The 'E' Type Forum

No one an idea ?

Mercedes did frost the late Pagoda chrome parts, security measure not to blind someone, regulations afaik.

Same here ?

Carsten

Morning, I got this set of wipers and arms with my car. Are these the correct items ? If so, I‘ll clean and polish and re-fit. Blades will get new rubber of course. One arm however has no spring / new one needed, one misses the clamp / will use the one from its springless brother, if possible. One o...

Hi Mich,

Yes I have seen it - just ordered from SNG, lets see what I will be getting.

Thanks !

Kind regards,

Carsten

Hi Mitch,

Yes there are holes. I thought there should be self- tapping screws ? Not bolts plus nuts ?

Kind regards,

Carsten

Hi, I still could not detect where those two are missing. Maybe I‘ll find that out later, at 180km/h…. :wow: Then, I have 2 different rear bonnet small grilles - one with tabs to hold screws, which is slightly less shiny then the other one which does not have those tabs / which one to use ? Meanwhil...

Uhh,

Thanks Tony

Carsten

Ok front right complete. Took me another 3 hours. Sooo fiddly. Some X years ago I put all the bits in boxes, one box per front bumper part etc. Now, I found 2 identical bolts with captive nuts- anyone an idea where these should go ? I am sure they are E- Type. All the other parts where there - and I...

Yes I second that.

If you need pics of specific parts / I am just putting the final bits on mine, March 66 S1 2+2.

Carsten

… Uh well… I had to restore a Unimog in between, finish the Centaur to sell it to a museum to finance a house roof (partially), overhaul a modern mercedes 5spd automatic box (no fear…), maintain an MX5… so this is where I am now. Felix will be 21 in June, and he keeps nagging me to let him drive… I‘...

Hi Steve, Okay thanks for the input - I wrote them- maybe they have some remains. I found an MGB roof on facebook, 150 pounds looking similar, but of course can‘t confirm. And wrecking another complete item makes no real sense. Current plan is to use a Dremel tool, and make room for a new tab. This ...

Morning, I started assembly of my Britax roof, and now it seems I finally need a solution. The roof features 4 round alloy (Mazac? Monkey metal ?) edges. On two of them the tabs are broken. There‘s almost certainly no source for these I guess anymore. So, what would you say- I thought I should maybe...

Furthermore,

I believe that Jaguar / Mr. Heynes had a very close look under the bonnet of a Citroen 11CV/ see the arm and torsion bar setup… I think is kinda close.

Carsten

Well,

The steam carriage was actually invented by the french, see Nicholas Cugnot, 1769…

Carsten

I had mine yellow (gold) zinced some 10 yrs ago. Since doing that I am asking myself wether they might have become brittle, afaik zinc‘ing can make bolts brittle, and you cannot get a 12.9 zinced bolt for that reason. I was also told I should have tempered them just after zincing but now it would be...

Maybe it sucked in some metal item like a nut ?

Carsten

Its a shame there‘s zero 2+2 content in it… I could not find any… IMHO.

Carsten

Ok,

I have to correct myself- say „Dino oil is „ finite ressource“ but we can brew E-fuels, at cost, and make our own“.

Carsten

Yes I have an S1 2+2 and they have the steep angle windshield…making it a bit „the ugly ducking“ of the range…

Carsten

Yes, including more irrationality sometimes…

Carsten