Practically Classics Forum

Plan is - as advised - to clean off the excess surface rust with a combination of wire wheels. and flap wheels to get down to as smooth a surface as possible then treat that surface so that anything remaining in the pitting is neutralised stopping me getting bubbles reforming any time soon after. Ob...

What, in the collective opinion, is the best product for treating surface rust these days? Other than media blasting... :) The last article I recall from Practical Classics recommended Dinitrol RC800 - is that stll a valid recommendation or are there now better options on the market?? Opinions/recom...

An easy way to test the gauge is to earth the sender wire. If the needle goes all the way to full then the sender is the problem. Ordinarily yes - in this case though the sender is on top of the fuel tank - which is just under the load bed. Minimal room for access so, as the gauge is not reading at...

Roll on the spring

jpsh120 wrote:Good luck with that one!

It's nice to see a long forgotten car get another lease of life, all too often these stories don't have a happy ending

Thanks For sure where the bottom of that A pillar is concerned I think I am going to need it.

Look like autumn/winter is setting in now - got soaked trying to work on the old girl on Saturday so she is now sitting in her bay with a 9x9 tent canvas draped over the cab to keep the rain off. Replacement window regulators are on order - Moggie Minor units which have the added plus that the handl...

After a days solid work - we managed to clear one side of the garage!! Fortunately I picked the side with the visible damage. unfortunately the damage from rust is more extensive than I remembered. http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d146/ArtistsRifles/Saab_Sport/20161002_124932_zpseutkg2uj.jpg http:/...

TerryG wrote:How many swear words did you use that day? I think i'd have used the door as a Frisbee!

Came pretty damned close a couple of times - but its taken 2 YEARS to get them delivered so....

Welcome to #4 in the fleet - and this ones actually NOT a green machine!! :D Way back in the 1990's I bought a 1963 Saab Sport as a non-runner for the bargain price of £00. Since then it has sat in my garage and it thing its time the old bus was finally put back on the road. :D Apart from a split in...

Life is seldom simple or so the saying goes, UAZ seem to have taken this to heart and almost made it a motto of the company! Started fitting the new doors the other day - the two drivers side doors were shipped more or less complete, only the screws holding the handles on appeared to be missing. So ...