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David.
David.
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- 9th owner of T693 SSC possibly a factory built Ford based V8 Sportster
- 4th owner of Q309 RNV, an early Cabrio built by Bob Copping, owned Doug & Liz Billings for 16 years
- 9th Custodian of JRR 929D, Triumph Vitesse based special Paul Moorehouse built prior to the Triumph Roadster kits.
- 8th owner of Roadster chassis number 2395. Now owned by Barry!
- Builder of chassis number 2325 (PKK 989M) in the mid 80's. Now owned by Eric & Lynne. -
Re: Looking for radiator, header/expansion tank ideas...
My system is as the original vitesse but with a slimmer bottle for the expansion.Ben Caswell probably not the last word on anything here!! -
Re: Looking for radiator, header/expansion tank ideas...
OH heck dont know how to reduce the picture to a sensible size, that doesnt normally happen,Ben Caswell probably not the last word on anything here!!Comment
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Re: Looking for radiator, header/expansion tank ideas...
Large is good, I can see the detail. Did you say that's a Vitesse radiator? Have you used the Vitesse brackets on the side or did you remove them and create new mountings?- 9th owner of T693 SSC possibly a factory built Ford based V8 Sportster
- 4th owner of Q309 RNV, an early Cabrio built by Bob Copping, owned Doug & Liz Billings for 16 years
- 9th Custodian of JRR 929D, Triumph Vitesse based special Paul Moorehouse built prior to the Triumph Roadster kits.
- 8th owner of Roadster chassis number 2395. Now owned by Barry!
- Builder of chassis number 2325 (PKK 989M) in the mid 80's. Now owned by Eric & Lynne.Comment
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Re: Looking for radiator, header/expansion tank ideas...
Yes it is a Vitesse rad with the chassis mounts removed I then made up two long Z brackets fixed to the threaded stud on the sides of the rad that would normally hold the Vitesse engine bay sides. The return of the Z uses the two bolts each side of the Marlin nose.
The Z brackets have U brackets formed at the bottom to locate the rad fore and aft. The other mod is the top hose outlet that has been resoldered in a straight position to get the hose inside the side panel.Last edited by b_caswell; 17-03-15, 01:57 PM.Ben Caswell probably not the last word on anything here!!Comment
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Re: Looking for radiator, header/expansion tank ideas...
Until I decide on a replacement radiator I've removed the modern plastic header tank from the heater plumbing! and the air bleed valve/blue pipe near the thermostat housing and added an inline hose mounted filler cap and expansion tank, both from Car Builders. Thanks to Ben for that idea. I need this because a previous owner has mounted the radiator lower than the thermostat plumbing, thereby making it impossible to fill the system up from the radiator filler. I was going to put a blanking filler cap on but I don't seem to be able to exert enough downward pressure to get it onto the radiator so left the alb cap on and sealed the overflow. I will have another go at getting the blanking cap on, or at least put a higher rated cap on so it doesn't open (as the 7lb cap will open first).
Pics of old and new below.Last edited by David; 23-03-15, 03:17 PM.- 9th owner of T693 SSC possibly a factory built Ford based V8 Sportster
- 4th owner of Q309 RNV, an early Cabrio built by Bob Copping, owned Doug & Liz Billings for 16 years
- 9th Custodian of JRR 929D, Triumph Vitesse based special Paul Moorehouse built prior to the Triumph Roadster kits.
- 8th owner of Roadster chassis number 2395. Now owned by Barry!
- Builder of chassis number 2325 (PKK 989M) in the mid 80's. Now owned by Eric & Lynne.Comment
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