1952 Jowett Javelin - 'DELIVERED'

First job this morning was to apply the second coat of Hydrate 80 to the rear end of the car

Whilst that was drying I checked the clutch clearance prior to fitting the engine & box to the car



To which there is a easy way of doing so



Engine & gearbox fitting on a Javelin is a simple one man operation



All you need is a good trolley jack



And a self made cradle



Empty bay



Full bay - 'simples'



3 very easy mounting points - this collar on the rear of the gearbox tailshaft that bolts up to the chassis crossmember



And the 2 front engine mountings that bolt onto the end of the chassis legs



I need to swap the tappet chest covers over - these are handed to take the throttle cable & the throttle link return spring - whoever built the engine put them on the wrong sides



I can now start adding the ancillaries but some of these need a lick of paint first



Back to the bodywork - nearside rear wing





And is retaining rust perforations to the mounting edge







Rear lamp is a VW Beetle type - a later modification in order to add rear indicators to the car



They fit the Javelin wing curvature perfectly and in such a way that they bolt up without modifying the wing or blanking the factory original rear lamp aperture off



However the casings are both broken and lenses are not at their best - anyone got a spare pair gathering dust ??



A serious scraping session to the underside of the wing removed all the rubbish that was part suck to it



Rust ingress to the rearmost trailing edge and its also split at one point - but they all split at this point on both sides - I have a trick to prevent this once I have repaired them up



Looks solid on the front leading edge but is slightly raised and will require dressing down



These top corners tend to rust out - but this is just fine



Same cannot be said for whatever it's been painted in - its pretty dire stuff to remove - tends to burn rather than sand and this is with top quality Mirka discs on a slow speed - I may well end up just applying stripper to the wing - it will be easier & more economical than burning discs whilst attempting to feather edge the paint



Why ho why do people just bung filler into dents without making the attempt to reshape the panel in the first place - then again they have filler over the top of rust in the panel too - fools



Ran the flapwheel over the rust effected areas to clean them up



Hydrate 80 will be applied I have completed the welded repairs



First edge repair going in



Others done but require dressing & trimming back in the morning



A bit of spannering to round the day off so I have made a start on connecting the propshaft flange to the gearbox output shaft but again will finish it in the morning