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Boot lid looked worse underneath. Mess. Mess removed Big Hammer and small hammer. Took out back to real steel. Half of this had been replaced in the past by the looks. Inside then painted in zinc etc. (Yes, I use old Hard Drive magnets for welding - have a pile from when I made a rocker-cover racer) I often forget to take the above progress photo as I just get it done and paint it, however tonight when I took a break from grinding back welds I took one. Top line looks bent - it's not. Just the reflections of grinding. I've since completed and little holes filled. I'll do the other side of the boot tonight if I can be bothered. I'm starting to channel my inner @yoeddynz / @azzurro - It's quite nice to see progress in metal. Further to @tortron's comments I'll be putting drain holes in this ridge to avoid this happening again. Also will check on starter motor status tonight with my brother.

I've given them an oil up through the 'oil' hole but not dissembled. Advance looks ok with the timing light and a throttle jab (with and without vacuum advance connected), but not ruled that out thanks @tortron . I'm also wondering if there is some muck in the carb needles, that could be a blocking restriction. Also, the fuel pump has been known to be dodgy so I need to see how much that's putting through once I've fixed the starter motor. That might also explain why it is so hard to start - but starts fine on engine start. Just a matter of ticking one thing off at a time I guess. (when I can start it!)

Turns out the battery wasn't flat. Starter motor taken apart, Can see 4 x spots where solder no longer exists. The same points where the brushes want to park each time of course. (Kingfisher Beer = 5/10) Due to amazing Lucas technology, the same heat transfer has of course melted the contacts at the other end. Gonna see if I can swap the innards for something else, or if anyone has a 1300 Herald or Spitfire starter drop me a line. Today's episode has been sponsored by Motorvation Auto Electrical. Thankfully due to my brother being an auto Sparkie there.

if system works a $10 android will be cheaper than intercom. Will try testing this weekend

I reckon @yoeddynz can come do my bonnet and @JustHarry can come do the boot with their respective methods. I will then judge neither of them and drive my car. Win/Win (I'll be putting stuff under bog cause I can't work fast enough to ensure no moisture)

Was thinking about walkie talkies a few months ago and downloaded "Intercom for Andorid". Yet to try (keep forgetting) - BUT - theoretically it will work with any other android with blue-tooth switched on - just plug your earbuds and mic combo into your phone and free comms within bluetooth range (30-40m?) Possibly better living everyone.

I too would like to do a wheelie. QCR Wheelie School pls.

Thanks @yoeddynz. Will need to fold up some tin for this bit first.

THE BACK STORY: This story goes back a little further than most threads, but it is important to understand the significance of such a piece of history. It all starts, with the English navigator Captain James Cook sighting New Zealand on 6 October 1769, landing at Poverty Bay two days later. He drew detailed and accurate maps of the country, and wrote about the Māori people. Most of us are aware of the HMS Endeavour, that was used to circumnavigate the perimeter of Aotearoa. However Cook also did a lot of inland exploring too, and, until recently very little has been known about this. I decided to take it upon myself to do some further investigation. FACT: On his way South, Cook visited his old mate Soichiro Snr in Japan. Soichiro was a bit of a tinkerer with a soft spot for Double Brown Saki. After a few months, and quite a few Doubro's, he invented a futuristic metal horse that he insisted that his mate Cook took with him on his travels. Cook agreed on the provision that no one knew of the wizardry of the machine. Researching deeper, I found some of Sydney Parkinson's (Cook's Artist) more unknown paintings and sketches which backed up this theory. Cook arriving in the East Cape of New Zealand Although the resolution isn't high, if you look closely in the above sketch, you can make out what appears to be Soichiro's metal horse. FACT: Word quickly spread within the Maori communities of the great dorts and much skids of Cook and his men. The people affectionately named the metal horse the 'Cooks Transport 90'. The 90 was in reference to the swept volumetric area of the internal combustion area that Rangi and Whetu at Raizer Motu-mechanics calculated while replacing the rings for Cook during a visit to Whakatane. The machine was abbreviated to Pakeha iwa tekau, or, in English The CT90. Further proof, it seems, has been under our noses the whole time. The Humble Fitty cent coin. Solid evidence of Cooks Transport 90. Most of us don't pay particular notice to any currency less than Hunnitz, however after zooming in on this coin of Cook's Waka, It appears there is indeed a machine between the two masts. FACT: Cook left New Zealand a few months later, however it seems quite hastily after an altercation with a local chief called Hone Danger. In his haste, Cook peeled out of the harbour in Endevour leaving the CT90 hidden in a Mcdonald's car park in Porirua. Not much is understood about what happened to Cook's transport over the next 80 years. Further research is indeed needed, however on occasion throughout the history books it appears that the machine was noted. I hope to find more examples of this over the next little while. However, I have no doubt in my mind whatsoever in the fact that I HAVE FOUND COOK'S ORIGINAL TRANSPORT. Treaty of Waitangi Signing in 1840 CURRENT DAY The Real Deal. Cook's Original bike as found by me this year: Cook's Own Transport - The original, one and only. Please join me over the next few months, while I take time to preserve this historically significant machine. I hope to bring you a restoration sympathetic to what James Cook what have wanted before being murdered in Hawaii for giving too many prossi's syphilis. Stay tuned. Subscribe. This is a journey you won't want to miss. #cookstransport #eastcape2018

Been plodding away with this when I can, but no major developments. Engine: @Threeonthetree sprinkled his honing skills on the crabs. Previous owner has put some fancy green filters on 'em so that'll do. I came back and balanced them up: Had a play with points gap and found a fancy dwell meter / tachometer that @Mr Burns gave me. Car now drives perfectly. Until 3000rpm. It also isn't a fan of starting. More diagnosis needed. Distributor got a good lube up. It's a Delco Remy D204 instaed of the more reliable later Lucas ones. (What? - That's what I thought). Unfortunately the thread in the hole holding the points in needs re-tapping, however I wanted electronic points like the rest of my cars anyway so sorted that out. Before (already repaired cables as they had worn through / crimp was loose etc) & After with new pixie wrangler doohickie. It then rained and got cold and my battery was dead, so I'll report back on that at some point as to success. Other stuff: Since the battery needed charging I did some very important other stuff: New window winder thanks to @GuyWithAviators's stash of all things BL. Pulled dash. Replaced bulbs in tachometer and speedometer. Fixed 'speedo cable (it had just fallen off) and lubed both 'Tacho and 'Speedo cables. If you look closely you can see the mustard original paint colour under the crash pad. Pulled out chooched dip switch and replaced with a cheap toggle switch until I find a reasonably priced dip switch. Rusty screws in bonnet pin turrets bugged me. It also doesn't need bonnet pins... but oh well. Replaced these with stainless ones and cleaned up metal. Then didn't take a photo. Needed some colour match paint, but having no removable small parts I thought I'd just take a bit of panel off. It appears there was no primer under the boot lid bog / paint. So turned it into a pile of samples. Cleaned boot lid back and primered for future work (photos in wrong order). Not really a priority but I was there. Needs a little metal gluing in on the underside but not a WOF / Dort priority so it can wait.

If the affiliation isn't strong with burger boes, would it be feasible to park-up at the car park at Mission Bay? I'm assuming it's not hugely busy on a Wednesdee? Also then got that Tamaki drive cruise. Other options could include a rotation of (but not limited to) : Quay Street Hell Pizza next to Carbon Garage (Been to bike meets there on scoots) Brother's Beer Nelson Street (Huge carpark + beer) Beer Spot Takapuna. I like the option of being able to eat close to the cars cause I'm usually running late for dinner. A couple of the above might need a rep call / booking / 'you guys keen eh?' but with the business generated they should be on board.

And unfortunately lost all the good handling characteristics of the 4 banger due to the weight over the front :/

wat. Twin crabs m8

Any of you fullas tried these? Seem pretty well priced. I'd be looking at the fully adjustable Platinum on the right if any. Mine is getting a bit slow of the mark to auto-darken. I've heard the internal battery doesn't last forever. Even cheaper at Saeco Wilson. Specs here: https://www.saecowilson.co.nz/product/info/WSP1604

Yeah nah yeah. As you know, if anything was to change it would be 4AGE or B6ZE MX-5 situation. Rather punt around in the 1300 for now and see what it's like.

Since nothing is going to do itself, I decided to tackle the obvious rust holes. These are on the surface where the front hinging bonnet meets the sill near to the door hinges. The procedure I used was like every other time. Cut out, clean up, paint as much of the inner guard as I can reach etc. I also rigged up a piece of garden hose onto the vacuum and gave the inner sills a good clean-out first. Fashioned a replacement panel with holes to butt-weld into upright Glued in. I was gifted a bottle of Argo-shield and I'm never going back to flux cored wire again. What a difference. The other side wasn't nearly as bad. I didn't take any in-between photos. But now in wet primer. Next step will be to smooth both of these out and get some colour match spray paint. The previous owner of the car has squirted pink primer on quite a few panels so this might be a car I attempt to paint, or paint bits of so I'm gonna need some advice from @yoeddynz and @sheepersas to what kind of primer and paint to buy that I can use at home. While paint is drying I will attempt to get the motor running as well.

I have a spare 2500 engine lying around... PI Spitfire? Hmmmm

Cheap m8

Put a screwdriver through some metal last night under the shut-line for the bonnet close to the door hinges and wedged out some good sized hunks of filler followed by corn-flake rust. There are some other questionable but not warrant related bits I've noticed too - but best I ask no questions / ignore. On a positive note I was gifted an argo-shield bottle complete with gas. No more bird-shit gas-less wire welds now hopefully!

Disgust

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It's a 1972 Spitfire Mk IV with 1296cc's of rubber band twisting power through a four speed gearbox. It's a typical "nice from afar, far from nice' car. It's sat at the back of my shed since purchasing as I have had too many other projects to finish. Now that there is more space, this has been dragged forward. This wasn't a car I wanted, or pined. It was just at the wrong place at the wrong time for very little folding. I was going to just on-sell and buy a Cortina, however unfortunately funds didn't agree. Thought I'd better make it earn it's keep now that there is a bit more room in the shed. It's sat since 2014, so I can expect out of round tyres, stale fuel, seized godknowswhat and other such pleasures to be sure. Please excuse the lines through the photo - the phone died very shortly after this. Things to achieve WOF / make it run / dort: Cut obvious rust out and glue new metal in. Look at Motor. Aware of dodgy fuel pump etc. Make run. Replace all fluids. Check all nuts and bolts. Do a skid. (actual results may vary) Profit. Wonder if I can get this done for Hanmer....?

Whitewalls. resisted slam urge.

Hey @Archetype If someone had a say, AG100 or TF125, and, like, someone could do Photoshop, could you like, um...