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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22438 Location: UK

Lately I've been mulling over how best to preserve the Anglia's 70yr-old paint, in this video I make a start on improving the overall look and consistency of finish across its paintwork, talk about the benefits (and risks) of using boiled linseed oil on the paint, and ramble on about a discovery of many Holts etc motor products in the back of a van found in a Yorkshire scrapyard that date to the same year as the Ford, 1952.
https://youtu.be/CSEHGyAT3z4

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Vulgalour · Joined: 08 May 2018 Posts: 474 Location: Kent

It's a tricky balance to strike. As soon as you do anything you can't readily undo it. I think you got it about right on this one, the colour really helps because it doesn't look ultra glossy even when it is, so you can hold back on the polishing a bit to give a nicer more uniform finish all over the car.

Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22438 Location: UK

As the previous vid mentions, the starter motor refused to kick into life when I tried starting it a couple of days prior to Drive It Day. In the end it just proved to be burnt contacts in the switch, so quite an easy fix. Today's upload to YT covers the process, fortunately there's always the handle to fall back on but I really wanted the motor to work.
https://youtu.be/pSWFm39cbc0

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Penman · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4755 Location: Swindon, Wilts.

Did any of our readers ever have a Mini with the Oselli Engineering starter handle conversion?
If so was it a successful idea which had many uses but fell out of favour for transverse engines because batteries became more reliable?

Is ithis the same company?
http://www.oselli.com/about
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MVPeters · Joined: 28 Aug 2008 Posts: 822 Location: Northern MA, USA

Penman
Sorry, no starter handle, but I do have an 'Oselli Tuned' tag on thin aluminium if it is of relevance to you.
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Penman · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4755 Location: Swindon, Wilts.

Rick's starter problem reminded me of the tales I had heard of starting handle for Minis.
I was never sure whether it was an urban myth or not, so I started googling for it and came up with references to it including pictures and that website which does appear to be the same company.
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MVPeters · Joined: 28 Aug 2008 Posts: 822 Location: Northern MA, USA

It certainly existed, though I don't recall if Oselli was involved - more likely Speedwell? Oselli was more known for quality performance parts.
I think you had to either turn the wheel to full lock or maybe even remove it, in order to insert the handle. A similar trick was to jack up one wheel on full lock, put the car in gear & rotate the wheel with your foot while setting tappets etc..
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Penman · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4755 Location: Swindon, Wilts.

This is what got me started on the Oselli conection.

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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22438 Location: UK

As the weather was so nice yesterday evening, we decided to take the Anglia out for an evening amble. Prior to heading out, a couple of tasks were undertaken - re-torque the cylinder head nuts, and also fit extra clips inside the fog lamp as the lens had a tendency to rotate after a drive, which looked a little odd.

Heading back to base I had another close(ish) call with another muppet driving a modern.

On a straight wide(ish) section of country road, I slowed from 35mph to about 20mph to let two cars behind pass by, I waved them through. The first went by as normal, the second (a Honda hatchback driven by a gent of advancing years) dawdled past, then began to brake before he'd even fully passed us, and proceeded to swerve left into a driveway.

Fortunately the Anglia's brakes work well and I wasn't going quickly.

Maybe he thought I was fully slowing down to a stop (I wasn't) but even so, why bother overtaking if he knew he was turning off just a few more yards down the road!?!

The driveway entrance didn't have a house name sign or anything so it's not as if he was looking for a particular address, spotted it at the last second and made a lunge, so he knew where he was going.

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Ray White · Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6304 Location: Derby

I wonder if drivers today are less used to overtaking a car of any kind; old or new. We all encounter cyclists travelling relatively slowly but slow moving cars are probably not encountered as often as they once were.

Then again, the doddery old fart may have just remembered where he lived and everything else went out of his tiny mind.

Whatever the case, I am glad your brakes work as they should; if it had been my Swallow I expect the outcome would have been different. Shocked

alastairq · Joined: 14 Oct 2016 Posts: 1950 Location: East Yorkshire

Possibly too busy listening to his SatNag?

Methinks a pure ''misunderstanding'' going on?
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Penman · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4755 Location: Swindon, Wilts.

You did mention slow speed so:-
There is a possibility that if you had hit him on the A or B post he could have a write off and you would have a dented bumper, need a new No plate and have some scratches round the top of the radiator grill.
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Ray White · Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6304 Location: Derby

garyjpaterson · Joined: 05 Jul 2016 Posts: 30 Location: Aberdeenshire

Hi folks, its been almost exactly 2 years since i last posted about my Anglia - and I see the thread has been continuing along with Rick's (now sadly departed) one, so that's been nice to see.
I said I'd keep you all updated, but that's not been the case. I'll explain what happened:

On the first fire up with a working fuel pump, it immediately made a really awful noise, so I shut it down, fearing the worst. I more or less forgot about it and did other things until recently.

I figured out it was a problem with the starter motor. Not sure what caused it, but the thread on the shaft had a big chunk missing, and a crack. As a result the pinion gear was stuck extended, so always engaged with the flywheel. That was the noise I was hearing.

Anyway after sending it off for a refurbed unit, I've finally got it running, and it drove for probably the first time in more than 25 years.
Ran very smoky for a while, though it did get better with use, hoping the rings are just getting unstuck. Jumps out of 2nd gear, but otherwise drives about how I would expect (I have no experience driving anything older than late 80s though!)

Only used it on private roads, no salt thankfully. Really good fun