Re: Austin A30 Seven
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 4:01 pm
So, this project continues to be slow going, mainly still due to motivating myself coupled to lots of unexpected bills on the modern (DMF, Clutch, Power steering pump, Steering rack ) causing a shortfall in my piggy bank.
But moving slowly is still better than not at all .. anyway,
I did get on with the drivers side wing, more of the same so I didn't bother with photos though it did require more work than the nearside wing. Once I had everything fitting something like I got some paint on the wings and invested in new beading and sidelight plinths, worth noting here that wing beading from Woolies is a fraction of the price of Ebay sellers.
So a pleasant day was spent fully bolting up the wings and fitting beading etc, the brown rusty looking areas behind the headlight holes is actually lashings of cavity wax. I also splashed out the last of my pennies on a new windscreen seal and got that back in.
I've also taken care of painting the inside / bonnet / boot areas, nothing fancy, just a brush job in these areas, I also took the opportunity to drill holes in the inner sill areas and spray masses of cavity wax inside the sills in the hope of better protecting all that work.
The boot needs sweeping out again and another coat to finish
Although I have no photos I've also cleaned and undersealed the underside at the back end and got the petrol tank back on, made a new fuel line running the length of the car from copper pipe to replace the rusty one that was half steel and half rubber hose repairs.
Further work.. I made up a rear section of exhaust to replace the non existent one, this though is just a temporary fix which will be replaced at a later date with a full new system once all the other wrinkles are ironed out.
Oh, and a while back I bought a carpet set, I've been a little under the weather this last few days so I've half fitted that that today along with the front passenger seat as I really couldn't face doing any of the dirty stuff. Pictures of that soon when I've fitted the rest.
Masses left to do, I'm going to order up a seal kit for the master cylinder in the next few days and then I can go over the brakes next.
But moving slowly is still better than not at all .. anyway,
I did get on with the drivers side wing, more of the same so I didn't bother with photos though it did require more work than the nearside wing. Once I had everything fitting something like I got some paint on the wings and invested in new beading and sidelight plinths, worth noting here that wing beading from Woolies is a fraction of the price of Ebay sellers.
So a pleasant day was spent fully bolting up the wings and fitting beading etc, the brown rusty looking areas behind the headlight holes is actually lashings of cavity wax. I also splashed out the last of my pennies on a new windscreen seal and got that back in.
I've also taken care of painting the inside / bonnet / boot areas, nothing fancy, just a brush job in these areas, I also took the opportunity to drill holes in the inner sill areas and spray masses of cavity wax inside the sills in the hope of better protecting all that work.
The boot needs sweeping out again and another coat to finish
Although I have no photos I've also cleaned and undersealed the underside at the back end and got the petrol tank back on, made a new fuel line running the length of the car from copper pipe to replace the rusty one that was half steel and half rubber hose repairs.
Further work.. I made up a rear section of exhaust to replace the non existent one, this though is just a temporary fix which will be replaced at a later date with a full new system once all the other wrinkles are ironed out.
Oh, and a while back I bought a carpet set, I've been a little under the weather this last few days so I've half fitted that that today along with the front passenger seat as I really couldn't face doing any of the dirty stuff. Pictures of that soon when I've fitted the rest.
Masses left to do, I'm going to order up a seal kit for the master cylinder in the next few days and then I can go over the brakes next.