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Hi Brett, I am in no mad rush, I am in Spain until sat evening. I prob won't get to look at the car until weekend after next. I have the steering to finish and the wiring,..... Prob look to finish panelling mid to late September at the absolute earliest. Are you looking to sell the riveter and...

Brett, did you get the above compressor in the end,... I ask, as I am thinking of getting a pneumatic riveter, can you recommend one? I do not have much panelling left to do, the footwell of the cabin and some pieces along the front behind the dash, my pop riveter is not great 3mm rivets are ok...

Paul thanks, yes that is it, is that the measurement to the centre line of each brace or the edge nearest the rear panel? Panelling continues to make me jealous. K

Hey Kevin, welcome, are you planning to fulfil your dream and get a '40? Keith

Got the corsa C steering column back from the workshop, I had got them to make a bracket which will be welded to the chassis just behind the dash, as this bracket is functional, I kept the design very simple, it is quite a beast, 5mm steel, my worry now is, can I weld it to the chassis without...

John/Michel,.... thanks/merci. K

I'm thinking about making a cable shifter, and I welcome any advice out there, are there any donor cables long enough for the '40, I guess each cable needs to be at least 1.8m (6'). of course there are plenty on ebay, but which are long enough or lend themselves to being extended. What about...

Welcome Luca, hope you can fulfil your dream soon. K

Andy, looking good, you've done a great job. What did you use to stick the matting to the inside of the rear? I bought some similar matting for use there too. K

John, you should not need x100,.. the magnitude of the signal is proportional to the area of foil enclosing the lead, use less length of foil. e.g. use a wedding ring size, if it is still too much, rather then foil use a piece of wire, wind it once around the lead and clip to the end of it. K

Welcome Priya, loads of info and guidance here. K

Andy, what sort of things do you anticipate having to do to get her through? K

Carman, no worries they'll be on my shelves for a few months yet. I'll see if I can find out any more info on them. I am on holiday until early Aug, so it may be a while before I get back to you. K

Got the corsa C steering column back from the workshop, I had got them to make a bracket which will be welded to the chassis just behind the dash, as this bracket is functional, I kept the design very simple, it is quite a beast, 5mm steel, my worry now is, can I weld it to the chassis without...

Steve, have a look at this article, Ford 302 V8 Engine Buildup- Car Craft Magazine What gearbox do you have, will it cope with 350? K

John, if she's only missing the odd firing, (which I guess is the case) then you may want a scope with storage, so you can look at a prolonged period of time, then analyse the sequences. We have one of the Owon scopes, the DS7102V, which is fine. K

John, when wrapping the foil do it consistently so that the signal 'pick-up' is equal. K

John, no you should not get much pick-up from the others, the capacitive coupling (which is what the foil is to the wire) is quite tight, whereas the coupling to the other leads via the air is loose, just wrap the foil in a position where there are no adjacent HT leads. Are you looking at the HT...

John, here's a mock-up with a copper foil, try this and see if you get a good pulse, try the probe on x10 first and see what you get, then move to x1. You can get quite a thump off the leads when she's running, so keep the HT lead on the plug. K

John, generally NO (sorry for shouting), the best way is to wrap a piece of aluminium kitchen foil around the HT lead, then clip to that. I'll mock one up and post a pic in a while. Connect the earth croc clip to the earth/ground of the car. Keith