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Install a Retrosound sub woofer in my car.
BTW I converted my Marchal driving lights to H3 Bulbs and left the capacity to use Tungsten BA21S should I ever want to. H3 is the most efficient and cost effective bulb and they will last way longer than tungsten.
Aluminum, black powder-coated, wide-five conversion, with wider tires.
New gauges
Upgraded dual horns (replacing air horn I installed)
Normal maintenance and a few small tweaks
All done by the talented folks at S.E.
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New gauges
Upgraded dual horns (replacing air horn I installed)
Normal maintenance and a few small tweaks
All done by the talented folks at S.E.
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After the heater last Spring and my creating the carburetor debacle this Fall, all I'm gonna do is cycle some gas treatment through it, put the car cover on and wake it up around late March.
Oh! And this is the winter I'll work up a complete "How-it-was-built" and "How-to-fix-it" book...... With all of the weird, custom stuff on it, that's long over-due (like, "What the hell is THAT relay doing?") I can do this because I'll be in my nice, toasty-warm house, typing away.
(1) Reshape (bend) the vertical shift lever for the four speed transmission slightly to the right so the shift knob won't brush up against my knee every time I shift through the gears.
(2) Have Tenax Fasteners installed on a new full-tonneau cover.
(3) Spray paint the black windshield wiper arms flat-silver like those found on an original Porsche using VHT High Temperature chip resistant wheel paint.
Buy a new car...
Install the stainless fuel lines. Hopefully receive and install the Berg 5, install the new oil cooler bracket and relocate the cooler.
That should be it...
Is that the bracket from Kevin? I need to relo mine as there's a small leak from the top port. Damn thing is impossible to work on up behind the firewall!
1. I recently put together a new exhaust system held together with U-bolts. Going to remove, have it welded and ceramic coated.
2. Going to figure out how to replace CV boots and place new type 2 off road CV boots.
3. Place the hard top and drive.
Suby Conversion in Bremen
Considering ditching the subwoofer box and fiberglassing in a sealed enclosure between the rear seat and the firewall. I'm in the research phase right now but it's looking good. My only decision will be doing the actual fiberglassing myself or taking it to a glasser.
Fender stretch; fit wire wheels. Shave scuttle top. Clean out or replace Idle Air Control Valve. Frame stiffeners. Begin roll bar fabrication.
crhemi (Bill) poboiinhawaii posted:Is that the bracket from Kevin? I need to relo mine as there's a small leak from the top port. Damn thing is impossible to work on up behind the firewall!
Yes. he did a nice job on it. I just need to get started on the relocation. Should be very straight forward. I'm also going to swap out the old side plates on the swing axle spring plates. I'm just waiting on the alen head bolts to arrive.
I'm definitely going to change the blinker fluid and replace the air in the tires.
Thinking about a new key fob...
Terry, let me know if you're getting the Gene Berg key fob, and I'll order one, too.
They only do them in batches of 25, so depending on when you order, it can be as much as a six year wait.
What is this 'Winter' you speak of (just kidding)? 
My project remains the same, continue putting mileage on the Speedster!
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Install my new Vintage Speed air cleaners. http://shop.vintagespeed.com.tw/s.nl/it.A/id.781/.f
I'll probably change the oil.
Sacto Mitch posted:
Terry, let me know if you're getting the Gene Berg key fob, and I'll order one, too.
They only do them in batches of 25, so depending on when you order, it can be as much as a six year wait.
And Ted thought the wait for 5 speed parts was long...
MusbJim posted:What is this 'Winter' you speak of (just kidding)?
My project remains the same, continue putting mileage on the Speedster!
Great photo. Keep them coming.
I heard Henry is making electric key fobs.
Hey, Mitch - It could be worse...... Berg might be sub'ing out his Key fobs to SAS.
Don't say that, Gordon! I happen to be "in the queue" at SAS, awaiting my blinker fluid.
Like those Vintage Speed air cleaners. Just the thing for a crazy person who wants to make their Type 1 look Porschey.
But, of course, how can you have those air cleaners if you don't also have one of these?
Ah, madness.
Hey Guys,
Why is this thread posted under 'classifieds'?
TRP posted:Hey Guys,
Why is this thread posted under 'classifieds'?
Because classifieds.
I'd like to finish Eleanor and get her on the road!
TRP posted:Hey Guys,
Why is this thread posted under 'classifieds'?
Because some of the projects that the guys have planned for the winter are highly classified. We'll find out in the spring what they did, assuming, of course, that we have a need to know.
Yeah, I never know what the heck I'm gonna do until I'm halfway into it, and then there's no turning back!
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Geez..... And I thought my projects were a little ambitious!
Ed - I see fender darts in Bridgett's future.
Bwaaahahahaha
Lookin' good, Ed!
Ed - Are you widening the rears as well? That could look pretty bad-ass.
Here's the look Ed is after...
BTW, this discussion makes me nostalgic for my old TD. Had a lot of fun in that car.
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The later MGTF had much more aggressive look with the integrated headlamp.
Ed, on a somewhat related note:
Morgan Motorcars, maybe the most British of all British motorcars, varies the bodies of their traditional cars by changing only the fender width to accommodate wider wheels, tires, and track. The rest of the body, up and down the line, is exactly the same. (They do build a more modern 'Aero' line for which this doesn't apply.)
This was pointed out by a docent at a tour of the factory when I visited last month.
The difference in fender width is subtle at the front (some of the width is added between the headlight and the grille), but more obvious at the side and rear.
If you've never been, and find yourself in that corner of jolly olde England, the factory tour is not to be missed.
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The answer is yes. The rear fenders are coming out by about an inch at the top, tapered to (near) stock at the bottoms.
The first layers of 'glass are up and curing. I've got a little space heater in the lift bay that's holding the temp in there right around 70f. Gonna try and get to the bottoms this weekend. Plus the scuttle (to get rid of those tell-tale wiper plinths). If the outside temps are above 50 it should be doable.
After that I'll be getting some of that glass filler putty Merklin recommends.
BTW there are two reasons to widen these fenders, only one of which is to accommodate the extra stick-out of the MWS wires.
The other wheels that may just fit are 15-hole steelies, 15 x 6, from a '90s Nissan Altima. From the side, with MG hubcaps, those look enough like stock MG TD wheels* to fool any but the most uptight purist. But the offset inside would allow for a 195/55 or even 205/50-15 to fit under those fenders. Maybe.
So Bob (above) isn't totally out of line.
*MGA fans would also notice that these wheels, if fixed with two-eared knockoffs and sprayed the right color of British racing aluminium, are also the spitting image of those rare alloy jobbies that graced the twin cam cars.