HMC WBOD news

[HMC]

23 hours ago, HMC said:

So one reason it was so cheap was that “it wouldnt go into park” which to me sounded more of a selector rather than internal box issue- and so it proved. Ive just taken the top selector detent button and handle knob off and it goes into park just fine now.

As the original selector knob had an internal rubber bit that had decomposed, i decided to buy a refurbished item off an e bay seller. It was £40 but that so much cheaper than a gearbox rebuild that the vendor had envisaged.

[Marm Toastsmith]

23 minutes ago, HMC said:

Ive also reallised my fleet has got an unusual symmetry to it-

late 40s- minor and p4 gestation

early 60s- ado16 and p6 gestation,

each with a similar parent company/ design and engineering team in situ; and each in a sense replacing the other in their respective segment

Yes! Brilliant.

If you kept 2, which way would you go? “Modern” vs postwar / Economy vs luxury? Or a bit of both? Interested to know which of the designs you think are more successful.

[LightBulbFun]

30 minutes ago, HMC said:

Good idea, ive got a few condensers in the parts stash for the vdp1300- will any condenser work of does it have to be a specific matched part?

I am obviously not an expert in the matter, But generally a condenser is just that, they are just a small capacitor after all*, so aside from different mounting arrangements as long as you can get it connected physically close to the points as per the original I think any should do

although I dont know exactly how the value of an automotive condenser changes if at all, with engine type/capacity/cylinder amount

 

*in-fact thats exactly what @Zelandeth did to get around the fact modern automotive condensers are just shit, is he just simply fitted a suitable combination/type of capacitor meant for electronics, does exactly the same thing!  so that might be another option to explore

On 11/03/2021 at 21:09, Zelandeth said:

I've given up on automotive ones.  I've fitted proper 1000V rated polypropylene film ones here - too big to fit on the distributor itself, so they're now in a remote enclosure mounted over by the coil.

I didn't have any 0.22uF caps in stock so just paired up two 0.1uF ones...as I had figured out I was mounting them remotely by that point the size wasn't an issue.

Inside the enclosure I used (I took the opportunity as I had room to spare to add a remote engine start switch as it's sometimes handy).

The caps themselves are from RS Components - I use these a bunch in vintage tech restoration as the high voltage rating makes them an ideal replacement for the old wax-paper caps in valve radios, TVs etc.

I am intrigued...Based in Milton Keynes.

 

[2flags]

On 4/3/2023 at 7:25 PM, HMC said:

does anyone know what this is?

 

The little mechanism with the cable - it seems related to the fuel feed to the fuel pump - it was weeping slightly now has stopped?

That could be the reserve tank switch. If I remember rightly they did have a reserve. The lever is opposite the choke. Choke on the right, fuel reserve on the left.

[wuvvum]

5 hours ago, HMC said:

Currently it and the jaywick minor are front runners for the french trip. 

I thought you were going in the Austin Sev...

Oh, wait.

[sierraman]

Love that P6 and how battered it looks, it actually looks better than if it was shiny. 

[HMC]

So the 65p o- ring arrived today and the p6 no longer leaks petrol out of the fuel reserve tap. Now i can drive it again and it no longer needs to be pointing uphill!

 

[egg]

That P6 will be for sale for about 5 nanoseconds when the time comes...

good luck chief on the overseas trip, don't go near any rioters.

 

[SiC]

In this bi-monthly 1100 club magazine, Idle Chatter, they have reprinted the "notorious" Practical Classics article. (I'm still part of the club as it's inevitable I'll end up with another ADO16, it's a good magazine they make and it gains access to early listings on their marketplace)

[artdjones]

1 hour ago, SiC said:

In this bi-monthly 1100 club magazine, Idle Chatter, they have reprinted the "notorious" Practical Classics article. (I'm still part of the club as it's inevitable I'll end up with another ADO16, it's a good magazine they make and it gains access to early listings on their marketplace)

It's a bit harsh saying it's more rot prone than an F Victor. They had basically disappeared 8 years after production finished whereas there used to be quite a number of ADO16s around up to the mid to late 80s being used as daily drivers. 

[HMC]

P6 updates- the refurbished selector knob arrived today.

I fitted it and celibrated a fully functional gear selector by going for a spin. Who knew satin/matt almond was an actual colour.

[HMC]

Done a quick “aerial” shot in the works car park. It went bald on top like me!

Unsure wether to leave as is or satin black the top to mimic the original covering that has since disintegrated (p6 roof, not my shiny dome 😂)

[PhilA]

Cream. Still goes with mustard and black, keeps the heat out when parked a bit better.

[trigger]

Absolutely fantastic stuff! Love the little Moggie with it's local to me history, Bridge Garage is what is now called Bridge Classics which raffle all the classic cars on Facebook, the other garages I've heard off but long before my time.

The Rover is pretty awesome too, the funny thing is that it's now ULEZ exempt so you can happily drive into the city in that but can't in my low mileage diesel Fabia.

[LightBulbFun]

55 minutes ago, HMC said:

Done a quick “aerial” shot in the works car park. It went bald on top like me!

Unsure wether to leave as is or satin black the top to mimic the original covering that has since disintegrated (p6 roof, not my shiny dome 😂)

hah its just like the ones from The Getaway  which I was playing recently on my computer for old times sake so have nice high rez screen shot!

(camera controls in the game are a bit shite, well non existent!)

[HMC]

6 hours ago, SiC said:

In this bi-monthly 1100 club magazine, Idle Chatter, they have reprinted the "notorious" Practical Classics article. (I'm still part of the club as it's inevitable I'll end up with another ADO16, it's a good magazine they make and it gains access to early listings on their marketplace)

Thanks for posting it up! Interesting that in the intro its described as one of the catalysts for forming the club, so in an odd way it probably did more good than harm. Sobering reading as the age range of those  models at the time was only 8-20 years approx; mine is now 50.

[Surface Rust]

4 hours ago, HMC said:

Done a quick “aerial” shot in the works car park. It went bald on top like me!

Unsure wether to leave as is or satin black the top to mimic the original covering that has since disintegrated (p6 roof, not my shiny dome 😂)

I was watching one of the yank YouTubers who had a land yacht with a similar baldness, they sprayed it with a textured bedliner for a pickup, to the camera at least it looked just like a vinyl top.

[HMC]

12 minutes ago, Surface Rust said:

I was watching one of the yank YouTubers who had a land yacht with a similar baldness, they sprayed it with a textured bedliner for a pickup, to the camera at least it looked just like a vinyl top.

brilliant idea

[eddyramrod]

4 hours ago, PhilA said:

Cream. Still goes with mustard and black, keeps the heat out when parked a bit better.

Heat????  Phil, have you seen which island this man lives on?

[HMC]

Its a tricky one as part of its appeal (to me) is that it looks like it does. I gathered the courage to temove the rear seats and hanve a good look at the structure there. Its mint.

Too many are superficially tarted up and have hidden problems. I might need to do an early 80s dodgy dealer line up pic with shonky ado16 and p6 in the “px to clear” section of the lot.

[HMC]

6 hours ago, artdjones said:

It's a bit harsh saying it's more rot prone than an F Victor. They had basically disappeared 8 years after production finished whereas there used to be quite a number of ADO16s around up to the mid to late 80s being used as daily drivers. 

I wonder if familiarity bred contempt; If it was a rarely seen italian saloon of the era perhaps they would have emphasised its qualities more. At the time they were 10 a penny and utterly disposable.

This very forum used to hold (still holds?) a similar view of the original ford ka, certainly 10 years ago this was the case on here.

[eddyramrod]

You might have something there!

[timolloyd]

Love the look of this P6. There was one of these outside every flat roofed pub in the late 80s.

[BeEP]

On 06/04/2023 at 13:21, artdjones said:

It's a bit harsh saying it's more rot prone than an F Victor. They had basically disappeared 8 years after production finished whereas there used to be quite a number of ADO16s around up to the mid to late 80s present day being used as daily drivers. 

Both of these have been tootling around West Norfolk today.  The white one is off to a new home in a fortnight with a good friend who I met through the 1100 club 27 years ago (where does time go etc...)

[HMC]

Went to a local autojumble where shiny car syndrome struck with a mates midget which was woken from slumber and ftp’d whereas im increasingly confident with the p6 and its improving with use (and rescuing midgets)

At the show i got hold of some bound back issues of the automobile @barrett that im looking forward to reading, and the p6 wasnt even the most patinated car there…

My mate steve that speciallises in small chassis triumph parts found some gearboxes to buy which didnt fit in the spitfire he came along in, so they where chucked in the book of the rover.

Meanwhile back at home i lined up the rovers…

And set to sorting the crappy running on the p4. I changes condensers and swapped with a good known coil all to no avail. I pulled the plugs and they were old and sooty, replaced those and noticed the choke was not adjusted correctly and wasnt fully home on the carb. Could a partly “on” choke mess the plugs up and cause the engine to run unevenly if it was rich?

Anyway it seems to be running perfectly again after these findings and adjustments.

Steve was also very taken with the unmolested originality of the minor and made me an offer over what i paid for it so thats going to be his.

[HMC]

6 hours ago, timolloyd said:

Love the look of this P6. There was one of these outside every flat roofed pub in the late 80s.

@grogee

[High Jetter]

"you won't get me, I'm a part of the union..."

[High Jetter]

6 hours ago, BeEP said:

Both of these have been tootling around West Norfolk today.  The white one is off to a new home in a fortnight with a good friend who I met through the 1100 club 27 years ago (where does time go etc...)

Oh my. They look so good!

[grogee]

12 hours ago, HMC said:

@grogee

Union used to be quite rough as I remember. Looks like they offer bunk-ups now, which is nice.

That Rover has seen things. It's badass in a very classy way

[wuvvum]

On 4/6/2023 at 3:45 PM, LightBulbFun said:

hah its just like the ones from The Getaway  which I was playing recently on my computer for old times sake so have nice high rez screen shot!

(camera controls in the game are a bit shite, well non existent!)

Look at all the traffic chaos that broken down Iveco is causing.

[/Cavcraft]