thescrapman

You just need a speedo with same tell tale light pattern. 1500's have green backlights, done by a plastic light cover in the casing. Will have a look in the garage to see what speedo look the same.

Except WD40 is a very poor penetrating fluid. Plus Gas used to be the fluid of choice, using something else Noe I can't remember the name of.

There should be a gap in the thread on the bolt, and the winged thingy goes in that, so it floats and applies the correct tension to the centre spring loaded seal in the housing.

The problems with the LeMans Spitfires is that multiple cars wore the same registration. There was a set of cars sent to LeMans each year, some of which contained bits of the previous year's cars. Dave Pearson has the only car that is "original" Inthink in that it has not had substantial repairs. It lived in Switzerland and then the States for many years. Another car wears its original UK registration. Mark Field has a very authentic recreation, that wears the UK registration of one of the original cars. I has some original parts fitted to it I think. There is a pile of bits that used to belong to a guy called Herve, that was most of one of the original cars. that was slowly being returned to its original shape, but that has been ongoing for many years now. Not sure who owns it. There is the registration of one of the original cars on a Spitfire in the club museum. it has no parts of an original car in it. There is a factory rally car painted to look like a LeMans car, that used to be in France. Ther is a few spares bonnets about, and quite a few petrol tanks as well.

I would have thought any front fog lights in 72 would be the standard Lucas rectangular one, chromed metal casing, and black plastic cover with the little square tell-tale in it. Later Spitfires had a black plastic square rear one bolted through the rear valence I seem to remember. switches would probably be a round illuminated pull switch standard Lucas fare.

Are your treadplates cut from an old freezer?

The wipe bezel is possibly "glued" in place by a 50 year old degraded rubber washer. there is a number of ways of fixing the rusted up speedo fixings easiet is to just fit a replacement, or transfer your internals into a better casing. There are lots of spares floating about, though most will be MPH speedos, so swapping casings is probably way to go. you could also get some thin studdng, remove the damage done one, and fit a new stud, either gluing in or double nutting. the length is important to get the straps at right angles, and you can not shorten the straps. And try to keep the black accountants driven black plastic dash, most got changed to wood over the years, so not many cars still have them.

There are different patterns for lacing wire wheels, and you can have a lot more spokes. They get fitted to the more powerful cars like E-types and race cars. And if you get chromed ones, they take about 3 hours each to polish.

All the company vehicles at work have trackers fitted as a requirement of having one. There are lots of good reasons related to lone working and the vans are quite desirable to certain parts of the community. Everyday reports are generated, every day staff are caught speeding, and not just by a little bit. If you have a tracker in your car or van, why would you speed?? I run my own car, thesuggestion to fit them to private cars didn't go any where.

So are we saying that the MOT tester manual over-rides the C&U regulations? Think we need to wait for a few test cases to get legal clarification. Anyway, I have fitted LED bulbs to my 2015 Vauxhall, and hopefully no one will notice. From new it had the worst set of headlights I have ever encountered on a car, set of 60's Lucas Sealed Beams would out perform them easily. That I could drive on main beam permanently and no one would flash me says just how poor they were. Looking at others after I purchased it revealed they all had HID units. Wish the salesman had told me. £45 a bulb for the original halogen, £40 a pair of LED bulbs, so when one blew I did what's I should have done 4 years ago in hindsight. They have a much better cut off than the rubbish halogen ones as well.

The Smart he def fits the Mk3, as a friend Mike has done it. He reused the original fan, having drilled it out slightly to fit shaft of Smart motor.

Some cars had metal vacuum pipes, I suspect they had a habit of getting bent irreparably.

I assume you can fit a Smart 4/2 motor same as you can to a Mk3 heater box. I have a stock of very thin foam sheet that I have used in heater boxes in the past. Cut off slices and glue on.

Don't think there is any seal round the tank exit. Don't remember any on my cars.

I don't think they would fail an MOT as the rollers turn so slow. If they were really bad the needles on an old analogue tester may be seen wavering up and down slightly. Less likely on a newer digital one.

There is plenty of old rusty bits about, just nobody wants them, usually not shiney enough... 😞

You could write to the DVLA saying it had been dumped / parked illegally on your property requesting details of the owner.

With the pathetic push pump it takes forever to use even that little bottle up fit an electric pump and it is another matter.

I think those north of thr border may have something to say hearing their pies described as such. You have a point mind. 🙂

I thought the panel for the Surrey top fitted in the boot? solution for parking with a Surrey top is a golf umbrella with a couple of poppers on it. Some of the TRR North London chapter have done it.

Chic Doig lists them. I I think worth selling yours to someone who doesn't mind the wrong pattern and buy a new one from Chic?

Head has to come off to get to followers. 😞

I think the holes for the Herald type latches may be in the later frame. Chances are the holes for the later levers will not be present in your early frame. You could possible swap header rail to a later one, but not something I would fancy.

I would have thought Mk3 GT6 / Mk4 Spit / CR TR6 will be same switch. isnt avMk2 wiper motor wired differently?