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'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup

biturbo228 Posted a lot Posts: 1,868	'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup biturbo228 @biturbo228
	May 19, 2021 10:27:23 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	May 17, 2021 14:06:40 GMT xbo11ox said: Those spot welds along the bottom of your sill are literally the worst I have ever seen. I don't know how you are managing to do them so badly. Are you using a stick welder or something? I mean...are they? Don't seem that bad to me. Especially considering the thickness of metal it's being welded to. Plug welds on thin steel are never pretty.
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scmick Posted a lot Posts: 1,507	'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup scmick @scmick
	May 20, 2021 21:34:11 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	biturbo228 That's his opinion but I'm satisfied there's enough penetration on there. Here it is back on its wheels. Have replaced most ball joints on front suspension. Just waiting for the rain to stop to drop the rear subframe for repairs/transplant.


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scmick Posted a lot Posts: 1,507	'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup scmick @scmick
	May 28, 2021 17:51:48 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	rear subframe off now... really rusty on the O/S. Also now it's off some more rot hidden above it revealed. Still, I've got this far and these pickups are now so rare.


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scmick Posted a lot Posts: 1,507	'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup scmick @scmick
	May 28, 2021 20:45:39 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	The N/S trailing arm mounting is remarkably solid in comparison. Next job is to take the SIMCA 1100 subframe off my box trailer.... It's definitely less rusty but would need the rubber bush mountings at the front and the torsion bar adjusters reinstating.


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scmick Posted a lot Posts: 1,507	'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup scmick @scmick
	May 29, 2021 20:49:31 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	An appeal on SIMCA Facebook groups has brought up two offers of a replacement SIMCA 1100 subframe... trouble is one is in Catalonia Spain, the other in the USA !! Meanwhile working on getting the back end of the truck high enough off the ground to make the rest of the welding a comfortable job .....


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scmick Posted a lot Posts: 1,507	'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup scmick @scmick
	Jun 1, 2021 21:10:55 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Checked SIMCA 1100 subframe on my box trailer today. OK at ends where trailing arm mounts but main tube is rusted through. I'm chasing up a number of possible sources of a replacement subframe otherwise it's case of fabricating and welding new mounting points on this one. Now have got rear end of pickup really high on my hi lift jack (ex vet's operating table mechanism) and suitably secured so I can finish welding underneath.


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scmick Posted a lot Posts: 1,507	'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup scmick @scmick
	Jun 3, 2021 17:37:03 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Torsion bars & trailing arms separated from subframe. After removing the rust from the subframe photos show what I was left with. By a stroke of luck the subframe from my box trailer although rusted on the tubular part is sound in the area of the O/S suspension arm mounting. A 'transplant' is possible!!


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scmick Posted a lot Posts: 1,507	'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup scmick @scmick
	Jun 9, 2021 21:45:40 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Result!!.... under the box trailer the good bits of the SIMCA 1100 subframe are the bits that are badly rusted on my pickup. Can't transfer the whole unit as it's had too many modifications to fit the trailer.


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scmick Posted a lot Posts: 1,507	'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup scmick @scmick
	Jun 12, 2021 9:02:40 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Have recovered enough parts from trailer to repair the subframe on my pickup. Photos here from when I was shunting cars around to get the racecar off the trailer for clutch repairs.....


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scmick Posted a lot Posts: 1,507	'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup scmick @scmick
	Jun 13, 2021 22:04:55 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	One good subframe made from two ready to receive torsion bar and swinging arm assembly.


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scmick Posted a lot Posts: 1,507	'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup scmick @scmick
	Jul 15, 2021 21:46:05 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Finally got back to this. Have assembled suspension on to rebuilt subframe, overhauled/replaced brakes and ready to go back under pick up. Probably should just try to complete this rather than switching between 3 SIMCA projects.


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Rich Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 6,338 Club RR Member Number: 160	'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup Rich @foxmcintyre Club Retro Rides Member 160
	Jul 15, 2021 21:58:02 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	May 19, 2021 10:27:23 GMT biturbo228 said: Plug welds on thin steel are never pretty. I beg to differ. Regardless, still nice to see the effort going into keeping a rarity on the road. Keep at it.
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scmick Posted a lot Posts: 1,507	'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup scmick @scmick
	Jul 25, 2021 10:41:11 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Back on 4 wheels again...!!! also found a tin of dark green 'Repaint' so it's now even all in the same shade of green on the lower half for the first time in years. Just have to repair the front N/S jacking point and it's ready for the road.


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scmick Posted a lot Posts: 1,507	'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup scmick @scmick
	Jul 30, 2021 20:53:44 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Now has MoT ready to return to the road for August. Now have time to get on with my other 3 SIMCA projects. 205 Gti seats


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scmick Posted a lot Posts: 1,507	'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup scmick @scmick
	Aug 2, 2021 21:26:26 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Back on the road and first outing to car show at the market here in Chesterfield today with my brother's MATRA-SIMCA Bagheera, a very diffrent vehicle that shares the front structure and suspension and the same engine & gearbox but mid mounted.


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scmick Posted a lot Posts: 1,507	'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup scmick @scmick
	Dec 22, 2021 11:32:03 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Last run out of the year to a local car meet here in the Derbyshire Peak District. Some there hadn't seen it before and the usual question came up... Is it home made/cut down van. Out came the brochure to prove that's how SIMCA (Talbot by the time this one was made) built it. Had some issues with it running sick/no power at top revs. Was just beginning to think the high mileage 1442 engine it's running was crying 'enough' when a check underneath revealed the flexible bits on the main fuel line were leaking. They were pretty recent and supposedly the correct spec. Anyway all replaced and running spot on again.


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biturbo228 Posted a lot Posts: 1,868	'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup biturbo228 @biturbo228
	Dec 24, 2021 10:37:07 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Still love this thing. There's something about the proportions and styling that just works for me. The issue with flexible fuel lines not lasting for as long as they should, or sweating fuel out more is why I've taken to going for proper Cohline stuff. Not put it to the long term test, but if they're happy to put their name on it then you'd hope it's better than the cheap stuff at doing its job!
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scmick Posted a lot Posts: 1,507	'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup scmick @scmick
	Apr 17, 2022 12:52:15 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	At Hub Nut social at Motorists' Hub near Leeds yesterday. Now runs spot on, the 1442 engine is still going strong. Uses quite a bit of oil but don't see the point of fitting the replacement I've got lined up in the garage yet.


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retrolegends Club Retro Rides Member Winging it.....Since 1971. Posts: 3,726 Club RR Member Number: 94	'84 Talbot/SIMCA 1100 pickup retrolegends @retrolegends Club Retro Rides Member 94
	Apr 17, 2022 14:04:18 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Good to see you out and about in it Mick 👍
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