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« Reply #8640 on: April 02, 2016, 06:14:39 PM » |
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« Reply #8641 on: April 02, 2016, 07:07:00 PM » |
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Sheesh, yeah. Imagine that.  |
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« Reply #8642 on: April 02, 2016, 07:43:14 PM » |
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That would be truly awful. You might end up rushing to beat the deadline with a vehicle that is good enough, but not as you really want it. But that would be better than giving up.  |
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« Reply #8643 on: April 02, 2016, 07:52:05 PM » |
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He can't give up after putting so much into it!
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« Reply #8644 on: April 07, 2016, 04:09:15 PM » |
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My day off today, but been sorting out parts for my motorcycle project & now it's raining, again, so no progress today.
While I've been rubbing down filler for what seems like months though, I've been looking at the cab & finally decided I wasn't happy with the steering wheel. It's a metal reproduction 4 spoke Fordson tractor one, which Mr Olds put a lot of time into, modifying a Mini boss to fit, (Minis use the same splined fitting as the Morris Minor steering column in the Pop). Not really sure why it didn't work for me, but I think it's because it's 4 spoked & looks like a model T wheel. Just looked like it should be in a 20s or 30s open top car & didn't really look right with the 40s/50s dash in the Pop. Fitting tractor parts in pick-up trucks is also very cliché, although I've still got tractor head lights, tail lights & exhaust silencers!
So, prompted by a post from Scottie the hotrod haulier on faceBook, who's changing wheels in his Bedford truck, I had a browse on Ebay & ended up with this. It's an early Mini one. 3 spoke, same splines as the column & an inch smaller diameter than the tractor one as that was a bit tight between the wheel rim & door panel, (15" instead of 16). The centre cap from my original Moggy Minor wheel fits it & I can fit the monkey head badge Olds etched for me into it. It's new old stock, still in it's original bag, but for some reason the recesses in the middle of each spoke have been brush painted silver, so will have to be painted black. Like everything else on this project, I've changed my mind several times -this is the third steering wheel I've tried, but I'm happy with it now.
Photos snapped under the tarpaulin cos it's still raining.
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« Reply #8645 on: April 07, 2016, 04:12:45 PM » |
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I like that Andy its a nice looking wheel that suits the style of your pop
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« Reply #8646 on: April 07, 2016, 04:33:18 PM » |
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Silver recesses = GT |
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« Reply #8647 on: April 07, 2016, 04:40:30 PM » |
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Yeah, I figured it must be the super rare Go Faster version. |
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« Reply #8648 on: April 08, 2016, 02:30:25 AM » |
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Certainly looks closer in period than the tractor wheel and yep the 4 spoke would look much better in a 20s/30s open top car.  |
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« Reply #8649 on: April 08, 2016, 06:21:12 AM » |
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Silver recesses = GT 1275 GT !! |
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« Reply #8651 on: April 08, 2016, 07:05:32 PM » |
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Already delivered to Mr Olds. I thought you guys were joking about the GT wheel, but a quick Google Image search proves it's true. I know British Leyland quality control wasn't the best, but the silver stripes on my wheel, fresh out of the bag, are atrocious. They were presumably employing myopic 2 year olds in their paint department. Thank you to Olds for reworking the centre cap to fit the new wheel -yup, the 3rd time he's done it.  |
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« Reply #8652 on: April 08, 2016, 07:40:25 PM » |
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Nope, as you have had confirmed I knew it was the GT model ( cos I'd looked at one for myelf awhile back )
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« Reply #8653 on: April 08, 2016, 07:55:55 PM » |
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Sorry, genuine Leyland stock might be hard to come by now, but those silver stripes have got to go.
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« Reply #8654 on: April 08, 2016, 08:53:09 PM » |
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Agreed. Those stripes don't suit. Hope the centre boss is OK and won't need reworking again  And thanks for the wheel. It feels like it's come home. Well in some ways it has.  |
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