Excited
http://i1332.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1o1wzs3z.jpg

WOW!!!!!! You must be really excited :)

That's a nice box...:icon_smile:

Well that box has certainly travelled a very long way to reach you. :eek:

Good luck putting it all together.

Cheers, Paul. :)

Ha thanks guys it's not here yet!!

This should take care of the fuel oversupply. A fuel pressure regulator:
http://i1332.photobucket.com/albums/...psx2zchdm2.jpg

ohhh shiny! :)

Proper oil for the SUs now. And a fuel pump spacer, the last pieces in the engine puzzle...

Proper oil - what is that? I thought "3 in 1" so what have you used? But sounds like the final pieces, so are you near to the end now?

Hi Marc I should, I suppose, have been more specific... Last pieces of the engine puzzle meaning after this I can tune it properly. I'm still a way off receiving the body and finishing the actual car!

Proper oil for the SUs is straight 20. I chucked the same motor oil in them (30w50) as I'd used in the engine and it was not happy!
I'll let you know how it all goes when I put it in on the weekend. I'll post a vid on friendface as I dunno how to do that here.
Catch you all later

Tim , if you go to www.vesselfinder.com or one of the similar websites , you can track a container ships movements , if you know the vessels name , which should be on your shipping paperwork.
It won't get you the bodyshell any quicker or add anything to your project but it is quite interesting to follow.
I have imported a couple of vehicles from the states in the past and its interesting to see boats being diverted to Europe on route etc.

Thanks El p, I've just yesterday received confirmation the crate has been collected and have a Sydney eta of 29/6/15. I've got the ship name and using liveshiptrack to see it. It's not yet docked in England but very cool!

29th of June... So that gives you loads of time to strip the donor, refurbish it, change your mind, re-do things and then buy tons of bits you don't 'really' need from e-bay :)

Ha ha ha I hear you brother! I tried fitting the fuel pump spacer I bought at great expense but the studs holding the pump on are too short to fit it! If I needed I could extract those and replace them but I'll see how the regulator goes.

Update on the "proper oil" for the carb dashpots; perfect! Now revs happily and very quickly too, up and down. If you're using motor oil in the SUs get some proper oil! (Don't think the zenith or solex need oil)

I shall research and buy some - must be on the net somewhere. Thansk for the heads up, as I am running twin SUs

Got mine from rimmers, Marc, about 5 pounds. But it's 20 grade oil. I was able to find straight 15 at motor bike shop but got the 20 from rimmers. It truly transformed the throttle response

The parts are safely in the hands of the shippers! I expect arrival slightly after 9 months from ordering. Seems I'm in the 3rd trimester

Good luck with the delivery - always a stressful time for mother and baby :-)

Great to hear your big box is finally on its way. :cool:

Quite by chance, after the first parts of my Sammio kit arrived, I had to wait 9 months for the last parts to arrive. :rolleyes:

At least your kit has to travel half way around the world, not just from Poole to London! :icon_wink:

Good luck, Paul. :)

The ship is underway out of Southhampton!

when I saw a pic of your car in the crate, I thought that was at you end already...

No that was just photo proof it actually was finished...

Will you have it by August?

Should do. Also all I need to do is bolt the body on and I'm good to go

I've been thinking of doing the floors in aluminium. However I'm finding it hard to find anyone to do it for me (I've welded steel once, I'm not going to try it on aluminium when my life will depend on it). So I may be happy with the grp floors or make them from 1mm mild steel. I should be able to get those done without much drama. Steel floor will mean I can weld it to the frame if I like, too.
Ships in the Mediterranean now...

I used steel, Tim. Its going to be painted anyway, i wasn't worried about the weight...

Why not folded and rivetted - it was good enough for race cars. Would bond quite well to the chassis and outriggers, so will be strong enough I would say

Yes I agree Marc, it just that I don't think I can get bends crisp enough to satisfy myself, so was trying to find an aluminium fabricator to do it with a machine.

First attempt at a utube vid

Engine startup
http://youtu.be/GQVvTzHL0VE

Sounds healthy, Tim.

garyh Sounds healthy, Tim.

Thanks Gary!

Tim, my floors came out well.

http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/...4504e66a1e.jpg

Riveting and bonding would be heaps but Rego laws are it has to be fully welded in.


Jim

Gary did u have those laser or cnc cut? If so can u email me the drawings please? I looked on ur Photobucket. Nice work there.

New tyres: old and new (175/70/r13) continentals
http://i1332.photobucket.com/albums/...psw3vodmu0.jpg

Testing via Instagram as I'm sick of Photobucket
https://instagram.com/p/3GdFF7Bxdk/

Well that didn't work well

Tried from Facebook too and no joy. Guess I'm stuck in the bucket. I've unsubscribed from the email I wonder if that will stop the whole thing from working!

We'll see
T

Tim I use Picassa online and it works well, Same as Google Photos but older :-)

Thanks V I'll check it out

Tim, I cut them with an angle grinder. I just got some steel and clamped it underneath so I could draw inside of chassis rail and outriggers etc...
Then drew a line approx 15mm from each edge, which gave me the floor area. The decided that the drop was 75mm, reducing to 25mm at the rear