1965 Singer Chamois , Actually went for a drive

Well this thing has been a nightmare lately , went for a spin to the coast Sunday night only to blow a headgasket on the way home , ive been expecting it for years TBH . Engine came from a car i scrapped 6 years ago , just bunged it in and never even took the head off
Head was removed but not before a headbolt snapped off , Gasket looks to be an original one and i don't think the heads ever been off , it didnt blow as such , just disolved of old age . Still in the interim years I had fully rebuilt another lump as standby so out with the old , in with the new , so far ive done 50 miles although this " running in " lark is pants

My powdery gasket is no more , I recon i could reuse this with a bit of hylomar ;D ;D

Well as always this has been somewhat stuck on the backburner , new engine has now done over 800 miles and is running superbly , best lump ive rebuilt to date , Ive replaced the wiper wheelboxes as Ive done on my Commer and redone the engine cover soundproofing , This was done from the factory using fire retardant muslin which ive managed to find in Germany, reused the original soundproofing just recovered , Mrs Remmoc did the sewing ;D

As it was , not looking good and disintigrating before my eyes



Newness , much better methinks

Thanks for your kind words , this has for years been a third car , therefore ive no need of it so it just sits about , recently though ive rekindled some interest in the old girl and started to sort stuff out , have a tidy up and generally use it far more than i have , I'm starting to enjoy her more and more as stuff gets sorted

Well its been a year since the last update , miss me , thought not
Anyway lots has happened ,
cars been lowered more at the front
re-trimmed inside
Rewired
piccys will follow in a mo

All fused up



New interior



Nice and low and more importantly level




Also made a new rad guard from stainless

I have to say that looks lovely, its a credit to you for the details you've put into it. Hows the gearbox holding out?

Had a play with the headlight bowls on the Singer , problem is although the headlight brackets are handed the bowls arnt so the cable comes in wrong and the cutout I did for easy bulb change is in the wrong place because of this . I got an old passenger headlight bowl and started hacking way
First off drill new cable entry hole , this is flared so took a bit of doing



Then hack one side off for the bulb changing mod



Blast and powdercoat at work



Fit a nice edge to the cut part and refit



Heres how it used to look , you can see how the wires come in on the wrong side , the bulb changing hole is in the wrong place .

Every time I look at a really nice Imp I keep thinking I need one back in my life again. A 1965 Chamois Sport in Forest Green would be nice. Still have all the books and a load of service items from when I sold my last one - held on to all the books in case I ever came back

This is rather nice too! Love the mods and upgrades you've carried out. Regarding the high level brake light, could an led unit be positioned inside the air extractor vent? I don't suppose there is easy access, so it would take a bit of thinking about. The bulb changing mod is pretty impressive too, especially repositioning the wire access hole. Most people would have re-routed it through the large aperture. Very thorough attention to detail.

Went for a 60 mile drive today just to take this photo , cars running really well but i did discover it needs new wiper blades as smearing isnt good to look through