Bob Tucker

I'll have to bring dramamine

I guess she is going to live in your pond between outings????

This will help with identification plus a few other bits. http://nw.rhocar.org/

Unfortunate name for a boat designer....

Going from hot air to hot wet air.... She looks lovely.

I'm up for a run out this Sunday. See you there?

Ive helped on a couple of Hoods that had this problem. In both cases the brake pipes were fitted along the top of the tunnel, ie higher than the calipers. Both were solved by putting the rear of the car on high axle stands, then using an easy bleed as well as manual pumping. Its a bit of a faff, but you wont be doing it every week.

Now they know there are 2000 potential kit car owners, they will devise a new road tax category where they charge us double for "unknown" emissions levels.

Cheers Steve, I'll pass that on to him. He has to show that he's done the work himself, but I'll be able to point him in the right direction. He is on the autistic spectrum, so he struggles with some aspects of life, but he really lights up when he can see a way forward on anything he does. He has been starting to look a bit down now there is just one thing in his way, hopefully this will help. Many thanks guys.

Cheers Mark I;ll try that

Guys, a friend's son is doing an engineering degree & he has a project to refurbish a 3.5 Rover to running condition. He has the engine, & all the ancillaries but he cant find a dizzy for it (at student's prices!!!) The engine is either 83 or 85, & needs a female (I dont know what that describes) electronic (not points) type dizzy. Does anyone have any ideas where we might get one for him? The budget is part of the project, so he cant pay big bucks. Ta, Bob.

Did you forget the pic?

Long Marston is under threat right now. That applies to the drag racing there, I dont know if there is a circuit on the same site. https://www.shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk/

We never got them to work. It was said that the only way to get them working was to have a tool shaped like Wal Phillips.

Take whatever you have in writing to show the marshalls...... They are usually contractors drafted in for a few days work & wont know the ins & outs.

Yes I reckon I can do that. I need to get a few miles on the car (the Hood, not the Vette) as a shakedown run for my French jaunt in early July.

Why not organise our own run out along similar lines? I actually did the London to Brighton run many years back. It was a bit of a shambles really, the route they picked had others further back/forward criss crossing in tiny single lanes. & it must have been free or a nominal charge, otherwise I wouldnt have gone.

Ive just checked Rays race schedule & I'm free that day Neil. Please count me in. Cheers, Bob

Ray said many years back that he wanted a car with so much power he could never use all of it. To date, he has had 1000 bhp, 1350 bhp, and 1500bhp, and that wasnt enough. We think he might be there now.....we find out at the Pod on 19/20 May

These may be worth a call. It may not be possible to book the track(s) for our clubs sole use, but maybe a block booking would be welcome? https://nolimitstrackdays.com/uk-tracks.html Just looked a bit further....these may be bike trackdays.....I'll keep looking. Given my location Ive been to Brands, Lydden, North weald, and Croft, But I'm also willing to travel further North for a good blast.

https://www.rwyb.co.uk/rules.php

It's not a panhard rod..it's much smaller, and is in line with the propshaft front/rear, rather than lateral. Fixed at one end into a bracket, it's about 3" long, That would concern me a lot. A rod that short will be moving in a much smaller radius than the diff, putting a lot of strain on it.

TBH Paul, it could be both. The springs determine the ride height, the shock limits the speed that it compresses. Is the car bouncy? If you push down hard, it should come back up, then settle back just once at most. More indicates worn shocks. If the ride is too low, the propshaft will hit. If the shocks are worn, they will allow the spring to compress more, propshaft will hit again. What is the clearance to the road from the bodywork immediately in front of the rear wing? Personally I dont know what an early model car should be, but the 2B should be around 7". Try & find the exact model & other owners will probably supply their measurements. http://nw.rhocar.org/identification.htm

I use the cheapest garage I can find for the tintops, but the Hood goes to a local garage which charges full price. He cant fit in it, so I sit in the car & do all the pushing, twiddling jobs. He wont pass anything dicey, but he does allow a lot of leeway for on the spot fixes. Then I go look at his latest racing sidecar outfit & we discuss how I raced a cutdown frame BSA 650 outfit (I was the passenger) with 2 magnetos and two Wal Phillips fuel injectors (nobody else has heard of them either) & he tells me how he gets his carbon fibre chassis built using an autoclave, negative pressure tank or something, has his engine built in Holland, and his latest throttle bodies and custom built ECU. Maybe thats why he has to charge full price... We both enjoy the comparisons.

Chances are its fine. I use Astra bottom balljoints in a Sierra hub too. But my balljoints are much more elongated, so maybe another series of Astra. Just found out mine are MK 1.