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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383  
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Tidy. Wise money spent
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18th Jun 2015 7:43pm |
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| milesr3 Member Since: 12 Feb 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 873 
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Another before and after from seven months of elapsed time:
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19th Jun 2015 10:59am |
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| milesr3 Member Since: 12 Feb 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 873
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I finished all the wiring under the bonnet. Added a gallon of fuel and after some fiddling with the points it runs again!
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20th Jun 2015 2:00pm |
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| milesr3 Member Since: 12 Feb 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 873
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I wasn't completely happy with the harness around the voltage regulator and junction box, so rearranged it. Much tidier now!
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22nd Jun 2015 8:32pm |
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| milesr3 Member Since: 12 Feb 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 873
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Another significant milestone: it drives!
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24th Jun 2015 9:06pm |
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| ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127 
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Looking good, bet your well chuffed now!
Always a great milestone in a restoration. Not long to go now......  80" 80" 86" 88" 90"
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24th Jun 2015 9:20pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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Like a kid on Xmas day!!!
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24th Jun 2015 10:33pm |
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| Ellisboy Member Since: 13 Oct 2013 Location: Deep South Posts: 539 
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Looks amazing!
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25th Jun 2015 7:02am |
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| milesr3 Member Since: 12 Feb 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 873
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I admire your optimism! Shortly after the shakedown test yesterday a pin-hole appeared in one of the core plugs, producing a perfect jet of hot coolant 
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25th Jun 2015 6:20pm |
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| milesr3 Member Since: 12 Feb 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 873
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Turned a bit of a corner today in re-attaching the first of the Birmabright body panels, which are now the only things left on the garage floor. The last really grimy job was to clean, refill and replace the oil bath air cleaner:
[URL=] Click image to enlarge[/URL] Very little paint left on it! [URL=] Click image to enlarge[/URL] The flat front apron back on after a polish: [URL=] Click image to enlarge[/URL] And a wipe over the unpainted alloy surface underneath with ACF-50: [URL=] Click image to enlarge[/URL] Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated |
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27th Jun 2015 8:16pm |
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| milesr3 Member Since: 12 Feb 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 873
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Front bumper back on after a little (but not too much) straightening:
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29th Jun 2015 5:15pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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It's nice that you're keeping some of the patina.
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29th Jun 2015 5:48pm |
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| milesr3 Member Since: 12 Feb 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 873
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Everything from now on has more patina than you can shake a stick at! All the shiny bits will soon be out of sight and it's going to end up looking a lot like it did before I started.
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29th Jun 2015 5:54pm |
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| milesr3 Member Since: 12 Feb 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 873
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I finished off a few small, but time consuming jobs; the plumbing to the Smiths heater and fixing some 7/8" and 5/8" bonnet tape to the radiator panel and edges of the apron respectively with bifurcated brass rivets:
[URL=] Click image to enlarge[/URL] Got as far as manoeuvring the rear tub out of the garage. It is nice and straight with just a little surface corrosion on the spars, but the rear corners will need work. The nearside is not too bad, having been bent / straightened out and reinforced. The offside will need a repair panel fabricating as the Birmabright has torn and there is a lot of filler in where it has been patched. [URL=] Click image to enlarge[/URL] Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated |
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6th Jul 2015 7:41am |
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