What did you do to your 2002 today !

[iinca]

what brand and size are those tires?

 

[NYTransplant]

42 minutes ago, iinca said:

what brand and size are those tires?

 

Barum Brillantus 2 in 175/70-13.

 

https://www.discounttiredirect.com/buy-tires/barum-brillantis-2/p/11361

[SydneyTii]

3 hours ago, NYTransplant said:

  I'm in love ?

So am I

superb wheels, well done the car looks awesome with these wheels!

[man_mark_7]

20 hours ago, The Judge said:

Freshly built motor for my 71' with my new valve cover. I hope in a few weeks this thing will be back on the road sporting the new BBS wheels (not pictured) that i bought.

 

 

 

 

What cam / compression setup are you running with those Weber 40(?)'s?

 

Looks beautiful.

 

M

[grizzlebar]

Planning out the gas strut kit for the trunk and hood. Should be able to knock it out this weekend.

[VWJake]

Polaris ‘68

 

partial right side rocker removed, football sides mouse nest removed from A pillar, new rocker fitted and 2/3rds welded. Inner rocker looked great with only very minor surface rusting in a few spots. 

 

 

[SydneyTii]

So finally got them on!

I am genuinely surprised how nicely the car drives on 13" wheels, it's been quite a few years since I have used them.

They work very well with the eibachs and bilsteins, very happy Chappy!?

 

[zinz]

3 hours ago, SydneyTii said:

 

So finally got them on!

 

 

Polished Octavo 100s? Those look great!

 

I changed from 15” to 13” wheels last year and have been very happy with how the car drives. 

 

Ed

[The Judge]

15 hours ago, man_mark_7 said:

 

What cam / compression setup are you running with those Weber 40(?)'s?

 

Looks beautiful.

 

M

292 cam with 40’s I believe the compression is 10:1

I’m  also going to install Top End Performance ignition system on this build, see how it runs. Thanks

 

15 hours ago, man_mark_7 said:

 

What cam / compression setup are you running with those Weber 40(?)'s?

 

Looks beautiful.

 

M

 

[NYTransplant]

8 hours ago, SydneyTii said:

So finally got them on!

I am genuinely surprised how nicely the car drives on 13" wheels, it's been quite a few years since I have used them.

They work very well with the eibachs and bilsteins, very happy Chappy!?

 

 

Love these!  Sweet ride. 

 

Congrats!

[hellayego]

Warning: somewhat emo post.

 

My 1969, Dolores, is on ice. I canceled the insurance and moved it to the garage this week as it’s about to be stripped for full restoration and a returned to its native Atlantik Blau.

 

I left the new Verona ‘75, Rolf, at home in the driveway after a decent week of daily driving.

 

Instead, I worked on the 1965 Imp today at the garage with my garagemate, Seth. We have been making early mornings at the garage a ritual last few weeks as I try to stop myself from drinking too much at night.

 

We are trying to sort an issue of the engine wanting to die when in gear and under any sort of load. It idles cleanly and can rev like a 998cc Coventry Climax engine should when in neutral, but we have to ride the clutch when in gear or else it wants to die with any load applied. We now think is the electronic ignition thing... there’s a knowledgeable and friendly ‘North American Impers’ FB group we’ve been asking for help... apparently there’s only 50 imps in the US.

 

But in the meantime, we replaced the Imp’s single barrel Solex carb with an almost new one in case the issue was a clogged jet not able to spray more fuel when under load.

 

The carb worked after a little fuel priming and we could idle and rev fine in neutral, but the same issue persisted when we tried to put it in reverse.

 

We left the garage at noon without a solution, as it was already hot in Sylmar and Seth had a marriage counseling appointment. He’s also had a rough couple of weeks.

 

Funny how in our mid 30s, both in technology jobs, we find ourselves turning to the therapy of working with our hands on cars our fathers’ age, fighting the same demons our fathers and grandfathers warned us about.

 

Simple, mostly analog, problems feel tangible and solvable. Thank God for weekends, air, fuel and spark and their healing properties.

 

Here’s a few requested photos of the 1965 Sunbeam Imp LHD from Kentucky, Rose Marie, as she sits. And a couple of inspiration shots of where we will take her.

 

 

Fig. 1

Me unloading the Imp. There was an entire 1966 parts car stuffed inside it minus a second engine.

 

 

Fig. 2

Seth trying to figure out why we can’t drive Rose Mary up the uhaul trailer during a regular car rotation. Never figured out the problem.

 

 

 

Fig. 3

Rose Mary, filled to the gills the day she arrived.

 

 

Fig. 4

This.

 

 

Fig. 5

Also this.

 

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[SydneyTii]

Cheers guys,

yes Octavo’s, came up quite well.

[Guest_anonymous]

Summer clean up and bled the hydraulics on the lift

[EPK]

Attended Charlotte C&C

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[PaulTWinterton]

Lifted the engine to re&re the pan gasket.  Learned a new trick:  cooling system can be left intact with only rad bolts removed.  

 

Job done.   Looking forward to a Sunday drive, tomorrow.