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Obviously. That would be reckless.

Well if you did check the oil that frequently and it really IS disappearing, that's unfortunate. I was just hoping it might have been a non-problem. A quart in 100 miles is really a lot of oil. At that rate, I would have expected you to crop dust a mosquito fogging blue cloud behind you. Especially without a catalytic converter.

Actually, I don't believe that you must have your hood off for it to be considered hooning, but it doesn't hurt! I think part of the definition of hooning requires an entertaining amount of mostly safe, but moderate risk and recklessness. That recklessness is most often achieved through the application of velocity. But you can also achieve some recklessness in other forms instead, such as missing major parts (like a hood). If you don't have a hood, you don't have to drive as fast in order for it to be considered hooning. I also think that driving a car that has only a handbrake would be considered hooning, even if you followed all speed restrictions.

I was happy, and lucky I think, to get 50K for my Sunbeam Tiger a few months ago on Bring A Trailer (https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1965-sunbeam-tiger-78/) during this period. Broke even on the car. Market is finicky. Ken

Coincidently, working on a different throttle cable arrangement but with the same Lokar cable. Here is my solution to hold the fitting on the cable end. An M4 grub screw through the thick hex part of the fittingl This bites the sleeve below. You also need a way to bond the sleeve to the braided cable sheath. I found this one slipped down the cable! I use some UV cure resin.

Thanks, Im a few weeks away from firing up, will save it and try. @zKars was kind enough to send me a known working one and I'll compare operations.

But Obviously you would never do that!! 😉

25 will run, but it's a little low. I believe the float level for those carbs should be 20 mm down from the bottom of the lid. I draw line on the side of the carb body:

Installed the correct U Joint (TUS-11a) today, and then reinstalled the prop shaft, heat shield, exhaust, starter, fan clutch & throttle linkage at the firewall. Also added an OEM 5 speed shift knob. Driving it around a little - it definitely feels nicer than the 4, and doesn't make the horrendous noises of my worn out 4 speed. 3rd is a little whiny below 4K rpm though. No idea how many miles were on the trans. Installed the joint in the yoke first. Started with one cup pressed in enough that the circlip could be installed, with the cross set in so the needle bearings don't walk, then set & pressed the second cup in just enough that the circlip fit in the groove Then I did the same with the prop shaft, set one cup in deep enough to set the circlip, then did the same for the last cup. Normally I'd just tap the cups in the way I remove them, but since the initial opening of the yoke has a step in it from the staking, that doesn't work very well ( I tried that first). After the joint was fully installed I just tap each yoke in the open vice jaws to relax the yokes after pressing, that makes sure the cups aren't tight or binding in the yokes. It felt perfect. Prop shaft back in Heat shield on exhaust on Trans filled - only took 2 quarts (started dripping at the end of the 2nd quart. I was surprised, as I thought these took more than 2 quarts to fill Fan clutch back on ( I had removed it as it was mentioned the engine dropping at the rear could cause interference).

nice fix on the cat.

Waiting for Z parts. Getting ready for a retake of the Ithaca trip in the pickup. Yesterday my wife pointed out that there was a bad noise coming from under the passenger side - the cat was disintegrating. I don't have another cat to put in - so today I modified a resonator to fit Test fit - cut the flange and extension pipe off the dead cat - tacked to resonator welded, added bung for O2 all good. good offset on the O2 Also had to fix my Mum's weed whacker - the lower shaft wouldn't stay in the main body, so I just drilled it & put a set screw in there

Pulled the Old Gal out of the garage to sweep out the dust bunnies underneath. Bonus...no fluid puddles on the concrete 👍