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Rick Site Admin
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fordf350camper
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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This is a lovely little car Rick. |
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peter scott
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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Rick wrote: | they wouldn't take to bolts being wound into them. I came up with a workaround, and it seems to be holding ok
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Looks a great little car. I guess you are well aware of the metric threads with imperial heads used in Morris engines.
Peter _________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
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Rick Site Admin
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4765 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
Shouldn't you have been holding the knurled part of the Rad Cap when you screwed it in, rather than the thermometer? _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
V8 V10 |
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Rick Site Admin
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Penman
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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_________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
V8 V10 |
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Rick Site Admin
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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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Since the last update I've done a fair bit of dismantling on the Minor. The wings all need some repair work, and a re-paint, so it seemed like a good plan to remove them all. The chassis can also be cleaned up while they're off.
Digging around at the rear highlighted some bad woodworm in the rear inner arches. Handily they're only flat ply, cut to shape and screwed in, so I've made a start on re-making them from sheets of marine ply. So far I've only dismantled the driver's side, once that's back together it'll be the turn of the passenger side. Fortunately the ash frame seems to be fine...
The steel "sills" (ie the longitudinal panels beneath both doors) will also need replacing. They're simply tacked in place with panel pins, and the ash beneath them appears ok, so hopefully won't be too tricky or time-consuming to sort out. A small section will also need letting in at the bottom of the scuttle on each side, where the tin folds under the frame.
More as it happens
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pigtin
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1879 Location: Herne Bay
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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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Nice to see it coming along so well Rick. Just got my 10/4 back on the road and have also a couple of small metalwork repairs to do. Trying to work out how to weld it without setting fire to the wood behind. _________________ Due to the onset of my mid eighties I'm no longer sprightly and rarely seen in my Austin special. I have written a book though. https://amzn.eu/d/7rwRRqL |
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Rick Site Admin
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Rick Site Admin
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Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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Just a few more quick photos, as you can see, the inner rear arches had suffered a little
Both replacements now fitted
Next thing to replace are the "sills", which are really just flat steel sections beneath the doors, attached to the ash frame underneath with panel pins. The old ones have rotted out along the return under the car each side. Fortunately they came off without damaging anything, so next is to create some replacements and fit them.
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8_10 Brass Cleaner
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pigtin wrote: | Great little car Rick. Wouldn't try anything too ambitious on those motorcycle tyres though. |
What a fab car Rick. You should get it on the road. |
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Rick Site Admin
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8_10 Brass Cleaner wrote: | pigtin wrote: | Great little car Rick. Wouldn't try anything too ambitious on those motorcycle tyres though. |
What a fab car Rick. You should get it on the road. |
Once I've got a couple of others something like right, then yes I'd like to re-visit it. The 34 Minor saloon I used to amble about in drove really well, so this should be similar, maybe even a little nippier.
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Rick Site Admin
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A fiddly but rewarding little job this evening, attending to the driver's door catch assembly.
It has never worked very well and the door only latched shut with a hefty shove, which was never a good feeling. I removed the catch assembly and it seemed that the spring inside the unit had broken, leaving the catch floating around in its horizontal housing, rather than operating against the spring. It would appear that someone has had it apart in the past, there's plenty of evidence of brazing/soldering at one end where it had been cut open then re-closed.
I had a vague recollection of a similar catch assembly in a box of old handles and similar door furniture, and fortunately my memory hadn't been playing tricks. I think it possibly came with the Austin 7 special I had years back. It was seized up but soon freed off, and has the benefit of an external spring so can always be replaced if needs be. 3 of the 4 mounting holes were in the correct position so it didn't take long to fit the replacement catch assembly. The door now closes much better. The chrome cover that fitted over the original doesn't quite go on over this replacement, but I can live without a cover for now.
Time was also spent recently fettling the engine after many years sat idle, more on that soon.
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