Fan shroud.

Putting a fan over the whole rad is good but the key is getting the air to move through the whole thing–a full shroud and then a way for the air to get out from under the hood. These cars, like most, can develop relatively high pressure under the front. The ope louver idea could work as well.

I made a shroud over the rad and allow…[Read more]

Blog post on the most recent Spyder doings.

https://alongcameaspyder.wordpress.com/2018/08/15/pedals-installed-floating-floor-and-now-the-emblems/

I just start singing the Johnny Cash song, “One Piece at a Time.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws-_syszg84

Here’s 550-0056’s pedals and floor.

http://type550.com/blueprint/restorations-2/fox-spyder-details/fox-spyder-cockpit-2/

Here’s the floor in mine so far:

Wires are going in. Pedals are in. I re-worked them a little with nylon bearings so they won’t wear out so fast.

Tonight I cut the first template for the floating floor.

Also got word from the upholsterer. He’s making progress.

Now you’re having fun.

Tea is apparently indispensable to any British car build process, as we have all learned from watching the Project Binky videos. (You HAVE binge-watched them all, haven’t you?)

Both are correct. Cream and brown is correct for the vast majority of TDs. Black and white went on a some of the later Mark IIs

Now that’s pretty dang cool! Where’s the tea kettle?

Bill, wouldn’t fuel starvation show itself at WOT instead of “mid-range part throttle?”

I think your problem is in the transition from the primary jets to the secondaries and, if I had to bet a waffle breakfast, I’d guess the primaries come in too soon/too rich and there’s your midrange stumble.

That and/or spark curve. Do you know advance at…[Read more]

Well-done, Bill.

And Jack—you’re no slouch either.

But the real kings of “if it don’t fit, re-engineer it” are these guys. Link is to the video of them making the wipers work on their Mini. The hell of it is, they DID fit!

Congrats on getting back on the road.

Glad the new car’s running good for you, Jack.

I’ll let Bill answer but pretty sure he usually shifted at 8,000 rpm whether it needed it or not.

I can’t remember how I got mine to work. I remember it was an accident, so probably I grounded the wire to the GEN light or something.

Again, this was the Subaru engine (and alternator).

If I knew what to do I’d tell you. When I don’t know what to do I just Google and then start, ya know, trying…[Read more]

I think you need to excite the field windings in your alternator. I had the same symptom when I put the Suby in Bridget.

Here’s a vid showing how it’s done with a Delco GM one.

Here’s a Samba discussion on topic for our stuff:

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/archive/index.php/o-t–t-488081–.html

And yeah, don’t use LEDs for everything…[Read more]

Now that WOULD be different.

Ah now we’re having fun!

I had very good going with the Minwax Helmsman polyurethane over a product called Pelucid, which was spendy, but very strong and hard. The dash looks about as good today as when it was first done—and that’s saying quite a bit, especially if you look at how the rest of the car has weathered…

I let this long-term wood f…[Read more]

I really should have a look at the manual. For some reason, I get off on these little details, and making it to sell gives me another excuse (as if I needed one) to work them out.

Bill and Roy are right, though, it’s the big stuff that really matters: get the engine right, the trans square and tight, all the suspension bits. Bridget is gonna need…[Read more]

Very cool. I got a ride in “Memphis Belle” (the movie version, also a B-17 G, I believe) a few years ago and it was a definite career highlight. I’d love to be able to work on one!