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Here's a little mystery to start off 2010 : About 6 months ago, DRB#27 developed an interesting problem with the clutch (SB mated to G50 with spring-style Porsche clutch plate). When going down a hill & stopping at a stop sign, I change down thru the gears to 3rd or 2nd, then at about...

Well, here we go again ! At least this guy is not sneaking up on us like Meat & Co - he's telling us right up front that he is a totally juvenile little wanker !! The chances are that he is some 14 yo twerp who is so disfunctional that he has to get his kicks pretending that he has a Cobra &...

Happy Birthday Ron !! Not many people can take the credit for providing fun & really useful info for some 8,870 other people !! Kindest Regards, Peter D.

There are 2 DRB's for sale here in Oz : Used FORD GT40 REPLICA cars in Australia - Find FORD GT40 REPLICA cars for sale in Australia - CarPoint Australia If these don't cut the mustard, David Bowden (famous Oz collector) has his original on the market for around $2.5m Happy Shopping ...

Ian, Urethane "solid" mounts seem to be fine on my DRB - no vibration issues at all. This is the standard setup for DRB's with SB. The attached pic shows the end of one mount, along with the bracing strut between the engine mount & the g'box adaptor plate. Sorry I don't have any decent...

Thanks Guys - I think that I have it sorted now. Dimi's spindles / stub shafts have a thicker flange, specifically designed to remove the need for spacers & longer bolts. His shaft measurements were flange-face to flange-face, so this explains the difference between his figures & Chris's...

Thanks Chris - we are narrowing things down a bit now ! But I am still a bit concerned about the length of the shafts - Dimi measured his recently & found : 455 closed 490 open (==> 35 throw) These seem quite a bit shorter than your figures : 476 closed (18.75") 501 open (assuming...

Well done Bill ! If you are anything like me, the rego success will sound the death-knell on the remaining 50 minor things left to do. Given the choice of a drive in the '40 or more work in the garage you have inhabited for years - no contest !! Have Fun ! Kind Regards, Peter D.

Guys, I am going to replace my old uni / sliding spline shafts with new CV based shafts. The old shafts have too much play - about 10mm movement at the tyres with the inner ends locked. Thanks to Dimi, I have a beautiful set of new CNC billet spindles with the Commodore flange & the Corvette...

I can vouch for the push-out method - I had a ding right on the character line of my old BMW rear door, & the guy worked it for over an hour from the inside with a variety of pry-bars - totally invisible when he finished ! Kind Regards, Peter D.

Hi Terry - my apologies in not getting your name right (old age, plus a Kieft De Soto running in the background does not make for good hearing !!). Thanks for providing the accurate story on the car. The GP car's engine is now a bit of a mystery to me - I took the attached pic at Donnington...

Randy, as mentioned by Chris & Geoff, we have to have intrusion bars here in Aus. The interesting innovation that you have introduced is the "sliding joint" concept to cater for some deformation of the bar & still allow the lock to open (& thus maybe save your life) ! The bars we have here are...

Happy 4th !! Ron, I'm pleased to hear that the Tobacco Farm is doing just great - the other experiment (the prison) also seems to be doing ok. Lots of us are able to break out from time to time, but we nearly always come back - Irish ancestry perhaps ? Our major problem at the moment is...

Yep, it is a Hemi ! I believe that the original owner who commissioned the car was from the US, and having seen the unspeakable costs associated with the Kieft F1's V16, decided on something a little more practical - a production V8 from the US ! Over a decade later, someone else came up...

Doug, give Scott Girard a call at Corvette Alterations & Conversions : 02 9971-8218 As long as you can tell him exactly what you want, he will either have it in stock, or will be able to get it pronto. Tell him that "Dusty" sent you - he christened me Dusty as I have sanded more bloody...

I was lucky enough to be invited to witness the maiden voyage of this beautiful '50s sports car after its complete restoration here in Oz. The car was in very bad shape when bought by the British owner of the only running Kieft F1 car, & he commissioned Greg Snape to return it to its former...

Bill, that was brilliant ! Compulsory reading for my kids (& I will be asking questions) ! Kind Regards, Peter D.

"Natural Selection" ??? The gun was not pointed at his head !

Bernie, that backs up all my experience with DRB - they could not have been more helpful during my 4-year build (specially considering the fact that I didn't even buy the car from them - just a part-started mess from a previous customer) !! DRB are quite low-key here on the Forum, but that is...

Hi Andy, Any chance of some pictures of the removable door tops - rather interested. Kind Regards, Peter D.