17-12-2018, 11:50 PM
(16-12-2018, 06:38 PM)Parazine Wrote: Managed to get away from all the seasonal festivities for a few hours today and do some work on the car. Chassis is now in bits, you can really see the "wonk" on the N/S chassis member now!
I have received the side members and started mocking up the chassis to see where alterations must be made. It seems that, if the datum is taken from the rearmost rivets on the front casting, everything is in the correct place except the front most rivet holes that will have to be filled and re-drilled.
Here's the chassis looking much straighter. I spent most of the afternoon, straightening the front crossmember, which was all out of shape, with the ball heavily bent to the N/S. It's now about 98% better so should be OK.
Might get another afternoon this week, before the family arrives at the weekend...…….
With such an original car I would seriously look to repair the original rails or get another early short chassis. The engine mount washers are not right and you will have holes all over the place - plus the deeper rails will look wrong.
The original chassis looks to have had the later extensions added but set parallel instead of in line with the rails.
Please try and keep this lovely car 'original'.
Regarding the windscreen wiper - I would have thought a rubber blade insert would be correct - but if it looks original then it might be correct with felt.