Outlaw Anglia - took it racing & lifted the wheels!

Started to sand back all of the window trims tonight, all went well on the brittle Bakelite trims and then I started on the replica resin rear window trim......bumhats That was not meant to happen.



Fortunately I know how to fix this as I had to cut all of mine down when I chopped the roof on it.
Mr Dremel came out to play with a small rotary burr attachment and I ground 2 grooves deep into the rear of it. These are deep & wide enough to drop rivet mandrels into.



Then it's a case of bonding them in with some JB weld, the mandrels provide more strength than the original piece while the epoxy bonds it all together. It will need another layer of JB weld tomorrow.



Ill grind the crack out on the other side tomorrow and fill it with more JB weld and then both sides will be sanded back.

This put the brakes on painting all of the trims, but I did get started on some of them as well as some other parts that needed doing.

Looking forward to tomorrow as the postman is bringing me a new toy to play with

691.5 hours.

Postie brough goodies today Oooh, what's in the box?



A plasma cutter Comes with a completely rubbish mask - that will go in the bin, a 10 foot earth lead & a completely rubbish air hose which will also go in the bin.

My experience with the workshop one was it was never expected to be a particularly neat cutting tool.
It was always used for quick dismantling or cutting sheet down in to more manageable sizes for actual fabrication.

Or chopping holes in big oil drums to turn in to bin fires in winter

I’m away for the weekend. I’ll dig out the info when I get home.

Thanks Chaps - Jonny - actually it cut the ally really well, the poor cuts were when I was experimenting with lower power/air pressure.

I've been watching a lot of youtube videos so I should be better armed next time I have a go.

I did not get a lot done on Phils car today. As it was a nice day I thought I'd take the pop out to do some shopping. It got a lot of onlookers outside the electrical wholesalers, lol. When I got back I worked on mine for a bit as it was overdue some TLC.

I had noticed a while back that my steering UJ's were out of phase - when I adjusted it some time back to get the self cancelling bar in the right place in the top of the column I had inadvertantly altered the phasing by adjusting the wrong UJ. I noticed today the steering was really heavy as well.

After getting the phasing correct & the cancelling bar in the right place the steering felt a bit smoother again. I then checked the tyre pressures - hmmmm about half what they should be! no wonder the steering felt heavy. I pumped up all 4 tyres to the correct pressures and took it for a quick run again, pleased to say the steering is now much lighter and smoother - job done.



After that it was electrics in the garage. A new dedicated 20A socked has been installed for the Plasma cutter.



With the little time left I sanded the repaired rear window surround ready for primer tomorrow and then stripped the paint off the propshaft - a messy job! which will also be primed tomorrow.



Parts that were completed in the week were all of the side window surrounds;



The door inner mechanisms;



And the engine is half done now.



695.5 hours.

Not too much progress today as Dennis (another Pop owner) came over to see Phil & I and check on progress and we whiled away a couple of hours chatting and catching up as we had not seen him for quite some time.

Once Dennis had left we got back to it. Phil cleaned up the engine in all the areas I had not primed and dismantled a few bits to get access to paint the engine a bit more easily.

Yes it's gone fast.

More painting tonight, the rear axle radius rods were primed in black primer;



and the timing belt cover done in black gloss;



As was the propshaft;



A couple of bits on the engine got painted with the leftover paint as well.

We need a timing cover spacer if anyone has one please? Ford Pinto engine - looks like this;



702 hours.

If I had a lathe......yes.

Hoping somone has a redundant one as most don't bother with the cover.

I can make one (bits welded together) but it will take an hour or so which is time better spent on other things.

That's what I just picked out of the top before I go digging - which probably means that's all I have. Then again maybe someone local has some. Also have lifting eyes and a block to box support bar, front pulleys - a double power steering one - I thinks that's a dizzy clamp for a Pinto on there as well.







Why? I have to ask myself, I have not owned a Pinto for 18 years.... at least - ETA - How bad of me to forget the G31 had a Pinto so not that long ago. Just the Pinto's that those parts came off were way back.


ETA


Well I had to search - LOL





May well find those special little bolts as well if I go digging


Also need to reassess my swap offer - now looking for a complete Imp Sport engine as a possible swap - FFS Blue Oval tax.