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Watch the YouTube Channel "Lost in the Pond" and you may be surprised...

I am an American. According to most of you I am using the wrong terminology most of the time! 😄

To be fair I have only watched maybe twenty or so "Bangers and Cash" episodes but I never ever saw a car sell for the price they thought it would. "Flipping Bangers" also almost never got the money they wanted (though they did do a few good deals). I get asked all the time why I get parts for XYZ of your favorite currency when something is "worth" a lot more... Mostly I just wait until I find it for the price I am willing to pay...

What wrong terminology?

Pretty good show on restoring a Spitfire... Not sure about hoods/bonnets not rusting much though... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AppkpUXuaVs&t=1372s

Some argue they are not 100% vital as the rim holds the drum on the hub be itself just fine. In fact removing those screws can be nigh on impossible on a car that has seen some salt and rain... If I had them I would use them but with something to ensure the threads stay loose...

He works for free. 😉 Well... beer... but I was going to drink that anyway! ;D

Hi John, Thanks. Yes I know cross posting is not the zenith of online social etiquette but quite a few people tend to stick to only one forum or t`other so I figured no harm no foul. 🙂 I really don`t think getting a specialist to do it is 100% necessary mostly because I have an automotive electrical engineer willing to help me but his eyes glaze over when I mention Lucas or British/Imperial standards. So for full transparency he asked me the above question and I figured I would ask.

I am breaking my project down into "modules" i,.e suspension, body, motor/transmission etc and one big aspect is more or less restoring/upgrading the wire loom i.e. electrics. I presume it was done according to some British standard. I actually have 2 looms from the two cars I bought (`72 European and `76 Federal) plus a guy gave my a European MKIV loom of unknown model year so I have lots to check. However, should I need to replace a wire/cable I would want to get as close to original as possible (or even slightly larger...) I did several searches but all I could find was the European standard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60228 But I am not sure what standard was used on our cars so no clue what the equivalents are. (I do have the Lucas chart for the standard of what colors are used for what on a typical loom) Just buying a new loom doesn`t make sense because the car will have multiple upgrades such as relays for headlights, upgraded heater, possibly subtle DLRs/fog lights etc... Engine mgmt will also be nonstandard... Cheers and have a great day!

I thought it was to meet bumper height regulations? Or is that another Internet myth? Next you'll try to convince me the earth isn't the center of the universe...

The last two times I took it off there was a thin i.e. 3-5 mm foam strip on the leading and trailing edge with a mild adhesive on the cap side. As it was on there twice I presumed it was original but perhaps not....? Advantage would be making future removal easy. Not 100% sure how water tight it would be...

The set I bought at a car show 2 years' ago is offset about 15°...

I love the things but I barely see anyone use them around here. Particularly in hard to reach places I find them a huge time saver and knuckle-saver. I of course torque things done with "proper" tools... What do you all think?

I used to run my then-department's online presence and in 2009 we decided to go on the "socials". It took us a while to figure out how to get the most "bang for your buck" but a rough guide is that anything on social platform of any kind is like a cocktail party. You wander around, pick up on snippets of information, maybe join a conversation and more than likely most people won't remember or or come back to said conversation in the near future. Someone said something about venues and event announcements. That is another area where socials are actually pretty good. In fact, anything of a timed-event nature is always well supported by some form of social media. The reason is because most people access these via apps and they get the info immediately and can make a decision also immediately. Sites and forums are great for having searchable content and for longer conversations you may want to refer back to. It is nigh on impossible to find reliable information on "socials". More static forms of communication are also better for the reliability aspect. If someone posts something BookFace I have to look at their profile, scroll through the group and also wait for others to chime in to get an idea if they are reliable or not. On a forum I can usually see at a glance by the number of posts, likes and length of time they have been on whether they are reliable or not. Where site admins fall down is not cross-pollenating the info. As mentioned here you have to have important info across all platforms. There are technical ways to do this but if you are on a shoestring budget just make sure you have a checklist of everywhere. (Hyper)Linking can help out a lot. One final thing social stuff can do is drum up a vibe, or buzz around a topic and keep the interest going. I attended the London Concours this past summer and they post a different car or a picture of the venue at least once a week. Key is having a very small number of people (or even only one person) in charge of the whole shebang. I have been complaining to Scalextric a lot lately... I am their official forum moderator and their websites and other "traditional" online media are in a woeful state.... Recently they only did their advent calendar on social media and I am curious if it was at all successful...

Thanks. What's his shop called?