Martin's 2001 PFL Roadster

MartinC · January 15, 2017, 19:37

Striped the back end down:-

Rear lights removed
Bumper removed
Crash bar removed
Exhaust removed
Rubbed down the antiroll bar, and painted with rust converter, ready for painting.
Removed standard induction pipe, and installed new Markiii pipe. :-) :-) :-)
Fitted "new to me" engine cover with TRD style boot spoiler.

Things left todo:-

Finish painting antiroll bar, and anything else I see that needs doing.
Fit new Cobra quad (when it arrives )
Refit all of the above, except lights, as I have some FL replacements.
Get the wheels I bought from Onion86, powdercoated, I'm thinking black, and shod with some new rubber.
Plan the next round of upgrades.

Essex2Visuvesi · January 16, 2017, 01:17

How were the supercheap springs?
There's a set on amazon for £75.00 at the moment

MartinC · January 16, 2017, 17:24

Not fitted them yet. Only just getting back into doing things on the car again, as I split from my wife back in July, and have been busy moving, selling the house and sorting all the stuff that needs to be sorted. On the upside, I now have lots more money to spend. s;-) ;-) s;-)

MilesH · January 16, 2017, 18:38

Cars looking good!

Have you wired the starter button so that the key is no longer required at all or do you still need it for the initial part of the start up?

MartinC · January 16, 2017, 18:47

Quote from: "MilesH"Cars looking good!

Have you wired the starter button so that the key is no longer required at all or do you still need it for the initial part of the start up?

Still need the key unfortunately. I don't trust the little angels that live around here or where I work. s;-) ;-) s;-)

Brizee67 · January 16, 2017, 20:16

Can I assume that you simply don't turn the ignition key fully and then hit the START button or have you got something really clever set up??

MartinC · January 16, 2017, 20:30

Quote from: "Brizee67"Can I assume that you simply don't turn the ignition key fully and then hit the START button or have you got something really clever set up??

Spot on. Turn key to ACC, then press the button.

Brizee67 · January 16, 2017, 20:35

Quote from: "mxcum167"
Quote from: "Brizee67"Can I assume that you simply don't turn the ignition key fully and then hit the START button or have you got something really clever set up??
Spot on. Turn key to ACC, then press the button.

It'd be cool if you could disable the key from actually firing up the starter motor. I wonder if there's a way of doing that?

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MartinC · January 16, 2017, 20:40

Quote from: "Brizee67"
Quote from: "mxcum167"
Quote from: "Brizee67"Can I assume that you simply don't turn the ignition key fully and then hit the START button or have you got something really clever set up??
Spot on. Turn key to ACC, then press the button.
It'd be cool if you could disable the key from actually firing up the starter motor. I wonder if there's a way of doing that?

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Theoretically if you can interrupt the operation of ST2 on the switch, then yes.

Brizee67 · January 16, 2017, 21:08

If I was going to put a Start button in the car (which I think is very cool btw) I'd definitely want to disable the key start otherwise there'd be no point from my point of view. Good positioning btw, very cool looking.

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MartinC · January 17, 2017, 18:14

New shiny shiny arrived today.

Treboeth · January 17, 2017, 18:18

Very nice [emoji3]

Rockingdad · January 17, 2017, 21:19

Cool build thread.
I watched this yesterday on youtube if anyone is brave enough.... proper keyless!
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Jacobsprky · January 17, 2017, 22:52

that looks and shiny!

MartinC · January 21, 2017, 12:59

Spot the difference.

Jacobsprky · January 22, 2017, 23:31

looking good

MartinC · January 20, 2018, 20:47

OK, so I haven't been on here for a while. My Roadster has been off the road for about a year, mainly due to some health issues of mine. Today I went to my lockup and hooked up a new battery, and she started on the first turn of the key. I forgot just how sweet the cobra exhaust sounds.

Going to get her in for an MOT next week, to see what's needed. I suspect the rear brakes are going to need some attention again, as even though they were fixed at the last MOT, the hand brake seemed to stop working on one side within a month or so. Looking forward to getting to work on her and putting in some sunny miles, when the weather cheers up.

delhusband · January 20, 2018, 21:59

Good luck with MOT, and enjoy sunny motoring

MartinC · February 3, 2018, 19:22

I've just been through my build thread, changing all the images to a new image hosting provider, seeing as Photobucket seem to not allow free image hosting anymore. How very public spirited of them.

MartynC · February 3, 2018, 21:16

Really enjoyed reading through your build thread, the car looks great, you've obviously spent a lot of time and effort on it.
Just the motovation I need to start on my new purchase.
Hope your now well and that the car passes the mot so you can start enjoying it again.
From a fellow MartynC 😀

MartinC · February 3, 2018, 21:58

Thanks Martyn. I'm getting better, got an operation in a couple of weeks, which will hopefully sort me out.
I picked the car up from my lock up today. Gave it a service and she seems to be running quite sweetly, so fingers crossed. She's going in Tuesday.

MartinC · February 7, 2018, 17:57

MOT done. New front discs and pads a bulb, and a bit of handbrake adjustment. Now to put some miles on her. [emoji4]

MartinC · July 9, 2018, 11:37

A couple of months ago I decided to remove the Cobra Quad. Just a bit too loud for me. Currently the standard one is back on, but I'm on the look out for a TTE.

Everything is at a stand still at the moment though, as I have just had heart bypass surgery, and I'm on a 12 week recovery. No lifting anything heavier that 1kg for 6 weeks, and then going steady until week 12.

Look out for updates soon.

deviantmr-s · July 9, 2018, 12:29

Quote from: MartinC on July 9, 2018, 11:37
A couple of months ago I decided to remove the Cobra Quad. Just a bit too loud for me. Currently the standard one is back on, but I'm on the look out for a TTE.

Everything is at a stand still at the moment though, as I have just had heart bypass surgery, and I'm on a 12 week recovery. No lifting anything heavier that 1kg for 6 weeks, and then going steady until week 12.

Look out for updates soon.

Enjoyed reading as I was looking to upgrade to a quad at some point (I like noise!)

I do hope your recovery is speedy and all goes well so you can get back to what you enjoy.

delhusband · July 9, 2018, 13:40

All the best with the recovery. Take it easy. Doctors orders: lazy sunny lidless drives