Winter Work ..... Please click to open
The Wolseley Hornet engine is now ready for fitting, but we have been doing a few little detail jobs:
We had expected to have a new propshaft, and on inspection this is indeed the case. Considering the power and expected use of this car, we will not be using this original item. The wear is considerable, but it would be salvageable for a more mundane Hornet with a little less sting in it's tail!
Coolant Catch Tank bracket and strap fabrication and mounting to the side of the engine.
Here we attempted to modify for a modern oil filter cartridge. Unfortunately the various small, 'off the shelf', filter elements are too big for the original housing. The original cast aluminium housing has quite small internal dimensions, even cutting the filter down would give too great a restriction. In the absence of an original gauze, we reverted to making a nylon frame and modern gauze. The club supply a modern conversion, but this is more suited to the engines with an MG style filter. This may be the way to go in the future but we will have to make new pipes and brackets to mount such a unit.
We now have two older projects back in progress. A mid '30s Triumph Gloria Vitesse which came to us as an unfinished, but very well mechanically restored car. The second is a Turner 950s from about 1959. This car arrived in a poor and incomplete condition from the USA. Over the previous period we have most of the chassis repair work complete and we now have some brackets and fittings to make. The suspension has generally been completed on the bench. Here we are finishing the hubs and some steering items before refitting to the car. You will see the backplates drilled for competition work in the US, we will probably convert to disc brakes at some point, however we will use the original items initially so that we can have a rolling chassis fairly soon. In many ways it is nice to retain some of the original items with their historical modifications that tell a story.
The body and tub are being rebuilt and hopefully we will coincide with a rolling chassis ready to place the body straight on.
Turner 950s
Turner Preparation
Triumph Gloria Vitesse
New interior capping fitting up and sunroof preparation.
Finally, here is a glimpse of a smaller task that we are looking at at the moment.
Full details will be given later, subject to the owners go-ahead...
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