kevfromwales
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the conrod's REALLY out the block now!
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May 13, 2009 22:02:08 GMT
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I think quite a few gassers / racecars had 'remodelling' done to them - I seem to remember reading about a 33 willys coupe with the wheelarches on the fenders being cut away to make it look higher than it was - that sort of thing
plus with the p6 you can do that really cool trick of using the inner pair of headlights as air ducts a la ford thunderbolt!
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Almost on the road: b11 sunny breadvan, e36 tds, 325i skidcar,
nearly there: ford f250 tathauler, suzuki alto, u11 bluey
not for a while: ford pop, 32 rails,
not in this lifetime: ruby, '29 hillman
''unfortanatly I'm quite old and scruffy and in need of some loving. my drive shaft needs a new boot....''
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street
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May 13, 2009 22:09:46 GMT
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^ Yeah that would be cool! I'm trying to find a series 1 grille which will look better, then poke its eyes out for the thunderbot win! I'll have to do a bit more research and see what class/style i'm closest to emulating. Knowledge is power or some such phrase!!
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May 13, 2009 22:18:26 GMT
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Even without Marks quikshop ya can tell this project is onto a winner! It really couldn't have gone to a better home, and I'm starting to wonder what would be a better base for a classic powerful car with bags of character and old car smell. Hell even my dad rates these!! must be good. And if we can rely on anyone to make a creative originally styled car and put together with a charming and interesting Story its Street, obviously!!! In your stride mate
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 174
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May 14, 2009 11:51:12 GMT
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I reckon Super Stock/Street Racer style would suit it better than an all out gasser. Raise the rear a bit (new springs would probably do this to put it back to stock height), radiused rear arches (has BB weighed the beemer in yet the rear arches would be ideal?), lift the front a couple of inches and some new wheels. Oh and an L-88 scoop on the bonnet hehe.
Matt
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Can I suggest adding two sets of 'bike carbs with some nice long velocity stacks poking out the bonnet covered by a plexiglass scoop (matching the color of your window tint naturally). The carbs would offer better fueling than the big SUs and the combination of internally filtered stacks and the hood scoop would offer at least some protection from the elements. www.wimmermachine.com/_html/10.htmlThe Wimmer super sucker is the closest thing I could find to an internally filtered velocity stack.
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Great project this.
And a bargain to start with.
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A new Streetmobile....great stuff.
Looking forward to seeing "Family Dragster II" being restored!
Bookmarked so not to miss future welding wizzardry!!! ;D
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;D is all I have to say
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A new Streetmobile....great stuff. Looking forward to seeing "Family Dragster II" being restored! Bookmarked so not to miss future welding wizzardry!!! ;D I suggested "Project Extended Family Dragster" ;D I don't reckon this will take much to get an MOT. Give the engine some love, a bit of a wave over with the sparkly stick in a few places and you'll have a tax-free rolling project!
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street
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May 17, 2009 10:22:55 GMT
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Rean- Nice words buddy, thankyou Stealthstylz- Yeah I hear what your saying, i'm just going to play it by ear and see what evolves really. Beemer arches, your right they wouldn have been perfect!! The day you posted that was the day it got scrapped though unfortunately, but no matter i'll have a go at rolling my own I think. Grizz- Thanks mate, yeah I wasn't expecting to get much at that end of the market but i'm really pleased with it! Oldbus- Cheers Dave, progress might be a little slow because Family Dragster is the priority at the minuite, but this is to be my daily so i'm hoping to get her on the road as soon as possible and then just treat it as a rolling project Stuyizz- Aye it shoulld be fun if all goes to plan!! BB- Yeah it really is in suprisingly good condition! Going to tackle the inner sill first and then that's the big job out of the way. Sammm- Awesome rendering!! How did you do that? That's just what I have in mind, except maybe with a bit of the front below the headlights cut away and no front bumper, everything else just like that. Great to see that it will work on the shape of the car before I get busy, nice one!!
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May 17, 2009 11:21:37 GMT
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Sammm- Awesome rendering!! How did you do that? The source material for the bottom half is in your other Gasser thread. The top half is a random pic from google converted to a line drawing. I could make it better if I could find a side-on shot of a white P6, or better yet a line drawing from a workshop manual.
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street
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May 21, 2009 17:18:59 GMT
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Right, some progress! And a big step towards the Gasser dream. I've been on the lookout for some suitable wheels for this project, which is definately one of the most important things to get so that I can build the rest of the car around them. My budget was my main concern here as I didn't think i'd be able to get the kind of wheels I needed for the sort of pennies I was willing to spend, but a 'wanted' post in this fine forum's classifieds netted me some good options. One of those options was from Richardgte who lives pretty local to me, and last night me and my bro went to pick up these: 8.5Jx14 steel 5 slots And...... ...... A matching pair of skinnier fronts ;D These where just the sort of thing I was after- A nice period wheel that should suit the P6 down to the ground. AlistairK, the Slot encyclopedia told me exactly what they are when we swung by the local RR meet on our way home from Richard's....... Keystones? I think that's what he said. They obviously need a good clean up to get them presentable again, and although the chrome is too far gone to restore completely they will clean up enough to suit the look of this already patina'd Rover. Let's get on with it then! ^ A water leak in the place they've been stored has caused quite a bit of rust, but I attacked it with a Brillo pad and some other assorted absasives to see what happened. ^ Not too bad! ^ This is the best I could do with the heavily corroded rim, but as said earlier they're not exactly going to be losing me points on the concourse circuit with this car The fronts were in better condition and after the same treatment...... ^....... They also looked ten times better ^ Here's the 'big n little' combo together.... Can't wait to get them on! ^ The tyres are Kelly Superchargers, proper vintage jobs! The fronts are okay but the rears have cracks in the sidewalls so are only good for mocking up purposes. The rears equate to a 265/60 ish I think, so i'll offer them up when i've radiused the arches enough to get them on the rear and see how far they stick out. The P6 has an offset of about +43, where as these puppies are minus something or other.... Be interesting to see where they sit! Going to be offering them up on the project Rover and cutting out some wheel arches ASAP, so watch this space!
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Mike
East Midlands
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May 21, 2009 17:26:04 GMT
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This is going to look frikkin' MINT.
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stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 174
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May 21, 2009 17:51:43 GMT
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I'd budget in some new tyres for the front too. Shouldn't be expensive. The Kelly's look great but i'd not trust tyres which must be at least 20 years old, plus they were curse word when they were new according to my dad lol.
Matt
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May 21, 2009 17:52:50 GMT
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Dude, that's awesome. I'd grown up living next door to a ratty old brown P6 that never moved and was growing copious quantities of moss. That ended up being towed away for scrap, until recently the same guy seemed to have a bout of regret and went ahead and bought himself a blue P6B. Once you've been bitten, you can't give them up lol
those wheels are going to look awesome. Good thing you're swapping those tyres out- I've got a set of vintage Kelly Super Chargers on my Victor, and they have about as much grip as the plastic wheels on a dinky-toy on a wooden tabletop, worse in the wet and cold.
Looking forward to seeing more!
--Phil
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mrbhp426
Part of things
It don't handle, but it sure as hell goes!
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May 21, 2009 18:47:49 GMT
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MMMMMMM!!
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nugget
Part of things
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May 21, 2009 18:51:42 GMT
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Nice, what did you use on the rims? would the same stuff work at polishing?
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May 21, 2009 19:24:25 GMT
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ho chi min city!!!!
damn steve this is gonna look BADASS ;D
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"quote hairnet"
I'm not paying nine pound for a pi$$!
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Seth
South East
MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi
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May 21, 2009 20:22:56 GMT
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Please, please, please, don't fit new tyres until the car is actually up and running. Got to see what it would look like with them on ;D Do you know how wide the fronts are? When you do get tyres I hope you go for skinny crossplies stretched on them
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable.
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