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Mitch · Sex God

Sceptre

Fi · Guru

But it's a septic!

My mate from Norwich is breaking a mark 2, so if you need anything let us know.

By the way, Humbers have cigar lighters, not cigarette lighters.

Mitch · Sex God

Might want a pair of rear light lenses. And maybe bumpers if there better than the ones i've got.

Fi · Guru

Have a look at this http://www.humber.org.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=12

qwerty · Senior Member

What happened to the minor?

Mitch · Sex God

Qwerty!!! How are you? have you got your Renault on the road yet?

I've sold the minor to Simons son, still got it at the mo but i should be delivering it to him in the next few days. I just saw this Sceptre and got the urge for something a bit bigger and more comfy. Should be nice when done. But dont worry the way i go through cars i'll have another one soon enough. I've got a 1300 engine and a turbo charger for one so i've got to put that in something next summer.

qwerty · Senior Member

Na its on ebay. Saxo is getting a bit more chavved till next year then I'm gunna buy a retro with mot.

The sceptic is a great buy! Whats the plans apart from the smoothies?

Mitch · Sex God

Its going in for paint on monday, going gloss black wth metalflake green roof - unfortunately i cant get the metalflake done till Jan. Low, smoothies, and rover V8. Nice and simple.

t is going to be a daily car so dont want to be too wild. Should be nice though.

Mitch · Sex God

Oh, and whitewalls of course.

madmoggy · Senior Member

where are you getting your whitewalls from mitch?

Fi · Guru

They're not proper whitewalls, his using flaps.

Northnants tyres do whitewalls. Cif cream is great for cleaning them once you've got them by the way.

Mitch · Sex God

Yeah, i like the flaps cos they're easy to get hold of. If you try www.bayarearods.co.uk they actually put the whitewall into your tyre. They're down your way too.

qwerty · Senior Member

Nice plans how long till you get rid of it

Mr POPular · !!!!!!GOD!!!!!!

I think its sold!!!! Got a packet of peanuts and a gob stopper for it!!

Mitch · Sex God

Cars in paint shop at the mo. Couple of subtle changes, its got a smooth boot lid now, no boot release, no number plate or chrome trim anymore.....it was the sprayers idea, but i didn't take much convincing. Doesn't look much at the mo but its getting there. And the only rot on the car is the rear drivers side arch. Not bad for a 40 year old car.

madmoggy · Senior Member

Are you putting the chrome smoothies on it?

Mitch · Sex God

Right this is where we are at now. I dont want to show you too much till its nearer completion. It is pouring down at the moment and there's still a thick layer of dust from the paint shop on it. Going in for metal flake next week.

Quick tip: if you want a ggod paint job take it to 2 different painters. Neither want the other finding fault in there work which benifits you.

chucky · Rum Boy

that is looking real good Mitch. look forward to seeing it in the flesh

Fi · Guru

chuckypop wrote:

that is looking real good Mitch.

Yeah but it's still a Septic that will be pulling a Cheltenham.

Mr POPular · !!!!!!GOD!!!!!!

Humber snob!!

chucky · Rum Boy

Fi wrote

Yeah but it's still a Septic that will be pulling a Cheltenham.

isnt that what's known as a Humber Super Swipe!

Mitch · Sex God

Need some side trim. The humber trim is fat and ugly so want some slim chrome trim for sides. Super minx trim or similar would be perfect so keep an eye out for me.

Mitch · Sex God

A couple more pics. I haven't fitted the front grill yet as i am not re-fitting the original but making my own one up. Lowering the front this week if it doesn't go in for the metal flake before then.

qwerty · Senior Member

Any updates??

It looks awesome I wanna see it lowered!!

Mitch · Sex God

Not done much this week. Having trouble getting it much lower as the wheels are flush with the arches so cant get them tucked under as i would like. Its either keep the wheels and go about 2" lower or standard wheels and moon discs and drop it right down. Going in for roof paint next week. Looking forward to that. Am currently fitting the zebraskin carpet and stereo, amp etc.

qwerty · Senior Member

Those wheels and 2" lower definitely!!

You need to keep the wheels!!

chucky · Rum Boy

yeh i agree, those wheels and two inches lower.

Mr POPular · !!!!!!GOD!!!!!!

Im not sur on the wheels. I saw the car yesterday and I think the wheels might be an inch to small. Will reserve judgement until its lowered.

Mitch · Sex God

Mr POPular wrote:
Im not sur on the wheels. I saw the car yesterday and I think the wheels might be an inch to small. Will reserve judgement until its lowered.

You should know all about being an inch too small.

Mitch · Sex God

Got the humper back from the painters the other day and they did a lovely job.......but its the wrong colour!!! We wanted bright, in yer face snot green, not puss green!!

Still here's some pics of it.

Mitch · Sex God

Also those clever little fellows on Retro Rides did this on photoshop for me, what do you reckon

Mr POPular · !!!!!!GOD!!!!!!

Green flames a must I reckon

chucky · Rum Boy

yep! go for it Mitch!

bod · " allright shag?"

it works for me.

Sniper · Veteran Member

I reckon scallops in the same green would work, does need something to 'lift' it a little though.

Mitch · Sex God

Sniper wrote:
I reckon scallops in the same green would work, does need something to 'lift' it a little though.

I agree. I did originally plan to put the stainless trim back on the sides so when they painted it they left the holes, so it makes it a bit trickier to do anything else now. I'm putting the upper chrome trim on tomorrow so will see how this looks. I am going to see an airbrush artist friend of mine on monday, he's one of the best and he wants to flame it so we'll see what he says. I know Simon's now thinking 'is he talking about Paul Karslake?'.....yes simon i am.

Mr POPular · !!!!!!GOD!!!!!!

my airbrush hero!!! and he should be addressed as Sir Karslake the great

madmoggy · Senior Member

The humber,s looking real good,i recon airbrushed flames or scollops would suit the car well.
looks like a real nice paint job too.

Mitch · Sex God

Put whitewalls on it yesterday, took them off today, they didn't sit right (flaps). Got my flames all arranged. Was hoping to get me and Simons hero Paul Karslake to do it but cant afford he's rates (even at mates rates) but thebloke who painted my candy minor and put the black on the sceptre for me is now doing it. I'm taking it there, masking the flames (after all that is kinda what i do) and flatting it back and he will do the rest, inc. re-doing the roof as the bloke who put the flake on did a sh1t job. all for the price of a small sign he needs.

Then on the way home my engine gave up on me so had to be relayed home and now planning the V8 conversion. ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT IT WONT BE ON THE ROAD FOR THE SHOW!! NOT GOOD.

Still, it'll be worth it in the end.

chucky · Rum Boy

What exactly is wrong with the engine Mitch? aint it something that could be fixed temporarily?

Sniper · Veteran Member

Yeah, don't forget Simon and Jayne in Norwich have a complete Sceptre for spares, can't have you off the road for long.

Mitch · Sex God

Right, as you may or may not know i'm a bit lost with my car at the moment. The look thats emerging isn't the picture i had in my head at the beginning. It is going to get the roof re-metalflaked and metalflake green flames put on it. That was going to be done this week but the engine breaking has slowed things down a bit.
I've never been happy with the wheels as the offset is wrong and they stick out a bit. So i cant lower it much. So i was considering modern alloys. The clever boys at Retro-rides did this impression of what it would look like. What do you think? Due to the offset of modern wheels i should be able to get it lower too.

-- Edited by Mitch at 10:01, 2007-02-03

BUMPER · Senior Member

Mitch wrote:

Right, as you may or may not know i'm a bit lost with my car at the moment. The look thats emerging isn't the picture i had in my head at the beginning. It is going to get the roof re-metalflaked and metalflake green flames put on it. That was going to be done this week but the engine breaking has slowed things down a bit.
I've never been happy with the wheels as the offset is wrong and they stick out a bit. So i cant lower it much. So i was considering modern alloys. The clever boys at Retro-rides did this impression of what it would look like. What do you think? Due to the offset of modern wheels i should be able to get it lower too.

-- Edited by Mitch at 10:01, 2007-02-03

Mitch, no offence as you asked for opinions well IMHO you'd totally ruin the look and lines of a lovely car by putting on anything like those in the picture. The combination just doesn't gel. I know a lot of people do like that look and you see it more and more especially on Yanks, guess I'm just old fashioned. Now chrome smoothies on the Septic! that's more like it

bod · " allright shag?"

those are nice looking wheels but they dont suit your car.
chrome smoothies as bumper says, or maybe highly polished early slot mags.

Mitch · Sex God

Thanks for the honest answer Jerry. I must be honest i'm a bit lost with this car. Usually i can picture what a car will look like when its finished but this one isn't working for me. I love the smoothies but not on this car, the offset on the wheels means that they stick out and i cant get the car very low (its about as low as it can get now) without the wheels rubbing. I want the car to make more of a statement and i think that maybe the combination of these wheels and green flames could be what it needs. Fingers crossed. I might also be replacing the knackered engine with another standard one just cos i can get it back on the road where it belongs a lot quicker.

BUMPER · Senior Member

Mitch wrote:

Thanks for the honest answer Jerry. I must be honest i'm a bit lost with this car. Usually i can picture what a car will look like when its finished but this one isn't working for me. I love the smoothies but not on this car, the offset on the wheels means that they stick out and i cant get the car very low (its about as low as it can get now) without the wheels rubbing. I want the car to make more of a statement and i think that maybe the combination of these wheels and green flames could be what it needs. Fingers crossed. I might also be replacing the knackered engine with another standard one just cos i can get it back on the road where it belongs a lot quicker.

Well, if you end up putting that wheel/tyre combo on you'd better move on to a more like minded website... need the link?
Or stay focused and maybe try Northants tyres or someone similar and talk to a wheel man.
It has the potential to be a way cool ride for a Brit car and I'm very Yank biased as most of you know and it's easy to loose your way with mods especially if you're trying to meet a deadline or rush to the finish. I'm 8-10 years into one and I'm still changing things that I thought looked good at the time. A standard engine swap to keep things moving would be a wise move then if you still love the car look at building whatever engine you fancy. Then again I see you change cars with more frequency than your underpants so all this may well be old news next week and you're raving about that lowered Tigra you've spotted and just gotta have!!

madmoggy · Senior Member

Just a thought ,i can relate to your predicament so i,ll put my two peneth in,how about chrome wires,but at the end of the day its down to what your happy with mate.

Mr POPular · !!!!!!GOD!!!!!!

Then again I see you change cars with more frequency than your underpants so all this may well be old news next week and you're raving about that lowered Tigra you've spotted and just gotta have!!

Ive not met you yet and hope to on Wednesday, but that comment is very dangerous!!!!

I would rather slag off Mitchs Mum, Wife and Kids before making that accusation!!

For what its worth, I saw the car with smoothies on it looked crap, it may be that the wheels were an inch to small. I said no to modern wheels, as I said when he put alloys on the red moggie instead of white walls, but I dont think they look bad, they look different and isnt that what all this is about?

madmoggy · Senior Member

Or how about some 100 spoke chiccano style wheels with narrow band white walls,just a thought.

Mitch · Sex God

Cheers for the suggestions guys, I couldn't have spokes as i hate cleaning cars so they would drive me crazy trying to keep them clean. As for getting a Tigra, i couldn't afford the £30,000 it costs to get a good one.