Hi Kev Yes, all good but I'm now selling lots of stuff! I really enjoyed my second Alfa stint with the three Sprints (8v, 16V and 24V) but am now back into steam train stuff on the Great Central Railway. Still doing engines - with Boscastle and rusty bodywork with 16T mineral wagons - Windcutters. :o

Hi All - Yes I still lurke on here! I have a variety of Alfa Romeo Sprint spares including a front grille with four working headlamp units (£80), 2 pairs of Weber 36 IDF carbs (£100 per pair), pair of inlet manifolds (£50), misc relays and most of a 164 wiring loom(£25) (£250 for everything). All to...

Keep it coming Phil, no restrictions on make really, more about the people ;) Well done on firing up, bet that's gonna be fun to balance! Thanks Kev - it is now firing on about 10 cylinders so is sounding better! I am busy getting the two banks of carbs linked and as long as they all open reasonabl...

Just an update It Lives!! With a collection of wires and temporary adaptations the MeGa BGT V12 Fired up for the first time. I have uploaded a short video on You Tube and I think this is the link. https://youtu.be/oUgVghlkVgE As I have now sold my Sprints, I feel a bit of a fraud lurking on here, bu...

I'm sure "Our beloved old cars" will still be around, used and appreciated for many many years to come. The supply of parts for many classics is probably better than cars of more recent times! Also classic parts are simpler and more easily manufactured.

You certainly do get some interesting work!

Thanks again Wow that's alot of painting there :shock: reminds me of when used to spray 40ft containers. look forward to seeing it finished and I bet you do too :lol: Well I have got the white stripes painted now (they show which end has the opening door) DSCF7305.JPG I have just got the other side...

Nice work with the "Bluebird"! Some more grey painting done! http://imagehosting.rodsnsods.co.uk/455759cca59352e04.jpg http://imagehosting.rodsnsods.co.uk/455759cca5c923b1c.jpg Now I have to change colour!.... and paint the white diagonal stripes. For those observant people who are wonderi...

Thanks Veesix - and it is up for sale again on the 'bay - due to a "Timewaster"......

It is a scam.........I had a similar situation when I was selling the 6C last year, but mine asked for payment to a Western Union account.

KevJTD wrote:all transport related stuff mate

Well there were some Aston Martins at Quorn on Saturday.....

Well it is up on the "Bay" again. I must say that I feel aggrieved that he says the car was “not as described” in the advert that I posted. He did not complain to e bay or make any contact with me since the time of purchase 10 months ago………There were about 8, up to date, photographs of the...

KevJTD wrote:Train painting, gotta love the scale of those things

and yesterday I got a bit more done! But I do feel guilty cluttering up the CAF with this railway stuff....

There are a collection of 36 Windcutter 16 ton steel mineral wagons on the Great Central Railway and some are at Quorn Station looking a bit neglected. Well I had a spare few minutes so I thought that I would "Paint my Wagon!" http://imagehosting.rodsnsods.co.uk/4557598d61d4e6c99.jpg http:...

I've been using the Rods n Sods website to host pictures, then draft a post and "cut and paste" to elsewhere.

"I have bought a 2004 MX5 1.8 to replace it and I love it.[/quote]

I have a 99 1.6 MX 5 (120K miles from new) and an 04 1.8 S-VT MX5 (SH 50k miles) both great cars!

I wonder how many of those plastic sumps get replaced after having been jacked up on???

Well I was not quite "Working on" but I was "riding on" my Brakevan, now that it is finished - Goods Galore gala weekend on the GCR

Well done on the MoT pass.

The SR 71 just looks so EVIL! and Concorde is so sleek......... and both designed 50 odd years ago!

Do I detect a bit of inspiration there Philip? How is yours doing? :D Well I built it in 1989 with a Rover V8 to drag race, then sold it 5 years later......missed it, couldn't trace it, started to build another and it turned up so I changed the build to use the V12. No recent progress as house move...

I hadn't realised the effect of that P51 oil cooler - subtle! But I am sure I have seen a similar intake somewhere before.... This certainly is a great thread - Thanks.

We were lucky enough to get a Paris/ London flight on Concorde (just before the Paris crash). It went out over the Atantic to go supersonic and then back over the Bristol Channel down to Heathrow. It certainly was a fantastic experience and the push from the seat back on take-off was really strong -...

Awesome does that predate "plate and flicker" lubrication? I had not heard of "Plate and Flicker" in lubrication so I looked it up and it is commonly used in agriculture for spreading seeds etc. Splash lubrication is a very old technique and I think the wick system is also very ...

Knowing that folk on here like oily stuff and bearings here is what I was working on yesterday.... ....... but then I had to check the axle bearings. These are the four big black boxes outboard of the wheels. The bottom half of the box is dropped to allow the "Oiling Pad" to be inspected. ...

Whilst we are talking paint here is my work yesterday
My 20 ton Brake Van which is now in for its second refurb! I bought it back in 1994 and it is on the Great Central Railway.

This certainly seems to be a popular thread!

Nice to see a new project start - doesn't look too bad???

petrolhead wrote:She's moaning!



Because i wouldnt let her as her heels would possibly poke holes in the floor!

I thought it was the roof lining that got damaged....

Kegsti66 wrote:What a lovely shaped back end. Pure class.

Where is the Alfa picture?

What he said!