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[nellotinnirello]

GREETINGS ALL,

MY NAME IS NELLO AND MY PROJECT NOW IS A TR7. I HAVE LUGED THIS THING AROUND FOR 13 YEARS ITS TIME TO FINISH IT. I HAVE TO GET SOME PICS LATTER TO PUT ON. I AM IN THE PROCCESS OF MAKING A NEW BODY KIT FOR IT. NOT JUST GETTING AN MR2 BUMPER AND SLAPPING IT ON. MOST OF IT WILL BE CARBON SUCH AS BUMPER HOOD AND TRUNK. WHY, MOST PEOPLE ASK AND I SAY "BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME." I NEED TO FEED MY PROJECT SO IF ANYONE WANTS ME TO MAKE THEM SOMETHING WITHIN REASON I CAN HELP "COMPOSITE WISE" ILL MAKE IT FOR ANY CAR.
SO FAR ON MY PROJECT I HAD TO PULL OUT THE GRAND NATIONAL MOTOR BECAUSE I HAD TO SELL IT. I BOUGHT ANOTHER V6 AND SOON AN OLDER CARB TURBO SET UP. I ALSO HAD ADAPTORS MADE TO FIT PORSCHE WHEELS. MOST PURIST CRING AT ME  OH WELL.

[switchblade7.62x51]

Hi, my name is James and I'm a Gearhead(Boy, that was real tough, you know, first time admission!)
I been wrenching everything I have owned to a point since I was a kid. You know the deal, no money for a real mechanic to do the work, so drive on. Dirt bikes, a 1966 Mustang(now with a 357ci Windsor in it), a 2002 Harley Sporty with a stupid fast 110hp motor in it(cafe racer, needs body work, but motor and suspension are done), and a Factory Custom Dodge Dakota Quad Cab 4x4(Panty 6's). We(me and Sam) now have the 1954 AH 100-4, a '72 LT-1, a '83 Doug Nash, and the will to see where we can go with it all in the next few years.
I been military all my adult life. Entered the USMC in '82, served until '86. CA Nat. Guard from '87 - '95, HI NG to '97. Army from '97 - '09. I am now a full time student as of January 13th at APSU to get a MEdical Technology BS degree(How about that! after 26 years of service I can finally get a BS degree!) Hopefully between the books and papers I can give Sam a hand with this little semi rusty project and make it look a little like this by the time it's done:




Sam of course wants wider wheels and tires and the 100-4 has the cool triangular grill with the lightning bolts on it. His color of choice at this time is a very dark 'black jade' to make a nicer shade of BRG with some metal flake in it and he wants the sides done in white flake

[Orange Alpine]

Hello, my name is Bill Blue.  My car, a 67 Alpine.   While the body and suspension are pretty much stock, the drivetrain is Ford.  Engine is a 2.3 Duratec (Ranger edition), as is the transmission.  Rear axle is Ford 8".  Front brakes are a combination GM "Metric" calipers with Pontiac  rotors.  Rear brakes are Saturn disc.  It has an aftermarket EFI, producing close to 200 hp.

I'm retired and spend lots of time working on the car.  I have put 8,000 miles on this install, but it is now undergoing a winter rebuild.  Mostly a bunch of items that are not exactly right.  Most noticeable is the tranny, a $38 Ebay buy, it has no 2nd gear synchronizer to speak of.   Getting a larger throttle body, fix the AC, the list goes on.

Here are a couple of photos of the more or less finished build.  I am willing to answer any question of anyone interested in the build, also have a bunch of them taken during the build, if anyone is interested.







Bill

[Moderator]

Here are a couple of photos of the more or less finished build. I am willing to answer any question of anyone interested in the build, also have a bunch of them taken during the build, if anyone is interested.

Welcome to the forum, Bill! I know I'd love to see more pictures of your very unusual and exceptional build, although this thread isn't the place to go into those details. Have you surfed through our "How It Was Done" articles or our photo gallery sections? The best How It Was Done articles are the ones with lots of in-process photos. Alpines are under-represented, and I'm keen to fix that. Please help. Here's information about how to get your car featured where it belongs: http://www.britishv8.org/British-V8-How-To-Contribute.htm

[Orange Alpine]

Uhh, don't think so.  As I read the fine print, any picture I submit and you accept, becomes your property.  To me, that means I loose the ability to post those photos elsewhere without your permission.

Don't need that, ain't gonna do that.

Bill

[BlownMGB-V8]

That would be incorrect Bill, based on common usage and custom. May sound that way by the agreement but what it really says is that once submitted you can't keep the site from using the photos however they see fit. You still retain your own copies and rights to those. I would expect Curtis will confirm this interpretation.

JB

[Moderator]

Jim's explanation is absolutely correct. Without the "fine print", we could go through all the work of publishing an article in good faith and then be forced to pull the photos off our website.  Photos from "How It Was Done" articles sometimes get recycled into tech article illustrations. Incidentally, almost all the photos in our galleries have been "Photoshopped" in one way or another. It might be as little as re-sizing them, but quite a lot of them have been rotated a few degrees, re-cropped, color-adjusted, sharpened, and then stored with our own preferred compression settings. (It's very rare for me to repair a ding or fix rust, but I use Photoshop to clean distracting oil spots off people's driveways all the time. Recently someone asked me to take his wife out of a photo. You might be able to tell I did so if you carefully study the newest Photo Gallery additions.) Therefore, I feel no shame about claiming an all-inclusive copyright on photos that appears in the photo galleries.

[Spitfire 350]

Bill Blue,
After being part of this website for years and meeting Curtis Jacobson, Dan Masters, and the rest of the members attending the Indy meet this year, I can vouch for the integrity of their word and their intentions regarding the agreement. They simply want protect the work they invest in the publishing, while helping as many people as possible to see and admire as many cars as possible. When I made my first post, I immediately received private messages asking questions about how I built the car. Many sounded very anxious to use some of my techniqes. Your photos and story could easily be the inspiration that knocks someone off of the fence and starts them building their dream car. Think of how good you will feel knowing you gave someone that kind of confidence. This is a great organization that I am proud to be a part of.

[MGBV8]

Curtis,

It would be awesome if you could help me with the oil spots on my driveway, too!  

[Moderator]

I would Carl, but I don't have any photos of your driveway.  Send me that HIWD article and I'll see what I can do.

[jim0899]

QUOTE:

"Posted by: Orange Alpine
Date: December 20, 2010 08:22AM

Hello, my name is Bill Blue. My car, a 67 Alpine. While the body and suspension are pretty much stock, the drivetrain is Ford. Engine is a 2.3 Duratec (Ranger edition), as is the transmission. Rear axle is Ford 8". Front brakes are a combination GM "Metric" calipers with Pontiac rotors. Rear brakes are Saturn disc. It has an aftermarket EFI, producing close to 200 hp. "

Welcome to the site Bill.  Looks like you did an exceptional job on your 67 Alpine.  There are lots of friendly folks here to meet.

Jim Willenbrink

[We Bad]

Greetings all,
   I am glad to be here.  I'm from Atlanta, GA USA and have been a long time fan of the Jaguar E type.

   I am exploring the possibilities of putting one of my supercharged  V6's into an AWD Land Rover.  Used Land Rovers are relatively inexpensive locally.  I would like to explore the performance potential of AWD and I have several Chevrolet-based V6's available.  My question is this:  Can I adapt the Chevrolet small block bellhousing bolt pattern to the Buick 215 V8 Transmission?
Thanks,
Richard

[Moderator]

Welcome to the forum Richard! Glad to see you here. (I think you're the same Richard Egge who builds miniature engines, aren't you?)  One little thing though... your question about how to make a Chevy engine mate to a Land Rover definitely belongs in its own thread, and that thread belongs in our "Drivetrain" section, here: http://forum.britishv8.org/list.php?6  (That's where you can be sure the right people will see it and give you the sort of detailed advice you want.) Jump right in. I'm keen to learn more about Chevy's 90 degree V6s.

[We Bad]

Curtis,
     Yes I do the small engines.  I've neglected my web site for the last few years but I haven't stopped machining.

     From what I've seen so far, this looks like a fun place to be part of.
Thanks for hosting it!
Richard

[barrysmgb]

hi ,barry here from lutz fl collect cars retired att 3street rods couple corvettes thought v8 mgb would be fun got it yesterday already pulling apart been retired 10 yrs. doing 302/t5 mgb rdstr

[roysum]

Hi Everyone, it's Roy !

Love the info and galleries from BritishV8 and feel I really need to be part of it.

I currently own (2+years) a TVR Chimaera with a Rover (Buick) 4.0ltr V8 ( don't know what that equates to in real dollar money). It's dark metalliic blue with cream / biscuit hide.
Love the car, staggering performance and never fails to exhilerate.

Spent much time on chassis and engine mods.

Happy New Year where ever you are !

Regards, Roy.

[rickv]

Hello to all!
    My name is Rick. My TR6 has been in the photo gallery for a few years. I've seen some really cool cars at British V8, a lot of thought and engineering obviously went in to their construction. Mine, well,  I smile every time I drive it. 560 H.P., 34" of rear tire, and the Colorado mountains. It took a year to develop a chassis that could endlessly handle the torque.  I chose to use easily available tried and true GM components. The frame and suspension is hand made, but the 1 piece front spindles and 13" brakes are astro conversion van from 98. the rear 11 1/2" discs are off the front of a 96 caprice. A tundra master cylinder  and metallic pads and it stops on a dime. I am using a subaru legacy column with fingertip controls and the crushable structure intact.                                                               See ya!
                                                                  Rick Vandenberg

[Moderator]

Welcome! Welcome! Welcome!

[griffinracing]

Hi,

I'm Steve from down under. I've been driving an MG since I was 18 (32 years back) and still have and flog that poor MGB. I also race a '73 Midget (pictured)


I'm Sporting Director for the MG Car Club Hunter Region and compete in Motorkhanas, Hillclimbs and Circuit Racing (and I've even cleaned the cars for the annual Concours).

I love checking on the race cars and getting ideas. Unfortunately I'm a bit of a period mod man. All my MG's (oh I forgot that the wife has a 71 Midget as well) run the original B and A series motors, gearboxes and diffs (though all but the wife's are greatly modified).

I can guarantee that the race Midget has enough performance to wipe the smile off the faces of a lot of highly modified race car drivers. They are very suprised to see a normal induction 'A' series engine under the bonnet.

Keep up the good work,
Jonesy

[roysum]

Hi Everyone, Happy New Year !!!!!!

Tried this last night, 2nd time lucky, fingers crossed x.

Love these forums and thought it's about time I introduced myself...........

Roy Summerfield and I have owned a 4.0ltr (don't know what that is in counterfeit dollars !) RV8 powered TVR Chimaera for approximately two and half years, and absolutely love it !

I have spent considerable time on bodywork (full respray), chassis and engine.

Chassis has undergone a lot of powder coating and POR 15 application followed by a hardnose two pack chassis treatment.

Last year I took the heads off and did some extensive porting etc matching inlet / exhaust manifolds.

This was complimented by larger ACT induction hose, plenum and 45mm alloy trumpets blended to the inlet manifold. A thermal space was also fitted.

It now runs a full de catted exhaust and tornado chip to suit.

A shorter 3.77:1 diff provides lively low down performance.

Prior to mods a dyno run showed 226 at the flywheel, it's booked in for a re run in March.

Please view the following pictures, I'm one proud owner !................

Future plans are possible forced induction.

[Spitfire 350]

Hello Rick,
The "TR6 Monster" looks awsome! I also had my car on the site for several years before becoming active with the organization. I can tell you that the 2010 meet was the most fun event I ever attended in the 14 years my car has been on the road. I suggest attending the 2011 event if possible. Maybe you and Curtis can get a caravan of westen state enthusiasts to travel to Tennesse.

[gt40mk1]

Hi Folks,

My name is Pat, from Biggin Hill in England.

I have a '49 Jowett Javelin with a 318 Chrysler V8, Torqueflite and Volvo rear end.

I've also got a GT40 replica, '69 olds 442 and a  '70 Norton Commando 750S.

Here's a photo of the Javelin

[davidbrereton1969]

HI IM DAVID FROM AUSTRALIA I  have two jowett javelins and of corse im going to put a v8 in one of them i  seen pics of one in the uk with a rover 3500 in it, and i was very excited as this was my plan i love the idea of a hot rod jowett and they are few and far between ? here at least.  its made my juices flow again after i googled v8 jowett javeilin and i found myself here wow great sight

[gt40mk1]

Hi David, I have seen the rover v8 one at a show just outside London, and I have to say it looks a bit odd... i think the main problem is the ride height and the wheel size ( 13" and a bit narrow )... if I had my time again  with my car, I would make it into a two door and cut about 12" out of the middle... it looks very long know its sitting at a decent ride height. ( see side photo ).

I will take more photos at the weekend under the car etc.

Cheers, Pat.

[MARVIN, CT]

I'm an MG guy. Retired from NAVY (22 years) and shipyard (19 years). Restored a '60 MGA and 2 '52 TDs. The last TD I'm buildind as a hot rod with a Ford flathead v8-60, Ford 3-speed toploader transmission, and 3.9 gears in the rear axle. Runs nice but have been collecting parts to put in a Mustang t5.