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1 hour ago, manamari said:

Always thought p6s would look good as coupes and they're cheap enough to cut up and if your gonna go to the effort of a 2 door conversion might as well put a decent engine in as well.

Roofline looks a bit Citroenesque but not in a bad way.

I don't mind the idea of a rotang Trekka. Certainly be one of a kind.

You must be an absolute wizard at rust work. You've done bloody well to save that thing.

Because they're not working as hard?

We've bought our last five cars on the tard on the strength of a few photos and a written description. I've always collected them myself or in one case sent a person I trust to do it for me though giving us an opportunity to say no before money changed hands if the thing really wasn't as described.

@danger?

SU carbs are brilliant because they are so simple. In 36 years of BMC ownership the only issue I've had with them is the piston getting stuck either fully or partly down resulting in not starting in the former case and only running slowly in the latter. 

Loving the way this project just keeps developing by the way.

Brandy laced heavy fruit cake with brandy butter icing. Car was my daily for many years. Goes sweet, just needs rust work in most of the usual places.

Next challenge, your OS car in a place it really ought not to be but you got in there and out again without getting stuck.

2 minutes ago, Speedy88 said:

Still got a Singer Gazelle back in the UK that we used on the Mongol rally.

As described on retrorides?

Were those even sold here new?

I had the misfortune to drive a colleague's automatic Bighorn from somewhere north of Bulls to Tauranga one night. It was a truly horrid car. The automatic kept changing gears at inappropriate times. Being raised a bit on huge mud tyres probably didn't help in that respect. 

https://www.classicandsportscar.com/news/csc-features/mini-twini-twin-engined-four-wheel-drive-concept-tested-in-full

How the hell does a four door tin top get called a phaeton? Isn't a phaeton a four door convertible?

Nah, near Balclutha. Just get around a bit.

So in the pursuit of lower emissions we are making engines use more fuel than they really should? Seems counterproductive.

Do you have a logical explanation for that? 

Winton yesterday.

Not sure if this really belongs here but here it is anyway.

Finally got the pedal box out of the parts car today. Got the column out last weekend with some most appreciated help and advice from @smokin'joe. We ended up leaving the linkages to the trans all connected and removing the shaft from the shift lever up by the steering wheel. One bolt. Like many things it became obvious with another pair of eyes looking at it. I'm getting my wof guy to do the swap into the good car cos it was super cunty getting it out and I broke some stuff. 

@kiwiplymouth, I've been there with those horrible pins. The first time I took the motor and gearbox out of a rod change Mini back in the '80s. Had no idea what it was and ended up cutting the socket with a grinder. 

I love front wheel drive. I might be biased though having been a serial BMC fwd owner since 1983.

17 minutes ago, Alfashark said:

Righto lads, what the preferred breed of sealant/snot for an inlet manifold -> spacer -> carb assembly?

Are paper gaskets alone providing an insufficient seal?