Stage 1 V8

the red truck is definatly the coolest!

looks like a cracking day out. great photos
did the truck survive without any breakdowns or mechanical failures - it looks like some challenging terain.

Got side tracked last night. As rad was off decided that the metal frame could do with a clean and paint. Thinking of making the brace bars/ A shape bars between grill and rad White to make them stand out. Won't make the truck complete quicker but it's always nice to bolt clean painted bits on. I kn...

Hi. I have zero experience of distributers. I have one damaged dizzy that l have just removed and one working dizzy in my old engine. The plan was to do a straight swap- good dizzy from old engine into new engine. My question is - are there any internals that should be replaced maintained before ins...

firemanshort l am glad l am not the only one. ended up with a screwdriver under a edge and gently prizing out

most dificult job was getting the oil pump cover off and removing the shaft drive cog, it didnt want to come out but after lots of twisting l got it out

thanks

hi bit of a update on progress. for the last few months l have been training for a Ironman Triathlon (24th July-Race Day) so all my time has been taken up with training. I am raising sponsorship for the Alzheimers Society - PLEASE check out my web-spage. http://www.justgiving.com/Richard-Stanway any...

hello l am trying to remove my distributer - BUT I CANT! l have undone the clamp bolt and the dissy will rotate still in the shaft - but l cannt withdraw it from the engine what stupid thing have l forgotten to do? l am fitting a new dissy so will ensure TDC is sorted before putting the new one in. ...

l have a Southdown 4x4 snorkle. its not fitted so no photos yet. it will be fitted down the RHS of the screen. l have some flexi hose (e-bay special) in blue that will link under the brake master cylinder and connect into the original black air box. l have decided to keep the air box as its the easy...

did anybody know if the record was broken?

Great to see that your scratching your head wondering what to do with it!!!! Wish l had the space and weather like you to play with!
Think that will be the only time and picture l will ever see of 3 stage 1's in a pile. Handy for parts.

Good luck

Its always a risk though that you are buying a load of scrap as someone on here found out last month with their replacement V8. That would be me. Garage sold me a corpse but they were good enough to admit their messtake and took it back off me. I have been very lucky to get a much cleaner engine fr...

Good effort. Welcome to forum Please keep us updated with pictures, makes what l am doing with my stage 1 look like just a wash.
If you don't mind me asking- was it expensive having the chassis and bulkhead galv'd?
Regards
Harry potter

those seats and dash are PIMP!!!

evening all New engine was fitted over the weekend. wasted most of saturday trying to get old exhgaust pipe y section off and to fit new tubular manifolds - as time ran out l had to put the original standard manifolds back on :( couldnt have done all the works without the help of my dad (the best) m...

thats the plan, my origianl rockers do not look too bad so am hoping that they might be ok. l have seen those carbs in the e-bay link - handy as they are in warwick and only a 5min drive. l have learnt that if a engine has stood for quite a while and sold as spare or repairs - its going to need a re...

hi Seb - interested in your engine please l cannot remember all the details of your spare engine - is it all complete minus the push rods and rockers. ie carbs (su/strom)? are rockers required? what will be required to complete the engine and have it running again? minium oil and filter change thanks