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Ergonomics
I have lost count of how many conversations I have had with car enthusiasts about just how hard their cars are to drive. The owner of a Riley was recently making light of how awkward the pedals are in his … Continue reading
Testing Times
I have recently been working on a vacuum feed fuel system which belongs to a 1929 Delage. These were the first popular type of fuel pump which enabled the fuel tank to be located at the rear of the vehicle … Continue reading
Posted in Job finished, Technical
Tagged Autovac, Delage, Ethanol, Weymann Exhausteur
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The Land Rover TDi finally leaves
The fitting of the 200 TDi engine to the Series 1 Land Rover has finally been completed and the owner has now taken delivery after much engineering (on my part) and much patience (on his part)! The original objective was … Continue reading
Leaving The Premises
At the risk of using up my annual quota for cheesy lines in one go, it has been suggested that Triumph is historically the oldest marque, the earliest reference on record being the book of Exodus (Moses came down from … Continue reading
A Return To The Blog
Shockingly it seems that my last blog dates from October last year: There have been major works in progress at home and since my evenings have largely been taken up with building work, I have to confess that enthusiasm for … Continue reading
Cars arriving and leaving
It is a time for change in the workshop this week: The Scimitar has now left for home and chose a sunny day on which to do it. Slight surprise there because I’d rather expected it to be raining after … Continue reading
The Correct Settings
I had a visit from a Bristol 403 today (not forgetting its owner) for the fitting of new rear shock absorbers – or to use the more technically correct term: dampers. One of the things we discussed was the intital … Continue reading
Finishing Touches
Today I have been carrying out a few rather rewarding odd jobs on a MK6 Bentley. The owner and I rebuilt the engine some years ago and since then we have never got around to making it run quite as … Continue reading
Driving at the Limit
The Hupmobile passed its MOT with flying colours today – although the two wheel brakes caused the brake rollers to spit the car out before anything like a full reading could be obtained. The car has a 3 litre 4 … Continue reading
The Best of British
The series 1 Land Rover arrived on Friday as planned and we decided to go ahead with the brake master cylinder conversion. The original Girling cylinder has had it’s share of trouble over the last year or two: It had … Continue reading
Posted in Job finished, Our Cars
Tagged Brakes, Conversions, Jaguar, Jaguar MK2, Landrover
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A Dart in France
The SP250 is now motoring it’s way 800 or so miles down into France and regular updates are reaching me from its intrepid driver’s iPhone. With this post is a picture, not of the Dart in question but of my … Continue reading
Ethanol in fuel
The Daimler SP250 left today for an 800 mile drive to its home in France. I have also been attending to the S.U. carburettors belonging to the Daimler’s stablemate: A Rover 105R which has been running poorly and flooding. It … Continue reading