My very last restoration!!!

[newsatten]

Haha
24 like every one else! Lol
However I’m 69 so time is very precious and any spare hour is on the car,
Had to do some shuffling around today as I wanted to fit my subframe,
It’s a big heavy lump and I’m single handed so some creativity is definitely needed!

Reasonable pleased with the fit, just a quick centre and the level was pretty close , may need to shim but require much better fitting alignment pins
Which I’ll have to make I guess ?

[mygasser]

it's getting better every time i look in
will you waxoil or similar inside the subframe, sills etc once all the painting's done?
neil.

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Absolutely!
Everywhere I can stick the probe!
Old school but it bloody works,
The spinning tip thingy works very well providing one gets the waxoly nice a warm ,

But obviously at this stage everything is done oil and grease free, so getting things like door hinges the side about it a challenge!

I’m currently still buying stuff, my exhaust is inbound from summit,
Radiator is my next order but I’m very unsure which way to go?
Start traditional copper/brass etc, or go Aluminium
These old dogs can and do run hot so maybe electric fans etc
But Hav’nt decided yet !
Any opinions from you guys would be appreciated!

[mygasser]

an ally rad can be 'stealth' if painted satin black. also it's hard to beat a stock style mechanical clutch fan with a decent/original cowling.
neil.

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Yes this is my feeling, keep it simple etc, however my car being a 70’ has no clutch on the fan , old school direct drive,
In to a full shroud ,
I could get my one recored I guess but there’s seemingly no one local anywhere,

Ironically my wife’s first husband ran East Kent Rads !

[mygasser]

is there a clutch fan from another year that'll fit the '70. it only bolts to the water pump same as a solid fan so.....
neil.

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No court yesterday so I cracked on and got the rear underside in paint,
I’ll be able to lift the axle and cart springs into place next week.

[Matt74]

I've just caught up on this thread and have to agree with MattH.
You're getting loads done and to a very high standard as well.
Most impressive!

[newsatten]

Haha , thank you , kind words it’s tough going at this time
Seems as I get older my garage gets even smaller!
Even these slightly smaller mid size cars are still a lump,
This is the one thing that causes me the most grief, the shear weight of the bits etc,
Still I’ll crack on as long as I can, it’s never been the intention to build a showboater , rust free as it’s humanly possible, strong and structurally sound as possible,
And mechanical as above,
Not to bothered if the gaps are not utterly perfect,
Clean , straight and a reasonable coat of finish colour and straight decals, which I will farm out as I will get bumps if I try to do them !
The cars my last hurrah and going to get used !

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My Pypes Stainless 3” exhaust was delivered today,
Looks quite nice quality, however i was a little disappointed to see even these components are made PRC !
Obviously the yanks like us make F—kal now

[Blue]

My parts guy told me a surprising amount of parts are made in the States these days, not what I expected to hear. The quality however is still as bad as we’ve become used to….

[newsatten]

Well that’s interesting!
Looking back at my never ending summit invoices my parts are very global!

I flatted the epoxy and 2k primed the Hood today
As per made in Taiwan but it’s actually not to bad,
No idea at this point whether it fits ok !
Time will tell

[rocket70]

These guys have a pretty good rep on the bbody forums i frequent and wont break the bank balance too much either.

https://www.autocityclassic.com/radiators/