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  1. Slimboyfat
    I think he is jealous. Pony pictured lurking in the background in the workshop.
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    No but the corrosion set in not long after this due to those neer-do-wells piddling up the side of it.
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    Tim says I'm not allowed to do it in the Pony so I have to pick a car from the queue of projects, and fully restore that. However I have half a dozen other restorations on the go at the moment that need to progress before I start another.
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    Paint

    Slimboyfat replied to jacobtns's topic in Triumph Chat

    Single pack acrylic. I still have a very large tin of original French Blue 'appropriated' from the factory paint shops that came with one of our experimental saloons which was sold to the one of the chaps from Experimental who later sold me the car.  I don;t think cellulose paint was used in the motor industry post WW2? 
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    We have some odds and sods of glass from various aftermarket fastback Spitfire hard tops. However they aren't marked up as to what they are off, and I have no reference here. A good picture of your existing one with some dimensions might help, email me at work. David
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    I'm definately not doing it in the Atlas this time. 
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    I fancy something a little more relaxed in my prep for the 2020 event.   Maybe take the daily driver next time.
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    There is a Churchill tool for that, but a decent hub pulling tool should do it.
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    Go with much stiffer springs before fitting a front anti roll bar. The springs on all models (apart from the rear's on early MKII estates) are far to soft.   All models tend to understeer without roll bar, fitting one to an otherwise standard car only promotes increased understear.   
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    Here you go; https://www.canleyclassics.com/demoapp/?ptno=121254
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    Just want to make it clear that we didn't supply the Spax dampers, just the springs. We have NEVER sold Spax dampers.
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    Ben were those NOS ones I gave you the link to on Ebay any good?
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    TR's have larger top ball joints.
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    Not true! There have been traditionally two manufacturers of Herald/ Vitesse rear wings. One is as you say a flat profile, but our has always had the correct front to back curve. We maintain a NOS Stanpart original example of every panel we press so that we can check the tooling from time to time for accuracy, Having fitted more rear wings than most restorers in the past 30 odd years I do concur that it's not the easiest job having to cope with various degrees of 'tub spread', each Herald, or Vitesse being different to the last in that respect. However because of the price difference other traders (with a few noticeable exceptions) usually opt for the cheaper version reducing turnover on ours, and making it less viable in the future. Not there fault as the retail market is still very much price led.
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    1 3/4"
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    Courier with windows. It's still here, all be it in a disassembled state. Sorry to hear about your news Chris.
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    That confirms what I had been told by a GT6 owning customer of ours (his was a little heavier still). Other housings avialable from other sources are generally 100-200 grams lighter.
  18. Slimboyfat
    That confirms what I had been told by a GT6 owning customer of ours (his was a little heavier still). Other housings avialable from other sources are generally 100-200 grams lighter.
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    Any chance of weighing it before you fit it? There is a good reason for the question.
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    Any chance of weighing it before you fit it? There is a good reason for the question.
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    6 cylinder pump housing fits all 6 cylinder engines.
  22. Slimboyfat
    6 cylinder pump housing fits all 6 cylinder engines.
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    No Steve! They are cast in Coventry, and machined in Nuneaton.
  24. Slimboyfat
    No Steve! They are cast in Coventry, and machined in Nuneaton.
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    We have been selling QH branded couplings for many years with zero negative feedback. They are very reasonably priced compared to what you have been quoted. There are other branded couplings on the market which we have no direct experiance of, so won't comment on there quality.
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