I have been looking for information about how best to repair the A posts on my dart. I see that Wilf Stephens used to have a technical sheet on this and wondered if anyone would be able to send me a copy?
The left hand side has rotted away where it passes through the floor but otherwise seems fine. The right hand one is intact. There are also 2 plates with a 90 degree bend in them which fit under the A-post and through the slot in the floor. Again the right hand side is fine but the left hand one only has the bit inside the car. Are these original or someone's attempt to re-inforce the floor?
Are there any plans to make Wilf's technical sheets available more generally?
Thanks
Mike
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SP250 A-Posts
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Re: SP250 A-Posts
Mike I am not sure if I am correct but I think Barry Thorn has what you want. Syd
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Re: SP250 A-Posts
I've emailed you a copy of Wilf's writeup on 'A'-post refurbishment.
Nick
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Re: SP250 A-Posts
Thanks Nick. The sheets are helpful.
I wonder if all Wilf's sheets could be made available for download. The SP250 Owners Club website would be the obvious place but it doesn't seem to receive very much in the way of new content.
Mike
I wonder if all Wilf's sheets could be made available for download. The SP250 Owners Club website would be the obvious place but it doesn't seem to receive very much in the way of new content.
Mike
Re: SP250 A-Posts
Wilf sent me a tech sheet with the dimensions for the pieces required to complete the bottom of the A posts. Sadly I don't have it any more, that said, there must be lots of anoraks out there that can pass the info on.
Colin,
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I may be slow but I’m rough as well !
Re: SP250 A-Posts
Hi
There is a facility on this forum for technical articles to be posted. Not everyone has an SP.
Regards
Colin
There is a facility on this forum for technical articles to be posted. Not everyone has an SP.
Regards
Colin
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Re: SP250 A-Posts
Wilf had compiled a library of some seventy technical articles on maintenance, service and modifications for the SP250. The bulk of these are Microsoft 'Word' documents which cannot be uploaded to this forum. It would be a shame if these were not as readily available to owners now as they were in Wilf's lifetime. It would seem logical that these could be hosted on the DLOC website and available for download in either Word or .pdf format.
Certainly not every member is an SP250 owner, but they do comprise the largest sector of the DLOC.
Certainly not every member is an SP250 owner, but they do comprise the largest sector of the DLOC.
Nick
"Don't bother with the Air & Space Museum - there's nothing to see.......".
"Don't bother with the Air & Space Museum - there's nothing to see.......".
Re: SP250 A-Posts
They could be hosted on the forum server if I uploaded them there. Then there would be a conventional link in the technical articles forum to download a Word or PDF document to read.Vortex O'Plinth wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 10:17 am Wilf had compiled a library of some seventy technical articles on maintenance, service and modifications for the SP250. The bulk of these are Microsoft 'Word' documents which cannot be uploaded to this forum. It would be a shame if these were not as readily available to owners now as they were in Wilf's lifetime. It would seem logical that these could be hosted on the DLOC website and available for download in either Word or .pdf format.
It might be a lengthy process to email them to me if they are large in KB and it might overload the forum server.
Alternatively, we have been told that the dloc.org.uk website is being redesigned so they could be uploaded there with the car data sheets.
Re: SP250 A-Posts
John-b
The documents for the A-post restoration that Vortex sent to me consisted of 6 drawings at 200KB each and 1 word file at 400KB. If there are 70 such articles (and I suspect many will be briefer) then a total storage of about 140 MB would be needed to host all the files. Is this sensible / doable? I would very much like to have access to all Wilf's (with contributions from others) technical write ups.
Mike
The documents for the A-post restoration that Vortex sent to me consisted of 6 drawings at 200KB each and 1 word file at 400KB. If there are 70 such articles (and I suspect many will be briefer) then a total storage of about 140 MB would be needed to host all the files. Is this sensible / doable? I would very much like to have access to all Wilf's (with contributions from others) technical write ups.
Mike
Re: SP250 A-Posts
140MB should be OK for the forum server, if not, I'll just stop uploading!
It will take me a while to upload from my PC with a normal domestic upload speed.
Emailing 140MB is too much. There used to be a limit of 4MB per email. I know that has been exceeded but it would have to be spread over several emails and even then there is a risk of failure.
A better way would be to put them on a cd and send it to me by post.
Email me if you can put them on a cd and I'll reply with my address.
What's the copyright situation if the author has died? Does his executor or wife have to give permission?
It will take me a while to upload from my PC with a normal domestic upload speed.
Emailing 140MB is too much. There used to be a limit of 4MB per email. I know that has been exceeded but it would have to be spread over several emails and even then there is a risk of failure.
A better way would be to put them on a cd and send it to me by post.
Email me if you can put them on a cd and I'll reply with my address.
What's the copyright situation if the author has died? Does his executor or wife have to give permission?