WAS it a trade (as in, the former Austin Healey owner wanted the lens) or did you sell the lens and buy the car with the proceeds? I
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > Why'd you go for a MkIV? My favorites are the MkII, > > Are you by any chance on the SOL list or any of the other > lists at http://autox.team.net ? > > On Sun, Sep 08, 2013 at 04:14:11PM -0700, Brendan MacRae wrote: >> Wow! Awesome, shots. What a coup to have one with DH. >> >> This car is a bucket list item for me as I've wanted to restore a car >> for years and years but have never had the time, the room, or the >> resources to do so. I've been working for the last few years at Mini >> Mania just up the road in Nevada City, CA where I handle their > > I gained some notoriety when I drove the sprite to a swap meet at > Mini Mania (in San Jose), bought an HS4 conversion, installed it > in the parking lot, then turned around and sold the 40 DCOE that > had been on it. > > By the way, today is what should be the All British Car Show > in Palo Alto, but it ended a few years back. > >> overseas buying. As such, I can get parts for a considerable discount. >> Here's a before and after of the 1275cc: >> >> http://primelensphotography.com/engine.jpg > > Excellent. > >> >> The engine had a blown head gasket, a hole in the no.2 piston, and the >> head was cracked. It was rebuilt sometime in the past, but not done >> properly. When I got it it was .030 over but now it's .060 over making >> it a 1330cc with (roughly) 10:1 compression. The head is a modified >> iron 12G940 but now has hardened seats, larger valves, and is ported >> and polished. I fitted a street cam, lightened timing gears, the >> crank/flywheel are balanced and I had the dual SU's rebuilt by Ed >> D'Arata in my office. It has electronic distributor and I have a LCB >> header for it. Sticking with the stock 4-speed for now...that was >> completely rebuilt, too. > > Doing a flickr search on my photostream for jasmine: > http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=99496143@N00&q=jasmine > > I've got the HP blower kit from Australia, which boosted the power up > to about 100hp at the wheels. Unfortunately due to a couple of > stupid mistakes, I had to pull the motor back out after about > 5,000 miles in that setup. The new motor has venolia pistons, > crank with all the standard magic sauce, pauter rods, fancy > pushrods, lightened flywheel, aluminum back plate, aftermarket > modern starter, ported aluminum head, with roller rockers. > I figure that between the head, backing plate, flywheel and starter > I knocked 50 static pounds off the motor, good for about 1/2 second > a lap. > > About a year ago, I actually had a few weeks to work on the car, > so I repainted the engine compartment using the preval cannisters and > real paint, rather than rattlecans: > www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157631848931452 > > >> >> Should make it go pretty well. It ran beautifully on our test stand :-) > > Have fun with it. > This is Jasmine's webpage: > http://red4est.com/jasmine/ > > Though I've got all sorts of other fun things here: > http://red4est.com/jasmine/jaspix/ > > And, yes, the links at the bottom are to pictures of my rallycrossing her. > >> >> On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Sun, Sep 08, 2013 at 10:41:32AM -0700, bpmacrae wrote: >> >> A big part of the reason I've been away is restoring this thing. >> >> >> >> Paid for with funds from selling my Pentax-A* 85mm 1.4. >> >> >> >> http://www.primelensphotography.com/1967_Sprite/large-1.html >> >> >> >> Good trade? >> > >> > I'm envious. this page shows my '68, and then a couple of pictures >> > after I put the running gear into a '64 body: >> > http://www.red4est.com/lrc/racer_html/miscpix.html >> > >> > The skinny kid in the picture is my former self. The older >> > gentleman is Donald Healey. >> > >> > I've been trying to get my supercharged '69 MGBGT back on the >> > road for years. Everytime I start to make progress, something >> > interferes, like home repairs, 60 hour a week projects at work, >> > losing my job, someone crashing into the garage .... >> > >> > I find myself missing the spridget more than the MGB though. >> > Once I finish the MG, I'm very tempted to buy the spridget >> > back from the friend I sold it to and get it back on the >> > road. I'd love to replace the 1275 with a modern 1300cc >> > motor though. A sprite with 100-130 hp would be just about >> > perfect. >> > >> >> >> >> -Brendan >> >> >> >> "Photography's greatest handicap is the ease with which the medium as >> >> such can be learned. As a result, too many budding neophytes learn to >> >> speak the language too long before they have anything to say." - Will >> >> Connell >> >> >> >> -- >> >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> >> follow the directions. >> > >> > -- >> > Larry Colen [email protected] >> > http://red4est.com/lrc >> > >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > [email protected] >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> > follow the directions. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Nothing is sure but death and Pentaxes. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
