Hey Dave. Thanks for taking the time to do this WriteUp. Amazing workmanship! I'm interested in your 'Rudge' wheel. I see how you made the cap to cover the wheel bolts - but I couldn't see the hub adapter that the spinner screws onto. Is that a self made adapter? Or is it one of the wire wheel adapters? Which one? Thanks Ian
Hello Ian, The adapter you see is a wire wheel adapter that I cut, modified, and welded to the wheel. Open center on the front to clear the hub retaining nut. Works great! cheers Dave
you deleted all your vids ??? It would be nice to at least have the 'summary/wrap-up' vid from post #251 above. .
Yep, sure did. I only wanted to leave them up while I was building it, and now that it’s done, no need to have any content up. I’ll make a few more as I drive the car. I’ll do a better summary video too. cheers Dave
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed and followed along. It was an epic project for me and don’t think I’ll do anything like that again. So nice to walk into my shop and see my dream car staring at me!
Hey Dave. I really enjoyed watching and re-watching your videos. Although your photos in this thread are also really good. Please don't delete those too. I refer to them often for encouragement to continue my own build - although I'm taking the easy route of GRP panels on Z3. I'm curious about your door handles. I used the real ones from the BMW 700 which are more common and, I believe, the same handle as the 507. Image Unavailable, Please Login Can I ask about your v8 engine. It looks like an oldish design with carburetors? Any problems with that meeting your local emission regulations? I'm wondering about adding a Rover V8 (I'm in the UK. Rover based their original v8 on the Buick 215) but that engine, with carbs, would be difficult to get through our local emissions. A small v8 like that wouldn't necessarily give me more power but it would look more like a period piece - I like your valve covers.
Thanks Ian! No, I’ll be leaving these up, don’t worry about that. My handles are from a 55 Chrysler Windsor. The function the same where you push a button and the handle pops up/out. That connects inside the door to a Jaguar XKE latch and a fabricated extension arm. My engine is an Oldsmobile 215, which is the same motor as the Buick but an added head bolt. This was sold to Rover and became the Rover V8 in later years, so you are referencing my motor in your question. This motor is very common amongst the MG crowd for a V8 swap as it’s light and compact. There are no emissions issues to deal with in the US with regards to this as my car is a 1960 replica and only needs to meet a safety inspection and standards for 1960 meaning, no emissions. The two x two intake manifold I’m using is an experimental prototype I found and bought from a guy with a trailer full of NOS Buick/Olds 215 parts. I was lucky to find it. It became the Edelbrock production intake later on, but I have yet to find another anywhere. I don’t think they made many as most would just add a larger single 4bbl carb manifold. I ran that initially after I built the engine. I made the valve covers. So many fun small projects in the whole thing! cheers Dave
I've read and re-read this thread and each time I find some new detail I missed the first time. How did you get the original 'Federweiss' paint? In the original 507 brochure there's another white mentioned - "Papyrusweiss". Would you by any chance know how I could get the original Papyrus white mixed up?
Hi Ian, It’s not a problem here in the US to get paint mixed in any color. Federweiss was used many years and wasn’t an overly “special” color. Glasurit was the original supplier, and I used PPG. Papyrus would be a slightly different shade of white. They are not similar when side by side, it’s quite evident the color contrast. Somewhere I have a picture I’ll dig up. I would suggest going to your local auto body paint supply place and search online to find the color code. They may have cross references for it too. Cheers Dave
Here’s the two. Chassis 70079 in the front, Federweiss. Chassis 70089 in the back, Papyrus. You can see how the Federweiss is a little more creamy whereas the Papyrus is a brighter white depending on lighting. These are/were Jack Castor’s cars that BMW restored. 70079 of course being Hans Stuck’s former car and owned by Elvis. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Thanks Dave. I already tried a couple of paint suppliers. They can't do anything without an actual paint code. Another supplier claims it's so close to Mercedes 717 papyrus that they have their own paint mix that they supply for bmw papyrus. I don't believe they'd be exactly the same but the Merc 717 is readily available so I'm currently looking at that.
