Clock restoration

Well restoration is a bit of a strong term… the clock that came with the car is a Jaeger 8 day wind up timepiece. Except in my case it wound up but didn’t run, had no hands and was generally fairly battered. Jaeger gauges seem to cost a premium which is a bit silly really

Fixing the Radiator

You will remember the nasty hole in the bottom of the radiator where PO (Previous Owner) had bodged fixing a mild steel pipe into the hole with a ton of lead. Thats not how I do things – my bodges are more elegant 🙂 So this is what I started with: This is my plan…

Carburettor rebuild – part 1

My vintage racing carburettors are a pair of 1 & 3/8″ SUs. Nice simple carbs that are easy to rebuild and tune and are a period fitting (note there is no facility for an air cleaner!). The problem is that the set i bought had a few parts missing and were pretty tired. So the rebuild

Chassis rail repaired

Chassis repair The chassis is in pretty good condition and the only age related damage I can find was a small (50mm) corroded hole near the passenger back wheel Nothing particularly drastic although a little fiddly to repair as you need to ‘let-in’ the metal rather than simply patch over the hole. The chassis is

I’ll just cure that drip…

The radiator held water but the bottom hose dripped slightly and under closer scrutiny I discover the previous owner had poured about a pound of molten lead all around the hose connector in an attempt to cure said drip. Thats not how I do things so I removed the lead to see what the problem

Manifold porting for performance

Right so… the inlet manifold now bolts to the head *BUT* the ports on the manifold are smaller than the matching ports on the cylinder head which is bad for gas flow, which is bad for performance. So I need to machine out the manifold until the exit port is the same size as the