TVH Homecall to Mat

Today the TVH area had a homecall to Mat, the RHOCaR web master.
This was NO normal homecall as we were all going to get our hands dirty,
plus we we had Ian Stent from Complete Kit Car joining us for the day.

THE MISSION :
* To finalise the build of the engine and box assembly
* To prepare the engine bay with services and mountings ready to accept the power plant
* To install engine and box to final drive
* To connect items essential for starting
* To get Matt to turn the key and burst into life !!!
* To eat Matt out of house and home
* To rock the neighbourhood with industrious noises
* To go home when the job is done.

We split up into two teams to work on the engine and chassis.
Team 1 - sorting out the engine and fitting the gearbox
Team 2 - sorting and fitting the loom into the chassis.

Once this had been done the engine and gearbox were dropped into the rolling chassis and the loom connected up.
Oil and water were then added to the motor plus fuel in the tank and it was time for Mat to turn the key!!!!!!!!!

The engine turned over first time but failed to fire; it turned out that we had no power going to the coil, (which we found out later was due to a broken wire in the loom.) Danny made up a link wire with an inline fuse to take power from the battary to the coil and after a few more turns of the key the engine then spluttered and then roared into life.
A job well done and a great day out.

Stoneleigh Kit Car Show 07

The RHOCaR campsite

GBSC new 07

On the club stand.

Richard Stewart's Nu-Snake concept.

At the campsite

Night night!!!!!

A great weekend away camping at the Stoneleigh Kit Car Show.

Myself Becky & Tasha got there on the Saturday afternoon after the drive up the M40.

Once we had set our tent up on the RHOCaR camp site we made a brew and had a chat to the other club members and met up with some old friends from last year's show.

Later that evening a few of us went out to the nearby town of Kenilworth to eat at the local chippy.

On the Sunday the show was open to the public so after breakfast I moved the S7 from the campsite to the club stand on the other side of the showground, by the time I had got back to the campsite Martin had turned up and we set off for a look around the show with Becky & Tasha off to have some fun at the fun fair.

It was great to see Robin Hood Sportscars founder,Richard Stewart, at the show with his Nu-Snake concept. Although he claims that he was only there to gauge reaction and isn’t coming back as a manufacturer.

By now back on the club stand some 120+ Robin Hoods had turned up and had spilled over on to the stand next door( think we are going to need more room for next years show lol.) and back at the campsite someone had counted 62 tents 1 trailer tent and 3 caravans.

The bank holiday Monday started as a wet affair - its a good job that some of us had fitted the wet weather gear to the cars the night before.

On the club stand we had about 30 to 40 cars.

After packing away our camping kit we had one more look round the show before lunch and setting off for home.

All in all a good show.

Detling Show 07

S7 in hall 2 at Detling


Roys Robin Hood 2B
Is this Martins next modification????????

Martins Pilgrim Sumo

An early start for me on Saturday, up at 6am (silly o clock lol) and on the road to Detling at 6.45 am to be there for 8am as my s7 was going on display on the indoor RHOCaR stand.

The run down was good with not much traffic on the M25.

Once I arrived, I was shown where the club stand was and the S7 was parked up in place.

Soon after Tim, Peter & Roy turned up to set up the rest of the stand and the show opened to the public.

There where plenty of questions asked about both of the cars which we answered the best we could.

Martin turned up around 11.30am with his Sumo and we set off to have a look round the rest of the show to see what goodies we could pick up.

With the show starting to wind down for the day it was time for us to think about heading home for the night, for Tim, Peter & Roy this meant a hotel for the night, but my S7 was going nowhere as it had to stay in the show hall over night. It was a strange feeling having to leave her sitting there! I was soon over it once we made it out on to the open road in Martins Sumo. (my, can it go some lol)

Today (Sunday) it was back down to Detling for day two of the show this time with Becky & Tasha. we set off at a more sensible time as I can't do silly o clock both days of the weekend.

We got to the show ground around about 11am and once passed the security guys (oh the power of a pink badge lol) we parked the tintop in the exhibitors car park.

Inside the hall we found the lads set up for business so we set off in search of breakfast.

The rest of the day was spent answering more question on the cars and generally watching the public reaction to the cars. I found a few more bits & bobs to buy and Tasha had fun on the fair ground rides that were at the show. We spent the afternoon chatting with Tim till it was time to call it a day, so with that we packed up the stand and pushed the cars out of the hall and made our way home after a great weekend.

Small Air Filter to BIG Air Filter

A post on Martins Pilgrim Sumo

Look that the size of that thing!!!!!!!!!!!!

The new filter in place

Looks cool

The old K&N filter

Yesterday at the Wheels day Martin found himself a new air filter for his Pilgrim Sumo when we were looking around the trade stands.

So today we had to try and fit this monster of an air filter, the thing is the size of a dinner plate!!

With the old K&N filter removed from the carb we could see that we would have to use the base plate from the K&N filter to get it fit to the Weber carb. A couple of holes had to be drilled into the base plate of the new filter to pick up on the mounting lugs of the K&N base plate, once this was sorted out the next job was to get the height of the filter right so that the bonnet would shut, at first the filter was way too tall to allow this, so it was out with the die grinder and a good 1/4 of an inch was cut off from around the lip of the new base plate inlet hole.

With the two base plates fitting together nicely a flat piece of metal plate was used between the two mounting lugs to support the filter lid, once it had been drilled and fitted, the stud that holds the whole thing together on the new filter was cut to the right size and a M6 thread cut onto the bottom part of it and then bolted to the support plate.

Now to see if the filter would fit?????? The modified base plate was mounted to the carb followed by the filter element and then the chrome lid and locking nut it was the moment of truth.

With fingers crossed the bonnet was gently closed and then locked home all had worked out well,

a job well done.

Other Cars at Wheels day 07

33rd Wheel Day Good Friday 07

Today we went to the Surrey Street Rodders Wheels Day at Rushmoor arena near Aldershot Hants.

The TVH area met at the Ely pub on the A30 at 9.15 am, seven Hoods, one Locost, one Jester and one Sumo.

With me as lead car we set off on our way to the event, now was it luck or just good timing the convoy all stayed in line and together all the way from the pub to rushmoor where we had to arrive as a group to park up and display together. Once again Martin took on the role of tail gunner in the convey in his sumo just in case the snake of cars got split up (may let you up the shape end one day mate lol)

When we got to the main gate of the arena I was told by one of the marshalls to hold our train of cars up for a bit while he let the PT Cruisers in from the opposite direction. Me thinking ok there may be 4 or 5 of them, turns out there were 22 of the things!!!!!

Once we were in and parked up as a group and we set about having a look around the show, meeting back at our cars at 1pm for a spot of lunch. Well what a turn out for a one day show, you name it, it was there - Hot Rods, Street Rods, Classic cars, kitcars and bikes to name but a few. Loads of trade stalls selling all sorts of things.

Towards the end of the day the TVH crew was invaded by a nice looking Morris Minor with matching trailer

The weather was spot on too with a great sunny day, lets hope the rest of the TVH events for this year are like this.

Half Doors

Today I fitted the Half doors to the Hood which have been made for me by TVH member Peter Ray (Pete 2B). They are held in place by press studs and should keep any small stones that come off the front tyres & wings from coming into the car. when not in use they can be rolled up and tucked down by the side of a seat.
Pete has come up with loads of trim parts for the guys in the club from surrey tops, half doors,
tonneaus cover to spare wheel covers all at a good price.

Homecall to Danny 4/2/07

The Thames Valley Area check out Dannys 2B.

One hell of a smart build.
2.0ltr EFI Ford Pinto.
O/S View of the engine bay.
A smart interior trim with capri clocks

and electric powered boot lock.
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Today the Thames Valley area had a homecall to see Dannys Robin Hood 2B. Which is going to be put in for its SVA in a couple of weeks time.

The day started for me with a drive up a foggy M3 to Dannys place. Once we had all arrived we were treated to tea & yum yums!!!!! Ask Danny about them if you ever meet him at one of the shows ;-)

Now to Dannys 2B itself, and what can I say, what a fantastic job Danny has done on this build

a well engineed car right from the 20 ltr EFI Ford Pinto through to the interior trim with Capri instrument cluster built in to the dash.

The TVH guys gave Danny a few pointers on a parts of the car that he will need to have a look at before the big day of the SVA test.

I took along with me my C/O meter to check the exhaust emissions, which is part of the test. With the engine up and running and the probe of the meter in the tail pipe we found all was well with in the test limits.

I can see Danny having no problems at all in getting a pass on the SVA test.

See you on the road soon Danny :-)

Wash & polish 31/12/06

With all the mud covering the Hood from yesterdays run out, it was time for a bit of a clean up
Washing a small car like this is harder than it looks believe me LOL.

TVH End of Year Run Out 30/12/06

Today we had our end of year run out with the Thames Valley Hoods. This event had been plan out by TVH member Alan who also played pace car for the convoy
We all met up at the BP garage just outside of Reading on the A33, before we set off on our
mini Cruise with the first stop for photos at the West Gate of Stratfield Saye House. This was followed by a drive around the muddy single track lanes to the The Roman Wall @ Calleva and then on to Vine House in Bramley for a photo shoot by the main gates.
Then it was on to the Longbrigde Mill where the landlord of the pub had made space the grass for us to display our cars and have a bite to eat.

We were joined on the event by Stephen Altwasser of the RHOCaR Herts area who shot a video of the drive. http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o148/stevedohc2b/?action=view&current=ThamesValley_0004.flv