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Post by 1800heap on Jun 29, 2023 20:47:31 GMT
Grandad is a bit of a nutter! Goes rather well and seems to handle nicely too.
Nick
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Post by 1800heap on Jun 10, 2023 7:49:52 GMT
Hi all I can tell you that with the Australian Mk2 I hated the feel of the brakes! It has a dual circuit PBR setup. They didn't work very well and the feel was nasty. Having said that I have not and had not inspected them for problems. It could well have just been poor maintenance. OKR on the other hand, a MK3 with the 3 pot S setup and bigger disks, I always found to be excellent. Good feel and worked well. Some fade if you really got into it, but that was not unexpected and took a couple of good hard stops from high speed. I have to say that I prefer a slightly heavier feel. I hate my wifes Toyota Corolla, you touch the brakes with that and it stops like you just jumped on them too hard. Now after driving it for a while and getting used to it, the progression is fine all be it very light in touch. Anyway never has any issues with OKR, although slight concern at the single circuit!
Nick
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OKR
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Post by 1800heap on May 26, 2023 7:35:32 GMT
Anyone seen this little beasty! How cool! It is electric with about a 100 mile range! I was waiting around yesterday and got to wondering what the Chinese might be doing with the Austin brand, only to discover that it is now back in British ownership. This is the Austin Arrow prototype. Apparently, the Austin motor company UK are going to make them. I want One! Nick
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Post by 1800heap on May 26, 2023 7:26:56 GMT
Damn Chris that's quite a bit of rust! I am glad OKR did not have that rust in it again. I am probably lucky is was mostly in the garage while it waited for me!
Nick
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Post by 1800heap on May 23, 2023 21:24:07 GMT
It is interesting that the engineers put an adjustable tie bar on the bottom. By doing that to me they are accepting that the postion of the engine has considerable tolerance. Not something you would expect to see on a modern vehicle!
Did you add the top 'S' tie bar like I did Chris?
Nick
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OKR
May 22, 2023 3:23:09 GMT
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Post by 1800heap on May 22, 2023 3:23:09 GMT
I agree stress crack for sure. I wonder if it is related to having the "S" top stabiliser fitted to the car?
Nick
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Post by 1800heap on May 21, 2023 20:35:21 GMT
Talking about engine mounts Chris, this is not something I had anticipated finding! Impossible to see under the crud, but once cleaned up. I wonder how many others are cracked. Nick
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Post by 1800heap on May 21, 2023 20:07:08 GMT
Hi Chris Sorry to be a Debby downer, but is it just a trick of the photo or is the bolt very offset relative to the (RHS in photo) stabiliser bush. If it is I would not be very happy with how much pressure there is on the stabiliser bar. You may want to check the mounts at the front of the engine. It seems you may be fighting one or both of them to bring the engine straight. Nick
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Post by 1800heap on May 10, 2023 21:40:58 GMT
Thats a rare car indeed! Yes hopefully it is still as good and knowbody drilled an antenna hole in it, or put holes in for wing mirrors etc. I am sure the DVLA could be pedantic if they really wanted to be. Certainly get those types over here! My car is 50 this year and the sills would have been done 30 years ago, I wonder how that possibility would be dealt with. Not that it matters for my car, but there are plenty of scenarios! Nick My last crab VKK351H had never had any body or structural repairs, before or during my ownership, hopefully it's still in the same condition Steve
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Post by 1800heap on May 4, 2023 21:40:53 GMT
That sucks!
Of the 330 Austin and Morris 1800's listed on how many left, including sorn, that are 50 plus years old, there would be zero that have never had a chassis repair or hole made, if they have lived in the UK. The other factor is any NOS repair panels for our cars are likely to be over 40 years old in any case!
What a ridiculous idea! If they have to go that way, how about a 51% rule on fitting non vintage body panels.
Nick
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Post by 1800heap on May 4, 2023 7:53:44 GMT
Hi Jeff
There is an area where I would check that you have not mentioned. I have noticed that chassis damage can occur from a front end accident that is not very easy to identify. My OZ crab had it on one side. It can result in wheel alignment issues as well possible minor bonnet alignment problems. On my OZ car it resulted in considerable front wheel setback on the damaged side. This upsets the caster angle and also on my car, that has 185 tyres, made the tyre rub on the front of the sill on full lock. I may not have noticed it with standard wheels. This was how I noticed it though, rather than seeing any damage. It is quite difficult to see with the engine in the way.
You basically get a kink forwards of the hole where the driveshaft passes through the inner wing. At that point the chassis rail doglegs where the hole for the driveshaft is, so there is a tendancy when hit hard from the front for the force to kink that dogleg section making the tie bar fixing point go aft a bit, and the wing to drop a tiny bit at the front. There was no obvious signs on the inner wing though. The bonnet alignmet was slightly off but not all that noticable.
Might be worth a look and if it effects both sides, could potentially give you some slight bonnet alignment problems I would think.
I will add though there is a bit of an art to getting good bonnet alignment when fitting wings and generally it takes a lot of tinkering to get just right, so there is a strong likelihood it is just that depending on who fixed the damage Jeff.
Nick
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Post by 1800heap on Apr 27, 2023 20:03:46 GMT
Yuk! Nick Huge rubber polyurethane cones is the obvious answer! Just so long as it doesn't work out like a Mini. Rattle the fillings out of your teeth. However, possibly a simply engineered solution which could be made to fit into the existing tube and carriers. *Runs for cover*C.
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Post by 1800heap on Apr 22, 2023 21:01:00 GMT
Thanks Brian Hi Nick, forgot to say I sent you a PM on this. Brian
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Post by 1800heap on Apr 22, 2023 12:01:12 GMT
Hi Brian Hope you don't mind me asking but how much did you pay for your RH sill?
Nick
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Post by 1800heap on Apr 20, 2023 5:25:15 GMT
Interesting you say about the vin as I did look up the number plate on the DVLA site, and no records! From what I have found with that lookup, any cars that were last taxed before the 1980's dont seem to be listed. So assuming you didn't make a mistake with the number plate, the car did not last very long before it was scrapped! Nick Thanks Nick, I did think about that possibility but having no vin to go on,I guess I'll just have to be satisfied with your assumption. It does seem logical, thanks. Jeff
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