Manky's Pop.

[Manky Monkey]

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[BikerGran]

Just finished work & it's a lovely day -I'd much rather be going out somewhere for the afternoon, but too much still to do.

Don't forget, all work and no play, makes Manky a dull boy - you need to give yourself time off sometimes!

[Manky Monkey]

Yeah, some days I'm definitely more enthusiastic than others!

[Manky Monkey]

Bright Winter sunshine here today but, as always, my garage was in the shade & bloomin' freezing.
A mate, who's a carpenter, has picked up a couple of brand new scaffold planks for me & is due to call at the garage sometime soon to measure up to try them on the back of the Pop as a temporary wooden flatbed. Might work, might not, but they're cheap enough to give it a try. So I've bolted the new rear fuel tank & battery box back in place for now as he'll need to cut access holes for the filler neck & battery.
We started out with a modified Reliant tank at the back of the chassis, but it always leaked, so I had a replacement made. I've tried it in place before, but with the steel pick-up bed still fitted, so hadn't noticed that it doesn't sit straight in the chassis. Whether there's a steel or wooden bed, it won't be seen, but hopefully I can slot the mounting tabs to level it up. It holds something like 4 1/2 gallons & is a back-up for the main tank which will sit behind the cab.
That's not dust on the tank, it's condensation forming late this afternoon as the temperature dropped. I had to scrape the ice off the windscreen of my car before I drove home.

[Manky Monkey]

The tank also sits a few mill above the chassis, so I'll look for some rubber strip to lay on the top of the rails to lift the bed slightly.
Since the Pop was last on the road I've also welded a mount to the tank cradle for a towing eye, specifically so my brother can use the Pop as a tow car for his drag car at Shakespeare County Raceway in Stratford on Avon later this year.
It was warmer outside the garage than in it, so I rolled the Pop outside. I'd hoped to spray some grey primer on the cab today, but once it was in the sunshine I could see loads of small areas I'd missed with the filler, so added a few more dabs.

[Manky Monkey]

More or less done with the cab roof & back, so working my way round the rear corners & along the sills now. Not a huge thickness of filler, just enough to blend the curves together & straighten out the flat bits. I find sanding filler quite therapeutic, but will be glad when it's done. By no means perfect, but presentable, which is all I need.

[Manky Monkey]

Hate this weather -absolutely freezing at the lock-up again this afternoon. I was going to give it a miss after trudging the streets all day delivering the Mail, but reckon even half an hour a day's half an hour I don't have to do some other time.
Sanded a little filler, then offered up the stainless rear silencers, just to see how they look. I've temporarily fitted the battery box & they bolt to the underside of it, on rubber bobbins. I'm hoping to get it through the MOT with just the front silencers, (2 more stainless Cherry Bombs under the cab), then drive it to Torque Technique in Salisbury to have the pipework to link the front silencers to these rear ones made up.

[Manky Monkey]

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[lunatic]

There's a guy up at folly farm that does stainless exhausts, I get bits off him, rather than taking it to the guy that takes several attempts to get it right and then leaves it unfinished.

[Manky Monkey]

Where's Folly Farm?
To be fair, I took sections of pipe to him to weld up with very vague instructions. He kept telling me to bring the car for him to work on, but I wanted to weld all the mounting tabs on the chassis before I paint it. The manifolds pee'd me off a bit though after I'd spent so long smoothing them, but I guess he had to get all the way round each pipe with the welder.
I tend to stick with people I know, who are quick &/or cheap -same upholsterer for nearly 40 years, same powder-coater for nearly 40 years, same engineer for nearly 30 years ...same painty bloke for nearly 10 years

[poprodder]

and a manky bloke making it up as he goes along for 50+yrs!!!!!! lol   

[Archie]

Folly farms on the newbury road mate, they do good stuff in there.

http://www.man2automotive.co.uk/services/exhausts/

[flc]

and a manky bloke making it up as he goes along for 50+yrs!!!!!! lol   

always worked for me

[Manky Monkey]

 

[Manky Monkey]

Too cold to spray the roof in grey primer?
Almost certainly.
Do it anyway?
Yup.