Restoration Project required

Trumper, sounds like you and I have similar ‘vehicular’ problems…I used to carry around a drip tray in the Jeep too so as not to leave an oil slick behind when I departed from a friend’s house or over at my parents, sometimes even just in a parking lot if I was gonna be there a while….the old saying as far as Jeeps go (lots of them leak oil) is that it’s just marking its territory, kinda like a wolf…and the other goes (although this is for round aircraft engines) that if it’s not LEAKING oil, you know it’s OUT of oil!

Got the valve cover fixed last summer and now it leaks a lot less….but it still leaks, just part of the personality of the Jeep, I guess…

Mark

RE: Graeme C

I have been trying to put together a centre section for a Typhoon for years now…problem is drawings!!! I have been trying to get some out of BAe for years now,unsuccessfully, so if you know anyone I would love to hear from you 🙂

Originally posted by Firebird
And shares in Castrol no doubt…..;)

At the ACE Cafe recently, the upcoming events board had details of the next all-Triumph day, and owners were asked to bring their own drip trays……:D 😀

LOL,you’re correct there,when i rode into town or work i carried a drip tray with me,very embarrassing,i think there is a bit more work need doing on it.
Time,money and total lack of expertise on my part means she sits in the garage,oh well,maybe one day:(

No, no photos of the Jeep, wish I had some stored on here (my scanner’s on the fritz)….just imagine a dark blue Jeep with the words ‘Ridge Runner’ written across the hood on both sides in red and yellow…with occasional cancer here and there that needs fixing…but it’s a good 4 wheeler and my daily driver….

Mark

Originally posted by trumper
i have had a 1955 [ish ]T500 Speedtwin re built but it’s so blooming unreliable it’s driving me mad,the only place it is driving me,no wonder the Japs were so successful.:(

And shares in Castrol no doubt…..;)

At the ACE Cafe recently, the upcoming events board had details of the next all-Triumph day, and owners were asked to bring their own drip trays……:D 😀

Good luck Warby. If I had enough money and was a bit older I’d loved to have helped. The more older planes in the sky the better.:)

Originally posted by Corsair166b
I have a Jeep CJ-5 that’s in need of restoration, has rust in the body panels, leaks oil from it’s straight 6 engine (half of a V-12?), but it’s never failed to get me back from a 4 wheeling trip and would be a worthy candidate for restoration, and is named after a plane….’Ridge Runner’, after Dan Martin’s Mustang in California (could’nt find an appropriate nickname from a Corsair out there)…

Let me know what you’d charge….

Mark

Sounds like restoration would kill the Jeeps character !! , things get too noisey ?? turn up the radio , oil leaks only show that her heart is still pumping !!:) Any photos ??

I have a Jeep CJ-5 that’s in need of restoration, has rust in the body panels, leaks oil from it’s straight 6 engine (half of a V-12?), but it’s never failed to get me back from a 4 wheeling trip and would be a worthy candidate for restoration, and is named after a plane….’Ridge Runner’, after Dan Martin’s Mustang in California (could’nt find an appropriate nickname from a Corsair out there)…

Let me know what you’d charge….

Mark

Originally posted by philo
Iv’e got a restoration job in my shed that needs doing, two wheels, reasonable engine but no wings I’m afarid. Its a 1957 Truimph 21 350cc, that needs some TLC.

LOL,now you know why my name on here is Trumper LOL,i have had a 1955 [ish ]T500 Speedtwin re built but it’s so blooming unreliable it’s driving me mad,the only place it is driving me,no wonder the Japs were so successful.:(

Sorry back on topic,Warby 001 can you give us all some idea of what you can realistically undertake,finances,knowledge,availability,workshops , specialist restorers and volunteers?
You have asked a VERY open ended question, 🙂

Originally posted by philo
Iv’e got a restoration job in my shed that needs doing, two wheels, reasonable engine but no wings I’m afarid. Its a 1957 Truimph 21 350cc, that needs some TLC.

Wow , interested here Philo – is she up for sale ????

You are just jealous as it’s in GREAT Yarmouth not LOWestoft

haha.

Re: Restoration Project required

Originally posted by warby001
Can anyone provide me with information on aircraft

Yes, I can. Send me a cheque for £1000 for starters and I’ll tell you all you need to know.

Right. That’s Lesson One of the warbird business. Have cheque book;will restore.

Iv’e got a restoration job in my shed that needs doing, two wheels, reasonable engine but no wings I’m afarid. Its a 1957 Truimph 21 350cc, that needs some TLC.

😀 how about a nice EE lightning and a BIG bribe to the CAA.:D

Hmmnn, yes, quite……:confused:

Though, just seen the widow of the McDonalds empire has just left £800+ million to the Sally army in her will……:eek:

Pity she hadn’t been a warbird enthusiast………:rolleyes:

There is a basic naivety here that has the ‘whiff’ of a wind-up. :rolleyes:

Mark

But surely you would need something to start with that had an identity otherwise all you would end up with is a hugely expensive authentic replica.

Moggy

Originally posted by Snapper
Is this any way to welcome someone? By taking the pi5s out of an honest question?

Oi!

I was being serious about the Walrus.

Warby ‘might’ be a lottery winner, and that is a really important project that needs finishing.

You are just jealous as it’s in GREAT Yarmouth not LOWestoft 😉

i meant it as in if you have enoth money for a typhoon project, i would look at Hawker restorations to make parts for it. Its a case that anything can be built, its just the cost!

if you look at what flugwerk has done making FW190 parts,its a shame that a Typhoon isnt being built.

Is this any way to welcome someone? By taking the pi5s out of an honest question?

Who says he is after anything that grand? Perhaps an Auster or something at the lower end of the scale is more what he had in mind.

Welcome Warby, we are nice really.

(Graeme – do you mean that there is a Tiffy available? How much and what is there?)