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GARAGE HERMIT
Joined: 20 Mar 2017 Posts: 186 Location: stockton upon tees, cleveland,
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:19 am Post subject: Just bought a Pop 103e, 1957 |
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wanted one for over 50 year's, never got round to buying one till now, it need's a bit of fetteling, ie setting the brake's up, and the engine setting's looking at, everything really need's checking, not owning a 60 year old car before, i'll have quite a few question's,
here's a few pic's,
_________________ 1957 - 103e - popular,
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22455 Location: UK
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Heff
Joined: 09 Feb 2017 Posts: 7
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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That looks really nice , hours of fun tinkering with that , good luck with it . |
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BigJohn
Joined: 01 Jan 2011 Posts: 954 Location: Wem, Shropshire
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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Oooh! That's cute in that colour. |
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Paul fairall
Joined: 17 Nov 2016 Posts: 429 Location: North west Kent
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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Nice, unusual colour, but being different is all good. _________________ 1957 ford popular |
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GARAGE HERMIT
Joined: 20 Mar 2017 Posts: 186 Location: stockton upon tees, cleveland,
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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Paul fairall wrote: | Nice, unusual colour, but being different is all good. |
i've seen a few pop's this colour, as far as i know it's a standard ford colour from the 1950's, but i'm no expert, so it might be a honda colour, |
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Paul fairall
Joined: 17 Nov 2016 Posts: 429 Location: North west Kent
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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GARAGE HERMIT wrote: | Paul fairall wrote: | Nice, unusual colour, but being different is all good. |
i've seen a few pop's this colour, as far as i know it's a standard ford colour from the 1950's, but i'm no expert, so it might be a honda colour, | dont get me wrong I like it. _________________ 1957 ford popular |
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GARAGE HERMIT
Joined: 20 Mar 2017 Posts: 186 Location: stockton upon tees, cleveland,
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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no problem paul,
i wasn't too bothered about what colour car i bought, it was mainly the condition of the bodywork i was most interested in, just so happened this looked like the best one, which i'm glad about now as i like the colour, stand's out a bit, |
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GARAGE HERMIT
Joined: 20 Mar 2017 Posts: 186 Location: stockton upon tees, cleveland,
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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right, first question,
the car has 12 volt bulb's and a 12 volt battery, ammeter showing a positive charge with engine running, but the dynamo look's like the original 6 volt item, any way i can tell if it's a 12 volt dynamo, just by looking at it, ie diameter, length, etc,
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GARAGE HERMIT
Joined: 20 Mar 2017 Posts: 186 Location: stockton upon tees, cleveland,
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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i've heard that 16" taxi wheel's have the same PCD as the pop, is that true,?
as i'm going to be tinkering quite a bit with it, is there a workshop manual i can buy, |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22455 Location: UK
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GARAGE HERMIT
Joined: 20 Mar 2017 Posts: 186 Location: stockton upon tees, cleveland,
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 10:16 am Post subject: |
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rick,
pop has 17" wheel's,
i'd like to change the wheel's, so i can use radial tyre's, not bothered if they are 17", 16", etc,
anyone know the PCD of standard pop wheel's, i cant take one of mine off to measure it at the moment, i've a knackered shoulder that will take a while to heal, |
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alanb
Joined: 10 Sep 2012 Posts: 516 Location: Berkshire.
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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Fitting wider radial ply tyres to the pop may make the steering very heavy, especially at low speeds. _________________ old tourer
Morris 8 two seater |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22455 Location: UK
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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GARAGE HERMIT wrote: | rick,
pop has 17" wheel's,
i'd like to change the wheel's, so i can use radial tyre's, not bothered if they are 17", 16", etc,
anyone know the PCD of standard pop wheel's, i cant take one of mine off to measure it at the moment, i've a knackered shoulder that will take a while to heal, |
Ah yes it was the Prefect that ran on 16s, as did the E83W pickup (although in the 10cwt pickup's case they were a wider section rim). I know someone who has an E83W pickup (my old one), he has taxi tyres on it, they're quite large and look a bit odd, I imagine the steering is heavy as a result too.
I don't think you'll easily find other wheels to fit the standard Pop hub to be honest, if you prise off one of the hubcaps you'll see how spaced out the stud centres are, greatly reducing the chances of finding alternative wheels.
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Paul fairall
Joined: 17 Nov 2016 Posts: 429 Location: North west Kent
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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GARAGE HERMIT wrote: | right, first question,
the car has 12 volt bulb's and a 12 volt battery, ammeter showing a positive charge with engine running, but the dynamo look's like the original 6 volt item, any way i can tell if it's a 12 volt dynamo, just by looking at it, ie diameter, length, etc, | if it's not giving you any trouble then it's probably a 12v unit, possibly an alternator in a dynamo case. One way to know would be to look in the regulator box and see if it's wired differently if it has a regulator. Do a search on the net for wiring an alternator in place of a dynamo. _________________ 1957 ford popular |
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