thescrapman
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There was a requirement to have the earth lead marked in yellow come in at some point during Triumph production. During the 70's I reckon
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Just spiral wrap it with yellow tape. it should go round back of battery by the way
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You can not declare as a VHI until next taxing it, so in the case of tax expiring end Apr 2019 the car will be without an MOT or VHI declaration for upto 11 months. The DVLA have flagged every over 40 year old car as not needing a check on the police computers, when the tax comes due the flag will change to MOT or declaration needed, and post Tax due date will change to an offence being committed if no MOT or VHI declaration. Then you get nicked.
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If you have the twin rear bumper lights the single long plinth one isn't interchangeable. Holes in different places....
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Yes, the bush has self destructed.
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A local member had some "Sixfire" inserts made to fit into the standard Mk4 badges
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A smear of Hylomar wouldn't go amiss. suspect the housing may be corroded so might need replacing
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You need to be careful with 13 inch tyres now, much less choice in car tyres, but still plenty in trailer and such like. probably some Chinese specials about, not so many known brands.
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You are OK Justin as it can be demonstrated as a period modification, so is not classed as substantially modified. i suspect a Ford V6 and Rover V8 would be OK as well.
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175/70-13 for the 4.5J rims
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I thought some of the suppliers had the grooves added themselves due to poor availability
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Get Dale to have a quick chat afterwards ( he is a busy man and won't thank me for offerinG too much of his time!!) for an opinion of what is lurking awaiting to come back and bite you. there is a CT meting at Potters Bar on 21st if you are about, the local TSSC guys have been going there since the North London meet closed down. Advise and suchlike freely offered.
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I have only ever had 1 Japanese car, Nissan Primera in the late 90's. Utterly reliable, did 35k in the year I had it, utterly boring though. A revelation compared to the Ford Escort TD I had prior to it. That was 5 seconds of turbo lag, then 2 or 3 seconds of noise and smoke and it was time to change gear. Horrid thing.
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I was mistaken, it is a Daihatsu Charade. Just waiting for the years to come through
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The Herald has a large Lucas horn, sounds more like a foghorn. Very loud. got Colonel Bogies on one car, was a life long dream 30 years ago... :-) those steibel ones look good.
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I think it is from something Italian, I will find out what.
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I think you just need to put a more sensible engine in it, make it a lot more usable.... :-) As an aside relating to the start of the thread, you can can get a combined temperature sensor and thermal fan switch that screws in place of the existing sender, nice neat solution.
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Should be all the same. the GE engine is the better one, has the narrow bearings so revs more easily. Shame it isn't the GK that is the temporary engine.
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I am guessing you don't mean the standard front spoiler as fitted otiginally, as they are still available off the shelf
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New member looking for a car
thescrapman replied to martin62's topic in I thought I'd introduce myself
If you can get the weight down to under 750kg then does it need to be braked? That is why you see smart cars behind motor Homes? -
You can get non-resident passes, is that what they need?
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That is hinting at coil binding or excessively strong valvevsprings. i have a block that has done approximately 100 miles with oval cam holes and a totally buggered cam. springs too strong. Came from a stock car I think, suspect they were trying to stop valve bounce at unpleasant rpm.
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New member looking for a car
thescrapman replied to martin62's topic in I thought I'd introduce myself
A local member has emailed me saying he is selling his 13/60 conv. i haven't seen it yet myself, but sounds good. send me a pm for more info, or give me a ring, number in the Courier mag. -
A couple of us some of the Pennine oil on the way, seems good deal for the spec, will report back later in the year.
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They look wolfrace or supaslot. you may be able to make a replacement centre from an old Coke can.
