Mike Wood
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| posted on 19/5/21 at 07:37 PM |
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Any update on this interesting project please?
Cheers
Mike
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SteveWallace
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| posted on 20/5/21 at 11:52 AM |
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Thanks for the prompt. Sorry, I'm not great at doing updates. This project is a slow burn as I have a lot of other stuff to do. The following
are some photos that I already had in reduced in size to post here. I'll do some more when I have a moment as I've just finished
rebuilding the engine
 
Making quarter panels
I had to make new quarter panels by clamping sheet metal against the wood frame and bending to shape. Needed a lot more clamps than shown here
 
quarter panel
Happy with the finished result
 
primer tub
Part of the scuttle top was rotten so I had to make and weld new bits in place on both sides
 
welded scuttle top
Trial fit of rear wing to new body tub. Took ages to get it to fit this well. There is a strip of beading to go between the two to hide any minor
deviation
 
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Finally for now, I've made new seat bases
 
new seat base
"I know every nut and bolt and cog in that car, I built it myself" - The Prisoner, 1967
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SteveWallace
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| posted on 20/5/21 at 11:59 AM |
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Just a couple more.
Firstly, more on making the new seat bases
 
making seat base
Then: The original steering wheel was rusty and the original coating had mostly flaked off.
 
steering wheel before
After a clean up and minor repairs, I had it powder coated for £30. It looks as good as new and at a considerable saving over buying a reproduction
one at a cost of ca £500.
 
steering wheel after
"I know every nut and bolt and cog in that car, I built it myself" - The Prisoner, 1967
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perksy
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| posted on 20/5/21 at 10:17 PM |
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This will be lovely when its all done 
Thanks for the update
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 21/5/21 at 12:21 PM |
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your getting on well with that  good work
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SteveWallace
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| posted on 17/8/21 at 04:35 PM |
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Just another quick update. I've just noticed when I started this thread. It's taken me seven years to get to this point.
I've been working on the rear wings. This was more challenging than I thought that it would be as I discovered that I didn't have a
matched pair (they changed profile over the years). I ended up having to cut and reshape one, but now they look the same to me and end the same
distance off the ground. They are now in 2k epoxy primer until I'm ready to do the full paint job.
 
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"I know every nut and bolt and cog in that car, I built it myself" - The Prisoner, 1967
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SteveWallace
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| posted on 17/8/21 at 04:41 PM |
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I've also rebuilt the engine. I had to get the bores rebored to oversized and also the crank reground. New valves in the head as well.
Engine on bench ready to strip down
 
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Bare block ready for rebuild
 
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Test fit of reground crank with new shells
 
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New valves
 
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Rebuilt engine in car (still needs the carbs)
 
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"I know every nut and bolt and cog in that car, I built it myself" - The Prisoner, 1967
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SteveWallace
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| posted on 17/8/21 at 04:44 PM |
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Finally for now. I'm making a new dashboard. Two layers of plywood covered with the modern equivalent of rexine and chrome edging. I'm
working on the centre console at the moment
 
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"I know every nut and bolt and cog in that car, I built it myself" - The Prisoner, 1967
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 18/8/21 at 06:41 AM |
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Your getting on well labour of love that one. You can really see how much the water passages have been eaten away  probably many decades of just
water being used, hopefully the block is not so bad inside. I'm surprised how modern the combustion chambers look, although the crank is quite
the opposite  Are those hardened valve seats?
[Edited on 18/8/21 by Mr Whippy]
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Mike Wood
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| posted on 12/2/22 at 05:29 PM |
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Hi
Any update on the restoration/running car please?
Cheers
Mike
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SteveWallace
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| posted on 23/2/22 at 08:36 AM |
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Not much progress made since my last update I'm afraid. This is only a summer project for me as I have too many other things to do during the
rest of the year working as a volunteer at an observatory delivering outreach and running a project for them to convert a Victorian underground
reservoir into a planetarium - I can post more on that if anyone's interested, but it's obviously well off topic for this forum.
There are a good few bits ready to come together though, so hopefully the MG will look a lot more like a car at the end of this summer.
"I know every nut and bolt and cog in that car, I built it myself" - The Prisoner, 1967
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 23/2/22 at 09:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by SteveWallace
working as a volunteer at an observatory delivering outreach and running a project for them to convert a Victorian underground reservoir into a
planetarium - I can post more on that if anyone's interested, but it's obviously well off topic for this forum.
wow that does sound interesting, wish there was something like that near me.
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HowardB
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| posted on 24/2/22 at 07:48 AM |
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please share more about the planetarium - Nottingham is not far and I would be interested to hear about it - perhaps a new thread?
Howard
Fisher Fury was 2000 Zetec - now a 1600 (it Lives again and goes zoom)
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SteveWallace
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| posted on 27/2/22 at 05:09 PM |
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Ok, I'll start another thread in the 'non-car chat' section
"I know every nut and bolt and cog in that car, I built it myself" - The Prisoner, 1967
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