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Terry, sometimes you just have to accept `rules` if they are an acceptable solution to the problem! Had I used upholstered seats they would have required 3 mm doubler steel plates and extra brackets so I am very happy to use upholstered fiber glass seat liner inserts if that`s what they want...

Well a little more progress, because the road regs required massive steel attachments for a fibre glass seat, we have made aluminium profiles permanently fitted into the car. Whilst they look like back breakers, once the upholstered fibre glass shell goes in they will be fine...more than one way...

Leon, considering the dramas previous when I last called, that result must be very pleasing. Well done and a credit. Regards Russell

Thanks John, I have yet to find out. The idle adjustment bolts come up from below and are almost impossible to get at so am looking for 5mm .5 metric fine bolts to replace from the top down. I have started making a vacuum gauge out of an old Argon gauge ball float....just because I could and...

Neil, i had started making fibre glass seat inserts that would get upholstered only to be told that they would need to be mounted with enough steel plates and bolts to hold the Titanic yet they would happily accept upholstered inserts that sat into alloy paneled seat forms. So that`s how we will...

I just made up some round `teflon` lined mounts each side, both engine and gearbox are quite firm. The speedo output is easily removed and can be checked with a magnet. Mine is a simple make and break signal caused by a magnet inside on the output shaft. Also an Audi 012.

Andy, consider your self lucky.....that you are not road registering it. So many inspectors being called out for crap inspections passing what appears to be poor construction skills. Some of the things being asked for are simply but covers, and it costs plenty for the car constructor. I have...

I started with a Scalextric Lotus, then put a Mustang body on, then got into scratch building cars, then ended up working full time as the `resident driver` for a slot cat company called Pitstop here in New Zealand which lead onto being the North Island champion 1 /32 scale 3 years running...

Neil, we have no choice....its that or drive a Toyota Corolla. I always have to have the end result in mind otherwise you would give up. Cheers

Bune, that looks just fantastic. top effort

Got brave and pulled both distributors down....really simple once you got rid of the plastic covers. All terminals were heavily arced so cleaned them up ready for the next start up session. All along I have been working thru the 32 items the cert inspection threw up, 9 of them were for stuff...

John, very handy info... thanks for that. Those number work out along side my measurement as my longer leads were 16 and my shorter leads were 4.5. ...same as new ones. I will swap my leads again and recheck the resistance, then maybe look at the distributor cap after I have pulled it apart...

Ignition blues. I have a weak spark on no7 cylinder on my 1UZ Toyota V8, pretty sure we have swapped leads with the same results as we have done almost everything.Today I measured all my leads and the resistance varied from 4.5 on the short ones, 10 on the medium length ones and 16 on the long...

Terry The only pic I can find at the moment is larger than A4 so have taken a picture....let me know if you want a more accurate file. As for attachment, there are some very nice cheese head cap screws that you could also use if you wanted it removable. I have towed the car on a trailer with the...

Terry, I will dig out my M8B picture which was down loaded from a slot car site in 2005, well before I started on this process as it had profiles and that is what I used. As you say, its quite a process doing the buck. Cheers

Andy, you must be in the Wellington area, I am in Auckland and we share similar backgrounds, built a 28` yacht, 35` launch and now cars. Your workmanship in the chassis shows some serious skills. Great effort so will be watching with interest. Cheers Russell

Terry, yes mine is purely `style` over function because I just like the look. The M8b car never ran these spoilers so we are both steeping outside the facts.(who cares) To make mine. I just waxed the body prior to paint prep and bondi`ed the shape onto the rear. I shaped it as much as possible...

The brake peddle must be made out of 8mm thick steel, no mention of how wide (chord) it should be, mine is made from one piece of flat bar and yes the pivot points are tig`ed and that needs crack testing. The Toyota Corolla steering universal`s with a factory welded short spline....I have to...

Very fortunate that its not the local inorganic collection day, yesterday was spent with the low volume inspector and 31 points later plus a lump of cash I was not short of jobs to do. 90% were small things like one thread showing and 2 are required, lock washers missing despite locktite and...

I have just been and pulled the `sensor` out of the tranny and yes when I pass a magnet by it i get a signal so it looks like i can get something sorted.