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Apr 25, 2020 16:48:54 GMT
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Apr 25, 2020 18:04:40 GMT
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Let the investigations begin! Wasn't expecting the bright green sides 😁 what are your plans for it once you have the welding sorted?
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Norman
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The plans for this is to make it strong and functional. I an not trying to make a show car, it will also be done on a budget and I will try to paint it myself. When I first saw the car I could see many problems, loads of filler in the wheel arches (all of them) and someone had fitted a plate from the sill step to the far side of the chassis leg underneath. I knew there would be horrors under there but this was way worse. The plate was made of stainless steel which doesn’t really weld to mild steel, this was apparent when I lifted a corner and pulled the whole thing off. I probably wouldn’t have bought it if I hadn’t travelled so far to get it. The first time I drove it I nearly put it in a field as the brakes were virtually none existent. I asked the seller if there was any reason I couldn’t drive it home and he said no it drives fine. So me my wife and son set off 150 miles to get it, it broke down within 10 miles because of a broken fan belt. I managed to get one from a small garage who let me rummage amongst their old stock. We travelled a few more miles before it stated to cut out, this was due to curse word in the fuel tank. Plan B was brought into action, towing it home with non-existent brakes. To cut a long story short we managed to get it home although we were stressed. I will leave it there for now and add some more pictures later today. Norman
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Apr 26, 2020 14:54:32 GMT
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Last Edit: Apr 26, 2020 14:55:48 GMT by Norman
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Apr 26, 2020 19:07:28 GMT
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Apr 26, 2020 19:09:43 GMT
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As you can see the dash is toast. There are pictures showing the door bracing etc as I didn’t want anything moving as I have enough problems. It is also on a spit which makes life and access a lot easier. Norman
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Last Edit: Apr 26, 2020 19:10:50 GMT by Norman
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Apr 26, 2020 19:21:25 GMT
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Some real interesting work there, I assume you didn't know how bad it was going to be when you bought it? I have found if you pay good money for a 'roadworthy' old car it still usually needs the same amount of work as the much cheaper projects! Let me know if you either have a spare 1600 engine you want to sell or if you need a good head off the same - I have a super minx here with a knackered block.
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"A Pierburg carb? It would be more economical to replace it with a funnel..."
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Apr 26, 2020 19:55:31 GMT
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I knew it would be bad just not this bad! It had been fairly well disguised, when I saw some of the horrors I contacted the seller and he gave me a few hundred quid back. I had a Cortina 1600E before this which needed a lot of welding also, I had done most of the welding on it and got fed up with it. I took a grinder to it one weekend and cut it up into chunks I could lift and scrapped it. I don’ t want to do that again!!! Spares for the Vogue are virtually non existent, I think Expressed Steel have dropped them probably because of lack of demand. I did pick up a rear wheel arch and two front wing repair panels years ago. Repair panels are very thin on the ground. Norman
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Apr 26, 2020 20:21:20 GMT
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Always liked this series of Rootes cars, especially this earlier type with the wrap around rear window. From what I can make out, they are very underated and under appreciated compared to their contemporaries. Looking forward to reading more of your progress on this!
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Wow, that was a pretty crusty project. I really hope you will gewt it roadworthy becase it looks like a quite special car. It is good to see that there are people ouy there who are not afraid to take on these hopless cases. Keep up the good work.
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Cool. Brave man. I’m in. 👍👍
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My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...
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In for the weldathon !
I love these cars, a neighbour had one in the 1970's and I cried when they sold it and replaced it with an Allegro.
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Apr 27, 2020 10:36:24 GMT
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When I worked at Crabtree-Vickers, Gateshead, in the late 70's we had a guy in the drawing office drove one...
However there was an older guy, in the 'time office' ( looked after clock-on cards and the time stamp machine) he had a Series 3A (curly pointy rear wings) and the guy in the drawing office nagged him to death to sell.
He got it *eventually when the old guy retired....
IIRC he welded in a *new floor. lol
Keep it up, m8
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Knowledge is to know a Tomato is a 'fruit' - Wisdom, on the other hand, is knowing not to put it in a 'fruit salad'!
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Apr 27, 2020 16:28:02 GMT
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Apr 27, 2020 18:17:59 GMT
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My wife just reminded me to tell you that this car is a TV star, it was in an episode of “The Royal” filmed in and around Scarborough. It was in its original colour of two tone green. Norman
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Apr 27, 2020 18:55:29 GMT
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Apr 27, 2020 19:04:32 GMT
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Apr 27, 2020 19:09:06 GMT
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Nice work. How do you find the copper weld paint? I’ve used the silver zinc but I’ve seen in the American restoration tv programme a they use copper coloured stuff and wondered what the difference is?
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Apr 27, 2020 19:10:40 GMT
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These pics haven’t gone in on the order I picked them, anyway you get the idea. I know I know, looking at these pics I should be certified. It keeps me out of mischief. My wife said to my sons today when asked what’s dad doing, she said he’s out in the garage banging and grinding and that’s just his bones. I was under the car today and laughing, folk would think I’m mad. I was stuck and too stiff to get out! I still think like I am 25 although my body has other ideas. Norman
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