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Jul 15, 2022 12:05:44 GMT
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Nothing wrong with electronic pumps or ignitions if they are engineered right, millions of production cars had them, problem is with the conversion kits now widely available. I've had a lumenition ign and facet pump on my elan for the 30 years I have had it and they had clearly been on there for some time then, you can still get them lumenition but they are £200 rather than £20 of the cheap kits perhaps you get what you pay for.
On my range rover I carry a spare ign amp in the glove box just like you would points, it's even quicker to change than points if the need arose.
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Last Edit: Aug 22, 2023 11:25:13 GMT by kevins
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Me an' Alan (mostly Alan) fitted a new master cylinder which hopefully brings the brakes issues to an end since theres now nolonger any original brake parts on the car...   |
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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I do like a minor , had a nice modified one back in the 80s
I’d love to own a totally stock one again
When I was a kid one of our neighbours who was I’d say in his late 70s and was a ww2 veteran he had a government disability minor with all the controls fitted , that was also dark blue
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Fraud owners club member
2003 W211 Mercedes E class
1989 Sierra sapphire
1998 ex bt fiesta van
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You can't beat a Minor. Keep plugging away. It took me nearly 4 years to get mine back on the road. They're great cars and as long as they aren't too rusty are so easy to work on. My mate has a 1950 lowlight and it had been initially issd to a disabled war veteran.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Hi,
Nice car, similar to ours.
Can you tell me if they are standard wheels or the larger van type?
Cheers Steve.
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Having designed wheelchair accessible vehicles in the past it is cool to see one of this era.
Can I ask a favour, I'm trying get a sense of what height my lowlight should sit. Could you let me know the height off the ground of the front and back edges of the sill on yours?
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Remade In Australia
thereimaginarium.com.au
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Aug 13, 2022 11:03:38 GMT
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Hi, Nice car, similar to ours. Can you tell me if they are standard wheels or the larger van type? Cheers Steve. AFAIK they are the standard saloon wheels, with 155R14 tyres |
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Last Edit: Aug 13, 2022 11:03:51 GMT by akku
1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Aug 13, 2022 11:24:50 GMT
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Having designed wheelchair accessible vehicles in the past it is cool to see one of this era. Can I ask a favour, I'm trying get a sense of what height my lowlight should sit. Could you let me know the height off the ground of the front and back edges of the sill on yours? like so?   |
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Aug 14, 2022 21:08:46 GMT
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Thought I aught to clean the old thing up a bit now it actually works. Somewhat matt finish to start with...   Some G10 and some elbow grease...  More "work in progress"   And the finished article...   |
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Aug 14, 2022 21:11:25 GMT
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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jimi
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Aug 14, 2022 21:29:54 GMT
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Nice job, looks great  |
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Last Edit: Aug 14, 2022 21:31:00 GMT by jimi
Black is not a colour ! .... Its the absence of colour
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Having designed wheelchair accessible vehicles in the past it is cool to see one of this era. Can I ask a favour, I'm trying get a sense of what height my lowlight should sit. Could you let me know the height off the ground of the front and back edges of the sill on yours? like so? Perfect, thanks. That confirms my mock-up is not sitting miles off stock height, only around 1.5cm under yours That polished up a treat btw! |
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Remade In Australia
thereimaginarium.com.au
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You've done a great job cleaning the bodywork up, I'm fascinated by these conversions since working on a pair of mk5 golf track cars one of which had hand controls and seeing a guy use them going through Eau Rouge full chat essentially 1 handed was something special
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1966 Ford Cortina GT
2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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Aug 17, 2022 12:50:36 GMT
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Amazing transformation with paintwork - well done !
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MiataMark
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Aug 17, 2022 15:31:07 GMT
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Lovely car, lovely photos...
I must get out and find some good locations to take picture of mine before the shine goes away (I'm rubbish at cleaning cars and we've got a hosepipe ban soon).
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1990 Mazda MX-52012 BMW 118i (170bhp) - white appliance 2011 Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4 2003 Land Rover Discovery II TD52007 Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon JTDm
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ovimor
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Aug 17, 2022 19:37:33 GMT
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My yellow [off fleet GPO Telephones] MM1000 van was VDC 846J.
It had the LC 1098cc (soup bowl pistons) AND a 10p size hole 'restrictor' carb mount flange...
*removing the whole intake, swapped for a 'cooking' saloon did improve the 'available pep'!!
LoL
OVIMOR
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Knowledge is to know a Tomato is a 'fruit' - Wisdom, on the other hand, is knowing not to put it in a 'fruit salad'!
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Aug 21, 2023 21:16:09 GMT
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Last Edit: Aug 21, 2023 21:16:49 GMT by akku
1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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I don't think I've ever seen that color blue polished up before. Only ever all chalky and dull, which I think it goes like overnight, if photos are to be believed.
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