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« Reply #75 on: April 02, 2007, 10:25:55 PM » |
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Rear & side window glass would be good if you're not using it Shaun. I haven't got any at all.
Janie & Dave Posties visited on Sunday & we took another look at the Pop. I think I'm gonna run it more or less as it is for the time being -box the chassis, chuck in Dave's spare 1700 cc Consul engine with it's column shift box, (which'll mean pushing the front seats back a little), throw out the rear seat & run with the original two tatty brown leather front ones, the bakerlite dash I picked up at the NSRA swapmeet & as little else as I can get away with for the MOT. No interior panels, no carpet or headlining etc. Just the bare minimum to drive it. Some small satin black cycle guards over the tall skinny original Pop wheels, then blow the body over in pale Ford fern green with the MMMotors logo in black outline on the bootlid.
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« Reply #76 on: April 02, 2007, 10:27:03 PM » |
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« Reply #77 on: April 02, 2007, 10:34:14 PM » |
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LIVE FAST and DIE YOUNG,, past 50 AND STILL HERE NOW. WAITING. FOR. THE. GRIM. REAPER
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« Reply #78 on: April 02, 2007, 10:39:16 PM » |
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Rear and side window glass is yours, do you want the rear panels (in nice burgandy) ?
What about the rear wings???
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« Reply #79 on: April 03, 2007, 06:58:02 AM » |
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Nice looking Enfield.
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« Reply #80 on: April 03, 2007, 09:09:15 AM » |
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I will try and rip the steering box off this week. Was going to do it the weekend but I was forced to do housework instead  |
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« Reply #81 on: April 03, 2007, 01:58:51 PM » |
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« Reply #82 on: April 03, 2007, 02:09:29 PM » |
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Afternoon David.  The Enfield's Janie's pride & joy -& one of the few bikes she can actually reach the ground on. Lovely, lovely Dave here's got a spare mark 2 Consul motor which I hope to snaffle for the Pop. It'd be great to keep it as period-correct as I can, but I'll be bunging in the Sherpa front beam axle with it's disc brakes, cos I'd like to stop occasionally. Dave's also got another Consul rear axle so that'll be going in too. That's 5 or 6 inches wider than the Pop set up, so I might try & get the rear wheels banded with extra inset so they come inboard over the axle, then run cycle guards front & back. I'd like to keep the interior to just the two "distressed" brown leather Pop seats -no other interior panels. Keep it as stripped down as possible. Makes sense to drive it for a while first before cutting the body up. Much easier to cut a roof or back end than try to weld it back together! |
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« Reply #83 on: April 03, 2007, 02:43:54 PM » |
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Keep it simple like the old hotrods. If it does'nt make you go faster, it goes in the bin!  |
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« Reply #84 on: April 03, 2007, 02:48:23 PM » |
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Yup. I'll allow myself the luxury of glass though.
Yeah, I know -I'm a wimp.
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« Reply #85 on: April 03, 2007, 02:52:40 PM » |
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Goggles! You wimp! |
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« Reply #86 on: April 03, 2007, 07:41:38 PM » |
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To be honest Andy, you could probably have all my glass as I'm going to need new for my roof chop. Stick with the Pop front axle and fit either early Ford disc's or Triumph Spitfire/Herald front discs which is what I'm gonna do on mine.
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« Reply #87 on: April 03, 2007, 10:52:29 PM » |
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If you really don't want the glass then of course I'll relieve you of it Sir. Thank you.
Dave says Consul motors are quite heavy so I think I'd rather go with the beefier Sherpa beam & some decent sized Sherpa discs.
The idea of a stripped down but basically untouched bodyshell is growing on me. More of a hillbilly Pop than a hotrod one.
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« Reply #88 on: April 15, 2007, 06:06:57 PM » |
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We were at the Farnham classic car show today & got chatting to a couple with a Pop. They were still running the original sidevalve engine but plan to drop a Rover in at some point.
They'd fitted VW wheels. I knew they fitted but have never seen them "on". I like these. Maybe coloured rims with the chrome hubcaps?
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