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Forum: Miglia Builds and discussion

10th December 2021, 07:37

Replies: 287

Deni's Miglia Build

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Posted By Mister Towed

Glad I made you laugh, Deni. I'm getting...

Glad I made you laugh, Deni.

I'm getting close to finalising my door apertures at the moment so I should have an update soon :)

Keep up the good work!

Forum: Miglia Builds and discussion

7th December 2021, 07:31

Replies: 287

Deni's Miglia Build

Views: 142,146

Posted By Mister Towed

When I joined up we had (Military spec.) Series 2...

When I joined up we had (Military spec.) Series 2 Land Rovers, which had the fuel tank and filler cap under the passenger seat. We used to joke that Land Rover put it there to make sure they never...

Forum: Miglia Builds and discussion

6th December 2021, 09:48

Replies: 287

Deni's Miglia Build

Views: 142,146

Posted By Mister Towed

I wouldn't worry too much about the weight...

I wouldn't worry too much about the weight distribution, it's going to be pretty front heavy no matter where you put your tank!

From a safety perspective, behind the seats would put the tank...

Forum: Miglia Builds and discussion

30th August 2020, 09:36

Replies: 287

Deni's Miglia Build

Views: 142,146

Posted By Mister Towed

I'd stick with the narrow seats or similar and...

I'd stick with the narrow seats or similar and mount them as low as possible rather than going for the bigger bases.

The reason is you'll end up with your head and upper body sticking up into...

Forum: Miglia Builds and discussion

26th September 2019, 09:50

Replies: 287

Deni's Miglia Build

Views: 142,146

Posted By Mister Towed

Hi Deni. You're right about height...

Hi Deni.

You're right about height adjustment on the GAZ shocks - wind the adjustable spring-seat down the shock to lower the ride height and wind it up the shock to raise it.

As for spring...

Forum: Miglia Builds and discussion

11th September 2019, 20:11

Replies: 287

Deni's Miglia Build

Views: 142,146

Posted By Mister Towed

Hi Deni, that clutch hose looks very much like...

Hi Deni, that clutch hose looks very much like one from an MG Midget -
...

Forum: Miglia Builds and discussion

26th March 2019, 06:23

Replies: 287

Deni's Miglia Build

Views: 142,146

Posted By Mister Towed

Great that you can use your MGB seats, they are...

Great that you can use your MGB seats, they are very comfortable.

Leave yourself plenty of space around the rear spring as it's a bugger of a job to remove it if you need to (make sure you...

Forum: Miglia Builds and discussion

10th March 2019, 06:30

Replies: 287

Deni's Miglia Build

Views: 142,146

Posted By Mister Towed

This might help - ...

This might help -

https://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z371/dmonebillion/006-3.jpg (https://s1186.photobucket.com/user/dmonebillion/media/006-3.jpg.html)

Forum: Miglia Builds and discussion

9th March 2019, 07:00

Replies: 287

Deni's Miglia Build

Views: 142,146

Posted By Mister Towed

Just dug out the pictures of the MGB GT seats I...

Just dug out the pictures of the MGB GT seats I tried in my Spyder (hope they appear, photobucket are being a bit of a pain, these days...) -

Fitted quite snugly into the chassis once the floors...

Forum: Miglia Builds and discussion

6th March 2019, 06:24

Replies: 287

Deni's Miglia Build

Views: 142,146

Posted By Mister Towed

Great progress - love the pedal box solution. ...

Great progress - love the pedal box solution.

As for the seats, if you can make them fit, the MGB seats are great.

You might want to measure the maximum distance between the outside top...

Forum: Miglia Builds and discussion

5th March 2019, 06:25

Replies: 287

Deni's Miglia Build

Views: 142,146

Posted By Mister Towed

No problem, Deni. One more thing though - with...

No problem, Deni. One more thing though - with single circuit brakes make damn sure that all the ends of the brake pipes throughout the system are properly flared and fully secure.

I had the...

Forum: Miglia Builds and discussion

3rd March 2019, 20:41

Replies: 287

Deni's Miglia Build

Views: 142,146

Posted By Mister Towed

Erm, don't mean to contradict what's already been...

Erm, don't mean to contradict what's already been said, but I used one of those small reservoir/0.725 bore master cylinders on Vitesse single-circuit brakes with an aftermarket servo on my Spyder...

Forum: Miglia Builds and discussion

24th December 2018, 08:25

Replies: 287

Deni's Miglia Build

Views: 142,146

Posted By Mister Towed

Hi Deni, your welding looks to be pretty good to...

Hi Deni, your welding looks to be pretty good to me (if any pro welders disagree, please bear in mind that I'm a self-taught amateur welder myself, so I just mean it looks strong enough for our...

Forum: Miglia Builds and discussion

3rd February 2018, 06:45

Replies: 287

Deni's Miglia Build

Views: 142,146

Posted By Mister Towed

Hi Deni, sorry, meant to reply to this a while...

Hi Deni, sorry, meant to reply to this a while back. I used standard links on my Spyder so I haven't actually tried the Wolfitt adjustable ones. The Wolfitt items do look very well engineered, but...

Forum: Miglia Builds and discussion

18th November 2017, 06:57

Replies: 287

Deni's Miglia Build

Views: 142,146

Posted By Mister Towed

As Molleur says, it's a plastic tube that varies...

As Molleur says, it's a plastic tube that varies the ignition timing depending on the vacuum at the inlet manifold.

Throttle(s) closed = big vacuum and little ignition advance so it doesn't...

Forum: Miglia Builds and discussion

6th July 2017, 06:30

Replies: 287

Deni's Miglia Build

Views: 142,146

Posted By Mister Towed

Hi Deni, yes, if you attach two different types...

Hi Deni, yes, if you attach two different types of metal directly together one of them will corrode very quickly through galvanic corrosion.

That is a process where environmental moisture -...

Forum: Miglia Builds and discussion

17th April 2017, 07:48

Replies: 287

Deni's Miglia Build

Views: 142,146

Posted By Mister Towed

Nice work. Just a thought, did you loctite the...

Nice work. Just a thought, did you loctite the blanking studs in to stop them dropping into the diff casing?

The slight gap between the lowering block and bottom leaf could be to prevent the rest...

Forum: Miglia Builds and discussion

11th April 2017, 19:29

Replies: 287

Deni's Miglia Build

Views: 142,146

Posted By Mister Towed

Hi Deni, I bought a pair of MGB seats to put in...

Hi Deni, I bought a pair of MGB seats to put in my Spyder and they turned out to be too big. You might struggle to get them into your Miglia as the bodies are somewhat similar in size I believe.
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