What I did was to slowly and gently slip engine and gearbox back in. As Wellington said, but probably not about an Austin, a damn close run thing. All who read this will be aware of how little clearance there is, but it does actually fit. A posher pal of mine has a very big and very well engineered car somewhat older than a Ruby. He is grateful for the build quality and reliability, as the body was built onto a running chassis. There seems to have been no plans for ever taking the engine out once the body had been built over the engine and gearbox.
(20-12-2018, 10:43 PM)Steve kay Wrote: What I did was to slowly and gently slip engine and gearbox back in. As Wellington said, but probably not about an Austin, a damn close run thing. All who read this will be aware of how little clearance there is, but it does actually fit. A posher pal of mine has a very big and very well engineered car somewhat older than a Ruby. He is grateful for the build quality and reliability, as the body was built onto a running chassis. There seems to have been no plans for ever taking the engine out once the body had been built over the engine and gearbox.Good lord, just noticed the first few words of Mike Costigan's contribution above; " I try to take mine out every week!" Surely he can't mean the engine.