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Only a small update as I've been back on the DIY for the last couple of weeks. There's not much left to do now but one of the jobs was to fit the chain. This was on the list to do a few weeks ago were it not for an ebay seller who let me down by promissing a 2day delivery that in the end turned out to be 6weeks! Suffice to say I cancelled the order and did what i should have done originally and bought one from the local motorcycle shop. Even after finally getting a chain the problems didn't end there as it wouldn't fit the sprocket! No problem as I have plenty of alternative sprockets but I'd obviously fitted one in error that had the wrong pitch. With the engine now in the final position and the chain adjusted correctly ita time for a brave pill and cutting the engine cover. The position of the cut out was marked from the underside by drawing around the cylinder head and then the corners of the cut out drilled with a hole saw. the straight cuts were then made with a fine saw with a file and sand to finish. A quick clean and polish then the roundels were applied. a race car needs numbers so 67 seemed a fitting choice since this car would have first been raced in 1967. j

*starts fresh page in the Tolf binder...*

And if we cannot find a Sterling 🇬🇧member of crew to help, there’s always our second choice, Americans & Canadians 😂

...breakers yard! I have fond memories of going with my Dad as a kid fixing his Volvo 340 but didn't realise places like this still exist! It was a proper old school aladins cave, tools in hand, they pointed me in the right direction and told me to crack on. Some dirty hands and 5 mins later, I emerge victorious with the wiring loom connector for an engine temperature sensor that I simply couldn't buy new. And it was £2!

I’m going down the m1 to Heathrow on Thursday night / Friday morning , stopping at Markham vale services until 7am Friday morning and Basingstoke home m6 on Sunday if it helps get anything up north

I think I might join you at Stafford services, so will aim to meet up with Ian just before 8.30am. I'll be in the XI.

Some pics taken by Tash on our run out today. Had a great day thanks everyone. Overdosed on cake and ice cream😉

Thanks to the Speed Series competitors for taking the time to chat about hillclimbs etc. and taking the opportunity to pose for a photo. Hope you've had a great weekend on the hill. Clips of their runs: @jonjh1964 thanks for adding your photos

I know I’ll get ribbed for this by @Trevturtle but I think I have a DV camera in the garage! I will see if I can dig it out and bring it to Stoneleigh for you @Stu Faulkner

If you have many MiniDV tapes then easiest to buy a second hand camera, that has usb or firewire external connections, then you can directly input this into a PC computer, and use windows movie maker to record the videos, it will even create separate videos, date & time them too, and rewind your tape when done, this isn't part of windows 10 anymore but you can install it as part of the windows live essentials programs, if you google it. Not all PC's have a firewire port, but you can buy them PCI input cards and add them, but some order laptops do have them as standard, any camera with a usb export would be even easier. VHS to dvd, a little harder, as any VHS recorder, will only have scart or component exports, so you might need a converter box, between the VHS player and the PC to convert the signal something like this. https://www.amazon.co.uk/slp/vhs-to-digital-converter/vdhahbywcep4vsw MiniDV will be fairly good quality once on disk, the VHS might look a little blocky, as its only 520 lines through the scart output. Or you could just pay a company, not cheap but they do all the hassle for you, unless you like the challenge. hope this helps regards scott

Nice problem to have, hopefully we will see you en-route.

Classic machine, looks lovely. A credit to you Mark, well done.

Indeed

Fixed that for you 😁

There’s one near me, much the same and the cars are stacked three high on top of each other. You have to climb like a monkey or burrow like a gopher, all while risking life and limb. Great fun, thoroughly recommended. 😄

A good little car for someones step up into a single seater

It’s usually near the entrance to the marquee by the Westfield Solid Wall of Annoying Sound Drift Experience. One of the sterling crew will be able to help you on the day.

If it survives me helping him get it running it should be ok. Did I ever say @Archibald Meatpants I had never worked on a 16valve engine

Been to lidl.... for all you Animals they have.... the ultimate tool. I thought it was a ratchet you’d hit with a hammer like an impact driver... I thought that could be useful for those stubborn times.. No..... it looks like it’s a ratchet with extra material in the sides to use as a hammer. Could of done with one of these 25 years back, remember all the ratchet bits flying out of my first Draper ratchet after using it as a hammer! Now there’s the tool for the job.

I have something that might do you can take photos tonight

Engine completed and very happy with the results...

If it survives the dyno Russ, it'll be reet!

Beautiful job , well done , if she goes as well as she looks should be a cracker !

Sussed it out, thanks John, all booked up now...… Can't wait, it's been far too long...….

This is where I remember the car from

Right all booked in and they said we have enough people booked so places are now reserved.

Love the colour of your car.

Thanks Jonk179 I passed. Only just. I had a brain fart moment on reversing but was able to fix that out just before it was too late. For those who know Chelmsford, I was going up watchouse road, overtaking parked cars on the left and a driver pulled out without looking. They luckily stopped with an inch or less left.. very lucky. 4 minors in total and a good course. I learned a lot doing it. Thanks for all the advice

Hi, my brother and I will join you at Knutsford for the run down if that’s ok. It’s our first Stoneleigh so will be good to head down with those that know where they’re going. Thanks.

Well done Mark,fantastic job.

Evening all, well to say it’s been a different day is an understatement!!!! I’d just like to thank a big thank you to you all, but special ones go out to Simon Waterfall ( 1st man under the bonnet)😷 Julia Hall ( petrol delivery driver)😘 Andrew Clark ( picking me up main man , letting me drive his V8 😍 Chris ( taking Becky for cake)😂 it wasn’t too long await for the the truck of shame, let’s hope it’s a simple fix! Let’s all have a lookCan you smell petrol? colour coded break down van The truck of shame!! Take care folks see you all soon I hope love Becky and Andy

Meeting Andrew and us in Sainsbury's were the Waterfall family, Chris Emm (2 lovely surprises as I didn't know they were coming), Becky and Andy, Bill, Richard and Tash. We sat drinking and excitedly chatting for quite a while until we had caught up on each others news. Bill sorted my phone out because he is good like that, thank you. Simon and the family with us We got back to the cars in Sainsburys car park just as the train came and Simon was good enough to photograph us all as we were ready for the off, hopefully he will put the photo on for us. However I did not get the train in my photo so you will have to make do with some Westfields instead I had set a route that was a lovely mix of A and B roads with many twists and turns in, a slow down and speed up kind of route allowing for much acceleration and fun. The route was slightly longer than normal so I factored a wee stop in at Millers Dale, it's actually just an excuse to get another photo of all the cars but don't tell anyone will you? Millers Dale Andrew took the opportunity to show his steam cleaned engine bay to us, he had used a wallpaper stripper and got a free sauna included. The first casualty of the day was Bill whose wing stay had broken on the weld. Glen helped to take the wing off, he is an expert at it now as ours broke last week too. All comfortable, we set off for the second leg of our journey, the sun shone, the roads were warm and dry.. As we pulled into the Stone Centre car park disaster struck and Andy ran out of petrol because his car was only firing on 2 cylinders, petrol was coming out of the exhaust pipe. Simon and the family had arranged to meet us here and it was Simon that was straight on his back underneath the car, what a great guy. Parked at The Stone Centre Everyone was hungry and we went for our lunch, Richard and Tash had a cake while they waited for theirs to arrive, now you can't knock that for an idea can you? Andrew had the beef stew, I have had this before and the beef just falls apart in your mouth, comes with buttered potatoes too. Bill sported his new T-shirt but did complain that on Number 5. they had spelt cake wrong All tummed up we had to come up with a plan of action and before we could work anything out I took Andy for some petrol while everyone kicked a tyre or two. Luckily Simon knew of a local petrol station that was not far away - you can come again Simon. Probably the best mode of transport today was taken by Archie Defeated, Andy rang the RAC who were going to be 3-4 hours, ever the optimist and with plenty of spare seats we all went for the cake stop down at The Fountain in Bonsall. Andy got to drive Andrews V8 engined car and Becky jumped in with Chris. Parked in Bonsall, 6 cars became 5 The cake arrived quickly and so did the RAC! but we were at a different place now, albeit on a few miles away. Sat outside The Fountain, Bonsall We wolfed the cake down, not difficult, then Andrew took Andy and I took Becky back to their car to meet the RAC Becky and I, or is it Thelma and Louise RAC man back at The Stone Centre Petrol was literally pouring out of the exhaust pipe as the engine was running, no wonder Andy ran out of petrol He changed the coil pack but that didn't work Andrew and I drove back down to the others at The Fountain and left the RAC man scratching his head. A tow truck was called and I am sure Andy will be calling upon this great club forum for some guidance on what could be wrong, at this stage is it the ECU? Back at The fountain Richard and Tash went on their way home and Chris and Andrew followed us towards Chesterfield. Thank you to everyone for the great company today, and Andy - everyone feels your pain, chin up

Grabbed a shot of the new carbon scuttle and pedal box cover - note the nice neat battery wiring - previously, there were about five earth leads flailing around, but I've joined them all behind the scuttle, so there's only a single beefy earth cable to the battery for the chassis harness. I also tweaked the fuseboxes, so that they were both fore-aft, as having them at right-angles to each other offended my OCD....

A few other interesting cars:

Still waiting for IVA. I don't want to get it dirty.

Maybe a bit pop-arty?

Maiden voyage at Blyton yesterday.

I bought a hat last year

I put a deposit down on a 1800 SEiW last night and collect it tonight after I finish work, it's just a nice standard example so I can do my own thing. I'm guessing it's been a members car at some point because it has club stickers on the roll bar, I'll update with photos tonight

Remember the if the trailer is turning too quickly and difficult to correct its best to stop pull forward a bit and start again

And the problem is? go ooooooon thrash it! 😁