DSC_0870.jpg Well I was working on it during the summer and the area around the heater matrix is almost finished. I am concentrating on indoor jobs and my 'get it finished one day' Sprint Veloce during the bad weather ( as is its in the garage). Its certainly a difficult area to work on and you hav...

If you find your feet are getting a bit wet in your 75 you will probably find the bulkhead looks something like this when you finally remove the dashboard.

Actually I am getting a bit tired of the smell of damp carpets, so some recommendations on good air fresheners would be useful. They also give you an indication of body roll, the ones that hang from the rear view mirror that is. Although I have heard that a dangling one can be an MOT failure! Just a...

Well they did race the Austin A40, so that has to be the first hot hatch ?

Try Bob Wright who trades as alfapanels.com. He makes fibreglass copies.
http://highwoodalfa.com/bob2/c48d66da-3 ... 079-9.html

I have a 147 2.0TS and so I am all for a 147 page. I am also doing major repairs on my 75TS and will put some posts up.
as for posts about air freshener and turtle wax. Have you ever looked at the MX-5 forums !

Thanks. Thats very convenient as I have a spare Ti carpet in my loft.

Does anyone know if a Sud Ti carpet will fit in a Sprint ?

They were not fitted to earlier cars ( as you may know ) and I am note sure when they started fitting them, I presume it was with the 1.5 engine. I fitted a 1.5 engine from an ARNA many years ago to my series one Sud without fitting the stabiliser bar and I have never had any problems.

I have read that the EU have plans to increase the methanol content of fuel to 10% which would cause problems for classics which have carbs. Looks like we may be leaving the EU soon but I am beginning to wonder if, when I get my car finished, I will be able to get fuel that it will run on ?

I have been working on my 'get it finished one day' 88 Sprint 1.7 off and on since before digital cameras were invented, well almost. And like you I did not take many photos. But I have just been stripping down the area I work on, well sort of. So the dash, suspension and engine are still attached a...

Some very useful information in this thread. So thanks to those who have taken the time to post.

Had this problem on the earth from the battery to the fire wall on my 'get it finished one day' Sprint. The earth had frayed so much inside the plastic sheath, that there were only a few strands left and it refused to start. It took me a week or two, in my spare time, to trace the problem.

I thought mine were well beyond repair but I left them soaking in releasing fluid ( but I now think diesel would have been a cheaper alternative) and after a few months of poking and cleaning crap out of them, while I worked on the rest of the car, I was able to get them working again. I found that,...

Very interesting. Thanks for posting the links.

Kev, you should publish an illustrated guide to restoration to help and inspire others. It might even make you some money or you could end up on the discovery channel !

Most impressive. A lot of work but you now have a very desirable car. Well nearly, that is to say you soon will have.

Thanks for all the replies. I was rather concerned, as I had been meaning to order a rear wheel arch and other bits for my sprint for a while and when I finally got around to calling Justsuds the web site was no longer there. I shall be calling John in a few days and thanks again for supplying the p...

I need some parts for my 'get it finished one cay' Sprint restoration. Does anyone have a contact number ?

Justsuds website, or the link posted its not working. Are they still trading ?

Stuffed mine with general purpose grease which I presume is water proof enough ?

I bought one when they first became available at a sensible price and before the pound dropped sharply after the Brexit vote. I can vouch for the quality if you can't find a cheaper replacement and its probably made of a better quality metal than the original.

Both my rear winder mechanisms were solid with rust but it was all corrosion and crap that had been washed in by rain and rust from the buckets that the windows wind down into. I was going to throw them out but as I had plenty of other work to do on the car I cleaned them out and after soaking in re...

This has got me baffled as well. I have never seen this part before !

My Sprint developed a bad earth from the battery while it was laid up (which it still is) and on closer inspection it was caused by the braided cable coming apart in the sheath so the problem was not obvious.

I have owned two 155 1.8 16v widetracks and loved them both. The only criticism I would make is that the ride was firm, which is OK, but a bit on the harsh side and the roads in my home town of Penarth are diabolical. The first 155 was a good few years ago now and so did not have any rot issues. I o...

I always wondered why coal wagons had that white stripe painted at one end.

Definitely bonkers. I was going to rebuild all the brake callipers on my 1976 Ti to get it on the road, but from next March I won't need too even though it has almost no brakes ! It will still be illegal to drive a vehicle which is not roadworthy but who will know until you have an accident. However...

Will plastic sump plugs be able to survive the cycle of heating and then freezing when the engine is off during cold weather for long, before they crack? As for modern technology. My 156 2.4 Jtd tried make me swerve into oncoming traffic the other day. I was driving along a straight road when the fr...

The seats look fantastic, like new. I'm glad I bought enough fabric for my two TI,s. I plan to retire soon so they might actually get restored one day.