MadaboutKitcars

Ha Ha! They are brilliant aren't they Oxford!

sheets

Well!

I'm totally blown away by all the interest in my scabby old dust sheet!

In actual fact it is just smooth cotton.

Wow.

You make yourselves out as some sort of monsters from star wars!!

It can't be that bad, can it? :-)

Today

I finally got off my haas, and got stuck in to the build.

I am pleased with what I have achieved, but while it does not look much,
it took most of the day to get that far!

At least I have the correct materials, plan, and know what I do next.

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Of course!
When the revolution comes as it must, I will not die very easily believe me!
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Hi Ringo!

A sense of humour is essential as they used to say in the military!

Mine is a very good guide to me, as when it disapears, it indicates I am incredibly exhausted or very very ill, but it's never absent for long!

like most people I have a garage, but it's full of shite, bikes, weight training kit, freezes, spin driers and tools. I try to keep a small passage way open so I can get from one end to the other!
To think when I first moved in I parked my car in it!

My Spitfire donar cost about 11 or 1200 quid to buy, but having stripped off all the bits I did not need and flogged them on ebay, I eventually got the Spitfire cost down to about 700 quid.

Mr Towed flogged his stuff off and actually made a bloody profit!

Spifires command higher prices I think than Triumph Heralds and Vitesses.
Lot of people like Mr Towed, go for the Vitesses, as some of them come with the 2 litre 6 cylinder engine which is a very nice well balanced lump
I do have a passion for recycling, but a lot of my recycling is done rather that get "ripped off" if you see what I mean.

An XKSS lighting set is £1000. I mean, that's taking the piss.
I used the Spitfire headlights and modded Morris minor rear lights at about £30. Where the f*ck does the other 900- quid come from??

Keep me posted on your build, by the way where are you based?

Scottie

Hood

I did a lot of work today, it was work I had looked forward to doing as I knew I would enjoy it.

I literally have been tripping over the bulky hood and frame for ages, and decided to strip it down to base components, as I intend to use it to form the main part of my new hood.

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Today

I did more work on the divider, which proved more troublesome than I had thought, but it's done now, and will take my complete body-weight when I sit on it, so although it is not a lot it''s one more step in the right direction.

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Welcome back scimjim, glad you were not dissapointed by the build progress! :-)

Progress

Well Paul, no it does not mean its dark in my kitchen because I have spotlights in my build tent!

They happen to be a spare set from the scrappie,

BUT, one upside of chucking the other half out, is that one does not just have a "man shed" any more. One has a "MAN HOUSE" also, a "MAN GARDEN" and best of all a "MAN LIFE"!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As I once said, this does not work for everyone, but it sure as hell works for me!

Think of it, if you want to strip and engine in your sacred lounge, YOU CAN!

If a flower bed is in the place you want to store your body shell, you simply CONCRETE OVER IT!

The possiblities are endless. Enough of that.

Back to the SAGA of the cockpit divider.

They say its never over 'til the fat lady sings, well, as far as cockpit dividers go, that certainly seems to be the case. I am left with a strong impression that aforementioned fat lady has been seriously dragging her arse a bit when it comes to the vocal department. Lazy cow.

So, I have taken the offending divider out again, totally re-enforced it with fibre paste, drilled out around (seems like) 8 million difficult holes,
and bolted the bloody thing back in place at last .
I sat there looking at it with some sort of satisfaction, when I heard the fat cow trilling away in the background and I knew it was over!

The job was done, nailed, finito, endex.

A bit plus factor is that I have avoided welding stuff into the back of the car, it is all bolted in, which will still give good access if the rear spring ever needs to come out again. All I will need is a spanner, not a
cutting disc!

I have just come in from the build tent now and whatever very small faults the divider has, I will live with them, this has taken longer than I could have imagined, and I am so pleased it is over. Amen.

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I kinda guessed you'd pick up on it Mr T!
You did not disappoint me, you rarely do...... :-)

You are NOT paying attention WCA

I DID say I would live with the end result.........................:-)

Then Ya missus is slacking man!

There seems to be more than we think out there WCA!

Well, today was bright and sunny, and I had fallen behind with log storage.
Luckily, and friend of mine rang up to tell me a small tree had been blown down in his garden. Just what I wanted to hear!
I took my chainsaw round and had it in logs in no time, it was the best exercise I had since leaving hospital. It was very satisfying, and I feel great.
I did not think to take pictures so you will just have to use your imaginations!!

Bloody hell Paul!!

That gave me a really good laugh! Well done.

I would like to think it looked like that, but reality probably was a bit more mundane as it usually is!

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XKSS windscreen



I have re-started to work on the Morris Minor rear window and frame which will be turned into the XKSS windscreen.

I have been both looking forward to, and dreading this bit.

What I am about to attempt (in my view) IS do-able, but only just.

The measurement are very critical, and there is no room for error, hence my apprehension.

I HAVE to get this right first time, and having not done it before does not help much!

The blind leading the blind in the dark! (Least that is what it feels like)

It WILL turn out right, but I have to really get stuck into it.

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In this particular case, the noun rake, ( not actually an agricultural implement in this example) taken from the adjective "raked" meaning "to incline from the horizontal" or in this case the vertical, as in "raked masts" or if you will, "raked windscreens"
The pink handle you refer to is merely a simple prop in order to set and adjust the rake angle.
I trust this clarifies your wrongful assumption.

Ah dee me best Ringo!