tortron

^ instrument panel is now smoothed out and in primer have just been going through the box of parts and sorting them into things to be painted (and what colour) and things to polish thinking of polishing up the alloy rear light bodies (originally body colour) as i like shiny thing and it should look good against the black body. cleaned up the glass brake lights too - they were quite dirty inside, so this should make them a hell of alot more visible

go to a cycle shop and get them to solder one up for you

do it outside/shade tree serious - mine came up fair tidy

have heard of this piston set up in bikes tho - not clowncars

totally have. have mounted an engine to the back of my 1930's phillips - looks sweet so will be flicking the frame

yes make these inside one sits in gutter - is just a bit of flat metal outside goes on the outside of gutter/door frame bolt them together (rubber or leather inbetween so you dont wreck the paint) your pal Tortron

probably the bulb these are 6v systems yea the rear light is also a numberplate light so should come on - also yours is not mounted in the stock position

will come from the head economy on cold starts not ideal for performance (cold mornings are a bitch tho)

at about 40-50 mpg

so interior wise current is brown doors with chrome strip and brown headliner kick panels, b pillars, rear parcel tray and under rear seat are also trimmed in the original brown, carpets and wheel well covers are long gone, but were brown and creme respectively. steering column, handbrake and parcel tray under the dash are a sort of matt brown (should be nickle, but my car is poverty spec due to shortages at the time) which i do like due to the vintage feel the finish gives. The tray itself is a thick card with a gold painted finish on one side - i have some nice textured material in the same colour i was planning on covering the upperside with, although i think a padded tuckandroll matching the seats could work nicely if i paint or cover the otherside. The instrument panel and glovebox were originally painted gold - not sure if i want to repspray them gold, black, or even a dark red The sill covers were originally silver i was planning on repraying these silver again - along with the bracing in the boot. Not sure about the sill finishers (the bit you see from outside) - they would have been body colour, but you can get stainless ones so perhaps paint them too. (the fuel tank is painted silver and i plan on doing the torsion bars the same) Carpet I am torn between black carpet or a dark red carpet (i will be trimming the boot as well) It would be a dark red but im thinking that if i have the doors, seats and headlining red as well it could be like sitting inside a mouth , this also leads onto windlace/door seals - these come with a fabric cover (originally grey with green flecks) black or red. Will having them red be too much or will it make a nice contrast to a black painted interior Im pretty set on having the beading between the front + rear wings and body a dark red possibly this unless i can recolour some hints, tips, comments?

hang on - bubblegoose isnt who i thought he was for a minute wouldnt be applicable to such a newschool car (was thinking leverarm and leafspring set up)

there is a shock of a mini attached to the body and axle rather than just the leafspring

this is done on a datsun morrie to reduce axle tramp

to prevent static shocks also

dammit i ment generator

galvanic electrodes and some such

actually the morrie has been converted at some point to negative earth just need to flip the battery around re-polarise the starter seem to recall changing the wires on the fuel pump and coil. dunno why it was done tho - i have 0 electrics. supposedly negative ground doesnt promote as much corrosion

hes a knob and was trying to sell you a indicator stalk there is a little box/cylinder which is the flasher unit

what for exactly?

so. A couple of pages ago i posted this mockup well today i got stuck in and ended up with this (looks abit wonky but i assure you its no worse than original) still needs finishing - but i think it should look great (and fairly original)

welding is a great way to get an in-shed tan

giz a borrow of one turns out noone i know drives

ya wut

dont think its all too urgent would be sweet if you could

i want a motor bike (all in bits so would fit in a boot) - no engine so dont worry about oil leaks to be picked up until i can organise freight anyone able to help?