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Wow! That's one of the most authentic looking Type 35 replicas I've seen other than those $250,000 Argentinian exact recreations.
Deserves to sell for a good price - not sure if an ebay auction is the best way to sell it but it's already getting some serious bids so what do I know!
Mr Towed Again thanks for the comments and your probably right about E-Bay but it does reach a world wide audience.
A good sale would be nice as R&D costs are crippling me at the moment.
Redratbike If asked I'll build another one for a price. But as I'v said, my next project will be a twin engine SUNBEAM 350hp BLUEBIRD replica.
I have driven a customers VW powered Bugatti 35 replica and the under steer in frightening particularly when pulling away at a junction as it tends to want to go straight on.
Done the deed with DVLA and register the car properly.
Unbelievably it took less then 2 weeks for the V5 to be return and corrected.
Now registered as a TRIUMPH T35LS.
I now need to spend sometime on it and get it ready for sale.
Spent a few hours on this project trying to get it ready to sell.
The engine is running much better but I'm still having trouble with one carb.
As I can now drive it I turned my attention to the gear stick.
When I built the car I just extended the gear stick rather than move the gear shift which meant very long gear selection and the long gear stick ended up under your left leg when in forth gear!! not ideal!!
I made a "custom tool" to undo the gear linkage nut and bolt.
Then (with the help of a cheap £150 plasma cutter) I cut through the gear selector casting .
Made up a new longer selector shaft.
And bolted it into place.
As the gear selector is now bolted to the chassis rail in the gearbox tunnel I will add a pair of rubber bobins to help with the vibrations but for now this modification should make driving it much more "natural"
Spent nearly the whole weekend trying to sort out the carbs on this beastie.
Ended up replacing both carbs and still it is not running right.
It's running CD150 Stromberg carbs but you can put your hand over the first carb and the car will stop. Put your hand over the second carb and the car will carry on running as-if nothing happened.
I can even screw closed both jets and the bl**dy thing still carries on running
AIR LEAKS I here you saying well NO!! Manifold is air tight, butterfly spindles are tight, new diaphragm, correct float height, new carb gaskets ect !!!!
I am now looking at changing the main jets and needles.
On the plus side, I did manage to drive it down the road and forth gear is now much more comfortable to use.
I also changed the mudguards for some thing more in keeping.
The rear ones are a little short but it was all I had at the time.
It's running CD150 Stromberg carbs but you can put your hand over the first carb and the car will stop. Put your hand over the second carb and the car will carry on running as-if nothing happened.
I can even screw closed both jets and the bl**dy thing still carries on running
AIR LEAKS I here you saying well NO!! Manifold is air tight, butterfly spindles are tight, new diaphragm, correct float height, new carb gaskets ect !!!!
Ditto!
I overhauled my CD150s with kits before starting the Vitesse engine I put in the A352, but, like you, it doesn't make a blind bit of difference what I do with the jets. It's reluctant to start from cold. The plugs from cylinders four, five and six are black, no matter what, but the front three are a nice milky coffee colour. Infuriatingly, it runs well once it's warm, apart from not wanting to pick up from tickover, irrespective of the speed it's set at.
I've racked up about 1600 miles so far and would very much like her to run properly. I bought an electronic ignition kit for her but haven't fitted it as in the small print (not mentioned in the advert!) it says that alternator output voltages circa 15 will burn it out. As soon as my red light goes out this is what mine produces. Aaaaaaaaaaaaagh!
Hoping some demon carb./alternator Gurus on here can offer advice!
I don,t have the answer,but I recognise these problems!
My carbs had different weights of dampers and my brandnew fitted diaphragm was leaking....I put in new jets and now it,s working acceptable.
Biggest change was installing a brand new,complete electronic distributor,not cheap but working so much better!
An other change was connecting a new tube from the valve cover to the inlet so it had no leaks anymore.
