Nivex petrol gauge system

Two more parts on the way: The pump (reproduction) and tank unit for the Nivex petrol gauge I bought at Beaulieu.

NOS Autovac

I've bought another Autovac. This one is in superb condition and has never been on a car. I think the pipe ends and air inlet on the top are later in design, but I can use period ones from another Autovac.

It's exactly the right size and the internals are perfect.

By sheer coincidence, after I bought it, I found out it was in Farnham, just 10 mins drive away from me.

Smiths Speedo, cranks and caps.

A few more parts for the pile... A Smiths 0-120 chronometric speedo. With a case from a Jaeger clock and a new face this will become a Jaeger 0-120 speedo. The Jaeger ones are incredibly rare. I missed one recently that went for a mere £150 - I was gutted :o) It's cheaper to make one!

There's also a set of rods, mains caps and camshaft caps. Fantastic.

New block + dry assembled engine

So here's a picture of my engine dry assembled. Sadly the block is unusable.

But don't panic, because now I have this....

Spare Wheel mount castings

These have just arrived from the foundry (there are four sets here). The brackets bolt onto the rear of the chassis and a tube goes between them, the boss is then clamped to the tube and the spare wheel goes onto it, held on with a spinner. More to make, but all these parts go onto the "pile".

Mould being assembled + block casting

They've cast my block! Here are just a couple of pictures. One of the mould being prepared for casting, and one of them getting ready to pour the metal. :o)

Rotax FT26

I'm over the moon today because of what I've managed to get hold of. This is exactly the right switch panel. It needs a bit of work, but this is a big step forward. The dashboard is almost complete. The remaining bits aren't that hard to find.

This will be built up using parts from the switch panel I bought earlier. The other parts of that switch panel have gone in exchange for this one.

I only found this because I spotted another panel cover (FT17), bought it and then sold it on eBay. The chap who bought it had this one.