You can see here how much I chopped off the bottoms

The internal structure also needed modifying

New wood bottom neatly finished

Internals added

Some other bits of wood needed repairs as well

She was first owned by Captain Rupert de Larinaga who was part of the British ski team and he raced…Read more

David Cornwallis is the person to contact re males steering boxes. The Palm Beach box is different from the K’s L’s etc.
His email
info@davidcornwallis.com.
I cannot help on the steering wheel . The original steering wheel on a PB is not Blumels. Probably a proprietary one from a Vauxhall in period.

Ben

You can tell him Ben it’s quicker to take the engine out than undo the rear axle springs to move it all back with the torque tube etc. If it was just the pan gasket, he could do that in situ. Yours PL
Also how does he know its on the clutch as…Read more

When I had mine out I was advised that it’s possible – but actually easier / quicker to just have the engine out than fiddle around trying to shuffle it forward enough.  I do have an open prop shaft so easier than a torque tube but the gearbox mounting metalwork meant that I couldn’t really pull it back far enough, hence the engine came out too.

I have a Facet electrical pump and no mechanical pump on my special.  It works very well, and it’s a useful security measure being able to switch it off with the hidden switch.

Also useful to remember to turn it back on again otherwise there’s just enough fuel in the pipes to get you down the road before it stops.

Look at the smart spats, great work from Ben Brown Coachworks.

I want MoJo on the road for the AOC Summer Gathering. Work to do!

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This is my new 1 1/8″ master cylinder from America. When it is on my jig on the bench as soon as I put in some dot 4 I get a firm push straight away. If I bleed the cylinder in the normal way with the ripple and a bleed pipe it works perfectly. When I put it in the car with all the brake pipes connected my pedal goes directly to…Read more

Having painted the chassis a slightly more appealing colour off it went to Jim Turnbull at Royal Kustoms for some modifications to take a Tremec T5 g speed gearbox and rebuilt flathead.

This would involve removing the torque tube and subsequent strengthening of the chassis to take the new mount for gearbox and rear…Read more

Looks like you’ve got your work cut out there with some of that woodwork, I’ll look forward to seeing it take shape.

Do we know where this car is now?  I’d love to see it out competing if so, I wonder if the owner is a club member?

Having re read it, I think his design is wrong, because there is no atmospheric pressure tank for the blow off. Where his 13lb cap is on the Grenada tank, there should be a pipe just under the cap which leads to a catch tank, open to atmosphere. When the system heats up, the expanding water blows past the pressure cap.…Read more

Last week I changed the oil in my gearbox.  Here’s what it SHOULD look like, vs what it DID look like when I drained it; clearly (excuse the pun) something wrong.

So I changed the oil.  Twice.

Now the clicking noise has stopped, but I don’t know whether it’s just me listening extra carefully or actually a…Read more