The bridge that hold the air cleaner in the car snapped. So I decided to go with a much bigger carb and intake Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr I decided to flake the wheels so first had a go at the back of a licence plate to test the painting technique. Two coats of primer, two coats of red, three coats of flake and three coats of clear. Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Masked... Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Painted... Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Had to do one side at a time as I only have two axel stands and can't get down the other side in the garage. Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Loaded up with parts and off to RM Restorations... Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Cruised with a few friends... Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr New carb in... Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Mocked up lowering with the coil over wound right in, before the dropped spindles.. Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Needed new valve covers as the intake doesn't have an oil filler like the old one. Painted to match the wheels... Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr
Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Shots of the progress at RM Restorations... Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr
Well there's still plenty left to do but Ross got it back on its wheels so we can see the stance now... Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr
Thanks Delivery of hopefully the last part arrived this morning... Untitled by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Thanks to the helpful folks at Flowmaster I could pick what mufflers I wanted based on how I want it to sound, via this helpful video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUUteVjNdI0&feature=share ...I wanted it fairly quiet as the electric cut outs will allow me to turn the volume up when I want and I will be doing some long journeys in the car
Cool,awesome, mega, fall way short of everything but that poor header tube. 98 points and good fortune to you sir, seems like you are doing wellenuff!!!!
Lol, thanks dude. Yes, shame about the header, getting it to work with the r&p proved rather difficult.
Awesome. long live the more-doors!! There is a guy down my street with a red/white 56 passenger, has been sitting since before I moved there, and hasn't moved a day. Makes me sick!!
Too many doors, and a post... but damned that thing looks cool! Only complaint I woulda tried some different headers instead of that big of a dent. I'm running sanderson shorties on mine and have just enough room to not need any denting.
Thanks guys. Understand the comments about the header but being in Scotland it's difficult to get parts as the lead time in shipping from the US delays things. We kind of have to work with what we can get. Ross has been busy. Two weeks until I set off on my big trip! New bow for the roof rack. Untitled by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Exhaust under construction... Untitled by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Untitled by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Untitled by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Untitled by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr
Right let's get this up to date. After a last minute rush the car got back to me on Wednesday night. There has been a problem with the power steering pump so we have by passed it with a belt to just the altenator, heavy to park but motorway driving is cool. I had the 40 mile drive home to make sure everything was all good before setting off on my trip, and it was. So Friday morning I loaded up and hit the road at 5.30am from Dunblane in Scotland. road-trip-001 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Plenty of stops for this... road-trip-006 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Time to check out the new stance... road-trip-007 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr About 100 miles in to the journey the stereo packed in. Another stop for one of these... road-trip-005 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr and I managed to fix a loose connection and get some sounds again. road-trip-004 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Traffic was pretty good for over 400 miles, then I hit the M25 that runs around London and it took an hour and a half to get the last 40 miles. road-trip-003 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Then I arrived at the sold out Hot Rod Hayride Just as I pulled up outside a couple of friends were arriving by taxi so I gave them a lift into the show road-trip-002 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr It used a little oil and £150 of petrol for the first 440 miles of my trip.
Here's a few shots from around the Hayride, it was an awesome weekend Hot Rod Hayride 2013 001 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Hot Rod Hayride 2013 002 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Hot Rod Hayride 2013 003 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Hot Rod Hayride 2013 004 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Hot Rod Hayride 2013 005 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Hot Rod Hayride 2013 006 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Hot Rod Hayride 2013 007 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Hot Rod Hayride 2013 008 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Hot Rod Hayride 2013 009 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Hot Rod Hayride 2013 010 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr
Hot Rod Hayride 2013 011 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Hot Rod Hayride 2013 012 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Hot Rod Hayride 2013 013 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Hot Rod Hayride 2013 014 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Hot Rod Hayride 2013 015 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Hot Rod Hayride 2013 016 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Hot Rod Hayride 2013 017 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Hot Rod Hayride 2013 018 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Hot Rod Hayride 2013 019 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Hot Rod Hayride 2013 020 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr
I stayed fairly locally and went to visit Miles at Jackhammer Speed Shop to order some bits and hang out in his awesome shop. My friend Simon, Nefarious Pinstriping, came along to add some lines to my rear quarter windows and stripe a pedal car I picked up for my son at the weekend. Racked up another 50 miles today. 001 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr 002 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr 003 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr 004 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr 005 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr
Today I travelled down to Valley Gas Speed shop to do a shoot with Missy Malone and a bad ass Model A. Valley Gas is a really impressive shop, very busy with some top work going on. This is Jimmy who runs it... road-trip-012 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Wet outside today! road-trip-009 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Nearly wet enough to go surfing! road-trip-010 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr road-trip-011 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Well earned tea break! road-trip-008 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr
Today I travelled down to Valley Gas Speed shop to do a shoot with Missy Malone and a bad ass Model A. Valley Gas is a really impressive shop, very busy with some top work going on. This is Jimmy who runs it... road-trip-012 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Wet outside today! road-trip-009 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Nearly wet enough to go surfing! road-trip-010 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr road-trip-011 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr Well earned tea break! road-trip-008 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr
Great pics Nick, hope you enjoyed the road trip and get those headers sorted. I've got an old set of block huggers sitting spare if you want to mess around with them first to see if they are any better... Wonder if missy Malone would do a shoot in my old 40 or the apache when it hits the road Stuart
Thanks dude, I'm sure we can sort something out for a pinup shoot Headers seem to be OK, still getting the same airflow through. 1500 miles completed in the 57, made it home in one piece! Used about £470 of fuel 5 litres of oil Some fun and games included: Gear linkage going over centre and jamming Throttle jamming open Boot (trunk) refusing to open The most bizarre noise from the altenator, which kept working and then the noise went away 500 miles later. Stereo working intermittantly and then I blew a speaker Rear number plate fell off but was resting on the bumper when I stopped for fuel A great adventure!
Ni Nick, nice to see all the progress logged down in one place. you're certainly not afraid to get plenty of miles under her. Mart.
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