OKibblewhite Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 Good evening all, I picked this TR6 up a few days back! I'm rather enjoying it so far! The eagle-eyed amongst you may notice a few oddities. But all in all, it's proving to be a fun learning experience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 looks like youre going to carry on enjoying puts a smile on Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Twitchen Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 And on The Hard at Portsmouth. A little local/professional knowledge advice; if that was this weekend with the Spring tides I would give it's bottom a wash, that slipway can be covered with salt water, and is regularly so throughout the year. It may look dry but .... Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 Only oddity I spotted was a brown interior in a red car. I guess it wasn't always red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 It was the TV screen that caught my eye; sat nav and DVD presumably, with very natty side speakers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKibblewhite Posted June 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Colin Lindsay said: It was the TV screen that caught my eye; sat nav and DVD presumably, with very natty side speakers? You are indeed correct that there has been "some" modification of the H frame's usual inhabitance... What we have here is a 7" touch screen, running a Raspberry Pi with OpenAuto installed. Which means I have Bluetooth, Nav, and Android Auto in a little screen that fits perfectly in the gap. Everything is an easy finger reach from the gear stick, or via the little 6-way controller between the choke and heater knobs. Behind it and between the cheeks is a 400W Kenwood micro amp, the Pi its self, a fuse and relay board for switching everything on and off (switched 12v feeds the relays via the toggle) and there's a relay between the main battery and the setup, as well as fuses per item. Relays ensure no pesky battery-draining!) As for speakers, I've got 2 x 50w the cheeks, 2 x 60W behind the seats in these neat little corner triangles (installed by the previous owner) and a little powered sub behind the passenger seat as there's no "enclosure" to let the speakers move any air otherwise. Sadly the tape deck that it came with was nonfunctional, however, the tape collection was included... All in all, it was a surprisingly easy build to add some microcontrollers to something that did not really want any! Salt comments noted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 2 hours ago, OKibblewhite said: Those are cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKibblewhite Posted June 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 They're just aluminum (I think) triangles with vinyl over them and speaker holes. And they don't seem to fall out of their corners, there's probably some metal (wheel arch) behind the speaker that the magnets attract to, helping them stay there. Either way, they work well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKibblewhite Posted June 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Blanking plate to make it a little more stealth. And a work in progress phone holder on the passenger tunnel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Other oddity I noticed is overdrve knob on gearstick. That Talk Talk album is one of my favourites, and spookily whenI turned radio on this morning, "It's my life" was playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKibblewhite Posted June 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 I do like the OD switch on the gear lever, vs the stalk. Having driven a MGB GT for a couple of years it's familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 My current fleet has two cars with the column stalk and one on the gearknob. I prefer the stalk, for the ability to flick it in or out with both hands on the wheel, but I know some people find it odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 had both and its +1 for a stalk from me Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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