My mean green hornet

Quick update now some raw materials have arrived. I have designed a throttle linkage to work with my 4 barrel Edelbrock carb and auto kickdown. It will be made from aluminium and stainless.
Stainless sealed bearings and link rods, aluminium tube and bracket.
It should be very smooth with minimum free play, and a clean simple look.



Jim
 
Package arrived from the states with my polished finned aluminium diff cover. They're listed for Dana44 axles but are the same fit. I will likely drill and tap an additional hole for the screw in Jag breather pipe.
I've also finally bitten the bullet this payday and ordered a pair of Offenhauser valve covers to finish the engine nicely.
Which means I will have two pairs of covers for sale soon. My satin black and mirror polished finned P6 ones and a pair of mirror polished later Range Rover p38 ones if anyone is interested.
The Offenhauser ones being slightly different dimensions are needed at this stage before I can take the hydroboost installation any further, as there is very little space and didn't want to run into problems changing them later..



Jim
 
Just to add to that. Once I've completed the throttle linkage, I'll have a fabricated steel version for auto v8s with 4 barrel carbs for sale. It came with the carb and manifold from an Imported Nada and definitely does the job functionally, just not right for my build.
Let me know if there's any interest in any parts.
Jim
 
I've lusted after them for so long, kept trying to get a bargain used pair but they just never appear anymore or the price approaches brand new territory..
Yup, probably one of the push in edelbrock ones, and a matching breather the other side. It's easier to plumb the breathers neatly which is a bonus.
I'm gonna touch up my satin black and polished P6 finned covers, and finish polishing a pair of P38 covers soon. Both pairs will be for sale
Jim
 
I don't think it's all your fault Harvey haha. Unless you've been buying them all up and raising the market value?
Summit Racing did a pretty good deal with customs fees included, plus it's one less thing I need to polish. It's actually quite a strange feeling buying something pre polished..
Just sold my 35 to Andy so that's one less lump in the workshop, I need to build up my hybrid zf box next..
Jim
 
I spent most of yesterday doing bits on the car including final mocking up of the hydroboost to make doubly sure it will fit with enough clearance to valve covers. I've found a company who supply stainless banjo bolts for the high pressure application that are the lowest profile possible, 20mm from sealing surface. This makes everything that much easier and makes it possible to use the Billet CPP dual master I wanted, which has built in proportioning valve etc but it's body is wider than most other aftermarket master cylinders..
The rest of my time in the workshop yesterday was taken up with modifying the toyosports stainless headers.
This is how they arrived a couple of years ago


This is after some work smoothing flush and polishing the weld transition halfway up the left tube which at this stage is almost invisible, although I still need to deal with the big step from the first bend to second at the bottom of the tree. I also removed the centre section of the bolting bar and smoothed and polished the flanges, this was initially for dipstick clearance but it does look a lot better, so it will be done to the other side too.



The important bit, the internals. I used a rotary burr in my long reach die grinder to deburr and shape the inner welds, there were some definite flow interrupters out of the box. After this I changed the burr out for abrasive wheels to smooth the whole inner structure as far as I could, this I forgot to photograph so here it is after the first step deburring.



And bolted up roughly to see the difference





I'll do the other side today and try to finish both completely so I can tick them off the list!
Jim
 
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Sunday spelled a bit more work on the headers. Obviously these were never welded with this idea in mind, and frankly some of the welds are slightly undercut, but it's working out ok...My over cautious sanding was all good until I burned through in one small spot! Nevermind I have a pro tig welder friend who's lending me a nice Lincoln setup and teaching me imminently so all is ok. I plan to build up some of the transitions and flush them back properly knowing there is plenty of material left.
Still they are looking a thousand times better now. I'm tempted to make up a jig and try fabricating some from scratch when I can tig, make a simplified version with less steps, but actually purge the tubing so no internal mess needs to be cleaned up..





Jim
 
Hi Jim,
They look the biz, i wish these were about in the late 80s when i had my vitesse powered p6.
Only person doing such things was Mike the Pipe,price was out of my reach at that time:)
Clive.
 
Excellent work there. You are fitting a lot of USA muscle car items to your car (not only technical stuff but also a dashboard) and then the question comes up with me: shouldn't you have bought a Mustang or other USA muscle stuff instead of a P6? I don't have the intention to insult you because i like to follow your build.
 
A fair question, no offence taken at all. If I had the funds I probably would have a 67 Chevelle, but the way this has evolved is hopefully going to make a clean, unique and mostly period correct car. The P6 clearly took a lot of design cues from US cars so it seems a natural custom route to me. The intention is to finish up with a one off car that could have existed in the 60s, with some modern upgrades. Most of all a car that I want to own and drive.
I think it would probably be classed as pro touring.
Thanks for the compliments
Jim
 
Jim,

Thanks for the reply, which i understand and also respect. I also build a one off MGB V8 but didn't change the English style . Your attention to detail on polishing is enormous which we
also share although my rear axle cover is not polished

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This is what i did with the interior instead of the normal plastic interior

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Keep up the good work and keep posting!

Peter
 
I redesigned the crossmember for my ZF gearbox, and it finally ticks all of the boxes: Dual Exhaust clearance; Clearance from gearbox body/tunnel assymetrics; Bracket clearance for the gearbox to be dropped and removed, clearance for all 4 rear bolts and rear output flange..
I need to transfer the mockup to the actual tubing I'll be using which is 3mm wall cold drawn seamless, notch the ends and weld the polybush ends on. I'll weld the 4 bolt rear plate flush to the tube and finally weld the brackets to the tunnel and reinforce the mounting area to finish the installation.



Jim
 
In even more exciting news, I've just ordered new wheels!
My first choice wheel had unfortunately been discontinued to my surprise, so I've gone with a simple classic design favourite of mine.
They are torq thrusts, made by Rev, Classic 100s. 17x9 for the rears and 17x8 for the fronts, both with 0 offset.



Jim
 
17x9 for the rears and 17x8 for the fronts, both with 0 offset.
:eek:

Are they going to fit? The wheels on mine are 15 x 7 +4 offset and it's tight, particularly on the back, with 195's fitted. If you go full Jag on the back, rather than keep the DeDion, I guess you could narrow the track. That's what I'm thinking of on the back of mine, to fit 225 section tyres.

I'm not sure about the front though, I've got 185's on there currently, but I think there's room for 195's. I don't think anything much bigger will fit in as things stand with the lowered suspension, although I'll admit I haven't studied it in any great depth. With 8J wheels, you've got to be looking at an absolute minimum of a 215, with a 225 being ideal, I guess?

If they do fit, I think it will look awesome.
 
I'm making them fit Martin ;)
Bodywork is getting modified to accommodate the wider track, rear arch is going higher and pulled outwards etc. Lots of measuring done, plenty of clearance inwards with the 0 offset, they'll be slightly further from suspension at the inner face so no problem there, just gonna stick out further!
I have 205 section on the Vitesse wheels currently which fitted fine with standard bodywork.
17x9 could get upto a 275 tyre depending how crazy I'm feeling, or 255 if conservative.
The tyre size for the 17x8 on the front will be decided upon after sorting the adjustable spring conversion and determined ride height..
I will now have the option for much larger front discs too, but will probably run the ones I had machined to begin with
Jim
 
Fair enough - I didn't realise you were planning on modifying the bodywork to that extent. I think it's going to look great. It's definitely going to be unique!
 
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