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I made the handbrake cable bracket. I can make the cable outer touch the propshaft flange, so I'll make some brackets to hold them away. I'm fairly confident they wouldn't touch by themselves anyway... I must decide how I want to marry the Triumph handbrake lever to the toyota cable so it's still adjustable. The handbrake is offset to the drivers side, so the cable 'just' misses the propshaft.

Saw a post on here just recently that hayholes mum does a good polishing service?

Race motor (cnc head, cams, pistons) on npd100 300hp odd (think that was at wheels too) designed for endurance racing, few $$$ involved but not crazy money.

Shit yeah great work, what a massive job this is. Can't wait to hear boosted barra harassing other lake goers!

Right then. Booked in for cert inspection in two weeks or so. This is the remaining list which I hope to cross off one item a day.

Hi Peter; You mention that you plan to nickel-plate the lovely radiator-shrouding that your Dad has fabricated. My information suggests that Bugatti radiators were customarily finished in an alloy called "German Silver". This may not necessarily apply to the T59, but it may be worth checking out before you get any plating done. The other thing that might be important to understand is that modern nickel-plating is NOT the same as what was used in pre-War Europe (the modern version was invented in the USA, and was only used sparingly there until after WWII). The 'old school' nickel-plating used on Bugattis used a process nowadays known as "electro-less nickel-plating". You should be able to find a workshop in NZ that will still do it. The result is soft and has a satin finish that will buff up quite well, but it is much more durable than the thin, shiny and brittle modern equivalent. You need to specify a minimum coating of 12 microns. The original GP Bugattis didn't have plating on many of their steering and suspension parts, instead leaving the steel in polished form. Die-hard authentic Bugattistes will still opt for this, but you need to devote regular sessions for careful application of moisture resistant coatings to the polished parts, and keep the car in a low-humidity environment. Old school nickel-plating may be a practical option, but - whatever else you may decide - please don't plate your front axle! That would constitute a cardinal sin!!! Your CAD drawing of your proposed steering box appears to differ visually from the T57 steering boxes that I am familiar with - maybe that's the case for T59 steering boxes, but I wouldn't know. The T57 steering box has radial strengthening ribs between the main gear-housing and the attached boss around the drop-arm actuator. I only know this because the steering box in my T49 project is actually off a T57, and it looks quite different to the usual touring Bugatti steering boxes that were fitted to T40, 44, 49 etc., which also look more like your CAD drawing. I'll attach a pic of a T44 and a T57 steering box to show you what I mean. Very excited to see the progress that you're making! Cheers, Michael Anderson

Have always wondered about Honda's little L15b engine in the fit/jazz... Or the J series V6.

in certain context, lime scooters on a footpath are far more dangerous than say a moderately looked after p10. seen some with absolutely bald tyres

Old guy next door who loaned me that big van, died a couple of years ago, and his daughter isn't really coping with home ownership. She's been away ~3 months looking after an ex who was having heart surgery. So I had a bit of time to think as I wombled around doing this, and concluded doing something for a neighbour was pretty appropriate for Anzac day.

It’s at this point you need to take a deep breath.

Can see a wideband sensor fitted in downpipe in above photo started installing the unit for that under dash too.

Started some wiring fitted looks mint pity you can't see it for throttle body..... suppose that is the idea. More to do just a bit of soldering to finish off and put in braided sleeve so it can shed heat. Discovered the ignition coils could flip 180 degrees bolt straight back on and wiring is basically perfect once unwrapped reaches dead easy and won't melt on wastegate, heat shield will be a good idea though. Airflow meter new location on right side of engine bay set up in photo.

I'm all good with the current safety inspection of older cars, one thing I though.... I think there should be slightly more leniency for the testing of brake imbalance on old historic /classic.. I want the convenience of going to a vtnz, but I don't want the ballsache of having to get a 50 year old braking system to be as accurate and repeatable as a modern day equivalent when the car weighs under 700kg and probably couldn't do a 17 second 1/4 mile..

Drivers A pillar is no good. Fixable though. Found a hole under the wiper panel too, will see how bad that really is when i pull the dash out. Not looking forward to it tbh.

Went out this morning to pull the front bumper off and check out how things look. Got carried away but at least i know most of the front end is in good shape now.

Hahaha yea im just exploring options, give it a good chance to last more then 5000km, though who knows what this motor really went through before i had it

I vote no boat hipster stuff till v8 corolla is driving

Mindless automatons many of them.

the simple fact that people can back out of/ enter their garage during darkness, and not pick up on the fact that one headlight has blown, truly fecken astounds me. what other obvious things do not compute behind their retinas

This statement doesnt require any context whatsoever. If it were 2010, id be puting this in my signature.........

many of us squeeze a year out of our 6 month wofs

Trademe. Fkn iPhone keeps changing words like a politician

FC plates work perfectly if you are just building a street car. Besides who needs FD irons in an FC. It’s like those guys how stick Chevy motors into Ford’s because they think it’s more reliable. Who the hell builds a rotary for reliability?

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