Manky's Pop.

[Manky Monkey]

Motorcycle jumble at Popham this weekend, as well as the Harley/custom bike swapmeet at Dorking, (I'll be there). I'll have my bike built before you get the Landy back on the road. 

[phunkie hiboy]

I'd imagine they're huge compared to the Pop one Mike. We're tight for space as it is. Just wondered how they worked really.
I bought a Vauxhal Corsa power steering column when we first started this build, but later sold it to Phunkie. 

Think if you had PAS, the steering would be way too light. You need to look at the engine position, yours is way behind the centreline of the front axle. Modern cars have the engine across the suspension cenreline and herefore NEED power steering. The roadster hasn't got PAS, same engine position as yours and probably heavier, it handles well and has light enough steering and its got quite wide 55 series radials on the front.

[Manky Monkey]

Yeah, just thinking aloud really Chris. Not planning on any major changes yet -just need to get out there & drive it & get used to it.

[NeilG]

Must admit Andy i'm not a great fan of the 390 Holley.Had one on my 3.9 rover in my pop and was still a bit big.Put a 38 dgas weber on and it went like stink.Might be worth sticking the old su's on if you've got any,at least you'll know if it runs better.
Every time i get back in the Chevy i forget how heavy it is without power steering!!

[Manky Monkey]

I like the SUs on Rover engines -they just look very hotroddy to me. Haven't got room for them under the bonnet though because of the big kick up in the chassis, which means the engine sits quite high, (like that too though, cos it fills the engine bay).
My brother Brock mentioned a couple of days ago that it's very easy to over fuel the Holley.

[flap]

Motorcycle jumble at Popham this weekend, as well as the Harley/custom bike swapmeet at Dorking, (I'll be there). I'll have my bike built before you get the Landy back on the road. 

The end of the world will of been and gone before I get the Landy back on the road.
Did we go to that Dorking one a few years ago?

[Manky Monkey]

Possibly, maybe, perhaps.
Held in a carpark at the end of Dorking high street. I usually end up sat in the Wimpy Bar, munching a burger & watching the bikes cruising up & down. A good meet.
Did we go on my first Speed Triple?

[flap]

Don't remember how we got there, was a longggg time ago. 

[Manky Monkey]

Finally, a little bit of sunshine today. The weather's been cold, grey & miserable for weeks now.
I've been doing some overtime at work for the last few days, so haven't been at the workshop. Back there today, to tinker in the luke warm sun.
As always, being a Saturday, everyone was there to work on their own projects. Loony was hardtailing Tom's XS650 bike frame, while Tom himself was at the bench smoothing off the yokes. Nick was prepping his VW Golf track car for paint & Chris was building sills for his Moggy Minor.
I took the Pop for a quick spin up the lane & back. It's definitely not right, struggling to get up the hill with a real lack of power. Got to be an ignition or fueling problem, but I really don't know where to start. Hopefully I'll be picking up an electronic ignition conversion kit for it on Tuesday. If that doesn't actually fix it, it'll at least eliminate it as a problem.
So I'm not going to mess with it till then. Instead I spent some time working on the body. Lots of areas still only half finished, so I'm going to get methodical, pick one section & work on it till it's done. I started with the drivers door, making a fill-in piece for the front bottom corner of the door opening, adding a captive nut & altering the sill panel to bolt to it. I also cut a square out of the bulkhead in the engine bay to weld in a panel with captive nuts to attach Old Newbie's MMMotors plaque to. Although I made sure to cover both the inside & outside of the new windscreen, I forgot about the door mirrors. By the end of the day I found I'd sprayed the glass with grinding sparks, pitting it. Bugger. So now I've got to buy another mirror. I keep looking at their position on top of the door edge. The mirror stems match the curve of the front & rear light mounts, but I'm not that keen on them. When I replace the pitted one I might remount them to the main door panel as they're supposed to be.
With both Loon & Chris using the welder, my panels didn't get done, so I'll put together all the parts for the drivers door then collar Mr Loon to weld them all in one go.
No photos today, but Chris took this arty snap of me heading out of the yard on his phone a couple of days ago.

[poprodder]

vid on face ache of v8 burble. sounds good.

[Manky Monkey]

Ahh, that would be Nick's phone camera. I'm not on FarceBook, so can't see it. Yeah, sounds fine on tickover, just doesn't drive well.

[morrag]

Would that be a close relative of "Christine" perhaps?, disappearing into the sunset?, spooky or what,.....na, na, na ,na,na,na..........

[Manky Monkey]

 
When Taz's Dodge Charger was at JC Restorations in Surrey, one of the original "Christine" Plymouths was in the next bay in the workshop. Belonged to a musician who was paying a small fortune to have it restored.

[steven brock]

You tube link!?

[poprodder]

there is'nt one, it was loaded straight onto facebook.