Hello all, I remember being very disappointed when the TR7 was released, as it was slower than the TR6, no doubt it was better in handling but a disappointment all the same. I think it would have benefited with using the Sprint engine, much more power and less brute force than the V8? Alec    

Yes the alarm is going once I work what its wiring into... Agree its needs relays on the lights...

still Lucas, lots more connectors and much more wiring. The connectors outside the cabin seem to get very dirty as they are not sealed. But it is over 40 years old!

Nice build!

It's Gromit Wallace is off catching Hutch

A lot of nice detail there. I looked it up and it's 1:12 scale so should be quite large and very detailed. Is Wallace the driver??

Reminds me, in the loft there's an A-Series supercharging kit i was building, need to do something with that. RR

The dash and electrical INSIDE the car in pictures looks to have been modified over the previous older models.  Did they update the Lucas electrics to something more modern at the same time? Or still the same POD stuff as on the Spitfires?

AFAIK, all the 1954 Manhattans were supercharged.  They also made a 1954 Kaiser "Special" which didn't have the supercharger.  They were built using leftover 1953 Kaiser Manhattan body shells, with the 1954 Manhattan front fenders, hood/bonnet, and tail lights. (And most of the interior.) The '53 didn't have the wrap around 3 section rear windscreen. Just the narrower centre glass. 

The "widows peak", or as Kaiser called it, the "Darren Dip" after the main designer of the car, Howard "Dutch" Darrin.  They only made 4400 of them last year of production so the '54 is rareish. Those long tailights running along the top of the rear fenders was unique to the '54 model. They light up.