'66 Sunbeam Minx Project - F20C/6sp/4-link/Discs...

[El Campo]

Looking beautiful as usual.
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[Frizzle Fry]

Originally Posted by Kristian j

The "goo" underseal, isn't that supposed to be under the car? And it is supposed to be rubber plugs!
Anyway. After the family has been on the sunday trip in the rainy British countryside the driver (the father usually) says:

Remove your plugs and let the water out

They were all metal, all the same, and look factory. In fact they must be since they were sealed top and bottom. But they're gone now

Originally Posted by -Greg72

Looks great!

If you can stand the smell, Brakeleen will remove that residual asphalt goo really well....

I usually buy brake cleaner by the case, just be careful of the fluid soaked rags. A few sparks from a grinder or flap disc and you've got real problems.



(not that I'd know anything about that).


-G
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Thanks Greg! I like carb cleaner. Don't have to worry about welding fumes from it like you do with brake cleaner (bad things).

Originally Posted by Sub-versive

Killer work as usual Mike! Work of art!

Thanks Man! You've been along for the long haul on this one

Originally Posted by ERASER5

OH,he has dials that have dials that are driven by dials. And I'm not being funny! Somewhere there are pictures of the old dials, the new dials, the connectors, and the intermediate dails.

On another note, what is uncertainty of your butt-gauge? Is it NIST traceable? Certifications? Can you tell I work in a calibration lab?

Thanks brotha! Don't get me started on NIST... You have a good memory about the gauge system. It's NSX needle actuator in stock Smiths Housings driven by the Acura Cluster PCB... Gauge mayhem starts here And a pic of the final config (actually the tach needle was trimmed to look more like the others after this)

Originally Posted by mcbassin

That's cool the painter will let you work with him on it. This is a pretty small car you guys should be able to knock it out quick. Looking forward to updates. One of my favorite builds on this site.

Yes it is cool of the painter. And a great learning opportunity for me. Unbelievable how for the scope of this project has drifted... But it's all fun and will be worth it in the end, whenever that may be...

Originally Posted by Kristian j

Now there is a cylinder head where the heater is supposed to be. No heater then?

Man, you have some reading to do

Heater posts:
here
and Here

Originally Posted by El Campo

Looking beautiful as usual.
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Thanks!

[Kristian j]

Man, you have some reading to do

Good heavens! You are working faster then I am reading!!!

[Kristian j]

I have started from the beginning several times, but I also have to go and work on my own projekt,
Then I forgot where I was, Will make a new try!!
By the way, where can these small rev-counters be found?

[El Campo]

Frizzle when you say "knock down weld peaks with a flat file" do you mean that you file off the peaks or something else (like a slap file)? Sorry for the elementary questions, just hoping to gain some insight to assist me on my own project.
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[watahyahknow]

you can bent these files to by lengtening the screwed part to follow the bulge

[Frizzle Fry]

Originally Posted by Kristian j

I have started from the beginning several times, but I also have to go and work on my own projekt,
Then I forgot where I was, Will make a new try!!
By the way, where can these small rev-counters be found?

This is the exact one I used

Originally Posted by El Campo

Frizzle when you say "knock down weld peaks with a flat file" do you mean that you file off the peaks or something else (like a slap file)? Sorry for the elementary questions, just hoping to gain some insight to assist me on my own project.
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No problem. I'm filing them down with a flat file.

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

you can bent these files to by lengtening the screwed part to follow the bulge

Looks interesting. Got a link?

[watahyahknow]

http://www.gedoretools.co.uk/car-bod...886646007.html
http://www.img-automotive.co.uk/body...work-file.html


its a pretty course file i think its made in the first place for leadwork

[El Campo]

Martin Tools (MRT1150) Adjustable File...
This is the one that I think I will get. If its like the other Martin stuff it should do great. Plus a good price. I have the other Martin tools just don't know how to use them to their full potential yet
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[Frizzle Fry]

Your chariot awaits...

...and just like that she's gone! They grow up so fast:




Here you can see the bigger casters I added to the Accessible Systems Rotisserie:



Let's see if we can round this corner:


Tight squeeze!




...but we get it done:






So it's off to the media blaster and then back to my shop for a few last items before being shipped off to the paint shop. Next time you see "Sunny" she will be in her birthday suit

[trixter99]

I love this build.... But why is ther a rifle leaning against the outside of your garage?
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[Kristian j]

Coming so far (and I haven't read everything yet), beeing involvet in every detail, (and more is to come, I guess), It's almost like being involved in the whole family. Children has been in the garage. (there are a family?). Have wife or girlfriend being in front of the camera yet?

You have to take away some trees from the property. (Now I am starting to interfere! Not good!) ......and that rifle??

Anyway, the 50+ m.m. rec.counter could fit in the center hole in the middle of the dashboad on my green car. You have tested it and it works ok?

[Frizzle Fry]

Pellet gun
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[Frizzle Fry]

The dolphin tachometer works great. You wouldn't need one that counts to 10,000 RPM, but it will work just fine as long as you have a pulse source to send to it.
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[Kristian j]

Originally Posted by Frizzle Fry

The dolphin tachometer works great. You wouldn't need one that counts to 10,000 RPM, but it will work just fine as long as you have a pulse source to send to it.
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Would prefeer a 6000 RPM one (when do I pass 6000 RPM) but they are hard to find.

[Graeme_B]

You were keen Frizzel to stick with the original colours way back before things progressed to a total body refurb.
Are you still thinking that way now its a full respray?

[Frizzle Fry]

Original colors, yes.
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[Frizzle Fry]

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[ERASER5]

Originally Posted by trixter99

I love this build.... But why is ther a rifle leaning against the outside of your garage?
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You say that like it isn't normal.

[El Campo]

Isn't America great? car is looking beautiful and progress is always nice!!! Jealous of your rotisserie.
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[Frizzle Fry]

Originally Posted by ERASER5

You say that like it isn't normal.

For anyone interested, this is what's seen leaning against the shop. Good for critters up to about the size of a jack rabbit.

[Frizzle Fry]

Originally Posted by El Campo

Isn't America great? car is looking beautiful and progress is always nice!!! Jealous of your rotisserie.
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Yes! That rotisserie has been a life saver and will continue to be through blasting and paint. Speaking of which, I just dropped it off at the blaster's place. Will get pics when done. Doors are off now so it's a complete shell.

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by Frizzle Fry

For anyone interested, this is what's seen leaning against the shop. Good for critters up to about the size of a jack rabbit.

Benjamin makes a great air rifle. Great for targets and small vermin.

BTW, I need one of those rotisseries too.

[watahyahknow]

the old metal is thicker then that of newer cars so it will resist more to deforming deu to the blasting but still i hope the blaster knows wat he's doing and doesnt introduce too much heat and buckle the metal

[Frizzle Fry]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

BTW, this is America. no explanation necessary. We sometimes have real guns leaning against our shops.....just saying.

The only questionable aspect would be regarding safe handling practices, not ownership.

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

the old metal is thicker then that of newer cars so it will resist more to deforming deu to the blasting but still i hope the blaster knows wat he's doing and doesnt introduce too much heat and buckle the metal

You think I'm going to trust it to just any blaster after all this work/time..? They use a recycled plastic media, like ground up phones, etc. So there's no risk of deformation from heat.