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Thank You Colin , you said something that made sense to me and I feel stupid for having been trying to make this work the wrong way, you said I needed to work the front valence first and that lit up like a light bulb. I started cutting the valence so it would fit with the radiator shell, it was too...

So trying to fit the front wing. I am happy with the fit so far but still working on it. Does the front wing end at the front spring hanger or in front of it ? And my front valence seems to hang out a mile in front of the chassis. So do I cut the front valence to force it further back or move the fr...

awesome, now its a race to see who finishes their car first. Son-in-law's Mini had several setbacks but it's painted now and running quite well, so some assembly and it might even be out this weekend, but next week for sure. It took a lot longer, he lost his job and had no money to throw at the car ...

my 4AD was done in stainless steel channel, it was 40 years ago but I found a channel that was a near perfect match and once on the car no one could tell the difference. If it was made then, chances are it is still made. Brass is easier to work with but (check on this as I am not sure) I think you h...

YES YES YES !!! Welcome Back

I planned on doing that for my 1.5 if the motor was bad. But I am not sure it would fit in a 4 cyl very well. It may fit I think but it will be heavier than the original motor. I can do some measuring over the weekend between a 4AD motor into my 34 chassis *** EDIT *** Ok, I was on my phone with the...

Hi, glad the drawing is helpful, I am taking the plunge to make this very soon. I was trying to add some style to the dash so was going to use plywood and Birdseye Maple veneer, the use of plywood would make is dimensionally stable and minimize wood movement over the seasons. But the edges are visib...

So, this is how you fit a A-Series motor in :). I posted a few weeks ago that the motor was in and it fit...well it didn't exactly fit. You have to cut out about 2" of the A-Series motor front plate in order for it to fit almost centered in the chassis and to give the carburetors clearance from...

good solution, I have never had the problem on my cars but I have heard of it so I wonder what the real cause is. I never could research it since my cars didn't do it, but I had a friend in Texas and he just welded everything up nice and solid to get rid of the noise. Your solution seems far less da...

well ok, so here is a very rough drawing since no one had one, I made one up. Remember these cars were hand built, there ARE variations in every car so don't trace this drawing on a expensive piece of wood and expect it to fit, but this should get you pretty close. Use cardboard to get the dash curv...

how does that metal plate behind the dashboard mount ? I assume just a few screws at each corner but those holes don't show in the measurements that Peter posted in this thread. I assume the metal plate is bigger than the hole in the wooden dash, I see the hole is curved and the plate is not. Is the...

Can't talk about the pre-war cars in this case, but i will anyway. On my Twin Carb 4AD that I owned for 34 years, I was told the tubes were to prevent vapor lock and were needed because the USA has areas that are normally hotter than the UK. I can see where they might prevent flooding but I was neve...

So after further review, there is almost enough room for the steering shaft. When I built the motor, I cut the motor's front plate as much as I dared to center the motor in the chassis and it is really close to center. The steering shaft just touches the distributor wires, but I can move the motor t...

Big day today. Should have been done a month ago but life (and death) got in the way. Now I can absolutely see the issues people have with the steering gear with the a-series motor. It’s really tight and not sure it works. But big day the motor is in. So happy it’s in, with the main body tub done an...

just a friendly note, you are missing the doors and the wings

but what you do have, looks awesome.