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« Reply #7935 on: January 27, 2015, 08:48:57 PM » |
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Early Chevy or Ford? I agree looking very smart in the front end department.-thank you.  |
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« Reply #7936 on: January 27, 2015, 09:17:12 PM » |
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« Reply #7937 on: January 27, 2015, 10:27:09 PM » |
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A lot of work in that cab.
Must admit that looking at your pop, I think why am I not building a hotrod !
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« Reply #7938 on: January 28, 2015, 01:18:30 PM » |
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Sometimes I wonder why I am building one. Looking forward to seeing the bodywork on yours Dave.
That's cab's actually a lot bigger than the Pop one.
Made a mounting bracket for the fuel regulator yesterday so I'll nip over to the powder-coaters with it this afternoon.
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« Reply #7939 on: January 29, 2015, 06:41:55 AM » |
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Sometimes I wonder why I am building one. Looking forward to seeing the bodywork on yours Dave.
Made a mounting bracket for the fuel regulator yesterday so I'll nip over to the powder-coaters with it this afternoon.
 . I've been procrastinating over the bodywork. Still need to sort out some of the framing and I'm not sure as to the grill shape. Think I should have set myself up as a powder coater. You wouldn't have had so far to go and I'd have got rich.  |
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« Reply #7940 on: January 29, 2015, 04:27:47 PM » |
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« Reply #7941 on: January 29, 2015, 07:24:28 PM » |
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Ruins the paintwork -that's why I haven't got any.
I've been using the same powder coaters for over 30 years. Splendid chaps -reasonably priced & they'll put themselves out & do a quick job if you need it. I called in yesterday afternoon & they were busy coating big valve wheels for oil rig pipe lines. They were in gloss black, so my piddly little bracket will be done in the same batch & will hopefully be ready to collect tomorrow.
I arrived at the workshop this afternoon just in time for a flurry of snow. Really not much fun working outside at this time of year. Not much achieved, but I made a paper template for a leather sleeve to cover the front leaf spring. I plan to pack it with grease, then lace up a sleeve over the top. If my coating's ready tomorrow I'll drop in to see Phil, the local upholsterer.
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« Reply #7942 on: January 31, 2015, 12:57:34 AM » |
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Ruins the paintwork -that's why I haven't got any.
I made a paper template for a leather sleeve to cover the front leaf spring. I plan to pack it with grease, then lace up a sleeve over the top.
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« Reply #7943 on: January 31, 2015, 10:00:42 AM » |
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Trouble is you'll do it 10 times better, then it'll look like I've copied you! Saw Phil yesterday afternoon. I took him a template for a one piece spring sleeve, with the centre section cut so it'd slip under the U bolts in the middle of the spring. Nope, he just couldn't visualise that. Couldn't get his head around what I was after. So we eventually agreed on 2 separate sleeves that will lace up either side of the centre clamp. Just nipping over to the powder coaters now to collect the fuel regulator bracket. My day off today & I woke up to snow outside -when did that happen? Not looking forward to working outside in that.
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« Reply #7944 on: January 31, 2015, 06:09:41 PM » |
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Fortunately the snow soon disappeared & I nipped over to Berkshire to collect my bracket from the coaters. Free of charge. Thank you gentlemen. So I blew the cash on a huge fried breakfast at a local café instead. Suitably stuffed, I waddled back to the workshop & fitted the bracket, then hooked up the new green fuel pipe. |
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« Reply #7945 on: January 31, 2015, 06:17:54 PM » |
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Hooking up various hoses & cables at the moment & replacing scruffy Jubilee clips with new ones. The mis-matched rocker covers will be replaced with my finned ali' ones & new gaskets later. Measured up for some stainless tube to replace the rubber hose at the bottom of this photo. It links the hot water inlet & outlet to bypass the heater -warmth is for wusses!
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« Reply #7946 on: January 31, 2015, 06:20:57 PM » |
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Checking the new, larger air cleaner clears the repositioned regulator valve -yup, just.
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« Reply #7947 on: January 31, 2015, 06:25:13 PM » |
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The filter's huge -14" diameter compared to the 9" I was running before & 3" deep instead of the previous 1 1/2", but appears to be correct according to the Landrover Discovery forums I checked. Should help the motor breathe a little easier & certainly fills the engine bay. Should just about clear the bonnet when it goes back on.
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« Reply #7948 on: January 31, 2015, 06:29:36 PM » |
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-warmth is for wusses!
Some might say - so are doors and a roof. All looking very tidy MM |
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« Reply #7949 on: January 31, 2015, 06:35:45 PM » |
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We ran it for the first year with holes in the roof, (& floor & just about everywhere else), & no glass in the doors. So anything beyond that's luxury. The black chassis paint really isn't pretty in real life but can be fixed when the weather warms up I guess. It's never gonna be a show car, but it's not a rat rod either.
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