The Jim Smith Project - it lives!

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Mon Nov 26, 12 10:04 am

That's some nice work there Pete, the boy done good!

GTXJim · Post by **GTXJim** » Thu Nov 29, 12 9:37 pm

I saw this quote on Racing Junk, and thought of Pete straight away "If you don't come walking back to the pits every once in a while holding a steering wheel in your hands, you're not trying hard enough"

pete walton · Post by **pete walton** » Sat Dec 01, 12 2:16 pm

undo flexplate ,,,,,,,,undo top bolts which also hold scatter thingy....and hey presto one gearbox ready for rebuild,,,,,no visible signs of leak,,,,,,mmmmmmmm curious....any ideas were its coming from????

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Sat Dec 01, 12 3:03 pm

what was going on with it,, dont think you have said

pete walton · Post by **pete walton** » Sat Dec 01, 12 3:14 pm

Cannonball wrote:what was going on with it,, dont think you have said

Duncan it dripped of the moter plate.....so i am guessing it was the converter......,,,,At Dragstalgia it Bananarama! and miss if i found a gear and ,,, it was slipping at speed........it was never built for this moter so it will get a fancy drum etc,,,,, possibly a trans brake......

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Sat Dec 01, 12 3:25 pm

well Bananarama! the leak then that will get taken care of during the build if it was slipping gears etc i would think the trans was blowing fluid out of the breather in the bellhsg thats if it has not been relocated,

you know where i am if you want the trans tip top,

pete walton · Post by **pete walton** » Sun Dec 02, 12 10:11 am

Cannonball wrote:well Bananarama! the leak then that will get taken care of during the build if it was slipping gears etc i would think the trans was blowing fluid out of the breather in the bellhsg thats if it has not been relocated,

you know where i am if you want the trans tip top,

I have no idea what you would charge Duncan ,but the drive full of Bentlys tells me you ain,t cheep

terryr · Post by **terryr** » Sun Dec 02, 12 11:15 am

he is cheaper than most,and always there for backup,put the cheque in the post dunc

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Sun Dec 02, 12 1:18 pm

terryr wrote:he is cheaper than most,and always there for backup,put the cheque in the post dunc

thanks for that tezza i know for a fact i am cheaper than most certain builders in the london area are at 1.5k for a in the car job done stock
they may well have a fancy shop though with workers,

i had never looked at it that way bentley = high dollar work that must be why i am quiet we english are so shallow,

andy frost pro mod money pit yet he is busy and must have twice the cash poured in to that one,,

people are high end car blind.

mopar_mark · Post by **mopar_mark** » Sun Dec 02, 12 7:08 pm

Must be me, but I dont think about what car they drive when considering work being done.

My instincts are based around; Reputation, Word of Mouth, Quality of service.

Naturally I will compare costs, but that would not be my key deciding factor, within reason

pete walton · Post by **pete walton** » Mon Dec 31, 12 1:58 pm

The comment about the Rooney Rides was a joke by the way.... anyways took me old bumpers of ....someone at some time has made some nice fiberglass bracketts so they will be reused....they will be fixed back on with Zeus fittitngs....the old bolts were mank.....I am reliably informed its a better job to get them wrapped in a chrome effect finish....so thats what i will have done.....all the fittings will be drilled and riveted after the wrap has been applied.....not a very glamourous post but a post none the less

and Duncan when i have rounded up the bits for me gearbox i will get a price of you .....

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Mon Dec 31, 12 5:09 pm

when your ready matey,.....

mopar_mark · Post by **mopar_mark** » Mon Dec 31, 12 5:13 pm

Glad to see your still hard at it.

I will be interested to see how the bumpers come out, as could consider doing that to mine.

Keep us posted, all the best for 2013

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Wed Jan 02, 13 8:04 am

Great post

Love this car

if only i had the $$$$

Keep the post coming

pete walton · Post by **pete walton** » Thu Jan 03, 13 4:23 pm

Made a few phone calls regarding chrome wrap.... spoke to a couple of firms both had the same story, without going into to much detail i decided not to waste a couple of hundred quid on something they could not say would stay on more than a couple of days...So of to Halfords for some chrome in a can.......used it before ,not great but it,s not the cost of me new sprag either .....so after a day of putting on and taking of.... drilling,riveting,,,,,some swearing,,,they are on......they look ok ,bearing in mind these bumpers are possibly 40 years old.......Just need a set of turn signals and the front is all shiney