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By JumpingFrog · Posted
Looks very nice, is it the 4 or the 5 speed (or even an auto)? Every now and again I find myself looking at them, I feel like the styling has really grown on me in the last few years, previously they didn't interest me much at all... -
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By Nick Jones · Posted
Yes, that’s nicely done and reasonably subtle appearance wise. I like a “sleeper” best. Would like to see what he did with the rear suspension. 345bhp is probably more than needed in a Spitfire…… for road use anyway. No purists here I don’t think and tendency to function over form. Rat-look / patina is fine so long as it works. Cars to use rather than show. A run down the “Members Cars and Projects Threads”section shows the majority to be modified to some extent. -
When my father sold the family home near Crewe in the late '60s and we moved to Anglesey, he comprehensively - nay compulsively - stripped the house. Light fittings, kitchen cupboards, fitted carpets, plants from the garden... all fair game. Years later, I discovered that he'd struggled to sell the house and the purchaser had given him a thorough rinsing on the price, so he felt inclined to leave nothing that wasn't nailed down (and not much that was). Not quite scorched earth, but a reasonably convincing simulation. Then in the mid-90s, I was working in Berlin on the conversion of the 1936 Olympic Village, which the Russians had used a military barracks post-war. When they (involuntarily) left in 1994, they stripped the houses bare - not a wire, roof joist or paving slab was left behind. I lived close to the main east-bound railway line, and used to see the distinctive Russian corrugated metal carriages heading home, bulging with booty from every window. -
By Nick Jones · Posted
^^^ What he says On the wheel shake, consider that if the car has spent months/years sat around, some or all of the tyres may be mis-shapen. If not that old they sometimes recover (at least partially) with use, though higher ambient temperatures are helpful with this! -
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By Nick Jones · Posted
If you are lucky it’s a wheel weight come off or even a wheel not quite centred (always nip the nuts up diagonally while the weight is still off). However…… propshafts on these are awfully fussy so it’s perfectly possible (unfortunately) to upset one by changing a UJ. To minimise the chances of disappointment - Mark the flanges before removing and refit as they came off. - Likewise the trunnion flanges. - Both axes of the UJ need to be free-moving (drop under their own weight). - Also free from axial play. -
By Nick Jones · Posted
When my father bought his current place in 1985, the vendors left light fittings, carpets and curtains, but took odd things like towel rails and bog roll holders. Also, most weirdly, they scraped up every living thing in the back garden including the grass and piled it in a heap. I suspect there was a back story to this that I’ve never managed to prise out of him. All he will say is that the vendors were “very odd”. That was vehemently confirmed by the neighbours! -
I did a 100mile round trip at the weekend and the engine is running fantastically. Mostly on motorways and the clicking has been resolved. Nicks advice was spot on and 0.3mm of shims has solved that issue. I do still have one new issue and one new-ish. New-ish issue started when I replaced the propshaft UJ and is a small vibration starting at 65mph. Could be that I replaced the UJ yoke 180° out of phase, but feels unlikely. Might be that a wheel weight has come off? I suspect the trunnion bush is binding slightly. I'm getting a noise at full compression and a slightly humming from what I assume is the bearing. When I noticed/identified the potential source I stopped at a services and after 30 mins of motorway speeds the driveshaft was warm to the touch, but only very slightly warmer than my hands. My comments on the trunnion bush kit are that the square section rubber o-rings seem to be too small in diameter and too thick. The central tube is slightly longer than the one it replaced too, but that shouldn't cause binding. Also the rubber o-rings had scallops missing as if they had been damaged. All in all, should have known better and ordered the superpro kit in the first place - I have some on order now. -
By Escadrille Ecosse · Posted
Cheers John. I am wondering about making a new hardtop in raw carbon. Just coz... However meanwhile I want get this thing done
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