First post about my elf

Hello!
I have a 1967 riley elf that ive been rebuilding for that long im a little embarassed to work out an exact figure,
im just putting the finishing touches to the paint,its engine is in place and runs nice and i have decided that 2012 is the year in which it gets its first mot in about 18 years! i will put some pictures up as soon as i work out how to do it,
cheers
Nathan

Welcome Nathan.
Looking forward to your pics
Best wishes John

hope it all goes well. welcome to our little bit of cyber-space. my own rusty car project has taken 4 and a half years so far but there's no rush and getting there's half the fun! all the best

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Many thanks for the kind words of encouragement, ive uploaded a few pictures of my elf (mac) the first picture is when i first picked it up, to be honest it was a bit to far gone with rotten inner wings and floor but i bought it of a freind in a pub after a couple of pints! the second photo was taken a few years ago the other five photos where taken over the weekend enjoy! Also does anyone have any tips on fitting new head lining, my new head lining kit tipped up today from newton commercial and as fantastic as it looks i thought the instructions where a little light on information!
Nathan

Welcome to the forum Nathan and good luck with your restoration.
Headling? 1. Make sure you have plenty of time AND patience!!!!
Remove old lining carefully without ripping it if possible and note the colours at ends of the support rods (important)
Lay old on top of new and note the different lengths of cuts at each end of the rods and carefully cut new to same .(mine was badly damaged in a flash back and some of it shrivelled and I had a heck of a job working out how much to cut)
Start at the front using pegs, bulldog clips or clips like they use under the seats (these are the best )
Insert all the rods in right order and pop into the holes. put a few clips on as you go ,keeping the rods as upright as you can.
This is where patience comes in! tyr and have someone (or two) to help.
When you think you have it right, starting at front,trim linling so you have enough to glue it inand fix with clips.These can be taken out if you want when you put door and window rubbers on.
I have a few creases in mine in the rear corners but they are hardly noticable. you should be able to eliminate these creases with patience (which I didn't have trying to do it on my own and several attempts over three days!
I was unfortunate, I had someone with experience lined up to help but he went back to Ireland the week before I did it!


I hope you can work the above out but if you can get a couple of spare hands you should be ok.
Good luck!
Tony

Good luck with the rest of your restoration!

Tony, you said "I was unfortunate, I had someone with experience lined up to help but he went back to Ireland the week before I did it!"

Does your magical friend still live in Ireland? This is a leading question! I have a new headlining lined up and I need to find someone to help me fit it!

I'm sorry I don't have a contact number and I 've also lost his mates number in the uk

I will ask around to see if anyone has Rob's number (UK)

Thanks for the pics elf 67, car looks great, best wishes with the headlining
John (mac)

Thank you very much, due to the cold snap in the whether and a small amount of painting needing doing before I can fit my lovely new headlining, I haven’t got around to fitting it yet but as soon as I do I will be posting some pics! Does anyone know where the best place to pick up a couple of bulb holders from, that snap into your rear light cluster?????????????????????

send me a little im with yer name and address and i'll pop some in a jiffy bag in the post to you - i have some old spare lights in the garage i think

Hi Alastair,
Recived the bulb holders that you very kindly sent me! they are perfect exactly what I needed Sorry havent been in contact sooner! thankyou once again!
Nathan

my pleasure chum, glad they're ok

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Hi Guys,
Just a little update, i have been working quite intensely on my elf when work and family have allowed so any spare time has been spent on it and I have rather neglected to up date my progress sorry!
I have finished painting her now (appart from the lid) all the wiring is now complete and headlining fitted,windows and all new window channels and rubbers are fitted! window wippers, jets and nice new machined aluminium number plates are all now in there rightful positions.erm im sure there are lots of other bits been bolted on but my memory is rubbish !
ps, not really sure if I should have posted this here or in project section!
Thanks for taking a look!

You have been working hard, she's looking smashing!

What's left still to do and what are you working on now?

Keep up the good work!!

Nice one - looks good

Ok so fast forward two years,

It' now looks very much like it's going to be 2014 that Mac will be getting her MOT.Its all booked for next week and she's just about ready to go!

Sorry for not keeping you guys anything like up to date, but will take plenty of photos during the outing to the garage for her MOT to try to make up for this!

Nathan

Really struggling posting photos at the moment don't know If the hosting website has crashed!

I fixed the links for you. You were really close to having it. If you can get as far as cutting and pasting the links, like you did, you just need to add the image tags to the beginning and end, like so:

Now we just need to work on rotating those sideways piccys.   

Yes I was going to message you about that last night!    

Elf 67 wrote:Yes I was going to message you about that last night!    

I don't think Servimg has a way to rotate photo once they're uploaded. You'll have to rotate and re-save them before you upload, (or just remember not to hold your camera sideways when you take pictures.)