Well, I now have one less car and an envelope of cash, I sold the car (via ebay) to a guy in France who came over to the UK and drove the car back down to the South West of France. It came with the Ruddspeed parts and the rebuilt engine too. Sad to see it go but I do have the Estate for the time being. He's just emailed me to say that he made it back without any problems, well apart from two spark plug cable worked themself loose and a valve cover bolt went missing and slashed ...read more
- posted Dec 7, 2008 (about 1 year ago)
Just had some new photos in of the engine rebuild. Not the best quality photos but at least I can see the newly rebuilt engine with a fresh coat of red paint.
I think the engine re-builder got carried away with the red as he painted the rocker cover red too. Before it get's fitted into the car I'll put some correct rocker covers on the car.
- posted Oct 11, 2008 (about 1 year ago)
I had to abort my long awaited drive from the UK to Switzerland last weekend. Apart from the awful weather in the UK, the car developed a fuel vapour leak. Which wasn't great for a 10 hour drive across France...so I ended up taking it to a friends place to get it checked out and catching a flight back. The puzzling thing was there there no signs of a fuel leak anywhere, but the boot and cabin stank of fuel...it turned out to be a small crack under the filler neck. So the tank has now been emptied and in ...read more
- posted Jul 10, 2008 (over 2 years ago)
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So the heater has now been fixed, a simple adjustment was needed. The light terminals were cleaned up and now work, the door handle lock has been fixed but I'd still need a new handle sooner rather than later.
The original B20 engine has been steam cleaned and sent of to the engine builders to see what it needs, hopefully it won't be much.
The next journey for the car will be to drive it from the UK to Switzerland...I guess I'd better make sure my breakdown recovery is up to date!
- posted Jun 28, 2008 (over 2 years ago)
As I've not posted anything on this car for a while, I thought I'd bring it up to date with a few photos. The Ruddspeed engine is in and the car is now up and running, there are still a few things I need to sort out with the car, like the heater which is still blowing out heat...great for the winter but not so good in the summer. Also there is a blown fuse as my headlights and sidelight don't work right nw...but all small stuff. I've now picked up the original 2 litre engine and will have it ...read more
- posted Jun 16, 2008 (over 2 years ago)
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