Practically Classics Forum

Currently investigating Romania and the Czech republic with the assistance of some very kind folks!

rich. wrote:yes.. sorry i should have said.. didnt a chap from the mag send his rover to poland? ill have a look on the aronline site..

here we go! hope it helps
http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/ar-cars ... d1-part-1/

Thanks!

rich. wrote:i know a local guy who's work is spot on.. but he isnt cheap...

Are you en France Rich?

Hi Folks, Does anyone have any experience with shipping a car off to be restored in Eastern Europe or elsewhere? I'm actually only looking for a top class bare metal spray job, but getting a good job done locally is looking expensive at 50Euro per hour. I'm well aware of the potential for disaster w...

Lovely car. It's amazing what's in people's garages. I rented a flat last week when on holiday with my family in Scotland. I was in the kitchen one morning and noticed a couple accessing one of a line of garages. They pulled up in an unloved (and awful in my opinion) PT-Cruiser. Up went the garage d...

Thanks for the compliments folks.
I took a photo last night of the underneath. It needs a small bit of beautification and will get blasted and painted in due course:

I've been lacking with updates as seems to be a theme with this write-up, but, thankfully not because no work has been going on! I've been having (anticipated) trouble with rear axle ratios. When I test drove the car, the gearing was very low, as expected. in 6th at 35-40mph. I tried running on whee...

Thanks Bob, I've since found out that 2 is the voltage regulator. As far as I can tell, the rectifier circuit in 1 is only used to engerise that electromagnetic coil which, when energised would cut the feed to the starter relay (3). I wonder if it just stops you from cranking the starter when the al...

Any auto electrical wizards out there? http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn315/prynatcc/forum_screenshots/Circuit_Diagram_zps1zndjdez.jpg The circuit diagram shows the alternator and 3 little boxes labelled 1, 2 & 3 for the purposes of this post. I can cope with 3 myself, it is simply a starter rel...

JPB wrote:The person who built that system up is truly talented in the art of improvisation.

You couldn't have made a more accurate assessment, John, if you'd known the man for twenty years! Highly skilled and incredibly talented.