Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - Progress with the Mini Mayfair, if a little slow.

[Prince_of_darkness91]

Thanks for a brilliant weekend 😁

[Six-cylinder]

!!!

 

[hairnet]

It didn't start cos of crazy hat

[Chuck Buckles]

We had a fabulous day on Saturday. Many thanks to our hosts and hopefully make it a longer stay with a spot of camping next time.  

[High Jetter]

Who is hidden under the wizard hat?

[Noel Tidybeard]

24 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Who is hidden under the wizard hat?

some crazy loon who knows the secret of triumph herald rain gutters! 🤣

[cort1977]

Had a great, if brief, visit on Saturday, thanks so much to @Six-cylinder& @Mrs6C for hosting.

Good to put some faces to names on the forum.  Highlights were riding the Land's End - John O'Groats hero bike, learning some lessons on towing and more than I ever need to know on lightbulbs.  Special mention to @richardmorris for showing us his amazing X/19, so many pleasing bits of design.

[juular]

Eleventy hundred out of ten. Thanks for a lovely weekend @Mrs6C @Six-cylinder

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, juular said:

 

 

 

[Weird Car]

On 5/28/2023 at 8:23 AM, Six-cylinder said:

Saturday was a FANTASTIC day!

The weather was perfect and a great turn out of willing helpers saw the Saab 95 project, Peugeot 404 advance. Children's camp was built, tea was drunk, car fixing was done and a campfire finished the evening.

I am going to get the camping field sprayed against LDV for next time!

I am looking forward to today Sunday and I will be at FoD from 10am.

Not the first time the 404 and Maxis have met..

my works car park in December 2021

[richardmorris]

14 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

!!!

 

It’s an engine Jim, but not as we know it.

[richardmorris]

404 bits on Leboncoin.

https://www.leboncoin.fr/recherche?category=6&text=peugeot 404&page=2

 

[LightBulbFun]

Many thanks to @Six-cylinder and @Mrs6C for another awesome weekend  (and to everyone else who put up with me LOL)

twas awesome to see the Harper in person and oggle at the fine details  

and many thanks to @barrett for giving it a wash! its looking much better for it

and was awesome to see good progress made on the Saab and 404  

the engine was put back in the Saab

and the 404 was made to electrically work  

and run, Dynamo is still out of action however

its a nice comfortable place to sit

I look forward to trying out the column gear change in time, just sitting in the car and shifting it about it seems intuitive enough, its just your standard H pattern type affair coming out of the side of the steering column 

 

and many thanks to @mat_the_cat for bringing me a nice 1980's vintage 5ft Fitzgerald light pack complete with original Philips made Fitzgerald branded T12 tube  

have to say I loved the surrealism of just a old fluorescent fixture being lit up in the middle of nowhere field at 1AM in the morning  (something id love to do using REV in time)

(and many thanks to @beko1987 for the tin of old Hoover bulbs, I look forward to going through those once I have recovered ) 

and it was interesting to see how the fog-lights on @Andyrew's  Allegro actually have "Allegro" moulded into them I figured they would of just been an off the shelf/parts bin lucas/BL item

[richardmorris]

Spotted in Adstock on my morning 10km walk.

Plus pretty countryside pics.

[richardmorris]

@LightBulbFun

IMcdb.org

 

[davidfowler2000]

A jolly good weekend. Good company as usual. THE_SCHTCH weren't to be seen during the days we were there because we went to Bletchley park to learn about code breaking. We went to Bletchley on the Friday and the National Museum of Computing on the Saturday. Having now been to both I would say that, even ignoring the entry prices, don't bother with the main Bletchley Park. Go do the Computing Museum. The staff are much more informative if you get the talk on The Bombe, The Tunny and Collossus. I learned way more listening to those guys about how they broke the Enigma and Lorenz cyphers than all the reading I done at Bletchley.

WOMAN_df2k also enjoyed herself and even learned some car stuff, mostly in the electrics department thanks to WOMAN_ @juular.

We went home via the M1 / A1 / A66 / M6 / A74(M) / M74 and were treated to an utterly spectacular sunset at Brough summit. The photo just looks like lens flare but no that's how it looked to the eye.

[richardmorris]

25 minutes ago, davidfowler2000 said:

A jolly good weekend. Good company as usual. THE_SCHTCH weren't to be seen during the days we were there because we went to Bletchley park to learn about code breaking. We went to Bletchley on the Friday and the National Museum of Computing on the Saturday. Having now been to both I would say that, even ignoring the entry prices, don't bother with the main Bletchley Park. Go do the Computing Museum. The staff are much more informative if you get the talk on The Bombe, The Tunny and Collossus. I learned way more listening to those guys about how they broke the Enigma and Lorenz cyphers than all the reading I done at Bletchley.

WOMAN_df2k also enjoyed herself and even learned some car stuff, mostly in the electrics department thanks to WOMAN_ @juular.

We went home via the M1 / A1 / A66 / M6 / A74(M) / M74 and were treated to an utterly spectacular sunset at Brough summit. The photo just looks like lens flare but no that's how it looked to the eye.

Glad you got back safely. It’s a heck of a drive for the weekend!

[jonathan_dyane]

31 minutes ago, davidfowler2000 said:

We went to Bletchley on the Friday and the National Museum of Computing on the Saturday. Having now been to both I would say that, even ignoring the entry prices, don't bother with the main Bletchley Park. Go do the Computing Museum. The staff are much more informative if you get the talk on The Bombe, The Tunny and Collossus. I learned way more listening to those guys about how they broke the Enigma and Lorenz cyphers than all the reading I done at Bletchley.

Did they mention that the Poles broke Enigma in 1932?

[davidfowler2000]

The guys in the computing museum didn't but to be fair they were mainly focused on the machines that they had. Although sort of part of the Bletchley Campus, they are a separate entity with  their own admission fee. They are not there to tell the story of code breaking but did it anyways and did it better than the Bletchley museum. I dare say a guided tour of Bletchley may have yielded better results than wandering about ourselves.

I was aware that the Poles had got in to Enigma first and I do remember reading something about the Bomba machine(s) in Bletchley but I can't remember the details.

[richardmorris]

From another thread here..about re-generating a dynamo

[Back_For_More]

A belated thanks to the lord n lady of the manor for a first timer..... A great weekend was had. 

Glad I arrived in time to sort dessert.

Many thanks to all who gave a very warm welcome and natter. Apologies as I will try, but will certainly not remember all of your names for when we next meet..... I'm crap like that. 

Apparently only took one photo too! 

Winding up the rubber band I suspect.... 

 

[Six-cylinder]

Lost Property!

Somebody want to own up to this mug?

[catsinthewelder]

Every single visit 😫

[beko1987]

On 29/05/2023 at 13:02, LightBulbFun said:

Many thanks to @Six-cylinder and @Mrs6C for another awesome weekend  (and to everyone else who put up with me LOL)

twas awesome to see the Harper in person and oggle at the fine details  

and many thanks to @barrett for giving it a wash! its looking much better for it

and was awesome to see good progress made on the Saab and 404  

the engine was put back in the Saab

and the 404 was made to electrically work  

and run, Dynamo is still out of action however

its a nice comfortable place to sit

I look forward to trying out the column gear change in time, just sitting in the car and shifting it about it seems intuitive enough, its just your standard H pattern type affair coming out of the side of the steering column 

 

and many thanks to @mat_the_cat for bringing me a nice 1980's vintage 5ft Fitzgerald light pack complete with original Philips made Fitzgerald branded T12 tube  

have to say I loved the surrealism of just a old fluorescent fixture being lit up in the middle of nowhere field at 1AM in the morning  (something id love to do using REV in time)

(and many thanks to @beko1987 for the tin of old Hoover bulbs, I look forward to going through those once I have recovered ) 

and it was interesting to see how the fog-lights on @Andyrew's  Allegro actually have "Allegro" moulded into them I figured they would of just been an off the shelf/parts bin lucas/BL item

Your welcome on the bulbs! Be interesting to see what you write about them, I'll post it up in the vacuum groups when you do the autopsy! Some have the filament broken but some didn't and I'm sure there's some gen hoover ones in there. Came in a big box of shit from another collector which is always fun! 

I hope I wiped all the bird shit off the tin... 

[Six-cylinder]

I have to thank everybody for last weekend and the progress made on the Saab 95, Peugeot 404, Carltons and Herald 1200 Coupe.

I have now booked an Auto sparks for the Peugeot 404 to finish the electrics on the 13th June. Then I need to do a bit more to tidy the appearance and at least paint it in primer before I drive it on the road.

The Carlton I have ordered a set of Torx bits as I can't find mine to get the head off.

The Herald will progress when we have time

I would like to get the Saab 95 engine started. I believe we just need to fit:

·         Radiator and hoses

·         Fit new clutch master cylinder

·         Power to the dizzy

·         Fuel lines

Anybody able to help me for evening or weekend?

[Floatylight]

On the subject of painting the 404, we've just finished rollering a first coat onto our camper, if you are looking for a functional rather than concours finish would recommend (using rustoleum thinned down with white spirit..

(Colour choice optional)

[Rust Collector]

@Floatylight that looks alright on my tiny phone screen 😅 what’s the finish like in person? Roughly how many litres did you use out of curiosity, and what ratio of thinner? I’ve been considering painting my really rough BX with a roller…

[richardmorris]

4 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I have to thank everybody for last weekend and the progress made on the Saab 95, Peugeot 404, Carltons and Herald 1200 Coupe.

I have now booked an Auto sparks for the Peugeot 404 to finish the electrics on the 13th June. Then I need to do a bit more to tidy the appearance and at least paint it in primer before I drive it on the road.

The Carlton I have ordered a set of Torx bits as I can't find mine to get the head off.

The Herald will progress when we have time

I would like to get the Saab 95 engine started. I believe we just need to fit:

·         Radiator and hoses

·         Fit new clutch master cylinder

·         Power to the dizzy

·         Fuel lines

Anybody able to help me for evening or weekend?

Can’t do anything for a few weekends - Italian breakfast on Saturday in Alton and babysitting the weekend after.

[Floatylight]

4 hours ago, Rust Collector said:

@Floatylight that looks alright on my tiny phone screen 😅 what’s the finish like in person? Roughly how many litres did you use out of curiosity, and what ratio of thinner? I’ve been considering painting my really rough BX with a roller…

It's pretty passable to be honest, I think another coat will do it, will flat it back before putting another coat on. Following this guys method 

4:1 ratio, used  about 800ml of paint so far.

 

[meshking]

I painted my acadiane with rustoleum, but I sprayed it. I used rustoleum thinners rather than white spirit. It's the second vehicle I have painted - the first was my orange 2cv which was rollered with white spirit thinned rustoleum. I would prefer to use the correct thinners, it's not that much difference in cost.