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£200 ?

Anyone interested in a df64 grinder? It’s the v2 I think.

Certainly glad i waited to use it!

straight-cut gearboxes! it makes it almost undriveable on the road.

the front-end loader is my rural vehicle of choice...

dudes! long time...

finally, the b turns a wheel in anger...

https://youtu.be/d9PbIVqa48k

About four seconds after this photo, I went to the fridge and asked “Luis, do you want a beer?”, then pooed my pants when I realised what I had done.

He was cool as a motherfucker and just said if there were 40 year old men about that still knew him as a character in their life in the 80s, then he had done a pretty sweet job.

I love telling this story

Adios, hermano…

Lots of love here. X

Haha

Jizz!

If anyone is interested in a garage to rent in se4, get in touch

I did consider getting rid of it more than once. I had a couple of issues with it that drove me towards throwing the towel in.

There was an oil leak at the front of the engine. I changed the crank seal and the timing cover seal (three times!!!) and couldn’t solve it. In the end I gave up and got some help.

It turns out it was the pulley itself. A brand new race part, from a reputable manufacturer was not machined concentric to the shaft, so it would spin ecliptically, causing the leak.

I have two kids and a busy job. It is fucking infuriating when you use a month of spare time trying to sort something like that, only for it to be the 350 quid bit you bought.

I also couldn’t get a solid brake pedal. I tried to be clever and use a dual circuit master cylinder from a really early American spec mgb. I tried to shorten the plunger thing and weld a nut on and spent hours bleeding it. I gave up and went beck to a single circuit in the end.

The windows were a fucking waste of time, too. They look racecar and save about 4g, but took ages to work out.

I’m happy as fuck with how it has turned out (so far!). I’m regretting using the povvo aluminium panels in the doors, as the rest looks great.

I need to redo the dash and a couple of other little jobs, too.

I think the standard cheviots are around 60L. 120L is understood to be the ideal volume for the 12" HPDs.

I didn't design or build them, I bought them off the who did, after talking to a couple of the experts on Tannoys. I've got the drawings and an immaculate set of OG cabs/crossovers/etc, so I can revert back.

It is more of a play really. I'm happy with the rest of the set up, so i want to see if i can improve them.

so far, so good. the bass response is tighter/deeper, but the biggest improvement (so far) is the ability for the speakers to hold it together at higher volumes. i'm still playing with the set up (i have plinths/townshend platforms and stuff to have a go with, but they are big and heavy fuckers)

will do! I am at castle combe on the 5th june for the first test.

thanks for the thumbs up dudes. exciting times. although, i am shitting my trousers a little bit.

Tannoy HPD 315 from a set of cheviots

If you’re ever down this way, for sure.

cheers!

the steering wheel will be swapped for a momo prototipo and I have a tillett seat (my ass is a bit larger than when i started). there's belts in it now too.

my racing car is (finally!) finished! off to the rolling road next week then we are on for test days.

the world's longest car build was pretty close to being fucked off a number of times.

anyway, heres a pic or two:

ah fuck - good eyes!

that was our flat in brockley and that photo was taken with a new child - i think my wife bought every possible safety implement, as when was scared of the hifi killing everyone. i don't think they ever go used.

the tube technology valve amp scared the shit out of her, hence the bryston and the EWA being trialed in the pic

can you help me out here?

here's my tannoy set up at the moment:

I am currently having some new crossovers made. the new cabs are 120L and the difference is incredible. the rest hasn't changed much. I now have an arcam DAC which is also great (D33).

looks familiar, too:

My wife curated that RA show…

awesome timing

i did that to your car