WORK QUALITY is: a dry TWINK!!

[el-saturn]

....................tbh: this is the first time (since 83!) my punk doesn't leak anything: make's me feel pretty darn proud! ...................as most of the cars on this forum are more or less free of corrosion due to these lovely lil oil leaks! sandy: one of the brave!

[Briggs1]

put oil in it

more seriously - well done.

[el-saturn]

i knew i'd get that comment: many many moons ago i had a rocket 3 bsa and she also leaked (that wuz in 1975!) sandy ps: bought her all boxed up but perfect.

[vincereynard]

i knew i'd get that comment: many many moons ago i had a rocket 3 bsa and she also leaked (that wuz in 1975!) sandy ps: bought her all boxed up but perfect.

An early "Ray Gun" Rocket 3?

A friend of mine bought one of the first with money that had been saved for his marriage.

That lost him some serious brownie points.

[el-saturn]

yepp a ray-gun 3 cylinder: sounded like a ferrari: as u gentlemen see, my british wedding started very early in my life! the trident was almost the same - rocket 3 had a tilted engine! sandy

[vincereynard]

There was an article way back, I believe in CAR magazine, of a race between an Elan and a BSA Rocket 3.

Although the BSA obviously easily out accelerated the Elan, I cannot remember the outcome!

L J K Setright rode the bike - remember him?

[RichardHawkins]

I remember LJK Setright, sometimes known as Long John Kick Start.

I particularly remember a piece of advice he gave his readers that applied to buying performance items for your car back in the 1960's. "If you have to measure the improvement, then it was not worth the money". What he was explaining to me as a young man has been good advise that I have tried to apply to many things. Wine for example, I like it, but good (expensive) wine is wasted on me I don't have the pallet to appreciate it. My car has more ability than I can use, but I can't take his advise there, I just keep spending money.

Richard Hawkins

[el-saturn]

i fully agree with long john: if u can't feel it, it wasn't worth the money HOWEVER there's these rich lads who'd say they couldn't feel the improvement --- once they saw the bills, they DID all of a sudden notice the difference. sandy

[Kansas Randy]

It is really going to be fun reading this forum, just as soon as I learn the EnglishEnglish language. What in the world is a "twink?"

But I do remember LJKS.

Kansas Randy

[Davidb]

Twink: Twin Cam.

[Kansas Randy]

Thanks!!!! I will start a glossary.
Nice to know since I have one coming out of the paint shop soon.
65 Elan s1

[Kansas Randy]

Now I am reminded of a serious question.

My detachable hardtop was in bad shape when I got the car, and I recall that there was a strip of some sort of adhesive cloth material (approx 2 in. wide) on the leading edge where it meets the windscreen frame. Now many years and many packrats have caused the cloth to vanish.
What do real Elan guys use to seal that interface? Or do you not bother?

And how many hardtop manufacturers were there? This top is contemporary to the car, which came to me 36 years ago.

[Davidb]

Personally I use colour matching duct tape. No leaks.

On Bill from Vancouver Island's car, which he has owned from new, there is a strip of rubber that looks original.

In period photos of even the prototype(?) hard top the joint is taped over.

[Kansas Randy]

Thanks for the advice! Can't beat Racer Tape.

[elj221c]

I recall that there was a strip of some sort of adhesive cloth material (approx 2 in. wide) on the leading edge where it meets the windscreen frame. Now many years and many packrats have caused the cloth to vanish.
What do real Elan guys use to seal that interface? Or do you not bother?

I didn't bother on my S2. The lip on the hard top just slotted into the slot in the screen surround that normally takes the soft top front fixing.

There was an article way back, I believe in CAR magazine, of a race between an Elan and a BSA Rocket 3.

Although the BSA obviously easily out accelerated the Elan, I cannot remember the outcome!

This may help.