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Thanks mate! So glad it’s finished and now we get to go round at have fun with them! Thanks fo all your help and inspiration
Hi Steve, The shocks are lever Armstrongs, used on early British cars like MG's and Triumphs. they are aluminium bodied and oil filled. i think...
So this last weekend it was all back together, clutch pedal movement reduced, also changed the brake pedal. and now working good. Matt, Fred and...
So now it was basically time to start engine in car and perhaps drive it. this would be the first time that we heard the mufflers and boy they...
once interior was done (i made a carpet too but no photo) i had matt, fred and ryan came over to help with the wiring. matt is really good at it...
After paint and perhaps final assembly i needed to figure out how to make the interior. i had bought an industrial sewing machine a while back and...
Hi all. Well the car is finished, way behind schedule way over budget, typical stuff. Wanted to at least finish this build thread. Will add more...
NICE work Matt, simple cheap solution for a real problem. I suspect people encounter this without realizing. Thanks for sharing! A
lovely update mate, and as usual amazing work! its gettin close....
OMG thats awful the hit and run. glad to hear they caught him. looks like you are doing an amazing job getting it back to its former glory.
@brEad thank you mate, yeah much better. I also have a new axle pending from anson which I hope will push it over the edge! @unforgiven thanks...
Thanks Bugguts! I think one of my favorite things is making and adapting tools.
heres the car all back together. im not sure if you can tell its higher. but it certainly feels like it when you are sat in it - way safer view of...
whist making this i found a 2:1 drive (same SW one) on the bay. this makes things easier because needed to slow it down to the drive. i got that...
tach work. i cut a snout off a old crank, cut jaws and indicated it to make sure its concentric and straight. screwed a bolt in and drilled a 1/4"...
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