Hello, to be honest I really can't remember. However, if you search Google images with the phrase "cannington viaduct construction" it does appear a couple of times online.
Glorious cliffs…such a serene rowing experience…(all makes me recall Evil Under The Sun and the characters rowing around the island to Pixie Cove…) What a day! That sun, lush clouds and rich blue sky…enjoyed seeing this immensely…thank you…
How lovely to see this gorgeous property, the surroundings and especially the inside…(what a stunning glass ceiling!) Ever since seeing Evil Under The Sun with David Suchet years ago I have been captivated by this place…the colours are still the same; what a moment it must have been to ride the sea tractor and have it all slowly come into view…so beautiful… The surrounding cliffs, the beach views, the landscaping around the hotel…all things I have admired and longed to be able to visit for years… Perfect music throughout; thank you for sharing this (even if I’m many years late in viewing it…) I have always been a fan of videography of a place while walking about and strolling through hallways and stairwells…the decor takes one back to another time…so envious! Thank you, again, for allowing me a glimpse of this wonderful place I have only seen (and most likely “will” only see in my lifetime) on tv…Kip
Hi Andrew, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Have you been back? If we can manage it, we try to stay at the hotel once a year (normally at Christmas). The hotel has had a lot of investment and smartened up a bit since 2000 and sadly Gary McBar has retired. However, it still has it's charm, is a fabulous Art Deco building, and we just enjoy being in it. We are hoping to attend the Summer Ball in September, Covid permitting.
@@BobBrooker hi went there three times , last time 13 years ago when the new owners had it , I see they have made more rooms at the expense of some suites but I suppose they have to make money . I would love to go back but don’t have anyone to go with and not sure if I could afford it at the moment. But it has something special that draws people back. Andrew
Many thanks for sharing your work. Really loved the old photo of the construction work. I flew my drone over the viaduct recently but it was a little too late in the day for the best evening light.
I had the crankcase breather feeding into the middle vacuum port of the weber carburator as suggested by RPI Engineering: "C > Another vacuum port, it can be blanked off as shown, but we have recently found it is perhaps the best place to connect your engine breather hoses to avoid Oil contamination of the air filter." The noise was actually the sound of the vacuum in the pipe at this connection once the engine had warmed up. I connected it back up to the air filter and the noise disappeared (but the air filter gets clogged up easily). It sounded so much like the distributor that I actually replaced that first. It wasn't until I fiddled with the pipe from the crankcase breather that I noticed the pitch changed and discovered the problem.
Well TSPF2 I am delighted to hear it. If you are really thinking about getting a boat it would be a good idea to take a powerboat level 2 course and get to learn the basics .
I am into sea fishing, but have never been on a boat. So I tried the 8:30 am - 11:30 am fishing on the sunbeam (but we used rods instead). I caught a lot and i'm thinking of getting a boat to do some inshore fishing!
Yep sounds familiar. I had to carry a box full of condensers and points everywhere I went. Bad memories, it was a throw back to fifty years ago. When I showed the electrical engineer next door my dual point distributor he pissed himself laughing... Thankfully replaced with an optical trigger which is much better. Best set up I think is new electrical dist and Luminition kit. What caused the 2 RPI engine failures?. Are V8 developments any good keep looking at those guys for future V8s.
Yes, sold by RPI. I had real problems with capacitor strapped on the outside of the mallory. It was constantly breaking down and causing mifires etc. For a while I kept a stock of them in the car they were failing so often. Eventually I installed an A&R Power Amp (from RPI) which has worked very well. Note however that although the actual points don't wear anymore they still need changing otherwise they become extremely noisy. After 2 RPI engine failures, this one is from V8Developments.
i had the ed 500cfm and it did not perform as well as the holley 390 cfm i am now using. I also am using the offy 360 manifold. I trully believe that is the best setup for the 215 buick/rover V8 for street and occasional runs at the track.
Oh dear a mallory dual point distributor, did RPI sell you that also. You will have hours of fun with that , trying to start it regap the points, rough idle. Or convert it using the optical conversion kit from Real steel V8. even the manufacturers of the dual point mallory brought out this conversion kit. I put it on my V8 after suffering the dual point torture and its brilliant and hassle free. Dont believe RPIs bullshit about the higher dwell angle of the dual point distributor.
If there was a new cam in there, you should not have let it idle like that! The motor needed to be at 2,000 rpms for 125 or 20 minutes. Fastjeff PS: LOVE those Buick 215s! Had several in a variety of lightweight cars.
This is a lovely video. Well done! The only thing is that most of it depicts common dolphin. The only part that shows white-beaked dolphins is from 3.19 - 3.39 mins. Perhaps you could modify the title to "Common and White-beaked Dolphins in Lyme Bay". We would certainly welcome details of your sightings of both species. Peter Evans, Director, Sea Watch Foundation
Of course once I took the engine out it I figured I had to tidy up the engine bay which had deteriated somewhat. From what I know it is much much easier to convert a rubber bumper mgb, the radiator if much farther forward and so a chrome bumper would be much more difficult and need more bodywork changes. At the same time I removed the rear axle which had been changes in the initial conversion as it was badly leaking oil. Had the seals replaced and refitted.
I then drove the car every day until 2007 when the engine block cracked. This was the same time that I took early retirement and so my project since then has been to replace the engine. The Rover V8 are very prone to cracking between the waterways that run between the cylinders and the cylinders because it is very thin. My new engine is a rebuild from V8 Developments Ltd and has what they call Top Hat cylinder liners that will overcome the problem mentioned above.
At that time it was fitted with a 3.9 V8 from RPI Engineering, converted to chrome bumper and lowered. The initial engine lasted a week because the liner around one cylinder came loose and started to knock. So, the engine was replaced and at the same time I had the gearbox replaced because the initial reconditioned Rover SD1 (LT77) 5 speed was so bad. It now has the gearbox from the RV8 which is fine.
atb612z, cjbettis1 - I'm afraid I have to admit to not doing the initial conversion. The car was one of the last mgbs ever made, it was actually registered in 1981 - so it was a rubber bumper. I bought it around 1982 and had it professionally restored and converted in 2000.
