Build Diaries - DuttonOwners2024-03-19T02:33:42Zhttp://duttonowners.ning.com/forum/categories/build-diaries/listForCategory?feed=yes&xn_auth=no72 B type rebuild.tag:duttonowners.ning.com,2018-04-24:2398922:Topic:2424492018-04-24T22:23:24.747ZDarren (Fl@pper) Jameshttp://duttonowners.ning.com/profile/Darren
<p>started so I have to finish as they say on mastermind </p>
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<p>As collected not looking tooooo bad </p>
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<p>Body is now off and panels stripped</p>
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<p>running gear off…</p>
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<p>started so I have to finish as they say on mastermind </p>
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<p>As collected not looking tooooo bad </p>
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<p>Body is now off and panels stripped</p>
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<p>running gear off</p>
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<p>pass me another wire brush. I’ve worn out the last box of 6 </p> My dusty Sierra rebuildtag:duttonowners.ning.com,2018-02-13:2398922:Topic:2407402018-02-13T21:52:12.711ZJayhttp://duttonowners.ning.com/profile/Jay
<p>Hi folks just a quick introduction of myself and my car. My name is Jay I live in sunny scotland I'm 40 years old, and a member of the dutton owners club, I am a regular of the stoneleigh kit car show, have a 1970 dutton Sierra that I am rebuilding. Ive known the car since around 2010 and had the pleasure of owning her in march of last year. Since then it's basically been a scramble for as many parts as possible, I've going to upload some pictures of my cars progress so far. And as I go I…</p>
<p>Hi folks just a quick introduction of myself and my car. My name is Jay I live in sunny scotland I'm 40 years old, and a member of the dutton owners club, I am a regular of the stoneleigh kit car show, have a 1970 dutton Sierra that I am rebuilding. Ive known the car since around 2010 and had the pleasure of owning her in march of last year. Since then it's basically been a scramble for as many parts as possible, I've going to upload some pictures of my cars progress so far. And as I go I will ad more picks. Thanks for taking the time to read my post people</p> Bringing the S3 back to former glorytag:duttonowners.ning.com,2017-04-02:2398922:Topic:2324512017-04-02T10:56:20.167Zjamie Gorvetthttp://duttonowners.ning.com/profile/jamieGorvett
After 6 years of being in storage it's time to get the dutton back on the road.<br />
I've spent alot of time thinking about what I would like to do with it and one of the main changes is the rear lights.<br />
The rear corners are now reshaped, fiberglassed and reshaped.<br />
I think it looks much cleaner (sorry to people who think I'm spoiling it) but it's a kit car, and we all get to put our spin on things<br />
Next stage is an appointment in the spray booth for its fresh new coat of paint.
After 6 years of being in storage it's time to get the dutton back on the road.<br />
I've spent alot of time thinking about what I would like to do with it and one of the main changes is the rear lights.<br />
The rear corners are now reshaped, fiberglassed and reshaped.<br />
I think it looks much cleaner (sorry to people who think I'm spoiling it) but it's a kit car, and we all get to put our spin on things<br />
Next stage is an appointment in the spray booth for its fresh new coat of paint. Recent Dutton Phaeton S3 ownertag:duttonowners.ning.com,2016-09-13:2398922:Topic:2212672016-09-13T20:15:22.900ZMark Byrnehttp://duttonowners.ning.com/profile/MarkByrne
Hi all,<br />
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Just a quick intro, I'm Mark and have owned my Dutton since around February this year. I've had a great time over the summer with the car and will look forward to asking you all advice on how I can improve and maintain the car in the future.<br />
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I just wondered if anyone had any information on the history of 'Dolly'? I bought her with very little history but would be fascinated to know more about her. I've attached a picture. Thanks!
Hi all,<br />
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Just a quick intro, I'm Mark and have owned my Dutton since around February this year. I've had a great time over the summer with the car and will look forward to asking you all advice on how I can improve and maintain the car in the future.<br />
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I just wondered if anyone had any information on the history of 'Dolly'? I bought her with very little history but would be fascinated to know more about her. I've attached a picture. Thanks! Starting problem sortedtag:duttonowners.ning.com,2016-08-25:2398922:Topic:2200002016-08-25T20:59:49.015ZDave Taylorhttp://duttonowners.ning.com/profile/DaveTaylor
<p>New starter solenoid fitted tonight, that as sorted the poor starting. the starter spins up much quicker.</p>
<p>wonder why I put up with it for the last year.</p>
<p>Also snaffled some stick on velcro from a customers, so now the roof seals to the doors. heavy duty stuff used on Forklift cabs, once its stuck on it not coming off.</p>
<p>New starter solenoid fitted tonight, that as sorted the poor starting. the starter spins up much quicker.</p>
<p>wonder why I put up with it for the last year.</p>
<p>Also snaffled some stick on velcro from a customers, so now the roof seals to the doors. heavy duty stuff used on Forklift cabs, once its stuck on it not coming off.</p> where do we go ???tag:duttonowners.ning.com,2015-12-17:2398922:Topic:1842782015-12-17T12:53:20.502ZSteve Kerswellhttp://duttonowners.ning.com/profile/steveKerswell
<p>Just been chatting/welding with the hill billies down the lane. Their hot rods are coming on a treat . They were commenting on all things "modified" and where do we go next. Even Zetec engines are now long in the tooth, Type 9 gearboxes are getting in short supply so pull a good price. Bike engined kits are great but fragile in the transmission area. Mazda MX5 wont last forever. BMW look like they will keep with RWD, but finding a cheap breaker for reliable use is hard. Electrics are a bit…</p>
<p>Just been chatting/welding with the hill billies down the lane. Their hot rods are coming on a treat . They were commenting on all things "modified" and where do we go next. Even Zetec engines are now long in the tooth, Type 9 gearboxes are getting in short supply so pull a good price. Bike engined kits are great but fragile in the transmission area. Mazda MX5 wont last forever. BMW look like they will keep with RWD, but finding a cheap breaker for reliable use is hard. Electrics are a bit of a minefield nowadays and attract a premium price. How long before we get attacked on emissions? They say the IVA is written in stone, but already I have seen it modified. Historic vehicle stuff is under attack from various quangos. Do we hope to maintain a status quo ???</p> Phaeton Projecttag:duttonowners.ning.com,2015-07-24:2398922:Topic:1734682015-07-24T16:28:39.329Zwayne daviehttp://duttonowners.ning.com/profile/waynedavie
<p>Picked up my Phaeton project yesterday, will post some pics up after I get it all sorted at the weekend, basically completely dismantled, with alterations to chassis to accommodate a Volvo engine, I will be putting Pinto back in though, has three bonnets and two rear tubs, one been cut around a bit, two of the bonnets are the cycle wing type, on good one cut around, not sure whether to go with original style front or the cycle wing.</p>
<p>Picked up my Phaeton project yesterday, will post some pics up after I get it all sorted at the weekend, basically completely dismantled, with alterations to chassis to accommodate a Volvo engine, I will be putting Pinto back in though, has three bonnets and two rear tubs, one been cut around a bit, two of the bonnets are the cycle wing type, on good one cut around, not sure whether to go with original style front or the cycle wing.</p> Proper car buildingtag:duttonowners.ning.com,2015-02-26:2398922:Topic:1605862015-02-26T23:47:08.917ZPaul Sheridanhttp://duttonowners.ning.com/profile/PaulSheridan
<p>This will interest you guys, borrowed from another site.</p>
<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/118564546" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/118564546</a> </p>
<p>This will interest you guys, borrowed from another site.</p>
<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/118564546" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/118564546</a> </p> Running rebuildtag:duttonowners.ning.com,2014-09-13:2398922:Topic:1381762014-09-13T21:34:50.269ZMark Bagnallhttp://duttonowners.ning.com/profile/Mark365
Things are looking up. This yellow series 3 Phaeton is the sort of car I should have bought first time round - it drives, has an mot, and I fit in!!<br />
I won't go into all the details but the purchase took around a month - there was no V5 at first. Collecting was a marathon - 240 miles there, with huge road works was bad enough but coming back the first stop for fuel resulted in a complete failure of the starter motor. Luckily my son in the support vehicle had no problem push starting so we…
Things are looking up. This yellow series 3 Phaeton is the sort of car I should have bought first time round - it drives, has an mot, and I fit in!!<br />
I won't go into all the details but the purchase took around a month - there was no V5 at first. Collecting was a marathon - 240 miles there, with huge road works was bad enough but coming back the first stop for fuel resulted in a complete failure of the starter motor. Luckily my son in the support vehicle had no problem push starting so we eventually made it home around midnight.<br />
I have now started working through the car, listing jobs - the idea (which I'm sure many people have) is to bring it up to the spec/standard I want while using and enjoying it.<br />
Basic spec as relayed by last owner; 1700 cross flow, 711 block, BCF2 cam, running unleaded. I'm hoping the valves have hardened seats and valve spring have been sorted, although I'm only using 6 to 6,500 revs as a rolling road print out and on road experience suggest power peaks at 6,000.<br />
The first job was to sort the starting. The last owner had installed 24 volt starting with 2 enormous batteries behind the passenger seat. Now I know this has been used for high compression cross flows before but a web search and my gut suggested a properly working system should cope without the need to go to 24v or an expensive high torque starter. Simple testing, by direct wiring the starter, produced no action and a quick strip down revealed burnt brushes and burnt and pitted rotor.<br />
Even though I'm out in the wilds of Shropshire, there is an old school auto electrician who rebuilt the starter the day I took it in (R J Jones, Snailbeach, recommended, if you are ever this way).<br />
I then spent this morning putting into practice my experience of designing electrical connectors (if there is something wrong in a circuit, first check the connections) by cleaning and tidying the connections and adding additional wires (to ensure the lowest resistance) including removing one battery and returning to 12 volts. The result is perfect starting!<br />
So I'm on my way and really enjoying the driving - ill add some more photos and comments tomorrow. Pete's S4tag:duttonowners.ning.com,2014-06-25:2398922:Topic:1320212014-06-25T06:24:33.811ZPete Claytonhttp://duttonowners.ning.com/profile/PeteClayton
<p>The car arrived yesterday after a bit of hassle getting it moved from Scotland. It looks solid and a good base for a project but as usual there is more work to do than originally planned.</p>
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<p>The main jobs are, the brakes need freeing off, hardly any of the electrics are working, pedal box needs bracing as it flexes horribly, track control arm to replace, rear wheel bearing, cooling system to look at and fan to fit. The front bodywork has some bad cracks that need repairing. On…</p>
<p>The car arrived yesterday after a bit of hassle getting it moved from Scotland. It looks solid and a good base for a project but as usual there is more work to do than originally planned.</p>
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<p>The main jobs are, the brakes need freeing off, hardly any of the electrics are working, pedal box needs bracing as it flexes horribly, track control arm to replace, rear wheel bearing, cooling system to look at and fan to fit. The front bodywork has some bad cracks that need repairing. On the good side, i've had it running and it sounds sweet and I moved it in to the unit under its own power.</p>
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