Manky's Pop.

[Manky Monkey]

Great! Got any about your person?

[Manky Monkey]

PantherShaun called in at Loony's workshop yesterday & carted off my old original Pop chassis for his own pick-up project. So now I'm committed to new rolling gear. I'm chassisless until Valley Gas knock up the new box section rails for me.
Spent a few minutes at my lock-up in Basingstoke after work today & got the Rover motor fired up & running. Sounds awesome with the roar of the open Range Rover headers bouncing off the walls! Everyone should have a V8 sat in the garage -just to fire up when things aren't going so smoothly. Instant grin inducer. 

[panthershaun]

I've got some of that on video from Tuesday can let you have it if you beg

[Manky Monkey]

Please, please, please!
Can't really post it here as video clips take up a hell of a lot of room on the site, but if you can host it elsewhere, (YouTube?), you can post the link to it here.

[panthershaun]

here you go mate, hope this goes someway to appeasing my appalling behavior on another thread

sorry about the commentary by the p1**head at the start

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=z0RTqZDSuDU

[VALLEYSBOY]

oooo thats well nice

[Manky Monkey]

Fired it up again this afternoon. Burst into life with the first touch of the wires on the battery terminals & ticked over very nicely. Collect the new chassis from Valley Gas Speed Shop next week, bung the motor in & nail the body on & away we go -I wish. Definitely given my enthusiasm for the project a big boost though. Can't wait to start putting it together now.
My lock-up's usually very quiet, tranquil even. It's quite pleasant to tinker with the trike there on a Summer's afternoon. Although it's in a service yard behind a row of shops on a council estate, it's normally deserted. Not the day Shaun turned up though. Shaun, Loony & myself, plus a bunch of builders remodelling one of the shops, plus 2 guys from neighbouring garages, plus some drunk from the pub next door who thinks he's an expert on engines. The rumble of the Rover motor seemed to draw them all in. It's the drunk guy you can hear advising us to rev it more at the start of that clip. However you can also hear Loony telling me not to rev it too much cos the flames from the open exhausts were firing straight onto the plastic fuel can!
Safety at all times people. 

[brock]

   my favorite bit is when you have battery, fuel can, jump leads etc all balanced on top of it and at the first touch of the throttle it falls over

[Manky Monkey]

Obviously only a fool would start an engine up without first ensuring it's properly secured.
Ahem.

[Manky Monkey]

Called in at Loony's workshop this afternoon. He's picked up a couple of sheets of 18/20 gauge steel to create the rest of the cab back with. Will take a lot of work to create the double curve of the corners, but should look good when it's done.
We arrived to find the cab laying on it's side. Had Loony been racing it round the yard & found it doesn't corner too well without wheels? Nope, he'd rolled it over to take a better look at the sills. It's a tribute to the bracing we put in at the start that the body could be upended like that & still stay in shape & intact. Unfortunately the bottom few inches of the shell are pretty rotten. The last 6 inches of the door skins are full of filler which has bubbled & lifted, & the A panels are in bad shape.
The curves aren't easy to replicate so it's time to buy in a couple of repair pieces. A pair of A panels, (the bit in front of the door, including the lower hinge mount. I think Shaun's already changed this bit on his own project), plus a pair of door repair sections, (the bottom 6 inches).
Loony's decided to ditch the original sills as well & make up new, more slimline ones. I can't wait to just be able to open the door & sit inside the shell.  

[Manky Monkey]

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[panthershaun]

I think Shaun's already changed this bit on his own project)

Only on the drivers side, Grizz made up his own repair section

[Manky Monkey]

No real progress to report yet. I ordered a pile of bits from "Pop Parts Plus" & collected them from their stall at the NSRA swapmeet in Essex at the weekend. I've now got all the window window mechanisms & door latches, as well as a pair of A post repair sections & the repair panel for the passenger door. They're re-tooling at the moment & won't be able to supply the driver's door panel for a week or so. I also picked up a pair of repro '32 Ford exterior door handles.
Loony's got a couple of other customer's cars to work on but hopefully the Pop bodyshell will be a lot more solid by the time Valley Gas Speed Shop get the new chassis sorted.
I had a quick chat to Kev of the SVA consultation committee at the swapmeet. He reckons if I can find proof of the Rover engine's age I only have to conform to the emmisions regs for that year, which will be a bonus.

[Manky Monkey]

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[VALLEYSBOY]

them pre molding bits look dead handy is that lunatics bsa? luv the helmet