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That’s some nice looking rubber you got Bill. Are they just for hill climb use?

Aha! Progress. Good on ya. Now rest the hand and come back to it tomorrow. You may see that you won’t need the extra washers.

Had a Hillclimb official stop and give the car a pre tech inspection tech inspection. I didn’t want to be turned away at the event for forgetting something. The car had some minor items to correct.(place covers on the battery cable ends, grind the upper corner of the kill switch plate into a radius and get a fire extinguisher with one with a metal…[Read more]

Hi Guys.Well 4 days without doing anything is enough. The idle vale has been changed out with no improvement to the gas dropping into the cylinders on shut off. Fuel pressure lowered from 5 pounds to 3.5 pounds.  No change, placed an extra washer under the needle vale in the float chamber. Again no change but noted that  the valve was not the orig…[Read more]

Something else to consider…

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It’s difficult to tell from the pictures, and this is going to be hard to describe in writing, but I think what we are seeing here is typical of hand built cars.

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The bumper and fenders move together on the suspension. What you want ideally is a bumper that is level and both fenders even, in relation to it. Neither issue is related to ride height.

To further clarify/confuse the issue here are some pics:The car is sitting slightly downhill on the driveway, no driver or passenger.Yes, it does look like the pass. side is lower in relation to the bumper.  I suppose that means that it is about right with only the driver aboard.  😕

Kall2015-06-15 23:04:56

Don’t think anyone has attempted. Just to know: the MG hub is a small spline shaft, certainly on some oddball British standard. The way to adapt it, I think, would be a hog-out and weld (or epoxy)-in method using whatever spline pipe you salvaged out of an original Chevette steering wheel.

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Would putting back one or two torsion bars raise the body height at rest or stiffen the suspension to resist body roll in hard turns?”Putting a couple of torsion bars back would do both.  But, it involves quite a bit of work.  You may want to experiment with “coil over shocks” which would allow you to raise the front and do a certain amount of l…[Read more]

As far as matching the original…a four inch cut in the VW front beam gets one very close to the original TD spec.

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The bodies from the various manufacturers do vary, but I’m not sure a narrowed beam would fit under my Duchess’ fenders. A two inch cut, maybe. But with a four inch cut, I suspect the VW shock towers would be hitting the fiberglass. Gonna crawl under there tonight and take a look.

PMOSSBERG2015-06-15 15:37:45

I agree that a narrowed front beam would put the wheels in a better position. There might be a slight widening of the turning circle because of reduced clearance between the tire and frame at full lock.I have not yet determined if the tire is rubbing on the inside of the fender or if it is rubbing on the outer edge of the fender when the wheel is…[Read more]

Paul,

johnsimion, I also removed the small torsion bars, just leaving the big ones.  Did you do that also?You may be right on the 4″ business.

I took a door off and stripped the hardware to use as a test panel.  Sigh, looks like a repaint.  Big problem is rust stains from the snaps that don’t want to sand out.  However, the boat yard idea is worth checking out.  Easy enough to take the door, and see what they say.Thanks all

OK…now that I’ve read it…I still say you need to write your congressmen…but to OBJECT!!! This bill will do nothing to enhance our hobby! And it could very well kill large portions of it. 

Manufacturers would be required to register with NHTSA and EPA and submit annual re…

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I also have a Chevette based kit. The Grant 14 inch wheel pictured is the same one I use. It’s screw holes line up pretty well with the hub from the Chevette. No adapter necessary. Can’t remember if I ordered it to fit or it is universal. However, I am looking for a 15 inch maybe a little more like the banjo types I have seen on originals. The 14…[Read more]

When I was painting mine after fixing accident damage I was sanding other intact badly oxidized panels and discovered good color underneath. Try a spot with 800 or 1000 grit paper. Sand it then polish it. If it doesn’t respond, then paint it.