thought?
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I can recommend WERA tools. I use their Allen keys on a regular basis and on the strength of their performance I persuaded my son to buy me a set of their 'Joker' brand metric ratchet spanners as my birthday present when they were on offer at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Expensive, but excellent quality.
I also have some Halfords ones. Also good quality.
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I recently saw a post elsewhere about an American RV owner who left the Fiat 500 towed car in first gear. No favours done to Fiat!
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Dunlop, according to these?
https://acespeed.co.uk/product/nos-sh-original-mini-alloy-wheels-in-need-of-refurbishment-as0166/
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12 hours ago, RichTeaBiscuit said:
Thanks Pete I'll check that 😀
It wasn't till I transferred that earth from the body to the engine bell housing, that I got my starting problems sorted. Highly recommended.
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50 minutes ago, iani said:
I have fitted two covers, one to my TR6 & one to an L322 Range Rover, both came from the same source - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154015835338?hash=item23dc0f24ca:g:f2YAAOSwKaVfFy1Q&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA8PXRdLzT16VAFtfU%2Bndrq68vbPa9P6cJ11yMwixKwUxQvYlBGbZlUeFkBQv5pJgz14zwVleRv4%2Fq%2BhJigsckyhSYew09jA6U24ZJ19JF5H3mRyb%2FHGdJS8gy7QENjlp%2Bhhc1L9Q1S%2Fb%2BmwVSlGhIjhGvO1X3%2BQJsAztf%2BZrdgNe0vYk7eUu9u5RcYnwAjrjlrVzo0qauRdkfVKWGe5IryPLH%2FcxpRVD2HOFcjx7VwHsKa6dN8GNeKYcSWBMA07POBLRBN%2F%2B3sTkjzQ2oJEUeOSPIFaq09x0i6eMTQpfeUPaCRxFJHcLuaNgj4iZYAMB4rA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABFBMzvWao5ph my wife sewed them on without any difficulty.
Looked at them. Are you happy with them? I would have to stitch these on myself, as SWMBO has arthritic fingers..
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14 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said:
I recovered my Herald wheel with one of the eBay kits, cost about £7 and no problems so far.
I've done that on the same wheel fitted to my Midge. However, I feel it looks too 'chunky' and want to revert to the original stitched look. Modern steering wheel covers seem to be made for modern 'fat' wheels.
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I've got a 15" cover that doesn't really fit, ie, it slides round, so no good. I really want to get back to the stitched cover.. Used to be a sadler locally, but long retired.
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I have the 15" 'banjo' type steering wheel in my pick-up which lost it's leather cover some time ago. Now, following some rather damp weather, the wheel has decided to shed a load of black 'gunk' on my hands.... So, can anyone recommend a replacement leather cover? Ebay seems to show several, but before parting with my hard saved money, I wonder if anyone can point me in the right direction?
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Daimler 2.5 in Katie? Go on, you know you want to! Lovely hemi engine.
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A pipe usually helps too...
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Series 1 Landy.... Drove one with a trailer and horse from Norfolk to Surrey and returned a couple of weeks later to collect said horse. So about 550 miles for both trips. An experience, to say the least.
Bear in mind the steering set-up on the Series landy, a little bit of play or stiffness and you had to steer it like a ship...
The Galaxie, Yes, handled like a boat, but a whole lot of fun!
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Zodiac had a Raymond Mays conversion with triple SU's and 6 branch manifold. And yes, Galaxie convertible. Canadian import, I believe. Should have been a 360 cu in, but someone had fitted 302 cu in. Shared the same PCD wheel stud measurement as the Zodiac, so sometimes swapped the wheels over!
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As promised Before, during and after... About 6 months work.
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Apart from 'run of the mill' Escorts and Focus(es) or should that be Focii? I have had a couple of Ford 'Beasties' I miss both of them.
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15 hours ago, PeteH said:
Father and Grandfather, where both Shipwrights, Caulking, especially of decks, with Oakum and sealing with pitch, was a regular job. They serviced the Hull Fishing Fleet until it`s demise. I still have their Caulking tools in the shed somewhere. They, and an Uncle who was a Ship Rigger, all worked of the "conversion" of the Hispaniola, used in the film Treasure Island, Into the "Pequod" For the film Moby Dick. They had to go back the using "Adze" and axes, to produce genuine looking Spars, and the rigging was all sizal rope.
Pete
Decks, I could cope with. It was working upside down under the hull that got me!
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Next time in the loft, I will dig out photos of the old converted MFV that I lived on for 6 years.
A dribbling noise one day, alerted me to a leak below the waterline. An emergency lift out at the marina led to 'Teach Yourself Boat Building'.
Bear in mind that she was a Scottish built wooden boat, larch on oak, 1933 with a history of fishing in the North Sea and well past her 'Best Before Date', I really let myself in at the deep end!
Gribble worm had made a meal of parts of the Stem, Keel, Sternpost, Rudder and parts of the planking. I set to with various 'How to' books and repaired it all. Then re-caulked under the 30ft waterline up to the rubbing strake with the correct oakum etc.
Never again!
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I used Martrim when finishing my Midge.
https://www.martrim.co.uk/car-trimming-supplies/everflex-vinyl-pvc-hooding.php
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14 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said:
Here's a slightly different one - not wanting to hi-jack THIS thread which deserves to be kept on the straight and narrow as it were, but I found two photos recently when sorting through Triumph versions; never mind the Herald blurring past in the lower corner but what's the rather strange small car in the queue, 3rd from right?
Looks like an Ashley fixed head coupe. https://www.fordspecials.co.uk/ashley.html
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Some more wiring systems.
Herald 13/60 Resto + Auto Conversion
in My Triumph Restoration Project
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As a retired garage door 'technician', I am fortunate not to have sustained any really serious injuries... There are some evil mechanical systems out there!