Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[Miken]

A friend rang me up on Friday to say he'd been given 2 tickets for the Goodwood revival. Ive always wanted to go but couldnt justify the 80somethig quid for admission.
I misunderstood some of the instructions from the car park attendants (ok I ignored and possibly told a couple of fibs) and we ended up in the old car parking area.
A good day out. A bit noisy, Im not used to classic maotr racing.




This was funny

[Miken]

After 4 years of ownership and being unable to find a correct bench seat for the truck I decided to have the non original one recovered. It was dropping to bits. Looks a bit smarter now in leather.
And also more comfortable with new foam.

[Keith D]

Very nice!

Keith
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1926 Chrysler 60 tourer
1932 Austin Seven RN long wheelbase box sedan
1950 Austin A40 tourer
1999 BMW Z3
Its weird being the same age as old people.
You are either part of the problem or part of the solution

[alastairq]

Indeed, very nice..
I'm sure there's nobody still around who will recall exactly what an original bench seat would look like?

At least you haven't gone for headrests... [/i]
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Dellow Mk2, 1951 built, reg 1952.
Fiat 126 BIS
Cannon special [1996 registered. Built in 1950's]
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Ford Pop chassis, Ashley 1172 bodyshell, in pieces.

[Ray White]

THat looks like it's been well done!

Very nice.

[Bitumen Boy]

Looking good, for an awful moment I thought you'd decided to sell up

[Miken]

[alastairq]

[Ray White]

[Rootes75]

The seat looks very good, a good trimming.
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Various Rootes Vehicles.

[Miken]

My hobby is model engineering. I build lots of different things but locomotives like this are the heaviest. The problem is transporting them when I want to run one. I have been using a 2 wheel trailer which bumps the loco about all over the place, so over the last couple of weeks Ive been doing some alterations to my truck so I can get the largest one in the back. It would be a 4 man lift otherwise.


First I needed a location for the ramp.




Then I made the ramp



There isnt much room left in the back of the truck so I had to mount the 12v winch under the load bed and fabricate a pulley for the cable.

[Miken]

[Standard56]

That is is a neat little pickup or ute as we say ! The locos are looking excellent .

A friend of mine had a Austin A40 ute back in the 1970s - the car had a custom made pickup body , a box like affair, but it was a very practical vehicle. I can attest to how strong these cars are because Andy drove the A40 from Melbourne to Perth, across the Nullabor Plain, this was when when the road was rough gravel.

Andy was a clever backyard engineer and he made up a Austin A40 4X4 ute using WW2 Jeep components. He used A40 axle housing centres and grafted on the Willys axle end housings . The first prototype was tested out on a farm and it ran for a long time without much drama. The Second A40 4X4 was to be set up for road use but he never did get it finished.

[bjacko]

From what I have seen here they usually have a ramp with rails up to the right level, and push or drive the train onto a trailer or ute. Removing is the reverse down the ramped rails to the ground level. At home they usually keep them on a bench with rails on it and push or drive them off.
Of course the trains are strapped down firmly in the trailer or ute or van.
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1938 Morris 8 Ser II Coupe Utility (Pickup)
1985 Rover SD1 VDP

[Ray White]

They say necessity is the mother of invention. You have made a nice job of that, Mike.

It must have taken quite a bit of time working out exactly how you wanted it... then making it would have been the easiest bit!