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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22439 Location: UK
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Vulgalour
Joined: 08 May 2018 Posts: 474 Location: Kent
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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It's a tricky balance to strike. As soon as you do anything you can't readily undo it. I think you got it about right on this one, the colour really helps because it doesn't look ultra glossy even when it is, so you can hold back on the polishing a bit to give a nicer more uniform finish all over the car. |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22439 Location: UK
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4755 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:28 am Post subject: |
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Did any of our readers ever have a Mini with the Oselli Engineering starter handle conversion?
If so was it a successful idea which had many uses but fell out of favour for transverse engines because batteries became more reliable?
Is ithis the same company?
http://www.oselli.com/about _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
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MVPeters
Joined: 28 Aug 2008 Posts: 822 Location: Northern MA, USA
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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Penman
Sorry, no starter handle, but I do have an 'Oselli Tuned' tag on thin aluminium if it is of relevance to you. _________________ Mike - MVPeters at comcast.net
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4755 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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Rick's starter problem reminded me of the tales I had heard of starting handle for Minis.
I was never sure whether it was an urban myth or not, so I started googling for it and came up with references to it including pictures and that website which does appear to be the same company. _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
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MVPeters
Joined: 28 Aug 2008 Posts: 822 Location: Northern MA, USA
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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It certainly existed, though I don't recall if Oselli was involved - more likely Speedwell? Oselli was more known for quality performance parts.
I think you had to either turn the wheel to full lock or maybe even remove it, in order to insert the handle. A similar trick was to jack up one wheel on full lock, put the car in gear & rotate the wheel with your foot while setting tappets etc.. _________________ Mike - MVPeters at comcast.net
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ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4104 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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Penman wrote: | Did any of our readers ever have a Mini with the Oselli Engineering starter handle conversion?
If so was it a successful idea which had many uses but fell out of favour for transverse engines because batteries became more reliable?
Is ithis the same company?
http://www.oselli.com/about |
I remember as a kid in the 70's my Dad changing his Triumph Herald, for an Austin 1300, he was frustrated that the later didn't have a starting handle as every one of his previous cars had, so he made something that involved jacking the car up on one side, his contraption bolted on to the wheel hub, used a MM starter handle. Later he accepted that the Austin 1300 was the first car he had owned with an alternator with a decent capacity battery! and never required a starting handle !
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4755 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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This is what got me started on the Oselli conection.
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22439 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:02 am Post subject: |
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As the weather was so nice yesterday evening, we decided to take the Anglia out for an evening amble. Prior to heading out, a couple of tasks were undertaken - re-torque the cylinder head nuts, and also fit extra clips inside the fog lamp as the lens had a tendency to rotate after a drive, which looked a little odd.
Heading back to base I had another close(ish) call with another muppet driving a modern.
On a straight wide(ish) section of country road, I slowed from 35mph to about 20mph to let two cars behind pass by, I waved them through. The first went by as normal, the second (a Honda hatchback driven by a gent of advancing years) dawdled past, then began to brake before he'd even fully passed us, and proceeded to swerve left into a driveway.
Fortunately the Anglia's brakes work well and I wasn't going quickly.
Maybe he thought I was fully slowing down to a stop (I wasn't) but even so, why bother overtaking if he knew he was turning off just a few more yards down the road!?!
The driveway entrance didn't have a house name sign or anything so it's not as if he was looking for a particular address, spotted it at the last second and made a lunge, so he knew where he was going.
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6304 Location: Derby
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:46 am Post subject: |
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I wonder if drivers today are less used to overtaking a car of any kind; old or new. We all encounter cyclists travelling relatively slowly but slow moving cars are probably not encountered as often as they once were.
Then again, the doddery old fart may have just remembered where he lived and everything else went out of his tiny mind.
Whatever the case, I am glad your brakes work as they should; if it had been my Swallow I expect the outcome would have been different. |
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alastairq
Joined: 14 Oct 2016 Posts: 1950 Location: East Yorkshire
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:39 am Post subject: |
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Possibly too busy listening to his SatNag?
Methinks a pure ''misunderstanding'' going on? _________________ Dellow Mk2, 1951 built, reg 1952.
Fiat 126 BIS
Cannon special [1996 registered. Built in 1950's]
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Ford Pop chassis, Ashley 1172 bodyshell, in pieces. |
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4755 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:51 am Post subject: |
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You did mention slow speed so:-
There is a possibility that if you had hit him on the A or B post he could have a write off and you would have a dented bumper, need a new No plate and have some scratches round the top of the radiator grill. _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6304 Location: Derby
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 11:37 am Post subject: |
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Penman wrote: | You did mention slow speed so:-
There is a possibility that if you had hit him on the A or B post he could have a write off and you would have a dented bumper, need a new No plate and have some scratches round the top of the radiator grill. |
This happened to my Dad's FA Victor. On a particularly cold Winter's morning, he was driving to work and became caught in a frozen lorry tyre track. The car spun out of control into the path of an oncoming Skoda.
A far cry from the modern car of the same name, the early post War Skodas were incredibly strong cars. The impact was terminal for the Victor; pushing the B post pushed in, the roof up and the floor down. The doors could be easily replaced but the body now resembled a banana and was beyond economic repair.
Where the Victor was towed off to be turned into bake bean cans, the Skoda suffered only a minor dent in its front bumper.!
Kindly, the Skoda owner was more concerned with Dad's well being than the accident. |
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garyjpaterson
Joined: 05 Jul 2016 Posts: 30 Location: Aberdeenshire
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2023 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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Hi folks, its been almost exactly 2 years since i last posted about my Anglia - and I see the thread has been continuing along with Rick's (now sadly departed) one, so that's been nice to see.
I said I'd keep you all updated, but that's not been the case. I'll explain what happened:
On the first fire up with a working fuel pump, it immediately made a really awful noise, so I shut it down, fearing the worst. I more or less forgot about it and did other things until recently.
I figured out it was a problem with the starter motor. Not sure what caused it, but the thread on the shaft had a big chunk missing, and a crack. As a result the pinion gear was stuck extended, so always engaged with the flywheel. That was the noise I was hearing.
Anyway after sending it off for a refurbed unit, I've finally got it running, and it drove for probably the first time in more than 25 years.
Ran very smoky for a while, though it did get better with use, hoping the rings are just getting unstuck. Jumps out of 2nd gear, but otherwise drives about how I would expect (I have no experience driving anything older than late 80s though!)
Only used it on private roads, no salt thankfully. Really good fun
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