30-04-2020, 11:00 PM
More lockdown work.....
Well, the floorpan is finished, apart from paint, that’s all the work that was needed on the body shell.
Back to the chassis, drag link rebuilt with ’36 onwards ends so that they can be greased. Also took the opportunity to build another draglink with greaseable ends for the Chummy.
Got the steering box down from the attic. I hadn’t noticed when I stripped the car down but the steering box is riddled with cracks and…..
….the bodger has been here!
The cracks probably came from the accident but the Chummy steering box casting was also cracked 10 years ago when I rebuilt that car. Are these early steering box castings particularly vulnerable?? I didn’t have a spare vintage one at that time so I rebuilt the innards and column into a Box saloon type casting. I think that the angle is slightly different, it was a struggle to fit the box into the Chummy but I wangled it in eventually.
This time, I have a spare vintage box that I was going to rebuild for the Chummy, so that will be tomorrows job, finding it and seeing if it’s any good….
Well, the floorpan is finished, apart from paint, that’s all the work that was needed on the body shell.
Back to the chassis, drag link rebuilt with ’36 onwards ends so that they can be greased. Also took the opportunity to build another draglink with greaseable ends for the Chummy.
Got the steering box down from the attic. I hadn’t noticed when I stripped the car down but the steering box is riddled with cracks and…..
….the bodger has been here!
The cracks probably came from the accident but the Chummy steering box casting was also cracked 10 years ago when I rebuilt that car. Are these early steering box castings particularly vulnerable?? I didn’t have a spare vintage one at that time so I rebuilt the innards and column into a Box saloon type casting. I think that the angle is slightly different, it was a struggle to fit the box into the Chummy but I wangled it in eventually.
This time, I have a spare vintage box that I was going to rebuild for the Chummy, so that will be tomorrows job, finding it and seeing if it’s any good….