I have a boot lock that was liberated afore the death of MNX500V. It has a key too, which is why I want to change the one on the Beast.
How the chuff to you get at it?
Showing posts with label MNX500V. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MNX500V. Show all posts
Tuesday, 18 August 2015
Boot Lock
I have a boot lock that was liberated afore the death of MNX500V. It has a key too, which is why I want to change the one on the Beast.
Thursday, 14 March 2013
More Carb Action iii & Tachometer
So I left this particular saga with a very badly running engine. This time, the old team was back together, that is, the mechanic, the tamed electrician and the tea boy. Here they are.
One looks like he is as high as a kite and the other is having an Ascent of Man moment in the cab with something red and shiny.
However, without them I am lost and thank you for their help and ridicule over the last four, mainly fruitless years
One looks like he is as high as a kite and the other is having an Ascent of Man moment in the cab with something red and shiny.
However, without them I am lost and thank you for their help and ridicule over the last four, mainly fruitless years
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Sunday, 7 December 2008
The beginning has ended
MNX500V has gone. Can you believe that Ed has had it back?! 20 years after he sold it to me for a grand, he has re-purchased it for twenty quid. Rather like the new one, it made me happy and it made me rant. So, cheers to my teabag. It was fun whilst it lasted!
Wednesday, 1 October 2008
Bits of the beginning
Remember MNX500v? On Sunday Lionel helped me to strip it. Actually, when I say Lionel helped me to strip it, I mean whilst I battled in vain for what seemed like hours trying to wedge NRDFCRT into impossible angles in order to remove the dashboard, he proceeded to completely remove the front of the car. It was a bizarre sight - imagine Inspector Gadget working at the speed of the Tasmanian Devil on speed. He even had time to take the widdle out of my car(s), NRDFCR and my tool kit.
Nevertheless, thanks Line! And here's some dead bits ...
Monday, 22 September 2008
My poor poor wallet
It's gone in. It just about made the 1 mile journey although I had to use the handbrake to stop as removing my foot from the right hand pedal would have resulted in stalling and non starting for an hour!
I have a horrible incling that a set of spark plugs and a twiddle with the carbs just isn't going to be enough.
I have suddenly remembered why MNX500V was taken off the road.
I await a call ...
I have a horrible incling that a set of spark plugs and a twiddle with the carbs just isn't going to be enough.
I have suddenly remembered why MNX500V was taken off the road.
I await a call ...
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
The end of the beginning
In the beginning there was MNX500V. I bought this from Ed (as mentioned previously) and have never let him live it down! At the time I worked for the hateful Lloyds Bank on an outrageously small amount of cash. This was the first mistake as it soon became clear that one can not own a TR7 whilst earning bugger all.
Despite the filled arches and filled sills and filled rear petrol panel and filled inner arches and badly welded inner fitches and very average paint job, I wanted it. It had 2 seats. It was a sports car. I was only 19 after all!
Rather like the nobbers who “speed” around the neighbourhood in crappy plastic Corsas and Puntos, I was more interested in silly bits as opposed to bodywork and thus spent money on suspension bits and exhaust pipes as opposed to wings and arches. Bad idea. The Janspeed exhaust system sounded good though, and the lowered springs and Spax adjustables gave a very hard but improved ride.
It would take oh so many pages to explain what went wrong over the years so a brief list will have to do: gearbox exploded at 100mph on the M5, petrol tank sprung leak, pop up lights that didn’t, lots and lots of welding, replacement propshaft, replacement rear panels, a little more welding, some inner arch filling, suspension bushes, the odd wheel bearing, lots of window winders, a steering rack, a distributor, dead brakes, another few more buckets of P45, an assortment of starter motors and a radiator.
Poor old MNX500V became known as the “teabag” as it had so many holes in it. I eventually gave up not long after buying the house. It wouldn’t rev beyond 3000rpm (oh the irony) and I hadn’t the readies to find out why (double irony). It eventually ended up in Betty’s garage next door where it would stay until it was time to “do it up”.
Eight years later (!), it has been replaced and will shortly be stripped for spares. With metal at silly prices these days, it is now worth more than it has in a decade. The interior is the first to be attacked as that in the V8 could do with replacing. It will be sad to see it go but it really is beyond economic repair. It will always be remembered as the reason why I like these ridiculous cars so much!
Despite the filled arches and filled sills and filled rear petrol panel and filled inner arches and badly welded inner fitches and very average paint job, I wanted it. It had 2 seats. It was a sports car. I was only 19 after all!
Rather like the nobbers who “speed” around the neighbourhood in crappy plastic Corsas and Puntos, I was more interested in silly bits as opposed to bodywork and thus spent money on suspension bits and exhaust pipes as opposed to wings and arches. Bad idea. The Janspeed exhaust system sounded good though, and the lowered springs and Spax adjustables gave a very hard but improved ride.
It would take oh so many pages to explain what went wrong over the years so a brief list will have to do: gearbox exploded at 100mph on the M5, petrol tank sprung leak, pop up lights that didn’t, lots and lots of welding, replacement propshaft, replacement rear panels, a little more welding, some inner arch filling, suspension bushes, the odd wheel bearing, lots of window winders, a steering rack, a distributor, dead brakes, another few more buckets of P45, an assortment of starter motors and a radiator.
Poor old MNX500V became known as the “teabag” as it had so many holes in it. I eventually gave up not long after buying the house. It wouldn’t rev beyond 3000rpm (oh the irony) and I hadn’t the readies to find out why (double irony). It eventually ended up in Betty’s garage next door where it would stay until it was time to “do it up”.
Eight years later (!), it has been replaced and will shortly be stripped for spares. With metal at silly prices these days, it is now worth more than it has in a decade. The interior is the first to be attacked as that in the V8 could do with replacing. It will be sad to see it go but it really is beyond economic repair. It will always be remembered as the reason why I like these ridiculous cars so much!
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