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Re: 1969 Sunbeam Alpine Arrow. Body mods

2009-11-21T14:15:01Z

I've certainly been impressed by the quality of brazed joints I've been
able to managed recently using pre-fluxed rods. I was hoping that it was
forty years of practice eventually paying off, but I suspect that it's
an improvement in gas torches and brazing rods that's the real cause.

Re: 1950 "Rest and be Thankful" hillclimb

2009-11-21T09:52:02Z

Excellent, thank you.

Re: 1969 Sunbeam Alpine Arrow. Body mods

2009-11-21T00:19:42Z

In article <62sdg5h5qgveq3lujt5rm6l1js6hv cv...@4ax.com>,
Depends. Some modern brazing methods are as strong as a weld. Maybe even
stronger.

Re: 1969 Sunbeam Alpine Arrow. Body mods

2009-11-20T19:39:29Z

On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:58:08 +0000, Grimly Curmudgeon
Brazing... don't like the sound of that on something that has become
structural!

1950 "Rest and be Thankful" hillclimb

2009-11-20T19:26:32Z

In colour but no sound unfortunately - note it was still a public road in
those days.
[link]

Re: Number Plates - which type?

2009-11-20T00:02:09Z

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "sweller"
<swel...@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> saying something like:
Most definitely separate whit characters on a black plate for '65.
Pressed plates were cheap shit and only found on chavvy cars.

Re: 1969 Sunbeam Alpine Arrow. Body mods

2009-11-19T23:58:08Z

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "tty...@iol.ie" <tty...@iol.ie>
saying something like:
A mate of mine had a Crayford converted Mk1 Cortina and I recall the
inner sills were strengthened with fairly large box section running
front to back. That was only the most obvious mod - quite what else had

Re: Advisability of driving Borg Warner without prop?

2009-11-18T17:19:39Z

DON'T DO IT!
Seriously, it's ok with an LT230 transfer box to run with it locked and no
front prop (notwithstanding the "strange" handling characteristics), but not
a Borg-Warner, due to the internal viscous coupling. As there will be no
resistance to the front output shaft rotating faster than the rear, the

Re: Advisability of driving Borg Warner without prop?

2009-11-18T00:21:35Z

Alex wrote:
Ah bugger, I've got a spare front prop but it's for the earlier transfer
box.

Re: Advisability of driving Borg Warner without prop?

2009-11-17T23:15:12Z

Alex <nospam.a...@cbmsys.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:
Problem with using any 4x4 on the road with the centre diff locked is
that you'll get "wind-up" from slight differences in the rate of rotation
of the front and rear prop-shafts, due to slight differences in tyres

Advisability of driving Borg Warner without prop?

2009-11-17T19:20:35Z

I've got a RR 200Tdi with a BW xfer box, the front prop is ducked
(specifically it's in about 4 pieces, two of which are on the road
somewhere). I know the LT230 shouldn't be driven far/fast with the
difflock on, what about the BW box? is it likely to be affected in any
way?
Alex

Re: 1969 Sunbeam Alpine Arrow. Body mods

2009-11-15T23:50:00Z

In article
<f9f727f9-518f-4e01-89e1-961dc e1a8...@k19g2000yqc.googlegrou ps.com>,
My initial thoughts are is there a Crayford club or one that covers them?
There would likely be expertise there on the normal ways of strengthening
when removing a roof.

1969 Sunbeam Alpine Arrow. Body mods

2009-11-15T22:46:29Z

I've acquired one, an abandoned project to convert to a convertible,
along the lines of the common Morris Minor mod. Being a two-door and
with a reasonably low body line I think it looks pretty good with (so
far) just the roof chopped. Was wondering if anyone knows of such a
conversion? I am broadly familiar with the MMinor procedure regarding

Re: Which is the most luxorious car in the world

2009-11-14T17:24:25Z

In article <MPG.256649a96ad3ea9c989...@ne ws.virginmedia.com>,
m...@bluewonder.co.uk says...
Ooops! My mistake it is 'uxorious' and it means the (excessive) love of
one's wife. Never mind it raised a smile anyway.

Re: NEC classic

2009-11-13T22:34:07Z

Damn - didn't see your post till too late. I went today (only because
I'd won tickets in a competition - wouldn't have paid 23 quid otherwise).
Autojumblers are charged so much to have a stall they all seemed to have
doubled their prices. I found no autojumble bargains, though it was
handy to pick up a few new items to save postage. I saved almost the