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    Update and a good one for a change after various annoying little problems the motor is now pretty much dialed in and running pretty sweetly now, unfortunately I missed Dragstalgia which I was really disappointed about
    I took it out for a quick drive up the road and everything seems fine but i'm not convinced about the front brakes, you have to stomp on them pretty hard to get it to stop, a quick call to Wilwood and I found out they now do a narrow forged Dynalite caliper which would more or less replace the Vectra calipers I am already using, result !!! It would mean new caliper brackets but that wasn't gonna be a big deal.

    Calipers turned up in 3 days but I hadn't thought of adding brake pads to my order so back onto them and they arrive tomorrow The pics below tell the story and I also changed the brake flexis to Black, still 100% stainless but with a black over lay, looks better I think. The Wilwood writing on the calipers is gonna have to go though.












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    WOW they look like twice the stopping surface
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    Quote Originally Posted by cffisher View Post
    WOW they look like twice the stopping surface
    Yes Charlie should be much better, I asked about a bit of sponsorship and got a generous discount too, I will have to leave the name on for a while I think.

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    They look very nice on there! Great work on the mounting brackets!!!
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    Well the brake pads turned up on time so we bled the brakes and got a nice pedal, the pads need bedding in as they are the hard green type.
    It was nice and quite outside today (for a while ) so a quick trip up the road was in order to test the brakes All was good and Sue did a short video without me knowing so here it is

    41 Willys gasser - YouTube

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    WoooooHooooo. Way to go Sue. Looks and sounds great Steve! Can't wait to see this one at the strip!
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    Well I'm amazed Steve, where were all the neighbourhood kids, young and old, racing down the footpath too get a good close up look at " That Neat Car " from down the street. Hell anywhere else in the world you could of filled a grandstand with bystanders just attracted to that mighty sound, oh well, I suppose it is hard to compete against boring girlie sport called football aye. The car looks and sounds bloody perfect for us petrolheads...



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    Sounds fantastic.

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    Still doing minor changes to the car, changing bits i'm not entirely happy with, one of these was the solid engine mounts, I gave them a try but couldn't live with the vibes to be honest so I picked up a pair of hockey pucks which I drilled out, I also turned up a couple of aluminium cups for the pucks to sit in and it gives a bit of side support to stop them squishing out sideways.










    I also changed the rear windows, I originally had 1/4" acrylic but was never happy with the look, they seemed too thick, anyway I changed them for 1/8" and now they look much better.





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    Great work. It sounds and looks amazing! I was shocked too no one was out trying to see the super bad ride out on the town street. That hockey puck is a great idea and I'd love to steal your idea.
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    I'm starting to think this car maybe cursed Sorted everything for the Supernats until today , Willys all fine and on the button but on the home some little scrote on a scooter hit my car at 40mph, couldn't believe the damage a scooter could do !!! Car is a writeoff as airbags gone off and all sorts of damage
    I tried to hire something with a towbar but nothing available, at 1800hrs I had all but given up hope but I got a call from Dave the MOT guy who said he had a Transit with a hook I could borrow , this meant 2 trips, one with the trailer tent and one with the car, not too bad I thought on the way back from picking up the Transit I got a text from Mister Tee on here saying he could detour and tow the trailer tent for me
    So Cinders will go to the ball

    I can't thank Dave & Mo enough for helping out, its great to have such wonderful friends, thanks guys.






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    Sorry to see about your accident. At least everyone was ok. (Not killed)
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    Quote Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe View Post
    Sorry to see about your accident. At least everyone was ok. (Not killed)
    If it had been the Willys I would of finished the little fooker off !!!

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    he hit both those cars??????????

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    What the heck was he doing? Trying to go between the cars?
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