Thanks. The wheels are the Mini-lite replicas (Minator I think) that
Moss, VB, and Mini-Mania sell. They get about as many compliments as
the dash. :-)
There were two reasons why I didn't go with the original block color
(black). First, the car is a dark color (purple), and the engine bay is
black, so it would altogether be too dark under the hood. The second
reason, you mentioned: black oil leaks don't show up on black paint.
I'll have a chrome-ish powder coated valve cover, and potentially timing
chain cover too.
Hopefully I won't have any problems refitting the windscreen, but if it
goes like everything else, should take me about a month to get right.
heh heh... Thanks for your comments/ideas.
And...definitely nothing free about the job. People ask me how much
money I have in the project, and I just laugh and say: "You don't want
to know and, besides, neither do I!" I am determined to get the machine
running this winter. I just spent a couple weeks driving an '89 911
Cabriolet around, and realized how much more fun these Midgets are! I
have to get mine running! Harumph!
Adrian
http://www.midgetweb.com
"I didn't get a 'Harumph' from that guy!"
"Give the governor 'Harumph!'"
"Harumph!"
-----Original Message-----
From Robert E. Shlafer [mailto:PilotRob at webtv.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 7:27 PM
To: Adrian Barnes
Cc: Spridgets (E-mail)
Subject: Re: Windscreen finally finished!
Adrian-
Nice car, especially the wheels. What kind
are they? They really contrast beautifully
with the black paint.
My Rivergate engine bright gloss fire engine red with contrasting
aluminum and
black pieces; gorgeous and will show any
leaks in a heartbeat (which is why I picked
gloss red over gloss black!).
Regarding refitting of windshield; I own a
Frogeye but refitting essentially the same.
It took two strong guys to hold the shield
properly down, after windshield/body seal
was warmed with hairdryer for flexibility so it would "fall" correctly
as windshield was pulled back across cowl to fittings,
equally on each side. While two strong
types held the windshield properly in
place, a third, weaker person (me!) screwed the bolts in place.
Doing it one side at a time, we were unable to get the windshield/body
seal
to "fall" and stay in place correctly, to the
extent a water-tight seal could be effected
(which does not mean YOU will have a
problem in this respect. I did but you may
not!).
Funny thing is, a year down the road, I've
now got to renew the window seals, anyway! Should have thought ahead on
this, obviously, and had all done at the
same time! Stupid me! Thought I could
"renew" them with a little hydraulic fluid;
wrong!! :)
Good luck with your machine; if it runs
as good as it looks (or obviously will, once
you are finished) you are home free.
(Just a form of expresson; nothing free
about the job at all, in time or money!!)
Cap'n. Bob
'61 :{)
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