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« Reply #2865 on: March 16, 2011, 11:09:08 PM » |
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Still filing exhausts, but took a break from them today to knock up a front number plate mount.
It's one of those things that often looks like an after thought on a lot of rods, just shoved where-ever there's room left. Some builders put it behind the slats of the radiator grill, but I'm not personally keen on that look. Not sure it's actually legal either. Didn't want to break the lines of the Pop grille as that's the defining feature of a Ford Pop to me. So that left a side mounted one.
Fortunately the Pop front axle had a lug cast into it that we haven't used yet. So I cut a chunk of 3mm steel plate, 9" x 7", (standard motorcycle plate size), then found an offcut of box section the same internal size as the lug. With some careful measuring & angle grinding, it slotted neatly over the beam axle. Some welding, courtesy of Mr Lunatic & it was done.
Not sure of the regs regarding car plates, but this is visible from about 45 degrees either side of the front of the vehicle & will use full size numbers, so hopefully O.K
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« Reply #2866 on: March 16, 2011, 11:12:55 PM » |
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Held with a single 8mm bolt through the lug, it slots over the axle & can't move in any direction because of the beam's square profile. I angled the plate back a little to match the grille shell support arms. Seems to clear the wheel on full lock & the suspension on full travel, so another job ticked off the list.
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« Reply #2867 on: March 16, 2011, 11:21:17 PM » |
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I'm also re-routing a couple of the engine water hoses at the moment, to allow fitment of the sender unit for the water temp' gauge.
While I was in the engine bay, I thought I'd slot the 2 bonnet halves into the chrome bonnet hinge strip I bought at the swapmeet the other day, just to see what it looks like open. Yeah, I like that look. Very vintage.
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« Reply #2868 on: March 16, 2011, 11:23:52 PM » |
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Yeah, the grille shell does still need straightening up.
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« Reply #2869 on: March 17, 2011, 09:46:19 AM » |
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It's starting to look like a car!
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« Reply #2870 on: March 17, 2011, 10:34:02 AM » |
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its rubbish. all of it. let me haul it away for ya  |
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I hate when people compare Lemmy with God, i know he is great but he is not gonna be Lemmy, ever If your Dad hasnt got a beard, you've got two Mums there's no point it lookin' pretty if we can't drive it.
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« Reply #2871 on: March 17, 2011, 07:25:00 PM » |
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..........and Joshua entered Jericho on his Triumph..............
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« Reply #2872 on: March 17, 2011, 07:44:56 PM » |
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REALLY like the plate mount  |
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« Reply #2873 on: March 17, 2011, 09:30:35 PM » |
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Really? Thanks Kev. I saw you'd posted & was expecting you to be chastising me for messing about with stuff that doesn't need doing for the test! If it all goes horribly wrong we can make a fortune by weighing it in for scrap.  More exhaust tidying today. The first 4 pipes are sorted & Loony's gone back over them with the stainless wire in my MIG welder, filling a few low spots. With luck I'll get them finished tomorrow & we can look at fitting the collector. Mr L's also welded in the gauge panel I made a few days ago. |
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« Reply #2874 on: March 17, 2011, 09:34:41 PM » |
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very nice andy. very very nice indeed |
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I always know what I'm doing. Can you help me
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« Reply #2875 on: March 18, 2011, 08:54:05 PM » |
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That was the carrot Andy...here comes the stick...!
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« Reply #2876 on: March 18, 2011, 10:23:32 PM » |
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Damn, all that complimentication went to my head & I let my guard down. O.K, O.K, I'll get back to work on the exhaust tomorrow.
Had a day off from the workshop today -partly cos I'd been trudging the streets in the rain all morning, delivering the mail, & wasn't in the mood for it, but also cos we had relatives visiting, (Taz's uncle, all the way from Jamaica), so I've had an afternoon at home for once. Back t' workshop tomorrow. Promise.
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« Reply #2877 on: March 19, 2011, 10:55:23 AM » |
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excellent progress andy.
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« Reply #2878 on: March 19, 2011, 09:58:25 PM » |
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Finished plumbing the engine water hoses today then started fitting the new HT leads.
I also hooked up the last of the heater water hoses. Couldn't bend it through a tight S bend without it kinking, so had to knock up a couple of 90 degree elbows. There's an awful lot of jubilee clips in there. Not sure whether to leave the hoses on show or cover them. We already plan to fill in the larger spaces between the roll cage tubes with upholstered panels, so might add one under the heater too, or just extend the gearbox tunnel up to meet it.
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« Reply #2879 on: March 19, 2011, 10:14:20 PM » |
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Meanwhile, PD arrived with his younger brother Ryan who lives down in Cornwall. Last time he visited he watched Loony trying his hand at some hotrod pinstriping -seems he might be able to teach the Loony one a thing or two now.
Ryan's been striping anything he can lay his brushes on, but hasn't tried a car yet. First he warmed up by laying some red on Loony's welding helmet.
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