2021 project

[exeterjeep]

13 hours ago, exeterjeep said:

wife's first car was a 12/50 2 tone blue

I do remember changing the sills, they were just bolt on, than a bit of spray paint. The thing I recall is some pain when kneeling on my parents gravel drive doing it.

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

Thanks for the explanation about construction. That must have been what he did then.

My point about the MOT back then reminded me of my first car. It was a well preserved 12 year old 21,000 mile Hillman Imp. I remember taking it for its MOT and watched in horror as the tester started whacking the sills with a screwdriver handle. Sure enough he punched a screwdriver handle size hole in one of them, where it was clearly rusting from the inside out. I was furious and demanded that I take the car away there and then. I didn’t pay and didn’t even give him the pleasure of issuing a Fail.

When I got home, I got my Dad’s well-used tub of Isopon P38 filler and did the necessary. A quick blast of paint from a rattle can and it was good to go for an MOT at a more friendly test station, where it passed without comment.

I did get new sills and wheel arches welded on subsequently though, so it was good for a few more years. In fact I’ve just checked the DVLA website and it’s still around albeit on SORN since 2017.

[Barrykearley]

i have an issue which has been inherited from the PO. The clutch is without question not fully engaging as selecting 1st or reverse you are met with a grinding. Driving out is fine.

hydraulics bled - all new - movement at slave is good. Clutch is new and the gearbox looks fully rebuilt. No excessive play in the pedal linkages. The hydraulics simply run out of travel.
 

The control arm into the gearbox flops around a lot - there’s just too much travel before the bearing mates with the seat on the pressure plate. I’ve pulled the gearbox out this morning -looking at rimmers is supposed to be a GRB206. The bearing I have is 16mm there abouts. So I need to make some enquiries 

 

[Barrykearley]

So I’ve shimmed the bearing off the carrier by 3mm and shimmed the pivot bush out a couple of mm. Travel now looks like it should be good. 
Me thinks I’ll just rip off the brand new clucth just to have a looksee. Glad I did - missing the pilot spigot bush out the end of the crankshaft 🙄. The garage professional that did this car needs a firm kick in the plums.

 

job stopped again pending parts.

[Barrykearley]

All back together tonight - shimmed bearing - shimmed pivot bush - missing spigot bearing fitted

I now have a usable clutch 👍

[Barrykearley]

So there’s some grot in the bottom of both doors - the paints also very dull, worn through in places and showing a key down the side mark on both sides. Nobby is on standby for a paint job on her now.

Today was hit the doors with the flap disc on the grinder day to see how bad they are. Very heavily applied with filler - which always seems to bubble far worse than it actually is. An hour or so of grinding and dust making and I can now see the task to be tackled.

sections will be cut out and new metal grafted in. Then it’s drill out a load of rivets to remove all the chrome work. 
The driver side 1/4 light window was fouling badly on the windscreen bulkhead section when shutting the door. It was as simple as loosen all the mountain bolts and reshim the 1/4 light window away from the front screen.

Looks like I’ve found myself some evenings in the garage to prep her up.

[Black Forest Power]

Do it right or scrap it!

( … or you do it again sooner than later  properly as I did ☹️)

 

[march]

I hope you used the correct period newspapers (Page 3 Sun to be truly accurate) behind all that Isopon. Authenticity is everything

[Barrykearley]

Felt somewhat nervous driving her down to Nobbys farm this afternoon - no trim, windscreen, lights, boot lid etc all rubbed down ready for a lick of primer. She’s now tucked up in the spray booth awaiting some action later in the week.

[Barrykearley]

A couple of hours pulling doors off this morning. Now have some high build isolation primer on the bolt on bits

[Barrykearley]

Today was a busy day. Started off with high build on the body - followed by a trip to the cafe.

 

returned from the cafe - had a monster dry flatting session - and on went the top coat.

doors and other bolt on bits dry flatted ready for paint tomorrow.

[Barrykearley]

Down the farm first thing push the car out and whack the doors, boot and valance in the booth

car does look nice in the cold light of day

nobby came up and splashed some green around on the doors etc for me.

now back home - and I’ve ordered lots of fixings, rubbers, trims etc to allow for some reassembly later in the week and I can bring her back home.

[Barrykearley]

Slowly going back together. It’ll slow down now since my buddy Nobby tested positive for covid today - and since I’ve been fettling on this with him for days i need to keep clear of others for a while.

[910Esprit]

Is that Mallard Green?    Looks about the same as my last TR6.   Shut lines look great for the Herald/Vitesse platform!

[Barrykearley]

It’s actually conifer green - blame the crappy camera, lighting and user.

just been upto the farm and driven her back home. As predicted as soon as I was 10ft out the garage the rain started.

 

shes now tucked up at home and dried off

a few nights of fettling and adding things like lights etc.

[Colin P]

This ones getting a lot more work than the spitfires. Is this one a keeper?

[Barrykearley]

I regretted selling the last one of these I had - in 2016 iirc - I had to get rid to fund my first esprit purchase.  Life’s changed a lot for me since then. This one is being done to be a keeper -  who knows if she will remain long term since I’ve another change in life looming - but the intention is this and the esprit will remain as my classics.

[Colin P]

Don't blame you.... however if you change your mind gimme a shout.

[Barrykearley]

So 2023 is off to a flying start. Danny’s flipped car no3 today and he’s buzzing.

yesterday - I’ve done a deal on another spitfire that I’ll collect from long term storage on the weekend 😁

[pete]

Didn't know you could fly😁

[Barrykearley]

Spitfire is sat on the patio - awaiting a carb link so I can get her running. I’ve whacked it up for sale quickly as I’ve just agreed on another project which I think will be another forever car to join the lemon.

[Escape]

I'm a bit jealous of your and Danny's ability to flip cars so quickly... I have a few I want gone (the Merc SLC especially) and others (like the TVR) I just don't get round to...

But parts for the Elan should be delivered today so I'm gonna make a push to get that one running by the weekend. After I get the Freelander for a customer finished...

Can't wait to see your next project!

Filip

[Barrykearley]

I have a feeling @Escape some may approve - others may not 🤣

[cweeden]

Is it German or Italian by any chance? 

[Escape]

I can think of at least two British he would like.

Cars, I'm talking cars! 😉