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Thought I would add mine here. All new hand made steel body.. [ATTACH]
Hi Phil, yes Glen is coming to the rescue, he's coming over today and we are going to get the engine out and in a stand so he's bringing an engine...
Thank you, I have been doing this a long time, since I was a teenager so fifty years of working with metal. Most of that time I have worked on old...
Any input welcome, I am a novice when it comes to working on flatheads.
[ATTACH]so water in no. 4 and oil in no. 2 cylinder. There was water in the valve chest too but the oil seems ok. This might be because I caught...
[ATTACH] So this is my car today. Tomorrow with the help of my mate Glen (I don't know what I would do without your help mate.) I will pull the...
I spoke too soon the other day when I said the car had run without any problems. Tempted fate I guess. I checked the plugs a few days ago and...
When I posted that last photo I tried to post another one but it said it was too large a file. Both were taken with my phone. I don't have a...
[ATTACH] So I said I would post the rest of the build on here. If there is interest I will continue to show what I did. These photos show the...
Thank you, I was determined to get it done.
Hi Joe, I hope you are doing ok. Sorry I haven't spoken to you for quite a while as you probably noticed I've been off social media. Glad to see...
Hi Terry, thanks for the comment. Glad you liked it. I thought it had pretty much slipped under the radar.
Thanks for your comment. I bought some very knackered Ford spanners cut the logo out and welded it in place. easy lol.
Is a quick change a pipe dream or something you can afford in the real world? Therein lies your answer. If you build the car with the inexpensive...
Out and about in the roadster. After all these years building it, it's been great to just use it... Even if it's just for dropping a customer off...
So I now have almost 3000 miles on the odometer. It has run flawlessly. I drove it to Pendine Sands for the hotrod races and raced on the beach....
Just an update, I spent a bit of time setting the carbs up and I have the T running really nicely now. So to reiterate, I swapped one of my carbs...
Thank you, I fitted the 49 jets and 3.5 power valves along with the 'new' matching body. It still runs rich. So still some sorting out to do. It...
Thank you for your help. My new (old) early style carb body arrived yesterday. I will fit it tomorrow. I have already got a set of 49 jets and 50...
Thank you I'm glad you like the car. Got to be short to drive it though!. As for the exhausts, I fitted motorcycle baffles into the pipes two...
Thank you for your reply, it made me take a closer look at what I thought to be two identical carbs. As you said one has a larger Venturi. This...
I created an interior for the car by buying two front seats and a rear seat from eBay. These originated from an old Austin. I cut the rear seat...
These links plug into one of the three holes in the throttle bracket. My understanding is that depending on what hole you put the link in you can...
[ATTACH] I hope this is not something that has been covered elsewhere, I have looked but have not found the relevant information. So my question...
So here are a couple of photos of some details I included on the T. I chose these tail lights because I wanted something a little different I...
Thanks again for the positive comments about the roadster. It drives really well. I can't wait for summer. I am finishing a few things over...
I couldn't have finished it without help from people on here. Particularly you. The information you gave me in regard to the T sections and deck...
[ATTACH]This shows the stainless steel petrol tank. Inside the trunk. Still a reasonable amount of space in the trunk.
The car drives really well, I have no issues, of course it rattles and bangs, but it has no "death wobble" and it steers and corners great. The...
Thank you, I'm glad you like the car. As you have seen I made the body along with almost everything else apart from the engine, gearbox, axles and...
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