JohnD

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

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

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

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

I don't think that Louis the Xteenth ever attended a motor racing event.

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)

????? The French racing colour is BLUE!

Don't want to appear jaundiced, but....

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

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

Yes, and yes !

Here's mine: In a Vitesse, the tank sits in the wheelwell. The Facet keeps the swirlpot full, and that feeds the Main pump.

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

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

Over on Facebook, TSSC page, James Parker has posted about a Vitesse that will be scrapped if not bought. Looks OK, everything there, but I've no idea on condition. It needs saving! John

DVD, no problem, just that I'd found those makers and couldn't be bothered to go back to Another Place! If your specialist can't/wont work with old BS standards, but you want an original style loom, why go on employing him? You ate the customer! John PS over at Yet Another Place someone has found a loom maker who will add to the OE loom design: https://www.tr-register.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/86025-tr4-loom/#comment-821575

DVD, no problem, just that I'd found those makers and couldn't be bothered to go back to Another Place! If your specialist can't/wont work with old BS standards, but you want an original style loom, why go on employing him? You are the customer! John

DVD, You asked in Another Place, and I suggested there that you looked for a bespoke loom maker. Here are some: https://www.stmotorsport.net/ https://www.autosparks.co.uk/bespoke-wiring (They offer off the shelf Spitfire looms, so bespoke should be easy) In fact a Google search for "bespoke vehicle wiring looms" finds dozens of makers. Good luck, JOhn

Here you go, Wendy. Radiator out, lift engine/gearbox, tilt, turn sideways and level, move car forwards to bring engine/gearbox close to windscreen (PROTECT THE WINDSCREEN!), close bonnet, move car back, lower engine/gearbox to floor or trolley. Voila! John

Wendy, Given a "Load Leveller" https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274541720802?chn=ps&_ul=GB&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=274541720802&targetid=1814673648942&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=1006854&poi=&campaignid=19089547614&mkgroupid=142438599285&rlsatarget=aud-1641271186540:pla-1814673648942&abcId=9303859&merchantid=113378634&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA0PuuBhBsEiwAS7fsNdNpS14YnLSctoAXvEGB40_sld9lm-KpZ_QV4L3A58QUbvAHKIACHhoCrPQQAvD_BwE and a high enough lify point, EG a stout rafter, you can take the engine and gearbox out of a Vitesse and leave the bonnet on. Should be easy on a Herald. On my phone now, I'll post pics when back on desktop. John

I've no association with this company, which has a business model of raffleing cars, and this one if for a Spitfire: https://www.bridgeclassiccarscompetitions.co.uk/ Good luck, if you want one! JOhn

I saw a message on my mobile from someone, about my mold for the estate roof. They wanted to discuss borrowing it. I can't find the message! Please, whoever it was, contact me again? PM me here, or use Messenger? John

Good bench! Mine is similar, very stout wood, bolted to the wall. Had it forty years. May I suggest some metal sheathing at the front, where you may hammer things? I used large counter sunk screws to hold down some 4mm aluminium tread plate, upside down for a smooth working surface. John

Many diesels use a fuel.cooler. I suspect that even brand new one would be cheaper than a bespoke one. See. https://www.google.com/search?q=diesel++fuel+cooler&client=ms-android-samsung-ss&sca_esv=40ad471a4e6b196f&sxsrf=ACQVn09YpETQIpC1nR2MqXVuL32RIUh5zQ%3A1707839126542&ei=lo7LZe7TILm2hbIP1-eSmAs&oq=diesel++fuel+cooler&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIhNkaWVzZWwgIGZ1ZWwgY29vbGVyMgsQABiABBiKBRiRAjIGEAAYBxgeMgYQABgHGB4yBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIEEAAYHjIEEAAYHjIEEAAYHkjASFDIDlixO3AAeACQAQCYAc0BoAHOEqoBBjAuMTQuMbgBA8gBAPgBAZgCDqAC8BHCAgkQABgHGB4YsAPCAg4QABiABBiKBRiGAxiwA8ICCxAAGIAEGKIEGLADwgILEAAYiQUYogQYsAPCAgcQIxiwAhgnwgIIEAAYBRgeGA3CAgsQABiABBiKBRiGA8ICCBAAGIAEGKIEwgIIEAAYiQUYogSYAwDiAwQYASBBiAYBkAYIkgcGMC4xMi4y&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp

You need to say what is the overdrive ratio. Or, what type of O/d you have. And what is a "25% higher ratio gearbox"? Pointing at your left foot sounds like zero.