100E vs Carlton

[Robinxr4i]

+1 for getting the Carlton sorted first, then get the 100E 100% the way you want it first time. Space doesn't seem to be an issue.

[skinnylew]

Carlton first! If you finish the 100 you'll not know what to do with the rest of your days!! Keep the 100e as the long term project with the aim of finishing it either 15 or 20yrs after starting it. True long term project. Or finish it as a present for your 30th (or 40th/50th ;D )

[e21meister]

It seems to be the case with 'us' petrolheads - a quickie project/daily and a long-term project that will take as long as it takes.

[skinnylew]

its a labour of love, my Ax GTi Turbo has taken 4 years so far lol

[Deleted]

Wow Matt, those pictures sure brought back some memories from the old Uk-Hotrods days! My heart says do the 100E but you know my head says get the Carlton out the way first.

I'm almost certain you feel the same way about the 100E as I feel about my Anglia. We've both had the cars about the same length of time and they have both been a labour of love that we once loved, but that love has long since passed. If you can't find the love again, it'll just be a load of work and you'll end up hating it. It'll be great to see you work on it again, but don't make yourself miserable doing it.

[stealthstylz]

I think thats why i've asked about it Jonny. I did fall out with it for a long time, as i'd never done anything like it before, so a lot of it is overbuilt and heavy. However I recently got rid of a load of stuff in the lockup that its in, and last night I though "f*** this" and emptied the rest and rolled it out into the yard. Yeah some of the bodywork isn't up to the standard that I can do now, but it looks awesome. Nobody has built a non pro street 100e before or since thats as low on big wheels, and I love that I lengthened the wheelbase, apart from balancing the proportions a bit it also means I can keep the interior as a full size 4 seater with leg room.

I think I might have to resort to SOC's toss a coin trick, if i'm not happy with the decision do the other one.

Matt

[EmDee]

ahem, I said

Apr 28, 2011 8:40:29 GMT EmDee said:

I'm not voting till you post pics of the Polo

[stealthstylz]

I'll post when its done and painted. It's err....smooth.

[mk14dr]

Apr 28, 2011 13:36:15 GMT stealthstylz said:

It's err....smooth.

LOL. Understatement much?

[stealthstylz]

Apr 28, 2011 5:42:13 GMT dude said:

Are you sure you have to use a jag axle? I'd get it running with the stock rear, and if it somehow wouldn't hold up try a 3000 axle before reconstructing the whole rear of the car.
Or is it just for the gear ratios your after? How about a rear out of a diesel carlton?

Non of the Carlton models have a useable ratio. The Jags come in 2.88:1 flavour which means i'll have a decent top speed. The engine is out of a 4x4 so my tyres are about 6" shorter.

Matt

[stealthstylz]

Oh and the descision has been made by my 2 year old daughter.

Matt

[Rob M]

Personally, as the 100E looks the absolute dogs b*llocks, Id get that done ASAP. Sell what you don't REALLY need, which will give you extra funds and more time on said 100E, coz u aint twatting about on anything else. Everything else you have is easily replaceable, the 100E isnt. Its f*cking awesome, so do it some justice and get it finished!!

[kram]

Matt i remember when you started the 100e with the help of your dad making the arms etc when you were a pup , we all used to chat on Holmseys site on a sunday n thursday night , were do the years go ?? so get that 100e finished and you will defo change alot of it .....we all doo after we leave projects n go back to them ...

[Dez]

Apr 28, 2011 19:49:25 GMT kram said:

Matt I remember when you started the 100e with the help of your dad making the arms etc when you were a pup , we all used to chat on Holmseys site on a sunday n thursday night , were do the years go ?? so get that 100e finished and you will defo change alot of it .....we all doo after we leave projects n go back to them ...

amen to that.
half the reason my A isnt finished is its had 4 different motor/box combos and 3 different front suspension setups, cos ive left it alone for too long and then changed my mind. plus, just like matt my skill/experience level now is massively higher compared to 5-6 years ago. it makes it hard to carry on leaving the fundementals youre working upon as they are when you know you can do better
oh, and I'm still gunna make a couple of changes on the current front sus before its done!

[stealthstylz]

Me and Maisie went for a look today, as soon as she saw it you could see she liked it, and she then spent an hour stood in it steering and making brumming noises lol. Apparantley it's dads racing car, which she's never said before with anything else i've owned.

I don't think there's much I want to change apart from the engine. I reckon a Mazda V6 would fit in there and they're powerful and light. A 24v went in but they're too heavy. I think i'm gonna run it RWD. 4WD was a good idea in theory, but now that i've driven various cars I don't particularly like them. That will save much needed weight too.

Kram whats your name then? UK-Hotrods was awesome, very similar mentality to this place and at one point it was huge with a lot of clever guys on there. God forbid missing out on downloading the emails one night. Can remember going on holiday for a week and having to download 1200 emails with 56k internet.

For people reading this trip down memory lane - UK Hotrods was a Yahoo mailing list that later went onto it's own server as Yahoo couldn't handle the traffic. This was all pre NSRA forum etc, and it had thousands of members, with a lot of 'names' like Kev Rooney, Geoff Kremer, Steve Lang etc. Oh and Toad haha, that guy was a legend not seen him for years.

Matt

[stealthstylz]

Apr 28, 2011 20:01:03 GMT Dez said:

plus, just like matt my skill/experience level now is massively higher compared to 5-6 years ago.

I think thats what's changed with me. I can remember standing and not knowing where to start with the bodywork as I wasn't great at thin steel welding at the time, whereas now I can do it fairly easily.

Matt

[Dez]

Apr 28, 2011 20:08:55 GMT stealthstylz said:

God forbid missing out on downloading the emails one night. Can remember going on holiday for a week and having to download 1200 emails with 56k internet.

i remember making that mistake too lol.

i used to really enjoy watching holmesys truck going together. i seem to remember reading a build of a red oxide 31 sedan on there too, but it was sold before finished and the build was taken down? i think it must have been on there i saw it, as i remember it all being in the 'pre-forum' days back when i was just starting in hotrods. there were loads of build that holmesy updated if you sent him your info or something?
i remember reading all about pete dempseys english '32, a cool little morris pickup thing, johnny 69s T before it was his, klunks rover, etc.
back then there was only really uk hotrods or marts real hot rods that had decent uk stuff on em.