From: ACE Admin Team [contact@the-ace.org.uk] Sent: Tue 11/03/2008 09:29 To: rodderator@googlemail.com Cc: Subject: Introducing ACE, Association of Car Enthusiasts Attachments Hi, Could we start by introducing ourselves. We are ACE, the Association of Car Enthusiasts. We can be contacted, if you have any questions, from our contacts page on our new website or by replying to this email. I think ACE should be of particular interest to yourselves. Our aim is to keep all like minded petrolheads up to date on all of the new legislation that MAY be coming into place over the following months/years. This legislation will almost certainly make any 'altered from standard specification' car registration difficult, especially for the one-off builder (or for that matter, a very low volume builder). This would effect anything from a homebuilt AC Cobra, to a re-shelled Rally car, basically anything that does not conform to OE standards. We would like to draw your attention to our website, which will keep everyone informed as to exactly what is going on. We are using it as a 'one-stop' rallying point/source of information, for checking the truth behind those nasty rumours, and trying to look after enthusiasts' rights. Things are not getting any easier, and with the green lobby trying to stop old cars polluting, it is only a matter of time before WE are in their sights. All enthusiasts need to band together for the strength that numbers bring. ACE can only be as big as the number of people who actually want to see this through to a satisfactory end, with the values, and the rights, of the car owner being the upmost concern. Please follow the link below for further information.... http://www.the-ace.org.uk Thanks for your time. Regards ACE Amin Team.
I received this e-mail in response to the picture of the French Pembleton published in ePAG30.
From: Daniel CHARLES To: webmaster@pembleton.co.uk Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 6:10 PM Subject: French Brooklands Hi, About the picture of the French Brooklands. It was taken during "Le Mans Classic 2006, it's a real Pembleton with the British chassis and not a 2cv One. The passenger is holding a simple video camera nothing to do with the exhaust noise. This was built by one of my good friend and we visit together the creator of the "Pembleton", I have done a french traduction of the building notice. For me it's one of the most beautiful Pembleton, and surely the only one authentic French Brooklands!! Infortunatly my friend dies last year (heart attack), his wife keep the car in her garage. You will be welcome for any details or others pictures of this car. Dan Charles
From Mike Meakin
David, Status Quo with #188: Fuel stays in the tank (no leaks), with pipework to pump/filters/regulator and carbs. Engine runs - lumpy tickover, rasping pick-up. Not sure that the fuel guage and tachometer readings are correct. Assorted pictures of forward, dzus bonnet fastenings, crankcase breather in to carburettor inlet tracts and "SVA -obstructions for the 100mm headform". regards, Mike M
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A couple of e_mails from David Stevenson who lives in France
David, I did see Phil's guzzi-in fact he mentioned its build last time I saw him before christmas..He didn't like the idea but has to please demand..Looks like the bonnet is higher at the front? As for supercharging, yes will send the info and have dug out the CoopersS supercharger that I bought some years ago I bought it to sit at the side of a 2cv starter and blower driven from the front pulley. I met Peter Johnson on my drive up to the ferry and passed on an Axel G type gearbox for his guzzi conversion. We discussed the supercharger a little.He is making a super job of his build. Now having bought the Triking from the chap who bought Triking's show car-a beautiful 1100cc guzzi trike -with Rootes blower between the V and also 2 bottles of nitrous behind the seats...and a steam producing box to cool the inlets with vapour ....It is a formidable beast,beautifully crafted,with very sticky bike tyres all round to keep it down - with a 0 to 60 of 4 seconds.....if you dare...There are fotos and early article about it in the Triking web site. I may remove the guzzi from the brooklands [for another idea..citroen based.] as I am not too sure of its looks stuck in there and refit the visa 650 and g type box as it now fits then try the blower on it...The visa is a much more robust engine design with larger journals which may take boost better...[no plans to add any laughing gas...] David.
David, www.triking.co.uk in owners cars -V2TRK supercharged car..magazine.report by Ian Hayne-a pre nitrous road test-it now has much more oomph [it could be copyrighted but read for interest..]..and you could rewrite bits for info? I bought my blower on ebay for £100 a couple of years ago-its a whipple design like rootes-with a conical pair of lobes with non stick coating-nicasyl as used on visa engine bores..which funnel the mixture as well as compress it-easy to make a plate with two outlets to the cylinders. and the carb sits at the back.. I had an idea of machining a split pulley as VW used to adjust their fan belt by adding or removing shims to alter the vee depth to avoid over pressuring the cylinders little by little...and I have a pair of spark plug thermocouples and twin dial kit to show head temperature !!!. Which also interestingly helps the worry of sitting in traffic-the temperature actually drops safely as the pistons are not doing any real work just flapping in and out.The crucial bit is raising the oil pressure on take off-or just before to load the necessary parts with a new shot of lube then the air stream does its job again... I had a worry in the hot summer here with the JZR guzzi heating.My son and I took a car each-he had the hopper and we went to a chateau car expo but the queues on entry were so slow the guzzi started melting the outer cable covering for the throttle by the heads...it was smoking-I switched off ..but son in pembleton never had a problem...The oil cooler really does a good job. voila David. ps i am V in stevenson, its the other David Stephenson in Beverly yorkshire with PH....but he has been down here in his and we are planning to traverse the new Millau bridge this time... here's a foto showing both -his is the long wheelbase at a beautiful mediaeval village perched overlooking the Lot river-2.eme site historique en Lot...
The photo can be seen here
Hello I have taken over the 2CV 24 Hours race abandonned by the previous organizer. The race has been organized last year with good success ( see pictures ). Now, I try to revamp the 2CV races by inviting schools ( we had the minister of teaching at the arrival flag ) and by expanding to new technologies ( a car used bio-ethanol and one LPG gaz ). While at Stoneleigh a few years ago, I saw one of your car fit with BMW engine. I would like to know if you can supply 2CV conversion kits for BMW engines ( 850cc) or other engines, and other useful products as well ! Louis Lempereur GSM +32 475 44 35 19 Président 2CV Racing Teams asbl A la Corne du Pré 6 4053 Chaudfontaine Belgium www.2cvracingteams.be
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I get a number of e_mails like this. Does Phil have brochures? I never seen one.
Dear Firm ! My name is Thomas Wojtalik. I am 11 years old and living in Austria. I collect the brochures of cars . Help me please , and send me the brochures of your Firm. My adderss : Thomas Wojtalik Lindmoserstr.1 A-8790 Eisenerz Austria/Europe Please please so a big parcel ....... Many thanks , Thomas Wojtalik
From: Pete Willmin [pete.willmin@virgin.net] Sent: Fri 21/03/2008 11:30 To: David.Tocher Cc: Subject: Toons and ePAG... Be delighted! - sign them 'Peewill'? If you come across anything that we might get a 'toon out of, send it along and I'll see what I can do! I'll draw up some thoughts as they occur to me and pass them along too. I've been thinking about possible article ideas for ePAG that builders might find helpful. How about groups of photos showing different detailed aspects of Pembleton builds ? Say you had a title like 'Cutting a Dash' and got builders to send pics of how they laid out their dashboards, what instruments they used etc. ... or maybe just 'Cockpits' for a wider look at how builders have solved the problems of their interior fits. 'Bums' might be a set of pics. showing how people have solved rear lighting problems/designs etc. - maybe send out a title in one ePAG as a call for photos that would then feature as a set in the following edition. I guess it would build to a series of details which could then be archived on the site for new builders to look through to find ideas. I know that the guys on the forum have been most generous with visuals whenever I've got stuck with a particular problem so I'm sure it would be a really helpful resource - one picture worth a thousand words and all that. Will be in touch soon. Best regards, Pete.