skattrd Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I had mine up to 70mph on the M5 on the way home, and the mighty Indenor turbo had plenty more.At 70mph I ran out of bottle as my Umm is on extra-knobbly AT tyres which have as much grip as a wet haddock. Once the wheels/tyres have been changed I shall attempt a new Umm land speed record on a local airfield. I'll try to remember to video it. messerschmitt owner, anonymous user and Cavcraft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 I got timed on an airfield once - I got to 39mph in third gear! So, you say, my car can go faster ... ah, but, was your car in reverse in third gear at 39mph? anonymous user 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Badger Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Keep the present colour and add a distinctive* tidemark over the bottom edges? Maybe just painting the bottom areas you need to weld in a similar colour to the graphics as the present blue is quite nice? Love the way these things look, the closest I get to off roading is bumping up the kerb outside my house yet I still want one. messerschmitt owner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 Welding starts thursday! an 8x4ft sheet of 2mm steel is £60 plus delivery. We may need all of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 Today's UMM jobs include dismantling the front end. I have removed the bumper, the lights and grille - it's amazing how little is left after that. Once away from the edges, the body is looking OK. Task for tomorrow is carpets out of the cabin, and if I have time, refit of starter motor. IMG_1357 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr IMG_1360 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr IMG_1361 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr IMG_1364 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr IMG_1366 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr Bosch pump? Looks like it! Banger Kenny, Sigmund Fraud and Lacquer Peel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 no pics tonight - they're far too depressing! I have removed the carpets at the front, taken the seatbelts out, and moved the extraneous bits in the way on the front wings. I also loosely fitted the starter motor. It needs tightened up but is now back and I can make efforts to kick start the UMM next week when I am back from Scotland. Welding begins tomorrow. Tom, my new tame welder, is coming for two days of non stop welding action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 What about a darker plain blue for the bottom half? I quite like its current colour. Seeing it with the front all dismantled makes me wonder what the factory, or perhaps more accurately, shed where these were built was like. I imagine a cross between a rural blacksmiths and a sheet metal fabricator's shop, with a bored looking Portugese bloke levering open wooden boxes containing engines with a fag in his mouth. And someone's mum, all in black, working up the seat fabric on a treadle sewing machine. And a very hot looking dog wondering about. messerschmitt owner, anonymous user and tooSavvy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 ^ you forgot the really old bloke, who they all think is somebody else's grandad, who comes in every day to move the dirt around with a threadbare sweeping brush forddeliveryboy and messerschmitt owner 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 It's Portugal, so a siesta has been had and they're all asleep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 ^^ I miss the old bloke who used to frequent my old MoT spot, which was something of a museum piece in itself. Wish I'd taken some pics, never really felt it was on to do so. Said old bloke was an ancient farmer who was about 5'1, bent with hard work and he had the archetypal old jacket on with it and trousers secured with twine. He was a brilliant old geezer, never said loads but you could always have a really interesting chat with him and unlike loads of farmers today, was quite a humble soul. He reckoned that spraying the land was the biggest mistake farmers had ever fallen for. He died without warning late into his nineties - few had realised he was so old. The garage itself was run by a couple of slightly eccentric brothers, it had been established by their dad in the 20s Sadly, their sons weren't interested in taking it on. When tests went online they said bollocks to VOSA and jacked testing in, closing the place a few years later. A classic case of not realising quite how good something is until it's gone. Half-closed - it started shutting in about 2004, this is 2009 2011 messerschmitt owner, Banger Kenny and cms206 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 There's one for the SVM to rescue ^ messerschmitt owner, Rusty_Rocket and cms206 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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