AC Owners Club Forum

Damien · July 22, 2008, 15:51:15

Hi Emmanuel,

   I will not change the steering and leave it in it's original RHD.

   Regards,

   Damien

Damien · July 26, 2008, 12:44:54

The guy who is refurbishing my car has put it on its website.
Some additional pictures can be found on : http://vdvgrant.be/workshop_details.php?id=4

Englishman · August 09, 2008, 03:52:58

Damien,

   On your car restorers website there is a picture of the fresh air blower by "Smiths" it looks to be brand new, if so I need two of them urgently.

   Any information much appreciated.

   Peter

Englishman · August 09, 2008, 05:53:17

Damien,

   On your car restorers website there is a picture of the fresh air blower by "Smiths" it looks to be brand new, if so I need two of them urgently.

   Any information much appreciated.

   Peter

david langford · August 10, 2008, 16:26:33

Peter
    Bought some blowers for mine a couple of years ago from Thunder Road,brand new not reconditioned,think they were £200 each.
    The guy said they were the same as P5 Rovers if you can find any down under.Had no luck up here.

    Dave

Englishman · August 11, 2008, 05:40:37

David,

   Thanks for the tip I am on it and now trying to chase down P5 Rovers.

   Cheers

   Peter

Damien · August 17, 2008, 09:34:01

Peter,

   The blowers are not new but reconditioned by the guys working on my car.

   Kind regards,

   Damien

Englishman · August 20, 2008, 13:02:22

Hi Damien,

   Wow am greatly impressed by the apparent quality, fantastic.

   I have found a pair of Smiths Blowers that are the same size but are metal rather than plastic, so will go with them and keep an eye out for a match of my other one.

   Cheers

   Peter

Damien · September 28, 2008, 17:33:01

Dear all,

   Can somebody help me with finding a steering wheel and front bumpers for my car.
   For the front bumpers, I can have them chromed myself, so I just need an steel copy of the original bumpers.

   Regards,

   Damien

cliffordl · September 28, 2008, 18:50:46

Try Motolita for the wheel, mine is I believe Les Lester - the English equivalent back in the day.

Good luck with bumpers, do you have any to copy?

nikbj68 · September 29, 2008, 07:37:21

Les Leston, not Lester. They appear to be rather pricey though!

Damien · September 29, 2008, 09:48:04

Thanks for the steering wheel.
Concerning the front bumpers, the fact that I have none to copy is exactly my problem.
If anybody could have his copied, I would be very happy.

Damien · October 15, 2008, 09:38:32

I thought the drive shaft on the Frua was an MGB. But I have compared the one in my car with several MGB models and they are different. Does anyone know which type of driveshaft was precisely mounted into the Frua ? I own the CF9, i.e. an early model.
Regards,
Damien

cliffordl · October 15, 2008, 17:08:00

Damien

   Have just spotted the Harrington Ad on ebay.co.uk for stainless steel Frua bumpers item no. 270283921635 or just search foe AC 428.

   Might be just what you need.

   Cliff.

Emmanueld · October 16, 2008, 23:20:16

Damien, You can have a drive shaft made. There are ton of companies out here doing this. Measure the length you need, the size and bolt pattern of the flanges and here you go. But why do you need a new drive shaft? You have one that came with the car. The 4 speed transmission is a perfect bolt on, no need to change the drive shaft. On my car it was a shoe in! Regards, Emmanuel

   By the way, I bought one of these bumper sets! We will see.

   Emmanuel

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