Frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
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Seth
South East
MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi
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Fabulous looking progress.  |
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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This is a whole heap of awesome! Love it.
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Mar 10, 2011 22:28:17 GMT
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I'm a boat builder by trade, and the chippy son who help restore my old mans 1964 classic yacht, and those pics from the rear of the cab are class. Reminds me of all the work I did. Keep the photo's coming as this is one of the most interesting restos on here!
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so Kingdom Brunellian in scale.. Legend  |
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village
Part of things
Always carries a toolbox. Because Volkswagen.......
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Mar 21, 2011 17:25:46 GMT
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I might remove the governor off the carb to see if I can get 3500rpm ;D sod the carb, fling it in the bin and slap a mega-squirt on it. you should get better fuel economy (can it get worse...?) and it'll run a whole lot better. find a suitable base map might be a challenge though..... keep up the good work, we want more updates!! |
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"The White Van is strong with this one...."
Chris "Chesney" Allen 1976-2005 RIP
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Frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
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Mar 22, 2011 19:33:36 GMT
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So No. 1 son says "You'll need a new inlet and exhaust gasket set!". So I get on the phone and order them up with the recommended hot spot 'gasket' and I get these in the post.  Yep they're correct but they're the funniest gaskets I've ever seen! On another note I'm looking for an Escort Mk 4 alternator with the split pulley that I can mod with spacers to fit the Goddess' belt. The OE dynamo is 'kin huge and puts out enough to light a few dim bulbs. On another note if we have a fine weekend the woodwork will be finished this Sunday if I can keep up with the amount of tea my bro-in-law drinks and we can squeeze enough juice out of the 100 metre plus extension leads for the power tools. |
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Apr 14, 2011 20:40:56 GMT
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Looking good. Are the bricks on top of that water tank put there to stop it blowing away?
And how about utilising that massive chassis mounted turbo on the back?
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Frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
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Apr 14, 2011 21:15:18 GMT
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Yep they are there to stop it blowing away ;D More updates soon due hammer and finger high speed conjunction  |
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Frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
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May 21, 2011 22:00:06 GMT
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Finally an update..... Finger now works, seems if you hit them with a hammer hard enough it's a bit like a burst grape  Luckily no bone involved. No. 1 son came over and helped with grinding off the pulley that woudn't shift. It had already broken a 3-legged puller and a slide hammer didn't even budge it. Mild heat didn't work and finding out that the pulley was bronze meant big heat was inadvisable so grinding off was the chosen solution.   With the pulley gone we could get the pump off. People had started leaving notes through the letterbox asking about spares. I had one phonecall offering me £100 for the pump and all the scrap! He must have thought I was stupid but even I know a couple of hundred kilos of bronze is worth a bit more than that. The pump and the precision tool needed to seperate it.  Pump tail shaft  The chassis wire-brushed and acid-etch primed. This is just a temporary solution to allow the hard points for the bed and lifting pivots to be welded to the bed. We intend to sandblast it afterwards and get it properly rust-proofed   Other jobs have been done such as the broken window replaced  New cab back fitted  Front convoy lights re-installed. Good for Retro Rides convoys maybe ;D  And now for the head nightmare. Because of the lack of collets for my nice shiny stainless exhaust valves (seller still hasn't found them in his shed; refund time is upon us!) I sourced a second-hand Ministry unleaded head but without hardened valve seats. So we fitted the new(ish) head this afternoon only to find it didn't come with rocker pedestal studs. FAIL   I'll pick up the super head from Magnum Engineering and get the studs so more headery next week. |
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mk14dr
Yorkshire and The Humber
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E-P-I-C.
A great use for the warhorse, its gonna be a proper machine when your done.
Are you gonna take it up the hill at Prescott, like the diner truck at RRG09?
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Frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
Posts: 3,888
Club RR Member Number: 15
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Sadly she won't make Prescott this year and anyhow her steering response is a bit like a supertankers so hairpins are probably out. Might make a slow but reasonable drift machine before the weight goes on the back ;D
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May 24, 2011 14:08:36 GMT
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Sadly she won't make Prescott this year and anyhow her steering response is a bit like a supertankers so hairpins are probably out. Might make a slow but reasonable drift machine before the weight goes on the back ;DNow that would be worth seeing! ;D Awesome build |
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May 24, 2011 20:29:09 GMT
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franken healey - have you considered the possibility of flipping the rear axle and bagging/somehow lowering the front as a way to get around the ramp problem? i.e. lowering the bed of the frame to a bit more of a usable level? I realise you'd lose the insane off-road ability - paddocks aren't exactly the smoothest of places at the best of times, but it may make the ramp/getting the healey on and off a bit easier? Potentially a cheap(relatively) fix? (sure you have, and I'm sure its probably highly impractical but can't recall seeing it mentioned so thought I would ) That aside, a truely awesome build, love seeing progress on it |
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Frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
Posts: 3,888
Club RR Member Number: 15
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May 27, 2011 12:00:05 GMT
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Camerashy, The biggest problem with the height of the chassis is the narrowness of the track. Every scheme I've come up with to reduce the chassis height means the wheels poke up into the bed area. Nothing like underslung axles or airbags solves the problem. Smaller Bedford wheels just make it look IMHO stupid. If I could get the car between the wheels I'd be laughing. The plan now, after rejecting tail lifts (huge spoiler at the back and not really old skool), extra long ramps (too dangerous and not a single handed operation) and beavertail (the car is so low that a significant drop cannot be achieved and I didn't want to look like a scrap car pickup service), is is to have a rear pivoting hydraulic lift bed with an 800mm lift (Transit tipper gear off Ebay  ). The car bed will be extended longer than the chassis to get better angles and we'll use 4 metre ally ramps to get the clearances we need. This has the advantage of it looking reasonably standard and loading/unloading is a single handed operation. Because of the narrowness of the bed the current plan is to go with re-fabricating the lower bodywork but without lockers as the local travellers just smash them open looking for tools and having a removable framework and canvas tilt for inclement weather. It's a bit more basic than all those wonderful 50/60s transporters but I want it on the road. I have to admit though that a Mk2 is already being planned with what we've learned this time. We may have found some collets from a guy in Norfolk so we're just waiting for the post. Once she moves she's off for welding and bed/bodywork. ;D |
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rob0r
East of England
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May 27, 2011 12:14:08 GMT
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MORE!! Epic is not the word.
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E30 320i 3.5 - E23 730 - E3 3.0si - E21 316 M42 - E32 750i
ETC
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May 28, 2011 17:11:31 GMT
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Camerashy, The biggest problem with the height of the chassis is the narrowness of the track. Every scheme I've come up with to reduce the chassis height means the wheels poke up into the bed area. Nothing like underslung axles or airbags solves the problem. Smaller Bedford wheels just make it look IMHO stupid. If I could get the car between the wheels I'd be laughing. The plan now, after rejecting tail lifts (huge spoiler at the back and not really old skool), extra long ramps (too dangerous and not a single handed operation) and beavertail (the car is so low that a significant drop cannot be achieved and I didn't want to look like a scrap car pickup service), is is to have a rear pivoting hydraulic lift bed with an 800mm lift (Transit tipper gear off Ebay ). The car bed will be extended longer than the chassis to get better angles and we'll use 4 metre ally ramps to get the clearances we need. This has the advantage of it looking reasonably standard and loading/unloading is a single handed operation. Because of the narrowness of the bed the current plan is to go with re-fabricating the lower bodywork but without lockers as the local travellers just smash them open looking for tools and having a removable framework and canvas tilt for inclement weather. It's a bit more basic than all those wonderful 50/60s transporters but I want it on the road. I have to admit though that a Mk2 is already being planned with what we've learned this time. We may have found some collets from a guy in Norfolk so we're just waiting for the post. Once she moves she's off for welding and bed/bodywork. ;D Hmm, yeh I had figured the track was narrow, but then I wasn't sure how wide the healey was! (seem to remember you did some diagrams earlier in the thread) Have a read of this thread - images.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?p=12509114 - the guy did some interesting things with the wheels to wide track a bit, may be a solution for you. Have you considered having the lockers, but well...I'll pm you a diagram of my suggestion for them, they'd be traveller proof that's for sure. Keep us updated on the engine, shame a transplant wasn't more viable, I dread to think of that Bedfords mpg... |
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Frankenhealey
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And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
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). The car bed will be extended longer than the chassis to get better angles and we'll use 4 metre ally ramps to get the clearances we need. This has the advantage of it looking reasonably standard and loading/unloading is a single handed operation. Because of the narrowness of the bed the current plan is to go with re-fabricating the lower bodywork but without lockers as the local travellers just smash them open looking for tools and having a removable framework and canvas tilt for inclement weather.
