My poorly 1979 bay

??????
Type 1 engine

 

Well you've stumped me Para... what flag? I thought you were messing around

 

Thats ok then i was right for the type one

The early type ones in bays had a little flag made from wire attached to the thermostat flaps
When the flaps were open once the engine was warm the flag would rise above the back of the fan housing
This enabled you to see in the engine bay that the flaps and thermostat were working as they should be

Ive got a pic of the flag on a usb stick give me a min to find it and ill upload it

 

People dont often have them anymore as they were made from thing gauge wire and not painted they rotted or got snapped off early on
Ill go and find that usb stick

 

I cant find the stick with it on
Ill hit the samba and dig out the old thread about them
They never had a part number as it was almost like it was an afterthought

 

Here you go i found the pic through yahoo images

 

How much samba googling did you do paul?



It somthing i had an idea about when i was painting tinware through the winter
You know how my mind wanders

But to use it as a windup was supurb

 

The daft thing is, there was something almost like that fitted to the single port beetle engines...

There was a cable in the engine bay, from the flap mechanism to the flap in the air filter housing... so cold engine, flap was down, air pick-up was sucking preheated air off the cylinders, and then as the engine warmed up and the stat opened, the cable moved the flap over so it then drew air from the engine bay!!

 

Theres nowt better than a little truth to make a lie into a con

 

What a b&@;?rd!!!

 

Looks really good in the last couple of photos

 

Thanks, yeah we are getting there, absolute pig to get the rods to retain and not slip out! Had to stop as needed to go to work, hopefully finish it thu then get curtain rails up on the weekend. Hopefully fitting the kitchen tonight!

 

Well we finished it tonight, just need to fit curtain rails the trim back roof lining edges!

 

I see you have the doc working with you

 

looks nice andy

where did you get it from in the end...an off the shelf jobbie ..?

 

Thanks Art,
http://www.wonderlandclassics.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=1834
Seems to fit well and terry said was a good quality liner

 

Ha ha
He does look a bit mad and a bit past it but I tell you what he knows his stuff

 

I thought you had started to grow mad hair after you banged your head on the top locker

I love it when you meet strange and eccentric people that are very good at what they do
I have no false idols

But many people who have inspired me to be good at what im doing and dont be afraid to learn somthing new

Feck normality i like the strange folk