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What car had a 1147cc engine in the late 70's?

its a question that came up recently for me, favourite is triumph.........any ideas?

For sometime now i have been tempted by a megasqirt system, has any of you out there got any experience of them and know where i can get one (i could order the kit, but i figure it will be cheaper to get a secondhand one or unfinished one)

Been out playing with pipes tonight. Thanks to Martin for the loan of his old westie exhaust, can't wait to fire her up tomorrow just to hear what it sounds like. I'll get a better picture in daylight.

Yesterday as i have mentioned on Danny's status i replaced all 4 wheel bearings on my sierra. at a cost of £6 each for the rears and £5 each for the fronts. The rears are straight forward to do but you need to disconnect the brakes and re-bleed them. Because the brake back plates are held in by the half shafts.....now i know that it is possible to remove the half shafts with out removing the brakes, but in practice if the half shafts have not recently been removed it is just easier to take…

Hi guys,

click on this link  Dutton-Club Germany Autumn meeting 2012

you can see the first images of the Autumn Meeting 2012 in…

is this the correct details for the company who took over Polyfacto?

Monsoon Automotive Ltd

Address:
Unit 6, Northfield Business Park
Postcode:
BN27 4BZ
City/Town:
Lower Dicker, Hailsham (East Sussex)
Main phone:
01323 440422

When i bought a new master cylinder a while back i also obtained a used remote servo and fitted them at the same time, now with the old m/cyl and no servo the brakes had been very poor so it was no suprise that the change i made improved the brakes a lot but not as much as i had hoped, and since then no matter how many times i had bled them theres always been some air in the system.It had got to being the norm that i was bleeding them every month to keep a reasonable pedal so today i decided…

After four weeks i went and collected my propshaft from Leeds yesterday, they were supposed to ring me when it was ready but did'nt. Anyway painted it and when dry put it on, now i have to go and refit brother in laws prop that i borrowed back on his Sierra, ill proberbly do that tomorrow, if its not raining .

Hi Stephen,
thanks for the Dutton Torque books!!
You have published a very interesting book.
Although I read with dictionary (missing words) but it makes mighty fun.
:-))))))))
Thank you again
Tom

Or something like that...Someone asked how big a rim you can get on a Dutton... These are 8j 15's with no spacers due to being centre offset.

I know they won't be to everybodies taste but the tyres will be replaced with something chunkier before winter so they will actually serve a useful purpose.…

Awful photo's of my old cars, well some of them anyway.

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Fuel tank and pipe to pump.   

Radiator brackets and top hose.     

Sender units and coil mounting.     

Washer bottle and plumbing.     

Check all brake pipe unions     

Longer wheel studs all round     

Identify and terminate all the wires under the dash     

Finish back door shut glassing up.(my 'wet weather' job)     

Battery mounts and cables    

Exhaust (awaiting parts)    

That should keep me busy for a day or two.…

The track day has a date and cost, Tue 18th September at the circuit off the A38 Stafford. Cost is £40 per car for all day, Max exhaust decibels is 105db as many drivers as you can fit in the car.

Gary who has organised it needs money in the next 2 weeks!

(weekend prices are much much higher) there was an effort to get a friday but none were available........

I had a spare gasket at home so it got swapped today and this is what i found.....

you can see the gasket is also failing at point 1 and it is going at 2 as well

on this picture you can see the gaps in the gasket face.....

car is…

i,ve now got to say my peice,!!!!! john,, i have personaly met you in the past and what you are doing ,STINKS, SO WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING ON THIS SITE ,,, if the management dont like my response ,= tough.. i,ve met you,,,,i dont think ,they have ,,END OFF,,

Enjoying the sunshine, wiring the Sierra and buying stuff on ebay (again)

Despite having many big boxes full of odd nuts and bolts I don't seem to be able to find the coarse pitch UNF blots for the seat belts. M10 bolts thread into the holes but are so slack you can nearly wiggle them out 

Are these bolts 3/4 UNF Cp or 5/8 UNF CP, does anybody know?

Any one out there willing to put their hopefully standard (as near as possible) Dutton Phaeton (or a Malaga B+) on a show stand for the duration of a show with 20-30 similar early kit cars at Donnington?

The car should be as early as possible with a tidy appearance and on as near as possible contemporary wheels and as close too the factory design as is feasible, it does not need to be a concourse car  just tidy. Something to show us all in a good light. Suggestions please.

Clearing up trying to find those elusive bits that have vanished.

Despite many hours and help from Mr H I have passed my deadline and therefore failed to get the Sierra ready for this weekend.

On the bright side I have got a lot of the base work done and much progress made but for the lack of a few bits and a couple of days work its not going to make it. Maybe next week, maybe the week after but it wont be long.