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Post by bbh on Aug 27, 2020 19:48:00 GMT
That looks like an interesting distraction. Is it actually in your garage or still sheltering under the trees?
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Post by healeyneil on Aug 27, 2020 21:13:09 GMT
 i had to take the roof off to get it through ! i have an unusual setup, with a single garage beside the house which has doors at the back leading to another driveway and my double garage/ workshop at the back. |
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Post by bbh on Aug 29, 2020 17:30:56 GMT
There are probably loads of Landy restorations on u-tube, but Kiwi Geoffrey Crocker is quite amusing :
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Post by healeyneil on Sept 9, 2020 19:19:13 GMT
Can't believe I was dumb enough to do this !  Also resorted to this  for reference it's in the centre of the bonnet To make up for it, I made a start on making my wiring loom.  This is the rear loom. I didn't see any point in buying a readymade one, as it just wouldn't fit. I found a company that supplies cable with all the correct colours by the metre Theres now a Facebook page for Jamaicans, and the guy who designed several Fiberfab is on there |
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Post by healeyneil on Sept 19, 2020 20:08:25 GMT
 i love that one of the Fiberfab designers is on the Facebook page, and can post up stuff like this |
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Post by bbh on Sept 20, 2020 18:52:25 GMT
That would make a great bit of garage art, if it was copied onto a new digital image (without the folds etc.)
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Post by healeyneil on Oct 1, 2020 18:58:08 GMT
Keeping busy ! Throttle linkage made, and I'm proud to say I managed to incorporate a bit of Meccano in there   Alternator mounted, using a gearbox steady  the second part it a piece of steel with holes at 90 degrees to each other. This fastens to the adjuster hole on the alternator and the rod passes through with nuts top and bottom. Positive fan belt adjustment Ive trial fitted my first Mazda MX5 headlight. So far so good, but wiring will take some brain effort  and up  my main wiring loom is almost finished, but I won't bind it all up until I've got my headlight control sorted, plus other bits and bobs |
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Post by healeyneil on Dec 31, 2020 23:14:43 GMT
I have been keeping busy over the past month or so, at least until it got too cold in the garage. An opening bonnet has been created, I made my own hinges in aluminium, copying a 3000 one I had lying around    Also started to rehang my doors, and have successfully modified an electric window mechanism to do my windows ( quite smug ! ) anyway, seasons greetings and best wishes for 2021 neil |
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Post by bbh on Jan 6, 2021 20:16:32 GMT
What's the plan for the bonnet hole, where the oil filler cap comes through?
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Post by healeyneil on Jan 11, 2021 22:38:13 GMT
What's the plan for the bonnet hole, where the oil filler cap comes through? It comes up where the bonnet bulge is ( mostly) .I'll either extend the bulge, or more likely, make it a cold air scoop. As I'll seal around the radiator, I think the air going to the carbs will be rather warm. It's either that or arrange a cold air supply some other way im really really enjoying this build. I can do anything I fancy ( within reason) i do have a sort of vision of what I'm trying to achieve though ! Oh and it's now registered with DVLA, complete with 12 months free road tax ! |
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Post by healeyneil on Mar 14, 2021 23:02:36 GMT
Haven't updated for a while. When it got too cold here I started on my seats. I'd bought fibreglass bucket seats which looked about right   the original cover was really done, so it was stripped off. The original plan was to have these removed professionally in exchange for loads of cash. Then SWMBO decided we needed a new lounge suite. The old one was a rather nice green leather. A plan was formed !  6 weeks of hand stitching has got one done. It just a bit of plumping up of the stuffing to finish. When it wasn't too cold I've been working on my doors. Electric window lift motors from a Citroen Berlingo, outer door handles from a Fiat coupe, and interior handles from an Audi TT   so far so good, and finally for now, revisited my alloy rocker cover. I removed the filler cap and lowered it as much as possible which should enable me to fix the hole in the bonnet I'd made  |
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Post by healeyneil on Mar 15, 2021 22:35:37 GMT
Forgot to say, it's now registered with DVLA, and gets its years free road tax too 😀
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Post by dougie on Apr 5, 2021 1:14:50 GMT
Thought you'd enjoy this period advertisement .....  |
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Post by healeyneil on Jul 16, 2021 9:41:23 GMT
 someone else has picked the same colour as me - California Sage |
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Post by bbh on Nov 9, 2021 20:12:35 GMT
Just read the 2nd instalment in Revcounter, which in a way cover the progress above, but with fewer pictures. How are things going?
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