Wow, coming together! A piece of art! Everything fixed or rebuilt and kept looking original’ish with a neat patina. We’re 95% done. Will have it at the Ford show at Claudlands in Hamilton tomorrow… Check out the tidy new wiring! You could eat off that engine!
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I spent the day with Roger today, we made some progress… The rear dif is now cleaned, lubed and sealed and we’ve started running the new loom…
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Hey Roger, I think we mucked it up mate. The wheels are supposed to be below the body. Told ya we should have read the instructions!
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Had a great day in the workshop today, getting the frontend sorted. I finished up the patina and clearcote. Pete Dobbs turned up and between us we sanded the front grille. Then we attacked the windows and got the front and rear glass in! The tint looks great! Dean also turned up later and helped…
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Great day in Rogers workshop painting firewall, engine bay, more chassis cleaning, new floor pan hand fabricated, loom stripped out! New loom next week! Check out the tidyness of the F1’s backend! Firewall all tidied up and looking awesome! We had a new floorpan fabricated. All welded in and looking great! Nice…
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Quick update on the ’51. Starting to come back together and patina looking great! Kingpins and suspension sorted. New rims and tyres on! Next mission is wiring and doors…
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Today I focused on sanding and clear coating the rear tray to bring out the worlds coolest patina. As I said to Roger “It takes a truckload of effort to make it look this old!”. We also sanded and clear coated the side steps. Peter Dobbs came over and helped with some grinding, sanding and…
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Another solid day in my new mate Roger’s workshop on the F1. Fingers crossed hoping to get it into Vinning and WOF end of this next week. Today it was degreasing and water blasting chassis. Got it clean as a whistle and then sprayed clear over it. Also the brakes are nearly done. We took…
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So I met this great fella Roger on Neighbourly when I posted looking for a casual mechanic to help out with our little F1 project. Lives just around the road and is an awesome mechanic with a hoist. he’s going to help me get this old girl on the road in pretty fast time. The…
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