Exhaust and Steering Wheel
Discussion
Recently bought a 96 Chim 500, very nice indeed. Sports exhaust sounds phenomenal on the open road, but is a wee bit OTT in central London. So here are the questions :
1) Anyone know if it is possible to have the baffles put back IN the box? And where is cheap?
2) Anyone know a cheap place to get a new 'standard' exhaust? Seems a shame to junk the existing one mind you.
3) Anyone in the London area want to swap their standard exhaust for my sports one? Reasonable nick obviously! Is this a dunb idea?
Car also has a wooden steering wheel; very attractive but I guess I prefer a chunky leather one - I gather the standard item is a MOMO one, but can't seem to find them on the web - any ideas for a supplier?
Final question for you real experts - the engine is a 500HC and has purple rocker covers - is there any significance behind the colour? Can't find any reference in the Steve Heath book or elsewhere.
Cheers!!
Murd
1) Anyone know if it is possible to have the baffles put back IN the box? And where is cheap?
2) Anyone know a cheap place to get a new 'standard' exhaust? Seems a shame to junk the existing one mind you.
3) Anyone in the London area want to swap their standard exhaust for my sports one? Reasonable nick obviously! Is this a dunb idea?
Car also has a wooden steering wheel; very attractive but I guess I prefer a chunky leather one - I gather the standard item is a MOMO one, but can't seem to find them on the web - any ideas for a supplier?
Final question for you real experts - the engine is a 500HC and has purple rocker covers - is there any significance behind the colour? Can't find any reference in the Steve Heath book or elsewhere.
Cheers!!
Murd
quote:
Purple Rocker covers r standard on all 500's so no worrys there.
To be exact... purple covers were only standard fit on all 500s that had purple covers on them...
I have also seen lesser engines with purple covers so this tell tale is not that reliable. Just like the engine size plate and so on.
Steve
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Thanks for the info guys. This information super highway thing is amazing isn't it - stacks of info at the touch of a button. Great resource.
Dave - my email is paterson_m@hotmail.com - drop me a line and I'll give you a phone number. We can talk about doing a swap if the 2 are compatible,
Cheers,
Murd
Dave - my email is paterson_m@hotmail.com - drop me a line and I'll give you a phone number. We can talk about doing a swap if the 2 are compatible,
Cheers,
Murd
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