RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted October 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 22, 2016 Not sure how best to describe this, other than a distinctly Non-Standard: ZStandard1.jpg ZStandard2.jpg Points may be awarded for spotting the railway location where these pictures were taken... Llanfair Caereinion (if that's how it's spelt)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 22, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 22, 2016 Not sure how best to describe this, other than a distinctly Non-Standard: ZStandard1.jpg ZStandard2.jpg Points may be awarded for spotting the railway location where these pictures were taken... I wonder whats underneath that bodywork, one things for certain it aint standard. I've no objection to this particular 'hot rod' as obviously a lot of work has gone into the restoration of the bodywork and it has not been modified to any great extent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Thanks to rugd for including the TVR Grantura photos. As a young teenager in the mid '60's...I recall frequently walking past one parked on the main street of Sutton Coldfield. That one was the V8...and subsequent reviews elicited the apparent fact that, with a V8, they were quite lethal. But I really liked the rear end view of these..in preference to the chopped tail of later models . I wouldn't say 'no' to a Vixen, with any of the 4 pot Ford engines [including the 1300!!]....after all, I am of the ilk who thinks, it ain't size that matters, but what you do with it. So many [young?] drivers these days don't really know how to get the best out of a tiny engine! At least with those earlier TVR's, the centre tunnel was so wide, one didn't have to constantly sniff one's passenger's armpits. Not having much actual experience of driving them, I don't know how claustrophobic the enclosed cockpit might have proved? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve K Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Llanfair Caereinion (if that's how it's spelt)? Well done - you get the bonus points! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 On the way to Stoneleigh for the Restoration Show this morning... At the show... I say, diiiing dooong, poor me a gin and tonic while I deliver a box of Cadburys Milk Tray... Always been partial to sportscars with hardtops... Bellisimmo... Very late Series 2 Daimler Sov... 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted October 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2016 Just done a successful mod to my old van which maybe of interest to others I've fitted a pair of relays to the headlights. With the original system the voltage at the lights was 11.9 and at the battery 14.7 so comparatively the difference is quite a high percentage. There is a relay each or the main and dipped beam and along with some high performance bulbs and a hell grille temporarily fitted for the winter the lights are now pretty good. Normally when driving a train at night then getting in a car the improvement of the cars lights is vast. Last week I had the opposite getting off a 68 with awesome lighting and into my van with about three candle power! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted October 23, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2016 The only downside I can see Russ, is that you may well be going through headlight bulbs a bit quicker (as you are effectively running them at 14% higher voltage). I must say mind, that upgrading from sealed beam to halogens is the best mod to night driving on a minor (other than fitting a alternator...) Andy G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted October 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2016 I wonder if that is why modern cars been to get through them more quickly. It's a shame you can't buy a relay that plugs between the plug and the bulb with a 12v feed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthesnail96 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Relayed and fitted halogens to the Dolomite, well worth doing. Fitting halogens with uprated bulbs but without relays runs the risk of melting the switch too (found that out the hard way...). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted October 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2016 Do the modern uprated bulbs such as xenon draw anymore current? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Silver Sidelines Posted October 23, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2016 Ho ho, I recall melting the switch on my Maxi HL It was still only a couple of years old and fitted with its original sealed beam units. I think the same switch operated indicators, horn and dipped beam . In those days it was an expensive repair. ....runs the risk of melting the switch... Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted October 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2016 I've just been looking on eBay and you can actually buy a kit for what I've done but less than £9 from Hong Kong so I've ordered one for when I get my maestro EFi back on the road. Has anyone had any experience with the new LED bulbs that are now available? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 (edited) ...Has anyone had any experience with the new LED bulbs that are now available?The technology is still not yet good enough to take the place of main and dipped beams, but there are very capable Cree LED-based bulbs that are suitable for use as brake, tail, indicator and reverse lights. Changing over to LED tail clusters was the first thing I did with the Bora TDi, and I use them in the front indicators and side repeaters as well. Never had a failure since. Edited October 24, 2016 by Horsetan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted October 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2016 Here's the Hong Kong relay kit http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301610561727?redirect=mobile Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 We replaceed the front indicators on the Mini with LED ones, as they were much cheaper & easier to find than 'genuine' Clubbie ones. They may not appeal to those who want to keep their classics original though as they definitely have a different look to them. But as ours is a competition car it makes no odds. Keith 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted October 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2016 Did the flasher unit still work? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Here's the Hong Kong relay kit http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301610561727?redirect=mobile Looks like a lot of spaghetti. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted October 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2016 Looks like a lot of spaghetti. It's nice and neat spaghetti with moulded relay sockets, excellent value Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Did the flasher unit still work? On our indicators? Yes...(the units were straight replacements, plug the wiring in & screw them on. Unfortunately don't know where they were sourced from as they came with the car) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Here's the Hong Kong relay kit http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301610561727?redirect=mobile That's a ridiculous price - used to pay more than that just for one relay! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Did the flasher unit still work? The Bora TDi doesn't have a flasher unit as such, but rather an amalgamation with the hazards. I had to modify the PCB so that the current-sensing fault circuit wouldn't trigger when LED flasher bulbs were fitted. Older cars have flasher relays, and there are now plenty of LED-compatible replacements for them. Bear in mind that most of these are silent in operation, so you don't get the traditional ticking sounds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted October 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2016 Is dim dip side lights a testable part of the MoT test? As to make the relay system work I've isolated it, sidelights still work with their own bulbs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Did the flasher unit still work? Yes it does.... no it doesn't.... yes it does.... no it doesn't..... yes it does..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 There are a few old cars in this photo of the caravan park at Austinmer, south of Sydney, in 1959: 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Just done a successful mod to my old van which maybe of interest to others I've fitted a pair of relays to the headlights. Definitely interesting. When I get round to reinstating the nose end of the 205 I intend to do this as the column stalk is (i) taking all the current and (ii) living on borrowed time, prone to burning out. I've not yet figured out how or where to physically install the required relay(s) though. Is dim dip side lights a testable part of the MoT test? As to make the relay system work I've isolated it, sidelights still work with their own bulbs I don't think the dim-dip is required. As best I can tell, the idea was that the sidelight bulb is backed up (when the ignition is on) by low illumination of the dipped beam - something most modern vehicles don't do. Again that short lived system is fitted to the 205 and a great lump of a resistor often dangles about behind the front panel having broken free of its mountings... folks usually seem to remove them nowadays. A quick look at some MOT guidance on the web suggests it's not required in and of itself, but where fitted MOT man must check the sidelights illuminate correctly with ignition off (ie system isn't masking a broken sidelight). http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_110.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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