Excellent car. Do they still make the kit?

 Mike, I could not have expressed MY THOUGHTS as well as you. I to find myself looking for scenic roads where I can go slow enough to see and smell what’s out there.
Dan R has it right when he says ”I’m not in a hurry , I’m where I want to be.”
 We just have to be careful not to get in someone’s way.

 
The Lee Valley URL will take you to a page that lists Brass, Veritas Cabinetmaker’s, Carpenter’s Beech and Carver’s mallets. I have a carver’s mallet. It will hurt whatever you point it at and not leave a mark. It’s the ultimate dead blow mallet. It would make a classy knockoff hammer. Useful too if you had to defend yourself against car th…[Read more]

That sounds good to me.  I sit taller in my London Roadster than I do in my Honda S2000, or the LR’s windscreen is shorter.  I get buffeted and wind whipped too much at anything above 45 to really enjoy the scenery.  On the city freeway, she’ll do 55-65 easily, but then it’s not a scenic drive I’m on.Stop and smell the roses,  or at least slow dow…[Read more]

Here here!Slower if possible, but it’s not often possible.

Nice car, nice life!

In Reedsport oregon. I was recently transferred there by my company. I have often joked with the wife about now that all but one of the kids are gone and he is off to college we can downsize to a two bedroom house with a 4 car garage. Couldn’t find that but I found a 3 bedroom house that sits on top of a six car garage. the house sits on a one…[Read more]

She’s a beauty.  I would love a six-car garage. Where did you find that?

Where did you find the Carver’s mallet with the lead insert and rubber face? My search only found wooden ones.

 
A piece of 2 x 4 isn’t in keeping with the class of the car. We’re talking Grey Poupon here, not Cub Food’s mystery mustard by the jug.
What about replacing the lead hammer with a carver’s mallet? Oiled hardwood handle, dense rubber face, lead insert. This is a work of art. Michaelangelo would have used one had it been available.  

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Another method: get a 8 or 10-inch bit of 2×4. Rest an end on your knockoff ear & hit that with any hammer you want. 

 
Why don’t you use the Clark and Clark protective knockoff wrench picture as a pattern and make your own with plywood and a jigsaw? Be the first on  your block to own a three eared knockoff wrench.   

My knock offs are three eared and chromed, although I think it might be cheap chrome.  There is a small chip on one of them, like it peeled off. I’d be hesitant to hit them with a metal hammer. 

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Ah, the link is back then! Good dealy. For any interested, the SoCal wheel is here. Quite spendy at $360, I know, but no more so than the Flat 4, once all the accessories you need for the Flat 4 are counted (Boss kit: $50, horn button: $90?!), and it’s an almost drop-in replacement for the old style Grants all our cars came with, AND it’s…[Read more]

 Xenon lamps do put out a lot of light but do take a lot of power to do it if you charging system can handle it do it i do not do that much or type of speed to make that kind of change I just like  40mph not my age in speed   Dan,,, good luck

I agree.Those German engineers used rubber. That should be good enough for us!

Cool find Ed!Reminds me of my 1965 Plymouth Satellite. A reproduction windshield washer fluid pump sells for over $100. But…the same pump was used in late 1950s Ford Pickup trucks. THOSE pumps sell for about $25 or $30!Go figure!

Welcome aboard Pat!

I’d do it if I had spinners, B. I don’t, so I wont. Plenty other projects pending and, yeah, there will by pics.BTW, what’s the big deal? The stuff was made to be hit with a hammer. Why not do it?