Manky's Pop.

[BikerGran]

That's seriously looking as if it might get finished sometime in the forseeable future!

[madron]

Umm Putting down the top speed as 95 mph is a no no unless you have a speed limiter!!!

I was pulled up on this!!

Tyres are something ther pay a great deal of attention to. They will require them to be marked with speed/ load ratings and the relevant eu related marks.

just tell em you have 4.55 gears in axle

[Manky Monkey]

Oh ye of little faith Bobbi!
It'll get finished -somehow.
Think I'll build Project Pop with the cross-plies, try & test it, one way or another, but have a spare set of radials standing by.
Didn't have a lot of time at Loonyville today, so settled for bending up the bottom half of the radiator grille framework. Ideally it would've been a continous loop but we need room for the fan so will have to do it in 2 parts & maybe join them with flat bar. Loony will weld it directly to the grille shell then dress the bottom of the sheet metal around the tubing.

[Manky Monkey]

Mr Loony's got a sniffly snuffly cold at the moment, so not much achieved again today. I stood & watched as he did all the work, welding the bottom loop of tube to the rad' shell then dollying the cut metal edge over it & seam welding them together. The result was definitely worth spending a little time on, but doesn't really show in the pics. The trimmed down shell now looks properly finished, with the bottom rolling underneath, rather than just ending in a cut edge. A bit of flushing off with the flap wheel & it'll be very tidy.

[Manky Monkey]

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[BikerGran]

Oh ye of little faith Bobbi!

No I wasn't being sarky!

[Manky Monkey]

 

[Manky Monkey]

While I'm buggering about with the bodywork, Taz has been busy stripping & rebuilding the Holley 4 barrel carb I bought from Brock's mate Neil. We've checked the model numbers & it's a 4160 390cfm with vacuum secondary. According to the websites we visited, that's ideal for road & sports use on "small" V8s, such as our 3 1/2 litre Rover. 3,500cc equals 213.5 cubic inch by the way. Taz's Dodge Charger has a 383ci motor.
I cleaned off the blue paint & lightly polished the ally body with a dab of Solvol chrome cleaner, before Taz fitted the rebuild kit. This carb's over 30 years old, but never actually been run on a car.

[Manky Monkey]

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[poprodder]

hehe thats wot kitchens were made for!!!

[Manky Monkey]

  I do the washing up, she does the mechanicking.
A couple of false starts on the radiator grille mounting, but I think we've come up with the simplest method now.
Today I bent a couple of 3/4 inch bore ERW tubes & notched them to sit over the front chassis cross member. I drilled the bottom of them to pick up on the bottom radiator mounts, which are welded to the frame inside the grille. So the radiator & shell will be supported on these 2 legs. Just tacked in place at the moment to check it worked.

[Manky Monkey]

I'll find some 1/2 inch round bar & make up two struts, running from the top of the rad shell framework back to either side of the bulkhead, under the bonnet. That'll tie the top of the grille shell in place. Sorted.

[Manky Monkey]

The bonnet needs to be stretched by 3 or 4 inches, which is about the same amount we pushed the front axle forward by. We've seperated the bonnet top panels from the side grilles. Loony will use his metal bashing skills to add a strip into the front of the top sections & the back of the side grilles. That'll save him having to rework the curves where the side sections meet the grille shell. Hopefully it's a small enough stretch that no-one will notice it unless I park next to a standard length Pop. 

[Manky Monkey]

Nice Autumnal sunset outside the Loony lair tonight.

[Manky Monkey]

The Flapster, in for a pair of rear mudguards & a trip to the MOT station, & the MankyMobile.