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On 21/02/2021 at 17:24, PeteH said:
Been, Reading from early on, This was intriguing. 60`s "Security". Read the number off the lock, go to Half-Rods, Buy key(s) return and steal car!. Dohh!!!!. Mind, even later. A manufacturer of "Prestige" cars fitted central locking which could be unlocked by placing half a tennis ball over the lock and wacking it with the hand, this popped the doors and you where in!. Even easier than the well known "split" flat strip which when slid down the screen could bend the rod and open doors. As shown to me by a police officer, when I locked my keys in the boot!.
Pete
Was it a Volvo that's you could break into by kicking the bumper?
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As long as it is hidden it shouldn't matter what shape it is I would have
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Can you get full photos of each side? We can see exactly what you have.
I suspect that may be a Vanguard engine perhaps?
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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.
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13 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said:
Penetrating oil, WD40 to most of us.
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.
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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.
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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.
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2 minutes ago, thescrapman said:
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.
I don't thunk many people would have had a dealer fit rear fog, they only appeared when compulsory.
switches would probably be a round illuminated pull switch standard Lucas fare.
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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.
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On 05/02/2021 at 12:57, Paul H said:
Struggling to get the drivers sill off . There is a door tread plate which has a right angle which covers 3 rivets securing the sill . So the tread plate has to be removed . This is again riveted BUT from the underside . I have a pit but can’t get clear access to drill out from the underside . So looks like I will have to carefully grind off the rivet tops . Is the door tread plate original and were tread plates fitted as standard ?
Paul
Update : I’m able to remove the rivets from above by using a dot punch knocking out the metal rivet . Then they can easily be drilled out
Are your treadplates cut from an old freezer?
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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.
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17 hours ago, clive said:
For some reason teh wires for "our" cars seem to be designed for a moped. The ones on jags etc have massively more spokes etc etc so are much stronger. And more to clean. Still much prefer a proper non-bendy wheel.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Some cars had metal vacuum pipes, I suspect they had a habit of getting bent irreparably.
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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.
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Don't think there is any seal round the tank exit. Don't remember any on my cars.
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7 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said:
I thought it had a full MOT? The system is very tight over here, it wouldn't have got through with anything less than fully working brakes.
For normal road use go for standard discs, which you'll find at a variety of prices, and standard pads work well enough for me.
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.
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On 07/02/2021 at 18:01, daverclasper said:
Yes, a shame. I guess also there aren't as many old parts about, as they get used up?.
There is plenty of old rusty bits about, just nobody wants them, usually not shiney enough... 😞
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You could write to the DVLA saying it had been dumped / parked illegally on your property requesting details of the owner.
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13 minutes ago, PeteH said:
Not a lot of volume for a washer bottle?. Two good washes and?. Mind?. I supose when washers where introduced they did not figure on the MOT. (by 1970/1?).
Pete
With the pathetic push pump it takes forever to use even that little bottle up
fit an electric pump and it is another matter.
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1 hour ago, Chris A said:
Yes but there's nothing to look at, the food is rubbish so just drive!
Ooops, shouldn't have said that 🙊
I think those north of thr border may have something to say hearing their pies described as such.
You have a point mind.
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2 hours ago, Bfg said:
Thanks Dick,
Yesterday I spoke to a chap who got rid of his fabric Surrey top and back-light to buy a hood and the bows to convert back to a soft top. He was saying that the Surrey top was OK but he and his wife preferred a proper open top car, and that fitting his fabric surrey-top and its bows was always a hassle. The later type (4a - 6) soft top just folds down and quickly n' easily tucked away under the cover ..and more importantly to them - it, almost as quickly, is put back up again should there be more than a light shower of rain.
I'm hoping to just have a hard lid panel, but then modifying a boot rack for its en-route conveyance. The aforementioned chap didn't have a hard lid so couldn't say how quick it would be to re-fit just that. But if it proves to be a hassle - I guess I'll use one of those half car covers that drops over just the roof and windows ..for when parked. That'll also provide an all round curtain to annoy nosy-parkers and would-be opportunist thieves.
Pete.
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.
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Shine a Light!
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You can get Cibie ones in both sizes, though may not now be labelled as such.
And really good headlights to boot.
Euro Car Parts used to do the 7's on offer a while ago which helped.