Sovereign Rings

[boon]

Nice looking 1500 there  keep us posted on how you're getting on with it.

I managed to touch my "project" for the first time in over a year last week, i'm sure chatting on this thread helped the mojo, so thanks for that all.

[Bullionbilly]

Itll be like top gear....

3 hours ago, boon said:

Nice looking 1500 there  keep us posted on how you're getting on with it.

I managed to touch my "project" for the first time in over a year last week, i'm sure chatting on this thread helped the mojo, so thanks for that all.

Pictures....

[Bullionbilly]

5 hours ago, JunkBond said:

one lump or two?

 

1 lump , 2 choccy bickies 

[Lowlow]

LOVE the spitfire.  LOVE LOVE.  No engine is easier to work on than a spitfire engine.

[kimchi]

Thanks @Lowlow! My late relative was an independent car dealer from the 50s and also a keen photographer so no doubt I'll find a lot of pictures of his old sales, be interesting to discuss them with folk here. Is there a classic car thread anyone know?

I guess the ease of working on these is why he kept one running into his 80s, albeit held together with bits of string etc in some places lol.

Are you any good with these? We already have two tea makers and an acquisitions and refreshment logistics officer (tea and biccie buyer - me). I think soon we're going to need someone a bit more hands-on on the team

[kimchi]

Checked on my green Spitfire 1500 and she is sitting pretty in the garage still. A bit more rust around the wheel arches etc than I remembered. Also found two spare doors, the soft top, quite a few other parts in various conditions, and various carburettors and other pieces that may match or maybe from other vehicles (jags etc), and that was without digging too hard

Took my car dealership friend and he's semi-convinced me to take it on and offered me more local garage space until I decide, so she could be my 'fancy' drive in future

@Bullionbilly @JunkBond brew up lads!!!

[JunkBond]

Blimey, I had better stock up on tea bags!

Have a good look at the sills @kimchi, although its a separate body/chassis vehicle, they are still structural for maintaining body strength. They rust from the inside out.

Rust is your enemy. 

[Lowlow]

7 hours ago, kimchi said:

Thanks @Lowlow! My late relative was an independent car dealer from the 50s and also a keen photographer so no doubt I'll find a lot of pictures of his old sales, be interesting to discuss them with folk here. Is there a classic car thread anyone know?

I guess the ease of working on these is why he kept one running into his 80s, albeit held together with bits of string etc in some places lol.

Are you any good with these? We already have two tea makers and an acquisitions and refreshment logistics officer (tea and biccie buyer - me). I think soon we're going to need someone a bit more hands-on on the team

Kimchi yes I have hands on with them, I owned one.  What I remember most is how much my dates always loved riding around in the evenings with the top down, great car!

Most of the work I did on them was just changing out alternators and the like, I never did a rebuild on one of their engines, but I loved being able to lift up the front and have the engine right there and easily accessible.  I did have to change out some of the ignition system too.  Mine didn't come with an alternator, I don't think (had a generator of some kind though ?) but I made a bracket and put in an alternator to run a good sound system and some electronics with a second battery.

The spitfire I had wasn't super fancy, in fact it didn't have a functioning fuel gauge, I just kept some extra fuel in a can in the back and if it ran out I put fuel in it and drove to the station lol.

Ahhh ... youth, those were the days ...

[kimchi]

Cheers @JunkBond - I didn't check the car (I think that part looks OK externally as it didn't catch the eye, but I hear ya about inside-out). I did find a couple of spare sills not showing any rust yet.

Perhaps most interesting to me actually were a selection of steering wheels (70s latest). Even if not worth much I thought they look pretty damn cool hung along the back of a garage wall

[Roy]

20 minutes ago, Lowlow said:

The spitfire I had wasn't super fancy, in fact it didn't have a functioning fuel gauge, I just kept some extra fuel in a can in the back and if it ran out I put fuel in it and drove to the station lol.

Ahhh ... youth, those were the days ...

Aha!  The old 'sorry sweetheart, we seem to have run out of petrol on this quiet back road...with no-one about...no-one to see what we're doing' ruse!

Worked a treat, didn't it?! 

[kimchi]

1 hour ago, Roy said:

Aha!  The old 'sorry sweetheart, we seem to have run out of petrol on this quiet back road...with no-one about...no-one to see what we're doing' ruse!

Worked a treat, didn't it?! 

Did it?!

I shall have to 'accidentally' disable the fuel gauge methinks  The mileage clock only runs into five figures so no idea how that one works if you can't find the full service record stretching back to the 70s (or rather have but have accidentally 'mislaid' it somewhere ). Just under 50k on this one's clock (if it even works ).

[sovereignsteve]

3 hours ago, Lowlow said:

my dates always loved riding around in the evenings with the top down

sorry, I read this as " with their tops off" at first glance!

Obviously getting old and sad

[greendragon]

meanwhile, back at the sovereign ring debate.............

how ugly is this?

 

 

ok....sorry

back to cars then.

[Bullionbilly]

8 minutes ago, greendragon said:

meanwhile, back at the sovereign ring debate.............

how ugly is this?

 

 

ok....sorry

back to cars then.

That is... hiddious ( no offence )

Better stick to cars.... 

 

[greendragon]

10 hours ago, Bullionbilly said:

That is... hiddious ( no offence )

Better stick to cars.... 

 

thankfully not mine, just another ebay bargain offer

no bids.......i wonder why?

[ShaolinStacker]

There's a Gentleman here in southern California that makes amazing rings out of 90% Gold Coins. He made my wedding band from a 1/2oz Gold Eagle. I had enquired about using a Queens Beast Coin but he didn't recommend using .999 Gold as he said it would get worn and deformed very quicky.

[ShaolinStacker]

Car Game in the UK is sad

This is the last car I built

 

[PansPurse]

2 hours ago, ShaolinStacker said:

There's a Gentleman here in southern California that makes amazing rings out of 90% Gold Coins. He made my wedding band from a 1/2oz Gold Eagle. I had enquired about using a Queens Beast Coin but he didn't recommend using .999 Gold as he said it would get worn and deformed very quicky.

I think I'm in love

[CosmikDebris]

Coincidentally, I watched this guys video the other day which shows the whole process.

Here it is..... 

 

[ilovesilverireallydo]

5 minutes ago, CosmikDebris said:

 

Coincidentally, I watched this guys video the other day which shows the whole process

 

It’s harder than it looks. I have mangled three silver half dollars trying to make a silver one ?

[CosmikDebris]

7 minutes ago, ilovesilverireallydo said:

It’s harder than it looks. I have mangled three silver half dollars trying to make a silver one ?

I can imagine, this guy must have some serious b@lls to do this! At least you had the sense to practice with silver!

[Bullionbilly]

5 hours ago, ShaolinStacker said:

 

Very nice !