Hot wire a P5B without an ignition switch any ideas?

DamianZ28

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Hi guys, have got a over P5b V8 in my garage as a spares car, I 'm going to use the V8 & BW35 for a hotrod project but before I remove them from the car I want to see if I Can get it running. Slight problem is there in no ignition switch or dashboard, just a bunch of wires hanging down..eeek! does anybody know how to hotwire one of these old P5's, it's a 1972 model. Thanks Damian
 
The answer to that is yes but you wont get an answer on a public forum, this isnt a car thief guide book.

I advise getting a switch and do that way for a few reason but hotwiring can be dangerous an a fire risk.

Admin might want to cut this post.
 
Simple answer----If your building a hotrod ---then you should know how to start engine---building a hotrod is not a simple thing to do--I have seen enough half arsed attempts in my time---according to TV you can build one in an hour
dont even start about tracking -geometry-roof chopping--parallels etc
 
Well I'm up for the challenge of a hotrod project, there will be no roof chopping or channelling, just the engineering challenge of fabricating back half chassis to possibly take a shortened Jag XJ40 rear axel, later version & better than the XJ6/e-type/s-type as has the outboard discs. I love this car from the states: http://www.britishv8.org/other/jimreise.htm this is what I'd like to base my build on as no fuss but just fun, fun & fun, don't have the funds for a 302 ci SBF though :cry:
The rover 215ci & BW35 box is ideal being a small block V8, there are so many useful forums for advice and great tips, also I know a large number of guys who have built some amazing cars from scratch using scrap, second hand parts & good old engineering basic skills with common sense. This was my thread for my resto/hotrod P6:
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=8425
Anyway I've never had to hotwire an old classic so was just asking to know then I'm sure I would have been able to do it, I do take your point about HotRods are no walk in the park to build & yes there are many 'versions' out there that maybe should not be a Hot Rod but that's the fun of creating something from my own pair of hands I guess but without spending a fortune on 12 second spec chassis or state of the art ali suspension etc, just do it on a sensible 'safely built' budget, I'm lucky I can weld competent at bodywork/spraying...just gotta find an unloved morris minor now, do you know for any :wink:
"according to TV you can build one in an hour".. LOL, yes misleading or what oh & if you have a few hundred £k in the bank to fund it all :shock:
Have you still got your Rodded P6 ?
 
DamianZ28 said:
Well I'm up for the challenge of a hotrod project, there will be no roof chopping or channelling, just the engineering challenge of fabricating back half chassis to possibly take a shortened Jag XJ40 rear axel, later version & better than the XJ6/e-type/s-type as has the outboard discs. I love this car from the states: http://www.britishv8.org/other/jimreise.htm this is what I'd like to base my build on as no fuss but just fun, fun & fun, don't have the funds for a 302 ci SBF though :cry:
The rover 215ci & BW35 box is ideal being a small block V8, there are so many useful forums for advice and great tips, also I know a large number of guys who have built some amazing cars from scratch using scrap, second hand parts & good old engineering basic skills with common sense. This was my thread for my resto/hotrod P6:
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=8425
Anyway I've never had to hotwire an old classic so was just asking to know then I'm sure I would have been able to do it, I do take your point about HotRods are no walk in the park to build & yes there are many 'versions' out there that maybe should not be a Hot Rod but that's the fun of creating something from my own pair of hands I guess but without spending a fortune on 12 second spec chassis or state of the art ali suspension etc, just do it on a sensible 'safely built' budget, I'm lucky I can weld competent at bodywork/spraying...just gotta find an unloved morris minor now, do you know for any :wink:
"according to TV you can build one in an hour".. LOL, yes misleading or what oh & if you have a few hundred £k in the bank to fund it all :shock:
Have you still got your Rodded P6 ?
Yes its louder and faster =got another motor and box==but weight is the major issue--460ci --7.4litres roughly--p6 handle like puppy on lead now -- so may use in a T bucket :LOL: :LOL:
 
DamianZ28 said:
ooh, 460ci lump! is that a BB ford ? that will be insane in a T-Bucket!
Chrysler 460 and turbo 400 gearbox and not insane in a T bucket---just a little more scary than my p6
 
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