Have you tried starting it up run it 20 min shut it off 10 min see if it smokes on start up . At one time I owned a 1985 nissan truck . I thought it was burning oil. (smoke looked blue) It turned out to be hot air meeting cold with reflection off the dark colored truck. made it look blue.   

I to had a fender rub . The brace on a London Roadster attaches to the top of the shock . The has a oval bolt hole so the brace can be pushed up or down there forth raising or lowering the fender.       All I did was use a floor jack with a 8 in. block of wood raised to desired height and tightened nut.

Thanks Paul , Remember all you gotta do is ask and i’m sure you would get enough to retire. I for one would not know what we would do with out you

Royal, Your are right pump to tank. The problem was the nipple loosened not the clamp or hose.     

When I posted the subject my idea was to get attention.

Paul, have a niece at same school her name is Heather Buchan tell your daughter to look her up. I’ve been there for football game and I plan to go for basketball game.

Welcome from western welcome from Western New York

When I refer to my car I call it my chick magnet because 70 year old + women are very attracted to it.

I had the same question . I asked home depot and they said to cut the carpet to the sizes I wanted, bring it back and they would have it bound the cost was small.As it turned out the piece of carpet was bound all the way around and between pushing edges under side panels and trim no raw edges. When I went over the hump by the shifter piece was…[Read more]

What I did was remove the old ,went to home depot. bought a remnant 30 dollars , traced it with old and installed with screws and carpet tape. Some may remember I put hole in gas tank so buy short screws.

I am also a big guy fit nicely In my LR. I to never drove one or sat in one.

Do you have amish in your area. I live in a area that has lots of amish and have talked to a couple of them who own tarp shops. One of them said he could do a new interior with top and boot for 500 dollars. The other said he could do a convertible top and boot for 200 dollars I asked him if I could bring it there this winter and he said storage…[Read more]

My car is British green when I got it the rims were black with baby moons and MG centers that you can buy on line .After looking at lots of cars I decided to paint the rims silver.I then took the MG centers and got out the artist brush and changed the background of the centers from red to green. just a little info.You can get forest green paint…[Read more]

love your car . Mine is British green also . Just curious are those beauty rings on your tires.Thought about them for my car

I had a rubbing problem also up front . Front fender brace is adjustable so I moved the fender brace up a inch and it took care of it.There was also rubbing in rear. The brake line was rubbing against the tire . Both easy fixes   

The arm is there . The blade and the blade holder are gone.

The older we get the the bigger the toys . love it. I have family in Clifton, NJ maybe someday we will meet    

Not really trying accomplish anything . Happened to be a Monroe Muffler shop started talking to a guy who told me he always uses LUCAS oil treatment in his 57 chevy and he swears by it. He said he was burning oil now he not. Car runs better and is also cooler. We also talked about STP He says lucas is a lot better . He also said he would run 20W…[Read more]

Paul, Never used a electric buffer only hand rubbed I didn’t want it to heat up and hurt the finish.                            

Just wondering is the car a London Roadster . If it is I have the exact same one.    As far as the jellcoat none of the waxes or rubbing compounds will work . I’ve tried them all and my car is not that bad . There is a product called shine on that looks interesting. Go to yahoo and search shine on . There is a video. I wish some one would try…[Read more]