Manky's Pop.

[Manky Monkey]

I was in my local nut n bolt shop this morning, when an old guy came in for some coach bolts. Turns out he restores vintage tractors. This was his little Moggy Minor pick-up. My Pop uses a widened Moggy cab back panel. Quite rare now, but I bought mine for 20 quid from a Brit Chopper forum member in Wales. I love seeing "classic" vehicles still in everyday use. Cool.

[twolanes]

Some 1 i know mounted there Holly fuel pump horizontal & the electrical part filled up with petrol (not the best thing) so i would mount it vertical.

[Manky Monkey]

That's all I needed to know Dave. Thanks.
So, can I use rubber fuel pipe all the way through the car, or should it be rigid with flexi ends?

[poprodder]

rigid with flexi ends.

[Manky Monkey]

O.K Chris. Next question- what bore rigid pipe & where do I get it from?

[poprodder]

i used 10mm on my old pop.
copper central heating pipe with plenty of clips.
or if you've got plenty of money annealed stainless pipe!!!

[cunningplan]

i used 10mm on my old pop.
copper central heating pipe with plenty of clips.
or if you've got plenty of money annealed stainless pipe!!!

same here 

[Manky Monkey]

I'll go shopping at my local plumbers merchants next week then. Cheers guys.
I'm on holiday for 2 weeks & have spent the first week doing lots of fiddly little jobs -making mounting brackets, connecting hoses, that kinda thing. It all needs doing, but not worth photographing. Next job is to hook up the fuel line to the Holley carb & make a tab to attach the "kick down" cable from the Borg warner auto gearbox to the carb, (to drop the box down a gear when you want to accelerate hard). Once that's sorted most of the under bonnet stuff's done.
Next week we move onto the exhaust system.
PD & Loony very kindly filled & bled the brakes for me this afternoon while I tinkered with other stuff. A couple of minor dribbles from the pipe unions, but hey, we've now got brakes!
 

[twolanes]

Cant remember who, but years ago someone told me NOT to use copper for fuel pipe as the petrol effects it. I bought ally pipe for the Charger but cant remember where from (must be getting old).

[poprodder]

 

got your ballast resister here   all boxed up ready to go,

hope i don't walk out the house too many more times and forget it!!!

i'll go put it in the car now!

[Manky Monkey]

Very much appreciated Chris. Thank you. PM me with a price please.  
Well Master Lunatic & I had a bit of a road trip today.
First we cruised round the M25 to deepest Kent to visit PantherShaun.
Had a chat, nosed about in his Amazing Shed of Old Tatt, delivered some bike parts Loony had painted for Shaun's mate, then followed his beat up ol' Landrover over to the barn where he hides his Pop. Lookin' good Shaunus, though obviously ours will be way cooler   Hopefully we're both on track to get our respective Pops registered before the SVA deadline next year.
From Kent, we motored back up the M25 to Croydon to meet up with young Dave 2 Lanes, Steve, (Chevy Nova), Perry & the crew at the Croydon Cruise. Very nice to see you all guys. Swapped a roll of aluminium fuel line with Dave for Taz's old Appliance slot mag wheels from her Charger. Recycling is the name of the game.
No less than 5 Dodge Chargers in the cruise carpark, plus Derek was there, who's Charger's being repaired at the moment. Common as muck ain't they.
A gentle drive back again & we're safely home without getting lost or killed once, so all in all, a good day out.    

[Manky Monkey]

When Taz & I visited Shaun's barn last year, we saw this Marcos outside.

[Manky Monkey]

Today.

[Manky Monkey]

Shame ain't it.

[Manky Monkey]

Dave's Charger at the cruise.