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Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 14th November 2023, 14:55
Replies: 309
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Posted By IanA
I've just MOTed the Z300S for the 9th time after...

I've just MOTed the Z300S for the 9th time after a measly 300 miles in the year.
No problems with the emissions test rig like last year.
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 3rd July 2023, 10:38
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
Saw this Z300S at Malvern. It's number 6 and...

Saw this Z300S at Malvern. It's number 6 and lives in Shropshire.

That's a Bertini behind it.
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 27th April 2023, 08:40
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
Malvern Show Tickets 3-4 June 2023 ...

Malvern Show Tickets 3-4 June 2023

nationalkitcarshow.co.uk/tickets/

Advance Tickets
FREE daily entry for kit car drivers
Kit Car Passenger (Day) ukp10
Adult (Day) ukp12
Child (Day) 12-16...
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 19th November 2022, 16:08
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
For a basic low-ish power, short range conversion...

For a basic low-ish power, short range conversion that would be OK. A mate in the Jago club just replaced the engine in his Fiat 850 with a fork-lift truck motor and added a few lead-acid type...
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 18th November 2022, 17:32
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
I've just MOTed the Z300S for the 8th time. Just...

I've just MOTed the Z300S for the 8th time. Just like the TFS last week, failed on emissions until the test rig was reset, then- no problem.
Afterwards I went to a mate's business just round the...
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 27th September 2021, 09:33
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
Later examination showed a broken wire inside the...

Later examination showed a broken wire inside the rubber boot on the sensor plug. That's now fixed.
The pic shows yesterday's ZRoadster get together in Newbury. Mine was the only Tribute present but...
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 14th September 2021, 07:08
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
Further comment on ZRoadster has pointed to known...

Further comment on ZRoadster has pointed to known failures caused by oil or water contamination.
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 13th September 2021, 07:47
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
Some of us are on the ZRoadster forum but I'm...

Some of us are on the ZRoadster forum but I'm posting this here for those who are not.
I've been having intermittent starting problems. It was even dollied home by an AA man when it failed after an...
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 25th January 2021, 07:30
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
I did get an interesting belt once from a moped...

I did get an interesting belt once from a moped engine I was playing with. Kept me doubled up for a few seconds. It was a Powerpak 50cc bicycle add-on. Basic Wipac magneto ignition.
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 22nd January 2021, 09:59
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
On the electrical installations I've been...

On the electrical installations I've been involved with, we're talking 800kVA here, there's been an easily accessible breaker capable of handling that to shut it down. Usually some big red buttons,...
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 21st January 2021, 20:53
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
GRP shepherd's crooks!!! It's surprising just how...

GRP shepherd's crooks!!! It's surprising just how low a current is required to kill if applied in the wrong place.

That's why I was so glad to see how heavily fused the Z3 is. It's a relatively...
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 21st January 2021, 16:22
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
Wasn't the Czech (?) supercar that Hammond...

Wasn't the Czech (?) supercar that Hammond crashed an electric device- that burned rather well as I remember.

I've now sorted the electrics on mine- just got to get the trim panels back in now...
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 21st January 2021, 11:59
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
I'm in the process of replacing a...

I'm in the process of replacing a battery-to-fusebox lead on a Z3. It's a 40mm2 cable rated at 300A that goes to a busbar behind the glove box. There is a good number of 200A, 100A and 80A fuses...
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 21st January 2021, 10:17
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
I think you'll find that electric cars are almost...

I think you'll find that electric cars are almost silent !!! (gets coat).

The guy is obviously an electrical/electronics engineer to be playing about with CANBUS signalling, etc.

Simpler times-...
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 21st January 2021, 07:32
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
I guess that's what kit cars are all about....

I guess that's what kit cars are all about. Pursuing goals with individual ingenuity. It transfers to life in general as well.
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 19th January 2021, 17:15
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
Air Intake Hose Replacement

I spent a happy hour yesterday on my 2.8 undoing jubilee clips whose heads I couldn't see to release the pictured items into the wild. The car exhibited the start/not run symptoms but unplugging the...
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 19th January 2021, 17:10
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
Electric Z300S

Well it looks as if Z300S number 8 (?) is going to be electric.

Check out the thread here:

https://zroadster.org/threads/z3-00s-ev-project.37379/
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 18th May 2020, 20:39
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
Like this one: 1961 #Ferrari 250 GTO Prototipo ...

Like this one: 1961 #Ferrari 250 GTO Prototipo

https://twitter.com/ItaliAuto/status/1262030403801681920?s=09
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 9th February 2020, 11:14
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
The Fisken's site says: Ex Jean Estager...

The Fisken's site says:

Ex Jean Estager Tour de France class winner
Subsequently raced extensively in France and Spain
Modified in period to longnose with headrest
...
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 9th February 2020, 11:11
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
Retromobile 2020

Just returned from Retromobile 2020 in Paris. A very good show- it gets larger each year but didn't feel so crowded. Felt really at home (being from Abingdon) because it was over-run with MGBs. At...
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 5th October 2019, 17:24
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
For all you twitterati out there

If you use twitter, that's one of those new-fangled interweb thingies; check out "Belles Italiennes". They tweet some great pics of classic Italian cars.

Like this one:

https://t.co/y4LCILPcBX
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 5th October 2019, 17:20
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
Car Show in the village

There was a car show in our village last weekend. Held as part of an activities weekend, it also included the chance to climb the church tower hence the view from the top.
Full list:
Alvis 1952...
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 22nd July 2019, 08:42
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
I went to the Old Ford Rally at the British...

I went to the Old Ford Rally at the British Heritage Motor Museum at Gaydon yesterday.

This year I was very impressed by the site itself- no more parking on gravel, lots of tarmac parking areas...
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 17th July 2019, 09:15
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
Needed tyres, battery, starter solenoid, column...

Needed tyres, battery, starter solenoid, column switches, fan belt, all fluids, water pump, heater matrix, exhaust manifold gaskets, rocker cover gasket and carbs overhaul. Waxoyl and Hammerite too....
Forum: Tribute Automotive Builds 17th July 2019, 08:55
Replies: 309
Views: 155,301
Posted By IanA
Yes, unencumbered by the scoops and bulges...

Yes, unencumbered by the scoops and bulges required for bike engines which came later.
The Phoenix, which is a Fury without doors is based on the chassis of the Striker which is his Seven-style car....
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