what is the story with the cars next to it in the original pictures in the barn, is one a 911?

Well done, shows patience pays off :beer:

Mind you, that's what I wanted too, didn't quite get all the above points though………… I ended up with Rattletrap :roll:

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The vendor of the car only agreed to let me come to the barn if I swore to never reveal it's location or contents, so please understand that I must respect his wishes.

What I will say is that the oval was by some margin the least valuable car there.

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It's a legend though isn't it....

NEWSFLASH - Just had a bit of a slap and a wake up call regarding my old tyres and the wisdom behind driving on old rubber, so I've just ordered a new set of 5 cross ply Firestone's with the correct tread pattern and pie crust side wall details etc..... which were more expensive than I imagined! :lol:


Looks like I'll need to sell the NOS heater boxes after all. 😞

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cool, where did you order the tyres from and what kinda cost?, by the way the piece on metal you found is 100% off the battery strap

chris

North Hants Tyres in Aldershot - £115 each + VAT + carriage.

I phoned around and they were the cheapest.

Sure, I could have put modern radials on for a fraction of the cost, but.... well, you know me... :roll:

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Did you tried to use Hitlers last urine sample in your accid tub:lol: ...I'll bet the rust wil evaporise in a few seconds:shock: .

Hell of a job on the car...Congrats with your wife too. She is verry understanding8) .
Greets.

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I know im still running camac cross plyson mine and still have the brand new spare continential, I think they look better on x plys, cars looking good, looking forward to hearing it run!!:d

Mine are also camac cross plys too - all five of them, brand new (un-used that is) and I'll be selling them when the new ones arrive.... garage rollers only of course.... liability etc, etc yada yada yada...

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Andy - is this what you wanted? If you need any other pics, just let me know... :wink:







Tonight's little effort was strapping up the new axle boots with the correct wind up straps.

I'd not done this before and it took a while to work out the best way to do them, but for those that wish to tackle this job - here's how.





First up was to round the sharp corners of the clamp as these could dig into the rubber and cause a tear over a period of time...





Then, feed a short length of the strap through the clamp and back on itself to act as an anchor. There's plenty of spare on the shorter outer ones, but on the inner larger diameter straps, don't leave more than maybe 2" here as you'll not have enough length later one...





Then wrap it round the boot and then thread the end through the gap between the bottom of the cotter pin and the clamp body...







Then, with a pair of pliers, grip the end and pull it tight as you wrap it round another full turn until it reaches the clamp for a second time....

WARNING!!! - Don't pull it with your bare fingers - use the pliers!





Once it reaches the clamp again, this time thread it through the middle of the cotter pin and wind it round over the top of the pin in the reverse direction...





Notice that there isn't too much extra spare - this is why you don'y use too much length on the initial internal anchor. At this point you need to trim the end off leaving enough to partially wrap around the pin approximately 180 degrees and then fold in through the middle of the pin until it reaches flush with the other side. Some fiddling with a screwdriver and long nosed pliers helps out here, and fortunately the strap has a decent memory when bent so it't not too tricky once the technique is mastered.







I then used an Allen key to wind it up snug. I tightened it until I could no longer twist the boot on the gearbox side plate, then tightened a further half turn. It can always be tightened further if there are any leaks.





Ta-dar!





Here's a couple of pics of the inner one being done and shows the end getting fed into the pin as described previously...







It's at this point you realise that it is ALWAYS worth the effort to do things properly and with the correct components, as I think that looks just great!





Once I'd done the same on the other side, it was time to seal and protect the axle tubes with the wax sealer...









And that's where I left it for tonight.

Don't be strangers!

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perfect,thanks :d

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You are going to have to get an agreed value insurance when you put her on the road, but how do you value a car that good, and with all your time spent on it:?


Its got none of those points :evil:

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Great info as always.Never less than informative:wink:

Howdy peeps!

Just when you thought it was safe to go out and play, mother nature decides to throw you a curve ball...





After my last post showing me wearing my 'dear stalker' hat, Mrs LT threw a bit of a wobbly and advised that if I was going to post pictures of myself on the net, from now she must have editing rights, as apparently in that hat I look (here's a word I haven't heard for a while) a bit of a wolly!

To correct this, and with an eye to the prevailing winds, she treated me to some new head gear that is more in keeping with the younger folk so I can 'keep it real with the kidz' or something like that?





Hat should read "No hair"..... but anyway - a little more work from snowman LT!


Whilst waiting for some NOS front trans mount 'goodness' to arrive from the 'United States of Great Steak', I've been scratching round for jobs to do that will save time later on, and one of them was to clean and prepare the rear brakes for re-installation.

All there, but not pretty....





Didn't know where to start really, so just grabbed all the small fixtures and fittings and did my usual multi-stage clean involving loads of stuff that stops you feeling hungry.... but after several hours invested (this was done over two nights) they came up a treat! I;d bought all new installation hardware just in case, but it can stay on the shelf!









I next sorted out the bearing carrier. The original seals were a pain to remove and I resorted to taking them into work to get them out without risking damaging anything, but they came out eventually and had a nice clean up, along with the pivot plate which came up nice too.







There is a little oil collection and drain device to keep oil off the brakes in the event of a leak and these were very messy and took a good while to recover.





The original rear cylinders look ok, but they can be rebuilt and refurbished at a later date as I've got the gorgeous NOS ATE ones waiting in the wings. These will live to fight another day...





I was amazed at how much meat was left on the rear shoes which corresponded to the very little wear on the drum face, but I guess this ties in with 36k miles.





At this point, I was almost considering re-using them so started to clean them up a little...





But then discovered a couple of them had cracks starting to appear in the friction material and as I've brand new set 'in stock', where brakes and safety are concerned, it;s a bit of a no brainer, so I'll discard these (in my box of old parts memorabilia).





Next up was to give the drums and backing plates a scrub. I was really impressed with how little rust there was and how much of the original black paint has survived...











I cannot describe how tempting it is just go and get these shot blasted and powder coated, and on any other car, that;s exactly what I;d have done, but remembering the mantra 'preserve, not restore' I dug deep and resisted the urge and settled for removing any heavy surface contamination, but leaving the life history in place.

And here we are - ready for the re-installation once the trans is back in place. All clean serviced and nice, but 'original' if that makes sense?





On a final note, despite my existing tyres being zero miles and in perfect condition, I've been advised by numerous people that it might not be such a great idea to run on tyres so old, so I took a deep breath and ordered a full set of 5 brand new correct Firestone 5.60 cross plys which even have the correct 'pie crust' side wall edge and tread pattern. These were NOT cheap, but I if you're gonna do it, do it right, yeah?







That's all for now!

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Still here dudes, but it's currently -11 degrees here, so please forgive me if I stay indoors and surf the net for NOS parts until it warms up a touch, eh?

:beer:

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Hi all

I too bought a gearbox mount from Wolfsburg West. It was of the same poor quality and manufactured "cock eyed"
To be fair I have been disappointed with the quality of some of the parts from WW. I gave them some constructive feedback on the parts in March, so they knew about the gearbox mounts way back. Obviously not an isolated incident.

Cheers

bought mine from GSF of all places ! and it was spot on makes a change!!

NOS item coming over from America as we speak. :d

It's the only way. 😞

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just out of interest which sites do you use ? the samba ?

Here, Samba, Vzi.

Well, not much to report as of yet, as I'm still waiting for my NOS front trans mount to arrive so there's not an awful lot else I can do until it does.

However, I did receive a little box in the post today with one of those lovely blue customs labels attached which means it's come from America.... always a great feeling. It was too small and not heavy enough to be the trans mount..... so what could it be?





Before we get too excited, lets take a moment to talk about shop safety.... "Be sure to read, follow and understand all the safety instructions that come with your power tools, and remember this - there is no more important safety feature than to wear these, safety glasses....."

Sorry, been watching too much "New Yankee Workshop" with Norm Abraham recently.....

But whilst we're talking safety, now is as good a time as any to discuss the one and only none standard (but reversible) modification from standard spec that I'm going to make to my Oval.

The rear lights.... Don't panic, I'm not about to fit a set of elephants feet or anything, but I am seriously concerned about the mediocre performance at best of the rear brake lights.

In today's modern traffic conditions, there's plenty I can do to increase my chances of a safe journey, but the one thing I cannot control is whether the car behind has seen my brake lights, and there's nothing I want less than for some idiot who's not paying attention to turn round and say "Sorry, i didn't see your brake lights"

Sorry's great, but doesn't bring my Oval back, so to that end, I decided to fit some high intensity LED light clusters which arrived today....





These are absolutely fantastic and hand made so the LED's fit the pattern of the snowflake perfectly to give these results...











I'm delighted with them and feel much better that I'm more likely to be seen, as well as being a reversible mod that I can put back to stock in minutes.

A mod worth making I think.

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