Re: [DMCForum] Re: Keeping It Original (Rich and Martin)
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Re: [DMCForum] Re: Keeping It Original (Rich and Martin)
- From: Martin Gutkowski <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:08:38 +0100
Bill, if you were to build a car tomorrow, would you do any better?
> - Trailing arm attachment
There's a reason they did it that way! The way the trailing arm moves
means it has to be in single shear.
> - Door lock, cooling fan, and headlight circuits
All work perfectly al right, if the components were better. And at that
time, there wasn't a lot of choice. There's nothing really wrong with
the design per se.
> - Crumple extension (whole sheet metal frame for that matter)
What, the fact that it crumples? This is a GOOD THING.
> - 14" spare tire well
????
> - Hard plastic hydraulic and vacuum lines
...... as opposed to......? The clutch line is a problem - everything
else is perfectly okay. It can be improved, but there's nothing wrong
with it.
>
> - Wheel speedometer interface rather than traditional transmission
> interface
Common to cars of the era. My Renault 30 tranny has a speedo interface -
but it's at the wrong end of the car, Bill - the cable would be rather
long......
>
> - Rivnuts
How many fireglass cars have you worked on?
>
> - Constantly illuminated A/C panel
A lot of cars do this - the BX's was alway lit then dimmed when you
turned the lights on. Mk2 BX circal 1986.
> - Glued headliners
?!?!?! A lot of cars have this - that's why there's a lot of trim places
who sell headliner material!
> - Plastic channel radiator with downhill bleed line
In my experience the plastic is only a problem if you are too agrssive
when working on it. The bleed line is a boob, yes.
> - Front fascia attachment
How would you do it, Bill?
> - C pillar trim panel and armrest extension
Corrected in production to a fully molded one.
I'd love to see the car you'd design, Bill
Martin
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