I Think The Neighbours Hate Me...

[apprentice87]

Hi all..

Miserable today.... Sometimes i get the feeling that the neighbours do not like me....

https://www.youtube.com/embed/jaxDTTECoZk?feature=oembed
john..

 

[Evans Electric]

Its understandable .......... lets see ...you place noisey machines out front for no reason that I can see. :innocent

 

[apprentice87]

Someones got to do it!!

john..

 

[kerching]

i can see no problem at all. i cannot hear them from here.

whatever you do, do NOT become one of the people who frequent Steam Fairs and sit around a machine that pumps water from one bath to another and back again. they also insist on wearing a dark blue shortie warehouse coat covered in little badges and the pockets filled with biros of many hues

just....liking steam fairs but Sometimes!

 

[apprentice87]

Ha ha!!!! Just what i was planning to do!! No, not really!! Do like bits of old machinery though!!

john...

 

[Evans Electric]

Theres a uniform for everything these days Kerch .      How did we ever ride our bikes without dressing in skintight lycra , facemasks and those helmets .

To be a doctor , Vet or architect  you need  cavalry twill slacks , a plaid shirt , knitted tie  and leather elbow patches.   

There are also  special suits & shirts  that only footballers wear.

 

[kerching]

i have a uniform in mind for RR!

back on topic, I too like old machinery, new machinery. In fact anything really that is well designed and put together [RR springs to mind again]

during my incarceration at Her Majesty's pleasure in Harrogate on Friday i spotted an old Morticing machine in a shop window. No drill JUST a morticing chisel in a big press. got a pic on the phone somewhere. will try to dig it out later

 

[OnOff]

What is it with you sheep worriers and noisy engines. :lol:  This is gumpy off my Capri forum and his fitting an RX-7 Mazda engine into his Capri. Latterly featured in Classic Ford!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150889499829815&notif_t=video_comment

"F***ing ell, man!", in a Welsh accent - says it all really! Awsome! He had to move it to his unit 'cos the neighbours were complaining oddly enough!

 

[apprentice87]

Wow!! That is great!!! Years ago back end of the 1970's i worked in a garage. One of the girls there had a little mazda whatever it was. The engine was knackered, but the boss stuck a ford kent [escort[ engine in there. I asked "how did you do that" and the boss said that ford owned mazda or something like that and that the things were exactly the same, and the ford engine just bolted straight in..

Did the rotary thing fit the ford bellhousing?? what did you do for a clutch?? were they the same??

john...

 

[OnOff]

Wow!! That is great!!! Years ago back end of the 1970's i worked in a garage. One of the girls there had a little mazda whatever it was. The engine was knackered, but the boss stuck a ford kent [escort[ engine in there. I asked "how did you do that" and the boss said that ford owned mazda or something like that and that the things were exactly the same, and the ford engine just bolted straight in..

Did the rotary thing fit the ford bellhousing?? what did you do for a clutch?? were they the same??

john...

It's a 12A rotary engine with the RX box which is similar in length to the Ford Type 9. The Type 9 gearbox mount had to be modded with some extra plate added. The sump had to be reversed and a new pick up pipe made. What else......clutch from the donor with the Ford pedal box converted, hybrid prop, now turboed etc. Gumpy's in Barry btw and the car's in Pentre.

 

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

I was bored one day so looking out the window at my Viva with a knackered engine & the  Daimler V8 engine in the garage i thought i would throw them together. That made an interesting drive :blink:

 

[OnOff]

My mate had a MK1 Escort with the V6 Essex in.......braking was as issue. One of my Capris I saved from being turned into a drag car. I left the V12 Jag lump the bloke had destined for it and just bought the car! The Capri's bulkhead had been chopped about to make it fit etc.

 

[binky]

I used to hate Capris, the long bonnet is a terror to all motorcyclists when you see it poking out of a blind side turning until eventually the driver can see you coming and actually stop......... about 3 ft into the road.... :swear:

 

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

Only pic i can find right now, it wasnt quite fast enough so i supercharged it  ; . This pic was taken about 85

 

[ProDave]

I was bored one day so looking out the window at my Viva with a knackered engine & the  Daimler V8 engine in the garage i thought i would throw them together. That made an interesting drive :blink:

My dad had a Bedford HA van (derived from the Viva?) It's engine was knackered so we took it out and took it to a local rebuilder for rebore, reground crank etc.

It was when we collected a box of bits we found out they didn't put the engine back together again for you. That was a steep learning curve, but it ran again and and did a few more years before the tin work finally got the better of it.

 

[apprentice87]

Love the supercharged V8 Viva!!!!! Mega nice job!!!

john...