26 Apr
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Now notched up the mighty total of 128 miles! – soon to be
considerably enhanced by the Welsh Road Trip, all being well. I’m also
planning to display the Ace at Gawsworth Hall on 4th May.
Ancient and modern:
I’ve been working on a couple of jobs in the last few weeks – the car
needs to be weatherproof (as far as possible), so I’ve been trimming the sidescreens
and fitting the hood:
It also needs to be capable of negotiating a reasonable
speed bump without discarding the exhaust, so I’ve completed a re-routed exhaust
system which runs outboard of the main chassis rails. The bend at the bottom of
the manifold has been turned through 45 degrees to pass under the chassis members
where they ‘kick-up’ at the front, and a single specially-made silencer each side
located between chassis outriggers. It sounds like a V8 should, without being
objectionably loud. The ground clearance under the exhaust is now the same as
that under the sump – and there really isn’t much point increasing it any further!
The tonneau tended to turn up around the front corners, which didn’t look
great so I’ve made some aluminium pins which fit through the front sidescreen ferrules in the doors, incorporating
an additional fastener:
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Sunday, 26 April 2015
Finishing some important details
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