Adams Probe 16 Restoration Project...

[Wayne 962]

FIXED! Thanks,

Wayne

[LWJ]

Tech note: If your engine is anything similar to the one in my 66 MGB (and it is) it will run best with NGK plugs. I think Champion were factory. Something I struggled with years back.

Super cool car. Thanks!

[Wayne 962]

Originally Posted by LWJ

Tech note: If your engine is anything similar to the one in my 66 MGB (and it is) it will run best with NGK plugs. I think Champion were factory. Something I struggled with years back.

Super cool car. Thanks!

Which NGK plugs? I do have some NOS Champion ones that I found for it...

-Wayne

[LWJ]

BP6es is supposed to be the ticket.

Don’t trust me, I sold my MG decades ago.

https://www.mgexp.com/forum/mgb-and-gt-forum.1/which-spark-plugs.1914187/

[HarryD]

Originally Posted by LWJ

BP6es is supposed to be the ticket.

Don’t trust me, I sold my MG decades ago.

https://www.mgexp.com/forum/mgb-and-gt-forum.1/which-spark-plugs.1914187/

BP6ES are NLA. You can get BPR6ES. It’s what I use in my 911.

[Wayne 962]

Ordered! Thx,

Wayne

[sc_rufctr]

[Wayne 962]

Success! After 40+ years of dormancy, the beast awakens! Drove it up and down the block. There's a long To Do list now, but it's getting much, much closer to being ready for Monterey!

-Wayne

[javadog]

Very cool! I didn’t remember that it hadn’t run in 40 years, that’s an awfully long time.

The forum seems to be having problems. The last couple days, the photos are not uploading properly. Well, they do upload, but they don’t show up.

[Wayne 962]

Photos:






-Wayne

[javadog]

I can’t get over how small that thing is. How does it compare to something like a 914 in size?

[Tobra]

I bet that thing would make a 917 look big

Miata looks like a school bus parked next to an old Spitfire

[Wayne 962]

I actually have some pretty small cars:

- 1960 BMW 700
- 1969 Alpine A110
- 1947 Zagato Testadoro 750

this Probe 16 is bigger than all of them. I'd actually recon its about the same size as the 914? Ironically, the tank (the 1958 Daimler Ferret) that we have is actually shorter than the 914 as well! Also, odd - the 962 is insanely wide, but not too much bigger than a 914 either.

Super excited that this thing got running today with no obvious issues. Small funny tidbit - I was driving it down the street, trying to figure out why the thing had no top-end power. Every time I shifted into gear and let the clutch out, it would fell like it was lugging and was a dog. "Must be the jetting" I said to myself. Duh! The car is so weird, that the shift pattern is backwards! I was in 4th gear trying to go down the street when I thought I was in first! *DOH*

-Wayne

[Wayne 962]

Here's the Zagato parked in the same position in the driveway for comparison...

-Wayne

[john70t]

Living breathing utilized automotive history museum on the street.

[Wayne 962]

Telegraph (UK) from 1969:

[Wayne 962]

I really like this photo for some reason.

-Wayne

[Wayne 962]

Check out this photo, our car, on display at the Petersen with another car on loan from George Lucas in the background!

-Wayne

[Wayne 962]

We had some very not-good suspension problems that I couldn't locate, no matter how hard I looked. Turns out the problem is buried under the front spoiler and appears to be a broken suspension piece. We'll get to it tonight.

Check out the diagnostic tool:



Check out this craziness on braking!









-Wayne

[javadog]

Wow…