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Thanks very much chaps. Maybe will have some pics at the weekend, I'm trying to get it all together for MOT on Sat, Friday could be a long old session.
Although there is poss a kickdown issue so could be a waste of effort... apparently this sets internal pressures and if not right leads to bands/clutches burning out. Trying to find a car manual (any oldish car) that has some BW35 service info in.
Although there is poss a kickdown issue so could be a waste of effort... apparently this sets internal pressures and if not right leads to bands/clutches burning out. Trying to find a car manual (any oldish car) that has some BW35 service info in.
Got the MOT today, chuffed with that 
. Rampton Motors in Cambs are top blokes and very old car-friendly, there's a reduced rate as well for old tat. Spent far more time talking you-know-what than waiting for the test
More stuff to be added to the front and the back, wheels to be painted, and some one-off wheelcaps to sort out.
Back end is way too high but don't want to be scraping the speedbumps on the way to work, so might have to stay.
Realised a bit late the indicators are supposed to be orange, so tinted some clear ones with orange candy.
Did an H4 conversion with nice curved glass.
Crap roof pic, unfinished but it'll have to stay like that for now. Need to use it.
Boot reflections after the Fast Cut paste.
Front spikey stuff.
Kinda like the plate lights, don't know why really. Wire exits a drilled SVA cover, goes through a small tunnel so can't hardly see it.
. Rampton Motors in Cambs are top blokes and very old car-friendly, there's a reduced rate as well for old tat. Spent far more time talking you-know-what than waiting for the test More stuff to be added to the front and the back, wheels to be painted, and some one-off wheelcaps to sort out.
Back end is way too high but don't want to be scraping the speedbumps on the way to work, so might have to stay.
Realised a bit late the indicators are supposed to be orange, so tinted some clear ones with orange candy.
Did an H4 conversion with nice curved glass.
Crap roof pic, unfinished but it'll have to stay like that for now. Need to use it.
Boot reflections after the Fast Cut paste.
Front spikey stuff.
Kinda like the plate lights, don't know why really. Wire exits a drilled SVA cover, goes through a small tunnel so can't hardly see it.
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yeah her last tax session was my last tax disccirca 1995
Probably on SORN then, as if it was scrapped I think they remove it from the database?
A little update. Been using it since the MOT, all completely fine except one day we lost all brakes. A back cyl crapped out and dumped lots of fluid, pedal to the floor. Handbrake and pull into a handy side road sharpish. So a new cyl (lots of £s, they're rare now), and bled the system. Using two clamps and a one-way bleeder so I could do it solo that, took half an hour and well under a litre of fluid.
All good again until last Friday, when the exhaust fell in half...
I knew it needed doing sometime. A dodgy piece of flexi split in two, just after the cherry bomb. Wasn't massively louder but ran more harshly. Waiting on some bends now to sort that.
Been messing with overriders. Front ones modded, rear ones needed some metal letting in so they could be re-shaped. Used some zintek from ex-mil Pinzagauer sound-proofing panels. Horrible stuff, won't be doing that again.
Flaked the wheels today. Prime, groundcoat (mixed up a light gold), flake, orange candy. Looks a stronger orange than they really are I think, and the flake doesn't really show well here either but hey:
All good again until last Friday, when the exhaust fell in half...
I knew it needed doing sometime. A dodgy piece of flexi split in two, just after the cherry bomb. Wasn't massively louder but ran more harshly. Waiting on some bends now to sort that.Been messing with overriders. Front ones modded, rear ones needed some metal letting in so they could be re-shaped. Used some zintek from ex-mil Pinzagauer sound-proofing panels. Horrible stuff, won't be doing that again.
Flaked the wheels today. Prime, groundcoat (mixed up a light gold), flake, orange candy. Looks a stronger orange than they really are I think, and the flake doesn't really show well here either but hey:
Bit of an update. The indicator stalk busted off the other week, so I made a dolphin with a stainless rod welded in. Threaded the end and fitted a knob off a guitar tremelo arm.
Saved £52 on a s/h unit, or a universal switchblock and changes to the horm mech.
Intending to add a little bit of shine back to the front & back, I made some brackets and got the overriders & other bits blacked & ready for chrome paint. My favourite gun finally gave up, was a cheapo unknown make, so got a new £15 one. Well chuffed with it, a few bits of dust to nib out and the lightest flat & polish needed to these-
Cleaned up the bakelite column covers and steering wheel bits, did them red candy over gold to match the other stuff. Flaked and candied the horn cover bits. Brightened it up a bit though the flash has made it very grey-looking it's pretty black & dark in there.
Saved £52 on a s/h unit, or a universal switchblock and changes to the horm mech.
Intending to add a little bit of shine back to the front & back, I made some brackets and got the overriders & other bits blacked & ready for chrome paint. My favourite gun finally gave up, was a cheapo unknown make, so got a new £15 one. Well chuffed with it, a few bits of dust to nib out and the lightest flat & polish needed to these-
Cleaned up the bakelite column covers and steering wheel bits, did them red candy over gold to match the other stuff. Flaked and candied the horn cover bits. Brightened it up a bit though the flash has made it very grey-looking it's pretty black & dark in there.
Cheers again Norm
Hi Tupers, it's called "inspire" chrome I think, from Specialist Paints, though I've got another Saba one. It needs a good gloss base, then chrome, then usually a 1k RFU basecoat followed by 2k clear. I used a waterbase intercoat once. It's a bit fragile, almost no adhesion to the chrome. It looks OK in sunshine, but in reality it's a ways off real chrome.
There's also a type where you wash on a catalyst, then the 'chrome' (really a silver nitrate). Then do the clear business. Not used that, it looks good though. The kit I saw was £170ish, prob enough for 2 bumpers.
Might better with replacement bumpers unless they're pattern and iffy quality etc?
Hi Tupers, it's called "inspire" chrome I think, from Specialist Paints, though I've got another Saba one. It needs a good gloss base, then chrome, then usually a 1k RFU basecoat followed by 2k clear. I used a waterbase intercoat once. It's a bit fragile, almost no adhesion to the chrome. It looks OK in sunshine, but in reality it's a ways off real chrome.
There's also a type where you wash on a catalyst, then the 'chrome' (really a silver nitrate). Then do the clear business. Not used that, it looks good though. The kit I saw was £170ish, prob enough for 2 bumpers.
Might better with replacement bumpers unless they're pattern and iffy quality etc?
