Manky's Pop.

[kevsky]

nice chameleon paint job on that andy in pics 1 and 3 its grey but in pis 2 it's a lovely of someones welding in the background blue

[Manky Monkey]

Exactly what was happening Kev -nicely spotted! Chris, ("Forgotten" here on the forum), was welding his Moggy Minor, which is just outside the workshop door in front of the Pop.

[Manky Monkey]

Well, the sub zero temperatures have finally given way to something warmer. 9 degrees today apparently. So now everywhere's ankle deep in mud instead. Heavy rain this afternoon too, which made unbolting the belts from the V Dub out in the yard fun. Turned out they weren't fitted correctly either, with the bottom ends twisted over on themselves. The routing of the belts through the fittings is definitely different to mine though. So I've pinched the VW ones & will replace them later.
I fitted the passenger seat too, but ended up having to take it out & re-fit it 3 or 4 times. I made support frames that bolt to the floor, with sliding runners on top of those & the seats themselves on top of the runners. Trouble is, you can only reach the mounting bolts by sliding the runners all the way forward & back, which you can't quite do when they're in the car. I also found that now the fusebox is fully wired up, it's fractionally higher than I'd allowed for, meaning the seat base rested on top of the lid. Just my luck if a passenger slid the seat back & ended up ripping all the fuses out. So I took the seat out yet again & put half a dozen washers between the frames & runners. That raised it just enough to clear.
So that's the passenger side more or less done. The seat slides back & forth & the innertia seat belt works. As Loony helpfully pointed out, we could've got away with not fitting anything on that side of the car, but at least I know it'll all work.
On to the driver's side now.

[Manky Monkey]

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[one arm bandit]

looking good that andy shes nearly there now, youve probably said somewhere before but whats that round thing between the seats, ??

[spanners]

but whats that round thing between the seats, ??

elbow warmer 

[poprodder]

thats looking very much like a car!!!!

[Manky Monkey]

 
Yup, it's a 1950s/60s aftermarket heater. A lot of cars of that age weren't fitted with heaters as standard, so you could buy ones like this, made by Smiths, & fit them yourself. It's like a circular radiator core, with an electric fan in the middle. There's 2 opening flaps on the front to direct the heat. I bought this one for 16 quid from Ebay. They usually mount horizontally under the dash so the warm air blows into the footwells. We didn't have room for that though, so decided to fit it there & make a feature of it. The flaps will be nickel plated eventually. The big valve on the transmission tunnel turns the hot water flow from the engine on & off. 

[spanners]

16 quid,, that was a steall, they are making over a £100 for a good leak free one now,
i have one for ,,EMILY,, but room is tight to fit it,

[one arm bandit]

no passenger seat in EMILY then mike

[spanners]

no passenger seat in EMILY then mike

very small bench seat  very,,very,, small    no uninvited riders   

[BikerGran]

How are you going to prevent the windscreen steaming up when it's wet outside Andy?   I remember back in the day, I had a small heater that stuck to the inside of the windscreen with a couple of 'suckers' - can't remember where it was powered from though, I guess my dad must have wired it for me.  It just warmed the bit that the driver looked through.

[Manky Monkey]

Ford Pops had a small vent on each side of the body, between the front wheels & the doors. Some were fixed & some had hinged flaps, depending on the year & which factory they came from. They directed fresh air into the footwells. When we welded in the framework under the dashboard it blocked access to the vent handles, so we removed them & plated over the openings.
PantherShaun is building a Pop too & one of his vents was broken, so he had one of mine. Then I mounted the other on the scuttle, in front of the windscreen. Took a lot of work, but now it opens via a knob on the dashboard & the fresh air is ducted through to a pair of de-misting vents on top of the dash. I've never been sure if you need warm or cold air to demist screens, but I'll have cold air blowing up onto mine, plus the ambient heat of the heater at the back of the cab. It's a pretty small, 2 seater cab, so shouldn't need a lot of heat to warm it up, (the engine kicks out quite a lot anyway).
Failing that, I'll wipe the screen wiv me sleeve!

[spanners]

andy,, make a note of the size on the label in youre overalls, then when you wear them out i can order some more 

i,m due a new pair soon  so i,ll ask our john 

[Manky Monkey]

Large, Dickies -that's the name of the company that makes them.