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You mentioned the LED number plate bolt lights, I'm still not sure about my ones.
So I'd be interested to see how you get on with them if you go down that route.
Good luck, Paul.
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My computer is playing up & both those videos are "black" for me.
Bad luck with your computer not playing the video links, Phil's one is something to behold.
As for the led bolt lights I'm thinking of keeping the mgb plate lamp instead but I'm not overly happy with the led strip brake light, so I've just ordered an oval one meant for a motorbike instead. It's coming from Hong Kong so it may be a month before it arrives...
Barry and Phils car do look rather good don't they ?
I suspect the 'whites' look better on Mrs T than they will on your good self !!
Hoping to attend the Revival this year and whites are almost obligatory there if you want to get real close to the cars.....
Phil and Barry's cars are just stunning - even better in the metal than the videos.
Not sure what you mean about the white overalls suiting my wife better than me, but the last time I donned a pair Michelin reported record sales figures locally within days.
I'm hoping to make a couple of pilgramages to places like Goodwood myself next year once my cars finished and fettled. I can't wait...
Looking great Phil, really inspiring stuff. By the way, what size are your racing roundels and numbers. Are the roundels and numbers both 18" or are the numbers the 11" size?
I can do you numbers and rondels for the cost of the vinyl and a drink, I reckon £10 for a pair of rondels with numbers in the size of your choosing in any common font, oh plus a couple of quid p&p
I can do you numbers and rondels for the cost of the vinyl and a drink, I reckon £10 for a pair of rondels with numbers in the size of your choosing in any common font, oh plus a couple of quid p&p
You should speak to ANDYP57 about that ...maybe he can put it as an option on the website ...a pack of 4 roundalls , numbers etc to order and maybe the stick on plates to order as well ? Some period stickers would possibly go down well also...
You should speak to ANDYP57 about that ...maybe he can put it as an option on the website ...a pack of 4 roundalls , numbers etc to order and maybe the stick on plates to order as well ? Some period stickers would possibly go down well also...
might earn you both a few quid.....
sorry hijacked Toweds thread.......I'm gone..
No problem, I'm not that precious about my thread, any topic is welcome and open for discussion and digression.
Look, I know you guys are fanatical about your little 4 pot 'Spyders' and are 'builders' rather than cinematographers but with modern technology available to all could you possibly club together and buy a half decent cardboard toilet roll 'inner' to place over whatever microphone you are (not) using to alleviate the wind noise on these clips (or get your IT-savvy gap year kid to do something sociable for dad?)
There was only 4 secs of decent engine 'burble' on the last of the 'Oi You Tube' clips.
Of all the lurkers/trolls out there, surely someone can put together a decent video sound clip to accompany these small (and ineffectual) cars?
(Overdubs of RR Merlin engines, while delightful to hear, will curry no favour).
Oh, and if personal insults are acceptable on this forum, which I didn't think they were, Nike, you see the half wit with no car making rubbish engine noises in the clip below? That's you that is.
Oh, and if personal insults are acceptable on this forum, which I didn't think they were, Nike, you see the half wit with no car making rubbish engine noises in the clip below? That's you that is.
Ha, ha, I'm sure Christian Doppler would have loved that last guy. That clip so reminds me of a skit Dave Allan did a billion years ago, I'd forgotten all about it.
Yes, youtube has just about everything on it from genius to moronic. I can't get over how realistic the sound effects are from the first guy, especially his aircooled beetle dying for no apparent reason. Mine used to do just that.
The doppler effect can be very useful in my job although the American style 'whoo whoo' sirens we have these days aren't as effective at telling people which direction we're coming from than the 'nee nar' sirens of old. Having said that, when I first started as a Bobby working out of East Dereham we had a Ford Escort with a single rotating blue beacon that looked like a prop off the Tardis and a broken two tone that only made an asthmatic 'haar' sound. It was quite embarassing chasing after villains in a car going 'haar..... haar..... haar....'
You can hear the lack of doppler effect on one of Phil's youtube clips where one of my colleagues is on their way to an emergency if you skip to about 1 minute 15 seconds (it's not me I'd have remembered Phil's car). To compensate the sirens have three different settings and we often have to switch between them to attract attention when people fail to react appropriately to our approach.
Little bit of progress today. I made myself a cardboard template for the fillets to fill the gaps between the front bulkhead and the inside of the body. The same template worked for both sides with a little bit of adjustment to allow for the side to side differences. Once I'd cut the fillets out of plywood I fixed them in place with bonding paste -
I also got round to fitting the luggage bay door today. I'm rather pleased with the way that's turning out, it'll be pretty well hidden from view behind a bulkhead carpet and you'll have to move both seats forward before you can open it. I'll decide if it needs a lock of some sort at a later stage of the build -
hwell: 
