Pop Mayday.

[Blackpopracing]

Thanks Chaps, I'm a bit knackered this morning - yesterday was a bit of a marathon session. I'm delivering it tonight so hopefully it will work faultlessly.

It will be back on this thread in the future for the smaller jobs that still need doing on it, but Andy can enjoy it for now & I can have a rest!


Tim,

I've got Andy Carters flip front coming in next

[pop-up]

Well done Mark, I'm looking forward to seeing the pop at the Supernats, Top Man for sorting out other peoples bad workmanship, Regards John

[Glyn]

Just catching up on this. You really have done an excellent job Mark. Look forward to seeing it at the supernats

[crumble]

A car built by professionals and had to have all this work corrected. Well done Mark brilliant work. Take a rest and have a beer.

[Blackpopracing]

Thanks everyone - John, - I'm looking forward to chilling at the Supernats with lots of beers!

[jsf55]

[Blackpopracing]

Well Andy got his car back tonight, it all drove well apart from on overrun the gearbox can sometimes clunk quite hard through the rear axle - there does not appear to be any 'freewheeling' if that makes sense.

Andy said it did this before I got it though it does not do it if just cruising around at lower speeds.

I'm wondering if the converter is too tight for the weight of the car - its probably the std rover one with a stall speed of approx 1200rpm - it probably could do with a looser one??? Gearboxes are a dark art to me so I'm not sure but the engine seems very joined up to the rear end - like a manual car if that makes sense? Maybe the bands need adjusting (if there are bands on a GM180?)

anyway - apart from that it was faultless - keeping a good temp even though the outside temps were showing 30 degrees on my car gauge.

Videos were asked for so here are some.

Andy taking it out for his first drive

https://youtu.be/NgDlXxysJSI

And returning from that drive

https://youtu.be/KN7yvJ5VJQU

And me delivering it back to him, see his grin I had to blip the throttle a bit as it was on open headers

https://youtu.be/wUKNwdNt21c

[Blackpopracing]

Andy is deighted, the new steering wheel is fatter so he finds it so much nicer to drive with, and the grin on his face when he could steer it with one hand on the 8 ball was priceless It made all the hard work worthwhile.

Another video of Andy driving it.

https://youtu.be/MDGlsCs5t_g

[jsf55]

Excellent

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[rem]

Well done for all your work and effort in 'saving' the Pop.

[brading]

Well done Mark

[RickyS]

This is brilliant, well done Mark! I've been following this thread and saw the car at the weekend, most of your hard work is hidden but the fact the car got there is all down to you. You've done what few would do by giving up so much time for no financial gain and put all who worked on it previously to shame. Well done again, hope you had a few beers to celebrate!

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[jsf55]

It was the one thing i noted when looking it over, Joe Public would have assumed it was as is from the program ... shame

[Blackpopracing]

thanks Ricky, agreed John.

Still jobs to do on it. One of which is this windscreen surround, kindly donated by another rodder - Paul Fairall.



Whick is now rubbed down and painted in epoxy primer.

[Blackpopracing]

Nice one Mark, and the next one is...

Cheers Tim W

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The next project at Blackpop Towers is a smaller one, ex 3 x Top Fuel champion Andy Carter's flip front is in for modifications. I guess I'd probably best start a new thread for this one though.

[kapri]

Re the harsh shifts obviously chcek fluid levels first and also tickover .Next up will be chcek vacuum levels and adjust vacuum modulator to looser shift.

[Asbo]

oooooooooooo interesting - i think i seen a sneaky pic of this car somewhere??? i know its been a street car lately but is it goin more race?? looked pretty serious the pic I seen?? or is it hush hush at moment?

[Asbo]

The next project at Blackpop Towers is a smaller one, ex 3 x Top Fuel champion Andy Carter's flip front is in for modifications. I guess I'd probably best start a new thread for this one though.

oooooooooooo interesting - i think i seen a sneaky pic of this car somewhere??? i know its been a street car lately but is it goin more race?? looked pretty serious the pic I seen?? or is it hush hush at moment?

sorry not sure how i posted this twice.. oops

[Blackpopracing]

Re the harsh shifts obviously chcek fluid levels first and also tickover .Next up will be chcek vacuum levels and adjust vacuum modulator to looser shift.

Shifts are fine kev, it's just when lifting the throttle at speed it feels like the gearbox has grabbed the prop momentarily so the UJ's bang hard. It does it at lower speeds sometimes but no-where near as harshly.

[Blackpopracing]

Asbo,

No secret, it's on Facebook.

It was blown but now it's downgraded to a single carb, still got the Lenco but it's being rebuilt to make it more streetable.