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- Sun Mar 10, 2024 16:53
- Forum: Wanted
- Topic: Looking for a late SE
- Replies: 6
- Views: 553
Re: Looking for a late SE
One thing I've learned that seems universal is that at 25-30 years old, all cars need a significant level of restoration regardless of mileage and climate because all of the "organic" components break down with time. Bushings begin to squeak. Seals, gaskets and weatherstrip begin to leak. Sure, thin...
Re: Polestar
With Jaguar going all-electric and up-market, plus 85% of their US dealerships bailing out on them, including my two closest, I'm thinking its time to get a new daily driver myself. Last year I had to stop for service at a Jaguar dealer 900 miles from home and that dealership is gone now too. I want...
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 20:36
- Forum: Bodywork, Fitments, Interior and Trim
- Topic: Seat base rubber diaphragm
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2066
Re: Seat base rubber diaphragm
Or has anyone fabricated a solution from a substitute. I'm thinking something like sinuous wire spring or Pirelli webbing? This has got to be one of my projects too. Indeed we fat Americans (guilty ) need a bit of reinforcement.
- Wed Nov 22, 2023 19:24
- Forum: Restoration projects
- Topic: New member - Excel SA
- Replies: 552
- Views: 37467
Re: New member - Excel SA
There may be a market for those !! Bash Yes, the rubber mirrors on mine are the only things not cosmetically up to my standard. If anyone ever does come up with a marketable solution, I'll be a customer. I'd seen some NOS Rover mirrors on Ebay that looked like them in the photos, but said they were...
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 05:05
- Forum: Bodywork, Fitments, Interior and Trim
- Topic: Open boot lock failed
- Replies: 4
- Views: 710
Re: Open boot lock failed
But isn't that supposed to be your "valet" key. On Toyota keys of the era, as I recall, there's one extra cut on the valet key that the ignition key doesn't have so that the valet parking your car can't access valuables left in the trunk or boot. Supra of course was a hatchback so it was just the gl...
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 03:55
- Forum: Restoration projects
- Topic: Another youtube project
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4005
Re: Another youtube project
Great to see an 'honest warts and all' video account of 'real life'! Andy I just felt somewhat vindicated to know that I'm not the only one who absent-mindedly misplaces tools and parts. Typical is I'll have a wrench (spanner) in my left hand while trying to thread on a nut with my right. I'll real...
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 21:54
- Forum: Spotted/New Owners
- Topic: I have bought an 89 Excel SA site unseen
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2814
Re: I have bought an 89 Excel SA site unseen
Here in the states, considering the lack of replacement parts and being uncommon, I'd definitely have it shipped. It'd be one thing for me to drive a newly purchased Corvette long distance (BTDT) because almost all of the parts that make it go and stop would be readily available from any auto parts ...
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 14:36
- Forum: Events, Meetings and a "Run Out"
- Topic: Fort Worth, Texas - Wheels for Wellness
- Replies: 5
- Views: 891
Re: Fort Worth, Texas - Wheels for Wellness
We have a little shop here that sells uniquely British goods imported from the UK. They hold a British car show every Fall and I took the Lotus. https://i.imgur.com/D8H8Njn.jpg A man came up to me very excited to see the Lotus. He said that he didn't know anything about the car show, that he'd just ...
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 14:11
- Forum: Wanted
- Topic: Excel Workshop Manual
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2600
Re: Excel Workshop Manual
That's the same one I've got that doesn't include the HA Steering section. Not like somebody took it out and its missing, but actually not even in the table of contents. Might be worth asking the seller to confirm. I wouldn't let it stop you from buying it, but probably worth a little more if its co...
- Wed Sep 27, 2023 02:25
- Forum: Restoration projects
- Topic: Another youtube project
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4005
Re: Another youtube project
I've enjoyed watching several British automotive television shows including Wheeler Dealers, Car SOS and Salvage Hunters. Being here in Texas where it rarely ever rains and "snow" is just a word in the dictionary, I am always shocked at the amount of rust on the subject cars in Britain. A car can lo...
- Mon Sep 25, 2023 00:54
- Forum: General
- Topic: Old Paint Problems
- Replies: 6
- Views: 758
Re: Old Paint Problems
Hard to tell from the pictures, but it kinda looks like it might have been repainted once before. Looks like white paint is flaking off and there's another layer of white underneath. I'm still a newby to the Lotus, but on Corvettes, I do know that the back side of the fiberglass panels were not gelc...
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 23:07
- Forum: Electrics and Electronics
- Topic: Speedometer Needle Bouncing
- Replies: 6
- Views: 864
Re: Speedometer Needle Bouncing
At least for the Toyota Supras, the common culprit is an elbow off the transmission speedo gear drive. Haven't looked yet to see how the Excel's speedo cable is connected and routed. The Supra w58's got a sharp, almost 90 degree elbow while the a43d's got a less problematic smooth arc elbow. Both wo...
- Thu Sep 21, 2023 02:17
- Forum: Events, Meetings and a "Run Out"
- Topic: Fort Worth, Texas - Wheels for Wellness
- Replies: 5
- Views: 891
Re: Fort Worth, Texas - Wheels for Wellness
I got a lot of questions about the Excel and it seemed that nobody knew what it was. But that's what was so fun about it. I've been entering car shows for 36 years with mostly Mustangs and Corvettes but its always the same old domestic muscle cars and hot rods. Nobody ever stops to ask me about my C...
- Sun Sep 17, 2023 18:18
- Forum: Events, Meetings and a "Run Out"
- Topic: Fort Worth, Texas - Wheels for Wellness
- Replies: 5
- Views: 891
Fort Worth, Texas - Wheels for Wellness
I participated in a charity car show this weekend in downtown Fort Worth, Texas along with a couple of our local Celica Supra owners. My friend took a few photos if anyone is curious. Wheels for Wellness - September 16, 2023 My buddy Nick has a blue 83 Supra (which has the same exterior door handles...
Re: Emeya
Im 66 years old and Ive never owned a 4 door car, I might grow up one day. Bash I "grew up" when I had back surgery in 2011. I can't tolerate going very far in an SUV because of the distance between the driver seat bottom and the roll center of the vehicle combined with the unevenness of the asphal...