Manky Monkey Motors

hi,
thought i'd start a new thread for my new car.

here it is.

(http://media6.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100701/174546.jpg)

(http://media8.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100701/174602.jpg)

i will get some more pics when it comes back out(for mot and building alterations ::)  ) ;D

cool  8) 8) 8) 8) staying standard  ??? ??? ???

Ooooh luvly!

cheers guys,

mot it and drive the wheels off it till the winter.

then change brakes to hydraulic, renew interior.

nothing major to start with, spent far too long messing an not driving.

chris.

Mmmmmmmmm :P

"Building alterations" -oh, oh, that sounds ominous!  :o
Very nice looking car Chris. I completely understand how you feel -I haven't had anything custom on the road for a couple of years because everything's still being built. Sometimes you just want something on the road to enjoy right now.
Have fun!

hi andy,
building alterations consist of puttin a beam in to support bricks above french doors(theres a main beam 4" behind)
then enlarge whole wide enough for pop and room to work.
contruct stud work along the side an fit window and door(bought cheaply of ebay)

back to pop,

started going through stuff for mot, flashers flashed about 120 times a minute,slightly fast!!!
due to this me thinks.

(http://media7.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100703/183622.jpg)

i tried a yank one i've got here and they flash at a more normal speed, but its not got a feed to warning light.

also trying to get hold of a stock pop ignition switch or similar in good condition, the one thats fitted gets hot with ignition runnin through it, lights are integrated into this switch and still work ok,could it need a relay of some type to stop full current runnin through the switch(which is the 6v original as its now runnin 12v)


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cheers chris.

Ahh, house building, not car building!
Try Stafford Vehicle Components for the switch Chris.

cheers andy.

heres a vid when jonny69 owned it and took it round the track at hotrod hayride(and hit the armco!!!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0vTK1G71Ow

You crazy hotrod kids!

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D loved the way he lapped the V8 3 times  ;D ;D ;D ;D

see you can have too much power!!! ;D

indicators sorted, wiper fitted, just waiting for the bulbs.

went to halfords on the of chance they had something suitable. :D

amazing what they'll go through to try an get a sale!!! apparently what i want don't exist.  ???

even when i took said bulb outa me pocket!!! ::)

Bless 'em. I don't think you're allowed to work in Halfords if you're older than 17. So any car more than 10 years old is positively vintage to them.
I was in my local branch this morning. Seem to blow headlight bulbs in my 5 year old Ford Fiesta every 6 months or so. For about 2 quid they'll fit them for you & to be honest, for that price I can't be bothered to do it myself. Wouldn't trust them to do anything more difficult than that though. Took them 2 attempts to get the right bulb off the shelf, even with the old one as a guide.

the assistant was an older bloke, who was suppose to be an expert in bulbs!!! ::)

still waiting for bulbs after being let down twice now, lets hope third time lucky.

been cleaning bits on pop, some parts of paint work just won't shine due to being touched up with by the looks of it a 2" brush!!!

fitted the bonnet tape on one side, i'd bought this ages ago for old pop, this one did'nt have any.

before fitting.

(http://media6.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100713/135711.jpg)

the pile of rusty metal on the left are the old rivets with new shiny brass ones on the right.

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this is the bonnet tape.

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here it is fitted.

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(http://media7.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100713/135700.jpg)

looks better and hopefully will stop the bonnet from rattling.


heres my helper, checking out pop then making himself at home!!!

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Aww, he's cute.
Where'd you get the tape from Chris, (something I'll need for my own Pop at some point).

woolies.

he is, and a right sod as well!!!
could'nt be without him though! :)

MOT tomorrow afternoon! :o

Good luck!

Loving the interior :D

cool dog  8)

cheers guys.

this happened this afternoon.

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 ;D ;D ;D ;D

yes it passed, no advisories :o 8)
here it is outside before taking for test.

(http://media8.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100715/134429.jpg)

(http://media8.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100715/134447.jpg)

 8) 8) 8) ;D ;D


got plenty of attention driving round town !!!

Great news,well done sir  ;D

After all this tgime reading about your old pop, it's great to see you with one on the road. ;)

cheers neil.

Aw, it's lovely!  Reminds me of my first car!  Must get my old phots put on a disc so I can post some!

I reversed one of those into a lampost in 1958, didn't half do the lampost a mischief!!

A very smart motor car Sir.

well thank you.

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Well done 8)  sweet car, I was once offered 10 quid to take one of those away ::),,,,,,,,Long time ago mind :'(

Geeze, you guys are digging up some memories for me!
Back in '69 my first future mother-in-law bought one them so me and the daughter could go out without getting soaked on my Norton Dominator.
Boy was she conned!
On our first trip out to the country, the engine got progressively noisier, I eventually limped it back to their house - no oil! Drained what was left out of the sump to find it was 50% sawdust - must be one of the oldest con-tricks going.
Still I managed to sell it for spares for more than M-I-L paid for it so all was well that ended well!

I sold mine when it started pumping oil out on top of the engine - seemed like a good move.  Went all posh and bought a Morris Minor!

hi,
well the pop had its first outing on sunday, met up with local club around half distance from show.(a drive thru mcd)
then cruised(well they did, i followed up the rear :o ) to show. only about 20 miles but seemed longer!!!

we had all pre booked so had a large reserved area.

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after lunch we then cruised back to our local american diner where we hold our club meets as it was also third sunday so club meet day. (1st & 3rd sundays)

pop took some getting use to. side winds realy pushed us across the road!!! apparently thats normal for a narrow beam axle on x-plys!!!

i'm off to work in it tomorrow then cub meet in the evening.

cheers chris.

Hmm, a narrow beam & cross plies you say ...good job I've got a nice big V8 in mine to weigh it down.  :D
So what's it like to drive then Chris? Remind me -what engine's it running?

noisy! hard work! need to look miles ahead to make a decision on braking etc.....................
no not been to bad but it is noisy and compared to a modern is f****** hard work!!!
it jumps on bumps, leans on bends.
and likes sitting there at 40mph will go quicker but 40 is comfortable.
loved driving it.
just need to remember what i'm driving and why people are staring!!!
and remember to cancel indicators!!
its still got its sidevalve and 3 speed in it.
i've had kev rooney telling me what i can do to it without biva test and keeping enough points to stay legal.

Slow, but very cool.  8)

Dunno why it's that slow, I remember my dad getting 65 out of mine!

maybe because it sound like its gonna explode :o, but more like the driver was to much of a wus to take it over 50!!! :D

Well it might not have been a good idea - I refer you to my post above!  LOL

hi everyone,

the pops been out to another show over the weekend, sorry no pics as i'd left me memory card plugged into the pc!! ::)

i've been looking through the rubish(spares!!!) i've been collecting over the years,
since i've had the pop i hated the big mini style indicators at the front and back.

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found these which i think will look loads better.

(http://media6.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100727/200124.jpg)

(http://media6.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100727/200133.jpg)


the rears

(http://media7.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100727/200311.jpg)

also been looking ahead to winter plans.
going to fit triumph discs to front, anglia axle to rear(which i've had for ages) with mounts on for pop tranverse spring.
going to use triumph pedal assembly's to sit on pop bulkhead.

(http://www.sellyourcar.co.za/finaluploads/1021012524018_johannesburg_triumph.jpg)

also a triumph 1300 engine & box as no chassis mods are needed!!!

just need to work out how to mount rear wishbone without torque tube.

Didn't they have any indicators that weren't blurry Chis?  :P
Nice. Same lights I've got for the back of my Pop.
I've got Triumph discs on the front of mine too -if they can, (hopefully), stop a big ol' V8, the Trumpet motor shouldn't be a problem. Talking of Triumphs, might be worth having a chat with Renegade. He's our resident Triumph car fan.  ;)

well its started.
not tearing it apart, just bit by bit during the winter.
this bit first, along with front brakes.

(http://media8.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100808/144455.jpg)

has the mounts on for tranverse spring.

(http://media6.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100808/144537.jpg)

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this is what will be coming out.

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(http://media6.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100808/105801.jpg)


the biggest problem i've got is mounting the wishbone without the torque tube, unless i use a torque tube mounted to the anglia axle.

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the helper also made an appearence ;D

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checking the axle is ok :D

(http://media6.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100808/144618.jpg)

 :) Bless him. Everyone should have a garage mutt I think. I've got Lunatic instead.
Are you buying a new spring or have you already got one. I was looking at them in the Pop Browns catalogue the other day. My front one came from Speedway in the States, via Valley Gas Speed Shop in Newbury, Berks. Could you split the wishbone & run it down either side of the chassis as I did with the front one?

trying to keep it as ford intended(near to as anyway)


going to use the spring thats under there already!

Cool. I can't even remember what mine looked like originally now.

i also want to take this away and use the stalk thats already fited.
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this is the stalk. will i need to run a relay?
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For those that don't remember them, that's a foot operated high beam switch. I haven't got room in my footwell to use one! What's the column stalk from Chris?

i've no idea what its from!!! was on there when it arrived.
got to make a surround for it, think i'll look in asdas to see what stainless pots etc are going cheap that i can modify!!!(and get 10% discount ;D)

well the parts pile is gettin bigger.
1300 kent x-flow ford engine, anglia 1200 box(long gear stick type) anglia axle, anglia hubs with vented discs, calipers etc.

money spent so far £15!!!! thats for the gearbox! other parts are what i had and kept back from swapping pop.

just got to find a few other bits.

twin choke carb(or a single not fussy!!!) anglia propshaft to start with.
rear tele shocks.

cheers chris.

15 quid?! I hate you, you know that don't you.  :P
Looking forward to this one.  :)

My anglia (my first car) had one of those foot operated dipswitches - sometimes I used it to change gear with!

Many years ago I used to work a few hours each afternoon for a neighbour who worked from home restoring classic Jags. Nearly wrote off an XK120 when I mistook the dipswitch for the brake pedal!

no chance of that as dipswitch is behind gearlever!!!

oops..............

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Yep, it was on mine - but I still mistook it for the clutch pedal - more than once!  Didn't really seem to matter tho if the speed was right it just rolled through, used to do that with an ancient Austin lorry on the farm too!  (and that had no syncromesh at all!).

Front bumper Chris?

yep

hi everyone,

had  some time to spare this afternoon before a club meet at a american diner a few miles away thought i'd
take a few pics of pop.  ;D

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(http://media6.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100911/151722.jpg)

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Very pretty Chris.  :)

pretty!!!
i've now got a side exit exhaust, can listen to all that sidevalve horse power!!!! lol

it broke today!!! :o ::)

 :( What did Chris? The exhaust or the Pop in general?

'O crap'! nothing serious I hope.

well the honeymoon is over, the pop broke today, i'm glad it done it
at home as it would of been very nasty out on open road!!!

needed to get some decorating sundries,  decided that we'd take the pop as I
like to give it an airing at least twice a week.

we got home, had a coffee then I thought i'd put the pop in its garage
as the sky darkened with rain clouds,

reversing in I decided I needed to straighten up a bit so pulled
forwards, reversed abit turned the wheel then BANG!!!

then the horn beeped and did'nt stop, I turned the wheel horn stopped
but there was then no resistence on wheel!!!

seems something in the steering department had broken, I still had to
get pop fully into garage as it was blocking rear roadway. turned the
wheels by hand horn started again, I lifted bonnet and disconnected a
wire, horn stopped.

eventually got it inside, turned round and found this laying on
ground.

(http://media8.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100916/140432.jpg)

yep thats off top of steering box, part of the casting at top where
securing rivets go through.

heres steering box.

(http://media6.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100916/140601.jpg)

so i'm now looking for a box and column will have to be cheap as i'm
skint at the moment.

cheers chris.

Oooh, bugger.
Knew exactly what that was as soon as I saw the piccie of the broken chunk of ali.
We bust the original one in my Pop in just the same way. They do seem a bit weak. It's the only component on my Pop I worry about. Wish Ford had made them from steel instead of aluminium.
I picked up a replacement one from the NSRA swapmeet in London for 10 quid, so they're still about.

Just been down to the shed. This is my original. When we broke it, we tried shortening the aluminium casting & replacing the rivets with allen bolts. It cracked again around one of the new bolts, but that was when we were trying to remove the steel steering column to shorten it, (my box is mounted on it's side & hooked up to a Morris Minor column in my truck).
If this is any use to you Chris, either to repair, (a quick bit of ali welding), or to canabalise for parts, you're very welcome to come & collect it, either from our place in Guildford, Surrey or Loony's workshop in Basingstoke, Hants. Yours for free if it helps.

We cut the steel column sleeve while we were trying to remove it from the box. I've also got the section we cut from the second column. Again, a quick dab of weld & it'd be servicable. Come & get it if you want it.

thanks for the offer andy.

i've been trying to remove the box this afternoon.

what great fun!!!

first bonnet removal.

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(http://media8.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100917/182315.jpg)

so then i could get to this.

(http://media6.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100916/140601.jpg)

disconnected the ball joint,removed wiring.
then took split pins out and undone bolts.

(http://media7.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100917/182323.jpg)

(http://media7.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100917/182332.jpg)

then i moved inside of car!!!

steering wheel,indicator stalk,column clamp removed.

(http://media7.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100917/182353.jpg)

then tried to remove the access plate around column where it goes through toe boards.
with not much luck!!!

(http://media8.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100917/182402.jpg)

tried jacking up to get clearence between spring an axle,  no chance.

looks like i'm drilling screws out or removing rad,grill etc.

also got this together.

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Wassat?

1300 ford x-flow bored, crank regrind, balanced, cammed etc a few years ago when i was young an carefree. mated to a pre x-flow gearbox.

well the box is out!!!
had to remove a lot inside but managed to bend toe board back abit to squeeze it through.

(http://media6.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100918/193344.jpg)

heres the box after a clean up.

(http://media8.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100918/160259.jpg)

(http://media7.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100918/160312.jpg)

(http://media7.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100918/160321.jpg)

(http://media6.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100918/160329.jpg)

I opened it up an it looks ok inside everything runs free with no binding.

(http://media7.dropshots.com/photos/585570/20100918/161350.jpg)

just got to make me mind up what to do now.

looking for a stand alone steering box, ie- not connected to column.   ;)

mods planned!!! :o ;D

try a Reliant box, I have one that I'm fitting into my Pop.

as in three wheeler?

Yep probably would do the job fine.

i've got a pair of these on the way following a wanted ad on nsra.

(http://www.speedwaymotors.com/RS/SR/Product/91635015_T.jpg)

so you know something i'm going to do!!!

is this same box?(reliant)
big question is, is it strong enough?

it looks a lot stronger than the standard Pop box, as far as I can tell..

ooops..

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I looked at these before and, to the very best of my knowledge ,it is a modified 100E box. I've certainly used parts of the internals to repair 100E boxes.

so its atleast one up from 103e!!!

I think they are a nice little box, very compact.

looks like its the end of pop ownership for me, but a ready modded motor is on the cards(fingers crossed!)

news soon.

tomorrow pm.
put box back into pop, glued together with a super strong epoxy resin, should hold it together enough to get on trailer!!!
started pop up after not being run for over 2 months! ran fine.

So can you at least let us in on whether it's a sale or a swap Chris? Where will the Pop be heading to this time?

its going to spalding(fingers crossed)

Certainly getting around a bit ain't it!

yep, i think its even been right up north, maybe even scotland.
and down to somerset!!!
well it has had 11 owners!! not bad i suppose in 56 yrs.