Dutton Kit Cars and their owners
S1 Rebuild(s)
some pics of the rebuild process,
the top trailing arm bracket is broke......
the diff is sloping back a little (looking up) so that will need sorting.......
As you can see there isn't a lot of bracing in an S1 chassis, that will be sorted.
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Permalink Reply by Dave Price on
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Nice one
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Permalink Reply by Dave Adams on
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the answer would be the whole car......its a new registration.......
*FV suffix is from the Lincolnshire fens area......close to me.....shame it isnt a Hull one BAT, CAT and HRH all being possible.
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Age related....new reg as of 1.2.17
Must be one of the last "new" duttons ever.... :-)
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Permalink Reply by Steve Kerswell on
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Well done Dave, just need some Dutton weather, anything you can do to help ?? :-)
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i wish..... ;-)
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Well a bit of test drive today....speedo is not good.
Car was also squirmy almost like bump steer but noticeable under acceleration and deceleration. So I looked at the tracking and it was WAY out. The suspension has settled down and it came to 1 degree 30 minutes toe in. .....!
So it got corrected to 15 minutes toe in......SORTED!
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Permalink Reply by Paul Sheridan on
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Well you dont really have an excuse with all the adjustment you have built in!! It is a great feeling, getting to know a new toy. Time to put the Phaeton in your Avatar then Dave.
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A degree is divided into 60 minutes. .each minute is further divided by 60 seconds.....
So 15 minutes is 1/4 of a degree. .
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Permalink Reply by Steve and Matt Pegrum on
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Yep. Not only that, but the minute, being a sixtieth of a degree of latitude is also responsible for the definition of Nautical Mile and thus the knot!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautical_mileInteresting fact for the day.....possibly
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RESULT!
just put my car over an axle weighbridge kerb weight full (46L) tank of fuel.
Front axle 320kg
Rear axle 320kg
I pushed it over.....to get real weight.
Well pleased over 100kg lighter than my last one.
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Permalink Reply by James Doulton on
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640 Kg, so about 600Kg dry weight. That is pretty good. With a light weight and a modern, efficient engine then you'll get a long way on tank full.
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expecting about 45mpg....ish
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