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1. Britney update: (Updates); ... is poor however. They have made their own panels and once the paint is off the full extent of the damage to the shell will become apparent. So now there will be a couple of months waiting for the body ...; Created on 09 March 2017
2. Ronstoration: (Updates); ... Shock absorbers? I could have stripped then bead blasted all the bits, had the oil seals redone and reassembled them. But they seem to work and don't seem to leak so they got the Full Ronald ...; Created on 25 July 2015
3. No spark: (Updates); ... Just replace it. They can be tested with an ohmmeter but if you put a new one in and it doesn’t fix the problem it probably isn’t the condenser. Check the coil. If the points are working and the condenser ...; Created on 24 May 2015
4. Exhaust studs: (Updates); ... screw in rocker arm studs for short block Chevy V8 engines. Elgin part number was RD1920. The holes needed to be drilled out and it is important that they are parallel. I made a small jig out of a piece ...; Created on 24 April 2015
5. Lightweight engine: (Updates); This is why they call it a lightweight. ...; Created on 14 April 2015
6. Torsion bars: (Updates); ... ball joints apart! Last weekend I replaced the front anti sway bar bushes with some "NOS" ones. Hmmm. They seem to have evaporated during this morning's 60 mile drive... I guess they were "nasty old s#*t" ...; Created on 12 April 2015
7. Test pilot: (Updates); ... Hmmm. Not fuel then? 1105hrs. Check plug leads...hmmmm very high resistance. 1119hrs. Diagnosis #1. All six brand new "Champion" plug caps have essentially infinite resistance. IE they are buggered. ...; Created on 30 January 2015
8. Notes on brake bleeding: (Updates); ... to have a litre available. These syringes are designed for flushing urinary catheters. They hold 60ml and differ from normal Luer-Lok syringes in that they have a much larger diameter conical tip. ...; Created on 14 September 2014
9. Engine and JT5 gearbox installation: (Updates); Finally the time has come to put the engine back in. The unknown quantity was the JT5 box, and how much this would complicate the installation. Prior to starting I measured the JT5 and my Moss box. They ...; Created on 23 November 2013
10. Motif Bar for the coupe: (Updates); ... There were 2 holes but they weren't threaded. On closer inspection they weren't even remotely parallel either, nor were they in any way centrally drilled into the little cast pillars the spring attaches ...; Created on 11 August 2013
11. Engine machining: (Updates); The engine has been down at the machine shop for a while. Here's a shot of the head, just waiting for new cam buckets to be fitted. Brendan needs the cam buckets to do the job, as they are individually ...; Created on 03 July 2013
12. Coopercraft: (Updates); ... suspension bits from the roadster sitting in the shed it occurred to me that as they are identical I could reassemble the whole axle unit and do a straight swap. I did the assembly today and they look ...; Created on 18 May 2013
13. Apologies and an update: (Updates); ... someone different. Hopefull they'll be better. Roll on End of July! ...; Created on 12 May 2013
14. There's always one little tiny problem...: (Updates); ... job. I specified that they only do the bushes as I was confident that I could refit the throtle stops etc. How hard could it be after all? However the PO had had this done too, and had used oversized shafts. ...; Created on 02 February 2013
15. Here we go again...: (Updates); ... more shims between the calipers and the diff than I had expected. I assumed that this was because someone had in error fitted the later discs. I ordered a set of new, early discs. Lovely though they are, ...; Created on 27 January 2013
16. Warming up: (Updates); ... Chris's on Friday and got stuck into stripping a Series 1 4.2 OTS. Once this one's done it's time to start my Series 1 3.8l OTS! I plan to have it stripped by the end of November. Body shop reckons they'll ...; Created on 28 October 2012
17. Please be seated: (Updates); Got the seats back from Alan the trimmer today. They look fantastic. Hopefully I'll get them back in on the weekend. ...; Created on 09 October 2012
18. Pop the carbs back on, Sir?: (Updates); ... and fill it. The wiring was easy, but when I got the carbs down off the shelf I realized that I hadn't bothered to remove the remnants of gasket from the manifold. It quickly became apparent thet they ...; Created on 07 October 2012
19. Hibernation and reflections on plating.: (Updates); ... I went to pick up the chrome to discover that the holes in the overriders for the Amco bars hadn't been welded up as discussed. I asked them to give me a call when they had fixed this. As the chroming ...; Created on 13 August 2012
20. Happy Anniversary!: (Updates); ... back the tops of the engine frames; they feel nice and flat. A bit more painting to be done and reassembly can commence. ...; Created on 29 July 2012
21. and they said you couldn't spray at 11*C: (Updates); Done and dusted.....well, undercoated.; Created on 24 June 2012
22. The Unicorn: (Updates); ... Ron got some motorbike bits polished and said that they were reasonably priced and look good. So the back of my car is full of buckets of bolts, freshly sandblasted objects for powder coating and my ...; Created on 29 May 2012
23. Post mortem findings: (Updates); ... Looking at the bores they are nice and smooth with no ridges, but certainly not a recent rebuild. The distant tinkling of cowboy spurs was evident; wrong head studs with stacks of washers to take up the ...; Created on 19 May 2012
24. Engine's out: (Updates); ... plenty of Never Seize on the splines as they came out with just a few taps. The hardest part was getting all the new ball joints to come apart. Removing the exhausts provided a surprise; the big pin ...; Created on 14 May 2012
25. Fine Tuning: (Updates); ... go to the car, although it's perhaps unfair to compare a brand new set of freshly tuned carbs with an old set of emission control Strombergs. Regardless though they look fantastic! ...; Created on 04 April 2012
26. On with the SUs!: (Updates); ... all up finger tight before having to get a spanner anywhere near them. This easily halved the time it took to get them back on. Access to the exhausts is a lot easier and they went on easily, as did ...; Created on 18 March 2012
27. Phoenix reborn: (Updates); ... work, even if the pedal gives the impression that they don't. I've had her since July last year, and she came to Australia from California in 2009. Before that the only thing I know for certain is that ...; Created on 11 March 2012
28. Please, Sir...: (Updates); ... the "Application to Modify a Motor Vehicle" form to the DOT. At some point hopefully they'll reply. When I have that form back, I can book the car in for a registration check, where they inspect the car ...; Created on 07 February 2012
29. The wires finally arrive: (Updates); The wires have finally arrived. Sent by good old Royal Mail they seem to have been carried by donkey, camel, rickshaw and carrier pelican to arrive in only 26 days from the day they were sent. The 3 bags ...; Created on 03 January 2012
30. IRS is back where it belongs.: (Updates); Well the IRS has been up at Chris's for 4 weeks now, and today they brought it back. New seals, new bearings, new bushes and mounts, new shocks, new brakes, new splined hubs and newly reconditioned 3.07 ...; Created on 21 December 2011
31. Rear vision: (Updates); There's something quite empowering about taking a drill and making holes in your car door. New wing mirrors installed. Look a bit odd but they'll do. Now if I could only find an interior mirror ...; Created on 20 December 2011
32. Exhausted: (Updates); ... seems that the only thing holding them together was the chrome. I tried to TIG the holes up but just made them bigger :-) So..more money to SNG Barratt. I'll buy SS. In Australia they'll ...; Created on 18 December 2011
33. Glove Box: (Updates); ... that putting them together wasn't going to be entirely straight forward. This has been the first time that I've had to drill holes and bend things so that they fit, and make bits to hold other bits in ...; Created on 17 December 2011
34. Glove Box: (General); ... that putting them together wasn't going to be entirely straight forward. This has been the first time that I've had to drill holes and bend things so that they fit, and make bits to hold other bits in ...; Created on 17 December 2011
35. An epiphany; BSH: (Updates); ... of 300 lb/in. They can be folded out of the way when not in use. 4. BSH hands are impervious to heat, cold, grease and cannot be cut or bruised. I changed the speedo cable today. Here's a photo ...; Created on 11 December 2011
36. All coming together: (Updates); ... sort of fool would assume that if you ordered an under bonnet wiring loom it would include the alternator loom or the radiator fan loom? Well, me. So they're on their way from SNG B now. Today ...; Created on 10 December 2011
37. Waiting waiting: (Updates); ... to the electrical part of the conversion at all. A bolt you can see, and tighten with a spanner. But electrons; well they're a different kettle of subatomic particle altogether. I still have ...; Created on 08 November 2011
38. Heater finished: (Updates); ... bits went where. So I glued them in where it looked like they might go. Hell, no one will ever see them. ...; Created on 30 October 2011
39. Front suspension finished for now: (Updates); ... shock. Their one drawback is that they are not adjustable on the car which is irritating but does keep the price down. In the past I have used Spax shocks but SNG Barratt didn't stock them, ...; Created on 29 October 2011
40. Support from your friends: (Updates); ... restored bits and pieces but when reality bites will they ever work.regards" ...; Created on 24 October 2011
41. Buried treasure: (Updates); ... and had replated. Today they returned to me!! Oh joy! Better than dubloons. ...; Created on 07 October 2011
42. Electroplating: (Updates); ... So after a quick clean with the wire wheel on the grinder I popped some into the plating solution; 5 mins hey presto! They looked so good I replated the pedal blanking plate too. So far I ...; Created on 29 September 2011
43. Busy Sunday: (Updates); ... cleaned and refitted all of the front brake pipes; then realised that they didn't need to be reversed, so put them back the right way fitted the new braided front brake hoses refitted the rebuilt front ...; Created on 25 September 2011
44. New tyres and the kitchen sink: (Updates); ... Yokohama A008's on my MGB. They were dead sexy; the outside quarter of the tyre was basically slick apart from a row of little dimples. I have no idea what they added to the performance of the car but ...; Created on 20 September 2011
45. Heating up: (Updates); ... pedals were cast from, and that if they were cast iron they might simply shatter. Needless to say they didn't. Once they've cooled down I'll paint them. ...; Created on 20 September 2011
46. No more steering wheel.: (Updates); ... is that the actual bits used for each car vary and when ordering parts it's hard to get it all right. For example I ordered series 1 RHD dashboards; they're the wrong ones. My car is looking ...; Created on 11 September 2011
47. New wheels: (Updates); ... they do.. ...; Created on 01 September 2011
48. First bit of reassembly: (Updates); Well nothing major, but I have put the horns back on resplendent in their new gloss black paint; and they still work! I got the radiator back from Mick the radiator bloke today. Radiator is in ...; Created on 27 August 2011
49. Why buy this car?: (General); So, I hear you asking, why buy a left hand drive American car? What’s wrong with an Australian delivered car, or better still a car from the UK where they were made in the first place? Essentially, ...; Created on 14 August 2011
50. Paint everywhere, Sir?: (Updates); Note to self. Do NOT store paint in plastic urine specimen bottles; they dissolve and paint goes everywhere. First SNG Barratt order in by phone. Took 25 mins for 5 items. Lots of being ...; Created on 12 August 2011

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