Archetype

On 01/03/2017 at 22:29, kyteler said:

I have a dutch plate or do you mean an NZ "Euro" plate?

 

Also Shushband may be of assistance?  I think I have access to a Euro plate (could be Brit though)

Yeah, a New Zealand Euro plate. The main thing I need at this stage is the exact height of the printed part of the letters. I've made quite a few Euro plates and Euro style stickers, but I've always relied on the photos that customers have provided for me.

Bumping this up for my next request. Does anybody have access to a Euro plate that they could confirm a couple of dimensions on for me?

@V8Pete, have you got a Euro plate on the Austin?

I WTFed when I saw this the other day. The driver saw me looking and gave me a friendly wave.

Carjam says it's a 1966 Homebuilt.

The next challenge is: Post up a pic of your oldschool car doing a skid*, with someone (either the driver or a passenger) throwing a random gang sign.

*weak skids are allowed, as long as there is some evidence of smoke and/or wheel spin.

I'll have a look back through the previous challenges tonight to make sure I come up with something fresh, and I'll post it up tomorrow.

I'll do this tomorrow if a semi-modern quirky vehicle is allowed?

Yep, lock it in.

Yeah, FD, as long as it's a tidy one.

Do you know of any cheap RX-8s floating around at the moment, @S124AB?

7 hours ago, rot808 said:

You probably already know about Atkins but maybe this is the kit they used and it appears the links don't even work on closer inspection but being useless is fun, for your little car is it?

 

https://www.atkinsrotary.com/index.php?pag=14

Yeah, I'm weighing up options for the Midget:
1. 3-cylinder turbo (can't find one)
2. Motorbike engine (conversion will be a bit complicated, and low on torque)
3. Rotary

A 12A or 13B is a bit overkill, as it adds unnecessary weight and more power than I need, so I thought a single rotor would be cool and a bit different.

I was thinking about getting the custom bits (e-shaft, etc) from Atkins, and the standard/common bits locally.

It starts to get quite expensive when everything is taken into account though, so I end up back at option 1, 2, 3, repeat. 

Does anyone know who built that single rotor ride-on from a few years ago? Was it Green Brothers, or someone from Avenue Autoport or something?

Oh, and a weird thing happened last week: I was driving down my road to go to the courier depot, and there was another Midget parked down the driveway of one of my neighbours in the same colour. It had a hard cover on the spare tyre (which I'm wanting) and I really wanted to stop to talk to the owner, but I was in a hurry. When I came back half an hour later it was gone. 

Here's my little runaround, with p/plate, graphics and wheels added:

The next addition will be a storage box on the back, a stereo, and a proper exhaust (since I cut the muffler off for drag day).

I'm still on the lookout for an engine transplant, and ideally it would be the 660cc 3-cylinder turbo from a Daihatsu Terios Kid, but I haven't been able to find one yet.

I reckon 120hp in this thing would be a hell of a lot of fun, and would make a huge difference to my current best quarter mile time of 21.8 seconds.  

Make me an offer I can't refuse.

Imagine the low entry numbers if cars had to have wof/rego/cert.

A+ thread title. 

I may have asked already, but do we have a contact on Oldschool for new Mazda parts?

I have a trailer down here that you can borrow if you get desperate.

/just drive it

Davies Craig was my choice when I looked at the options a few years ago.

Did that end up being a set of 4?

Yep. 

They tested fitted great, so I just need some tyres now.

A+, would trade again.