Father, son and a V8
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Smitters said:
LincolnLovin said:
Smitters said:
Because good luck has been abundant in this thread... 
Oooo that hurts - I've just dropped the car off for an MOT so lets see how we do this time!I still need to figure out how to get better seat belts into the TC so that the family can join me on a trip.
Bobberoo99 said:
I've just sat and read this entire thread from start to finish, what an absolute roller coaster ride of emotions, two things stand out for me, firstly that you must have an incredibly understanding wife, secondly when the going got tough and you were down, you picked yourself up and continued, i'd like to think your dad would be so proud of you!
She's been very patient with it, the fact that I have it in storage most of the time and so not taking up a space on the driveway helps a ton. The benefits of a separate joint accounts means that what I spend on it is mine to decide. With the weather turning, and concerns about a future lockdown causing problems I've made the decision to drop the car back to the storage place earlier than planned.
Driving it in the rain was...interesting, wheel spinned the tyres more than once but luckily the back end didn't kick out. I dread to think what would happen considering how disconnected the steering feels!
I'm happy with the progress of this year, I need to turn my attention to the interior at some point in 2021 and maybe finally get that explorer intake and 70mm throttle body fitted.
I'll grab the car in March.
Driving it in the rain was...interesting, wheel spinned the tyres more than once but luckily the back end didn't kick out. I dread to think what would happen considering how disconnected the steering feels!
I'm happy with the progress of this year, I need to turn my attention to the interior at some point in 2021 and maybe finally get that explorer intake and 70mm throttle body fitted.
I'll grab the car in March.
I ordered the final part for the engine upgrade about a month or so back, so at some point it will cross the seas and arrive here. It’s an intake spacer, which will enable the upgraded explorer upper intake to clear the fuel rail. Once that and the upper/lower intake, 70mm throttle body are installed the mechanical upgrades to this car are complete.
After that I want to sort the audio as I think it’s not wired correctly, I don’t know if paintwork is going to be worthwhile. It could really do with a full respray but it’s a lot of car to prep and paint.
After that I want to sort the audio as I think it’s not wired correctly, I don’t know if paintwork is going to be worthwhile. It could really do with a full respray but it’s a lot of car to prep and paint.
I've got the TC out of storage, it's driving well so far. I've now turned my attentions to the seat belts, which have often been less functional than I would like. I've got it booked into Quick Fit seat belts in London, which are a specialist in classic car seat belts. The downside is that I need to drive the car to London eep!
Town car never fails to surprise me, was going to take it out for a drive this morning. Doesn’t start. Then it does, but there’s a lot of electrical noise coming through one speaker that is exactly in time with the spark ignition timing.
I sack of the planned drive and give it a try later, noise has gone but starting is odd, there’s a noticeable delay between the barrel turning and the start motor cranking.
Perhaps the starter solenoid is on the way out? I’ve ordered one and some Silicone Suppression Core ignition leads to see if they help the issue.
I sack of the planned drive and give it a try later, noise has gone but starting is odd, there’s a noticeable delay between the barrel turning and the start motor cranking.
Perhaps the starter solenoid is on the way out? I’ve ordered one and some Silicone Suppression Core ignition leads to see if they help the issue.
QBee said:
I saw something like this happen with a TVR Sagaris race car at Rockingham a few years ago. All through qualifying the PA system dissolved into mega-interference each time the car went past, until eventually it ground to a halt on the start finish line. I nipped to the pits and relayed this connection to my TVR expert, who was also racing that day. He did the maths (2+2 =.....), went to the car that had been recovered to the pits by now, and sent the guy off to Halfords for bits. They had the car running again with no PA interference in time for the first race. I think I remember that whatever he was running was causing such electrical interference it destroyed the ignition electronics.
Interesting, I am going to check out the ground and see if it looks like a bad connection.The solenoid had seemingly sorted the problem, whether it was the new part or just cleaning the connectors I’m not sure.
I took my daughter out in the Town Car for the first time tonight, in her own words “I’m surprised it hasn’t broken down or set on fire yet” barely five minutes in the journey. She has as much faith in the car as I do
I still can’t find a way to relax in the car when driving it, as if the moment I’m happy with it, it will s
t the bed once more.
I took my daughter out in the Town Car for the first time tonight, in her own words “I’m surprised it hasn’t broken down or set on fire yet” barely five minutes in the journey. She has as much faith in the car as I do
I still can’t find a way to relax in the car when driving it, as if the moment I’m happy with it, it will s
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