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« Reply #5355 on: December 03, 2012, 11:07:41 PM » |
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« Reply #5356 on: December 04, 2012, 08:05:38 PM » |
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Here's an idea for that pop but may need slightly bigger mudguards   Manky's Pop. |
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« Reply #5357 on: December 04, 2012, 08:42:52 PM » |
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 If we get heavy snow again this year that might not be a bad idea! A courier arrived at the workshop late this afternoon with a parcel from Doc, (Twisted Patience). Oooh, goodies! Many, many thanks mate. You is indeed a star. New hinge pivots for the Pop, so I can get on with sorting the doors out. The old ones were badly worn & very sloppy. We tried to re-work them a couple of times before deciding the easiest way was to buy a set of stainless hinge pins from Kris at Pop Browns, make sleeves to fit them, tack weld the doors in place, cut the hinge ends off & weld the new ones back on. Hope that works anyway! Also a replacement gear knob. Doc made the previous one, using a red snooker ball -then I changed my mind on the colour of the truck. So I picked up another ball for 2 quid from Ebay & the Patient Twisted One machined it. Needs a little fettling to make sure the lock out button engages with the selector mechanism, but looks classier than the red I think. Doc made a collar to go under the steering wheel from a block of black nylon I blagged from Doug of the Guzzlers car club, then used the rest to make a spacer washer for the oil filler bung. Payment for all this work? One of our MMMotors hoodie sweatshirts. Ain't t'internet a wonderful place.
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« Reply #5358 on: December 04, 2012, 08:43:52 PM » |
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Doc's gearknob's blurry, not my photography. Honest.
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« Reply #5359 on: December 04, 2012, 08:45:33 PM » |
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Oh, & a pressie for Loony too.
A 12 inch square Maltese cross for the workshop wall. Made in 4 pieces that bolt together. Very cool mate.
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« Reply #5360 on: December 04, 2012, 09:34:05 PM » |
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Doc's gearknob's blurry, not my photography. Honest.
Wots the tap for? |
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« Reply #5361 on: December 04, 2012, 10:08:19 PM » |
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Doc's gearknob's blurry, not my photography. Honest.
Wots the tap for? warmth,,  he,s a cold blooded monkey so its the heater control  |
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« Reply #5362 on: December 04, 2012, 10:44:10 PM » |
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« Reply #5363 on: December 04, 2012, 10:53:20 PM » |
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Yeah, it's the Nitrous control!
There's a 1960s heater unit mounted between the seats, on the back of the cab. The valve on the gearbox tunnel controls the flow of hot water from the engine to the heater. Loony drove the Pop for it's first trip to the SVA test station & said that after sitting in it for 20 minutes with the engine running, it was getting pretty warm in there. So we'll probably never use the heater, but it's a quirky little feature & will make people say What's that tap for?
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« Reply #5364 on: December 04, 2012, 11:00:52 PM » |
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Here's an idea for that pop but may need slightly bigger mudguards Manky's Pop. really like this. used to see similar things when we did the 4x4 fundays, beetles were popular i recall. |
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no rush fella, take all the time you need,
can i have it in 20 Min's?
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« Reply #5365 on: December 04, 2012, 11:03:32 PM » |
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It's a bit bonkers -which is always a good thing!
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« Reply #5366 on: December 08, 2012, 07:50:40 PM » |
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Wot rad are you using in the pop Andy
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« Reply #5367 on: December 08, 2012, 09:01:23 PM » |
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I bought an aluminium one from Pop Browns -designed to fit in the Pop grille shell.
Mr Kapri used to be in the radiator business & might still have some contacts.
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« Reply #5368 on: December 11, 2012, 09:07:03 PM » |
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The Christmas rush is in full swing now, so another late day at work at Royal Mail. No heating in Loony's workshop so it was bloomin' freezing there this afternoon. Made a start on the door hinges though.
When I bought the Pop from Ebay, a previous owner had welded the hinges to the bodywork & plated over the original screws, presumably cos they'd rusted in. We then swapped the doors for another pair from another car that were already chopped. The hinges are steel "knuckles" that pivot on steel pins. So after 60 years of use, they'd worn into oval shaped holes & the doors were sagging. We cut them about several times, tried making oversized pins etc, but were never happy with them.
So Doc machined some new pivots to fit new stainless pins bought from Kris at Pop Browns. As Kapri pointed out, the hinges need to be in line with each other for the door to open properly, (at our last attempt they'd open about half way then start to bind & continual opening & shutting would work the pins up out of the hinges).
The photos are a bit fuzzy as the light was fading, but you can see that we tack welded the door in the right place, (so that the swage line lines up with the bodywork), then I've cut the old, hacked about hinge arms back until the pivots line up. I used a length of 1/4" studding, (threaded rod), in place of the pins with nuts to hold the hinge parts at the right height. A small spirit level against the studding showed when I had everything in the right place & Loony tacked it all together.
Needs a little bit of tweaking, but we now have one door that opens fully.
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