Manky's Pop.

[panthershaun]

Oh yes but with a pickup back got a turbo on its way to me, gonna fit it to the 100e motor at first and when that has blown fit the suzuki jeep lump and turbo that

[lunatic]

Just a little scribble I did.

[Manky Monkey]

My Sherpa van front beam axle, with it's disc brakes.
The steering box was buggered so I'll fit either Lunatic's spare VW one or a Reliant one, (anyone got a spare?)
In the background is one of the 15" black taxi cab wheels I'll be fitting.

[panthershaun]

You can get brand new Landy boxes complete with steering column for £125.00, or I do know of a Land Rover breakers near me, could ask for you?

[reliantman]

I have a piggy steering box here, off a Rialto I just scrapped.
If you could get over here you can have it.

[Manky Monkey]

Yeah, I've looked at Landy boxes on Ebay for similar prices, but been told they're quite big & clunky, plus that's a big chunk of my building budget. Didn't realise that price included the column too though.
Loony's got a VW box but I haven't seen it yet.
Any idea what the postage might be on your box RM?

[reliantman]

Dunno, it's small but quite a lump. I will be cutting up the body in the next day or two and will unbolt & weigh the thing for you.

[panthershaun]

righto, with my Postman Pat head on, Standard Parcels can go up to 20kg's @ £12.46 but check with the local postoffice as sometimes it is cheaper to send a Heavyish article by Special Delivery I know it sounds mad but it's true

[Manky Monkey]

Finally brought my Pop home to Basingstoke today. It's been living in a horsebox at Tazet's workplace in Guildford for the last few weeks while I cleared some garage space for it.
Opened the bonnet for the first time -well, lifted it off cos there's no hinges. Guess what -a steering box.
Brock's looking for a box for his new race car though, so may well be able to make use of the Reliant one RM.

[Manky Monkey]

So with a little help from Ska Man, (thanks Nige), Tazet & I unloaded my Pop from it's temporary horsey home this morning & rolled it straight into the garage, stopping briefly to take a couple of snaps.
My 16 inch black taxi cab wheels, (unfortunately the white band tyres are perished beyond use), propped in place to see what they'd look like. Not sure whether to go with these or stick with the original Pop ones & have them banded to create wider rims if necessary. I like the tall skinny look of "proper" 50s hotrod wheels though.

[Manky Monkey]

The bottom of the masking tape line would be roughly the height of the windows after a 4 inch roofchop.

[deegee]

  Hope you're going to re-jig the doors before cutting.

As to the wheels, I would say keep the front original and band the rears.

[panthershaun]

Ripped my Pop to pieces today, found some rot around its rear so I don't feel to bad about cutting the rear off. If you need anything from a saloon Andy its yours mate.

[panthershaun]

with that stance, you gotta go Gasser mate

[BikerGran]

I quite like the Pop wheels - I think it's the white on the tyres that makes tho others look so much better. I guess you could stripe any tyre with tyre paint if you got a steady hand...