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  1. I think that later/posher OE bumpers were made of aluminium. They were pop-revitted to the valance. LARGE pop rivets to spread the load. You could do the same, but I'd recommend a washer behind the GRP for the same purpose.
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    Good choice, Lucas! I can't help.you, I'm using mine, but suggestbyou get along to your local area group meeting, CT, or TSSC. They will know of local opportunities. Usually at a pub, but summer is coming and they will.meet outside! If you can't achieve your ambition, look at the TSSC's Youth Loan Sceme, for when you do get your licence. See https://www.tssc.org.uk/tssc/news_final.asp?news_ID=88 John
  3. It isn't Classic this year. CLM used to alternate, on the even year, but the Centenary edition of 2023 has put that out. Next CLM 2025. John
  4. Confuses me! If you're turning the quarter shafts, then you must be counting the turns on the INPUT flange, that bolts to the prop shaft? John
  5. They're doing it again! Not for charity this time: See: Here is your chance to win our 1979 Triumph Spitfire 1500 : Bridge Classic Cars Competitions I know nothing of the car and have no connection with Bridge Auctions. Just seems to me a good way to find a new Triumphero! John
  6. I don't think that Louis the Xteenth ever attended a motor racing event.
  7. Bleu de travail? Oh, come on! Alpine use blue BECAUSE it's French Racing Colour, worn by Ballot, Delarge, Bugatti, SEFAC, Delahaye, Talbot, Gordini, Matra etc etc etc, since long before even colour photography was possible! Alpine and Renault were late comers. See "French Racing Blue" by David Venables: Stella & Rose's Books : FRENCH RACING BLUE Written By David Venables, STOCK CODE: 1608560 (stellabooks.com)
  8. ????? The French racing colour is BLUE!
  9. France instituted yellow headlights over eighty years ago. It was either so that the French Army could see if the Germans were moving at night or else for the Germans to see if the French Resistance were about, stories vary! But got rid of them in 1993. Do you want to - can you legally? - still use them? John
  10. frenchie the pressure does oscillate. I made a pressure gauge from a spare oil pressure gauge, and it oscillated so much it oscillated the needle off the stem! You need a damper. The best gauges are oil filled to do this, but I did it by inserting in the connector a copper disc with a tiny hole in the middle of it. I drilled from both sides until I could JUST see a tiny chink of light though the hole. John
  11. Here's mine: In a Vitesse, the tank sits in the wheelwell. The Facet keeps the swirlpot full, and that feeds the Main pump.
  12. Re: on board GPS. I was helping in Rally HQ at the Malcolm.Wilson Rally, where for the first time they were using SportTRAXX car monitoring. This uses on board GPS to locate the cars, and mobile cooms to transmit thatbto HQ. Ralies are often in hilly country or where mobile coverage isn't good. The system.was wholly different (and better) than the old ways, but it was amusing to.see cars stop and then move at light speed to the next area where the system could catch up with their progress. John
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    Adrian, I don't know about a "job lot" but they will all be 5/16", 3/8" with a few 7/16" in UNF thread. Lots to buy on eBay. BUT , there may be a case for replacing a few with stainless, but NEVER in a stressed or 'mission critical' application. SS is more likely to fracture than mild steel. See: https://www.yubisteel.com/difference-between-stainless-steel-and-mild-steel/ Para 6. John
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