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Post by 1800heap on May 26, 2023 7:26:56 GMT
Damn Chris that's quite a bit of rust! I am glad OKR did not have that rust in it again. I am probably lucky is was mostly in the garage while it waited for me!
Nick
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Post by 1800heap on May 23, 2023 21:24:07 GMT
It is interesting that the engineers put an adjustable tie bar on the bottom. By doing that to me they are accepting that the postion of the engine has considerable tolerance. Not something you would expect to see on a modern vehicle!
Did you add the top 'S' tie bar like I did Chris?
Nick
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May 22, 2023 3:23:09 GMT
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Post by 1800heap on May 22, 2023 3:23:09 GMT
I agree stress crack for sure. I wonder if it is related to having the "S" top stabiliser fitted to the car?
Nick
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Post by 1800heap on May 21, 2023 20:35:21 GMT
Talking about engine mounts Chris, this is not something I had anticipated finding! Impossible to see under the crud, but once cleaned up. I wonder how many others are cracked. Nick
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Post by 1800heap on May 21, 2023 20:07:08 GMT
Hi Chris Sorry to be a Debby downer, but is it just a trick of the photo or is the bolt very offset relative to the (RHS in photo) stabiliser bush. If it is I would not be very happy with how much pressure there is on the stabiliser bar. You may want to check the mounts at the front of the engine. It seems you may be fighting one or both of them to bring the engine straight. Nick
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Post by 1800heap on May 10, 2023 21:40:58 GMT
Thats a rare car indeed! Yes hopefully it is still as good and knowbody drilled an antenna hole in it, or put holes in for wing mirrors etc. I am sure the DVLA could be pedantic if they really wanted to be. Certainly get those types over here! My car is 50 this year and the sills would have been done 30 years ago, I wonder how that possibility would be dealt with. Not that it matters for my car, but there are plenty of scenarios! Nick My last crab VKK351H had never had any body or structural repairs, before or during my ownership, hopefully it's still in the same condition Steve
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Post by 1800heap on May 4, 2023 21:40:53 GMT
That sucks!
Of the 330 Austin and Morris 1800's listed on how many left, including sorn, that are 50 plus years old, there would be zero that have never had a chassis repair or hole made, if they have lived in the UK. The other factor is any NOS repair panels for our cars are likely to be over 40 years old in any case!
What a ridiculous idea! If they have to go that way, how about a 51% rule on fitting non vintage body panels.
Nick
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Post by 1800heap on May 4, 2023 7:53:44 GMT
Hi Jeff
There is an area where I would check that you have not mentioned. I have noticed that chassis damage can occur from a front end accident that is not very easy to identify. My OZ crab had it on one side. It can result in wheel alignment issues as well possible minor bonnet alignment problems. On my OZ car it resulted in considerable front wheel setback on the damaged side. This upsets the caster angle and also on my car, that has 185 tyres, made the tyre rub on the front of the sill on full lock. I may not have noticed it with standard wheels. This was how I noticed it though, rather than seeing any damage. It is quite difficult to see with the engine in the way.
You basically get a kink forwards of the hole where the driveshaft passes through the inner wing. At that point the chassis rail doglegs where the hole for the driveshaft is, so there is a tendancy when hit hard from the front for the force to kink that dogleg section making the tie bar fixing point go aft a bit, and the wing to drop a tiny bit at the front. There was no obvious signs on the inner wing though. The bonnet alignmet was slightly off but not all that noticable.
Might be worth a look and if it effects both sides, could potentially give you some slight bonnet alignment problems I would think.
I will add though there is a bit of an art to getting good bonnet alignment when fitting wings and generally it takes a lot of tinkering to get just right, so there is a strong likelihood it is just that depending on who fixed the damage Jeff.
Nick
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Post by 1800heap on Apr 27, 2023 20:03:46 GMT
Yuk! Nick Huge rubber polyurethane cones is the obvious answer! Just so long as it doesn't work out like a Mini. Rattle the fillings out of your teeth. However, possibly a simply engineered solution which could be made to fit into the existing tube and carriers. *Runs for cover*C.
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Post by 1800heap on Apr 22, 2023 21:01:00 GMT
Thanks Brian Hi Nick, forgot to say I sent you a PM on this. Brian
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Post by 1800heap on Apr 22, 2023 12:01:12 GMT
Hi Brian Hope you don't mind me asking but how much did you pay for your RH sill?
Nick
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Post by 1800heap on Apr 20, 2023 5:25:15 GMT
Interesting you say about the vin as I did look up the number plate on the DVLA site, and no records! From what I have found with that lookup, any cars that were last taxed before the 1980's dont seem to be listed. So assuming you didn't make a mistake with the number plate, the car did not last very long before it was scrapped! Nick Thanks Nick, I did think about that possibility but having no vin to go on,I guess I'll just have to be satisfied with your assumption. It does seem logical, thanks. Jeff
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Post by 1800heap on Apr 19, 2023 20:27:47 GMT
Hi Jeff
Thinking about your oddball car. It is quite likely that the car was a MK2.5 changeover. If you think about the changes between MK2 and MK3, the handbrake change actually requires a body shell mod. There are small brackets for the handbrake and no holes in the firewall for the MK3 shell. Most of the other mods are interchangeable like the grill, alternator etc unlike the handbrake. I expect the bodyshell came on line slightly in advance of the rest of the cosmetic changes for the MK3. They may have had some parts to get rid of too. You may be able to confirm this with the parts catalogue depending on how keen you are.
Nick
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Post by 1800heap on Apr 19, 2023 10:06:25 GMT
Hi David Thanks for the link you emailed the other day. He was an interesting fellow! It has been a bit of a marathon effort. It is a bit telling of a marathon that the import permit was over 20 years old before I used it! No don't remind me. I am trying to push to the end, but still there is so much to do I am hearing you. September is looming too! I keep finding stuff that needs fixing. I shall have to stop using the sand blaster! 😁 I am glad that I am not staring down at a set of rusty sills like brianr any more though. Hopfully the oxide gods are good to you mate. I did OKR's many many years ago, before the internet was invented. Luckily they have lasted very well and are still in good condition. The Waxoyl seems to have worked. It is mainly the doubled sections where two bits of metal are spot welded together that I am fixing. Can't complain though the car has lived in England on salty roads and is 5 months from it's 50th. The front is a good example, where the reinforcing bracked for the tie bar is attached to the front cross member. Or where the gusset plates sit against the body. Places where water wicks in to the gaps I suppose. It looks ok with underseal on top but you can tell it is not right because of the bulge that rusting in between causes. As soon as you sand blast, it all appears. As we know rust is not very strong! Nick Hi Nick It's good to see you have reached the front of the car after such a marathon effort. Hopefully it will be plain sailing from now on (as far as anything can be with crabs)and OKR may be back on the road in time for your summer. ( I won't remind you of your original estimate. David
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Post by 1800heap on Apr 9, 2023 4:41:47 GMT
Happy Easter everybody. I am still cutting out rust! Taking advantage of a bit of time off over easter actually. Problem is it keeps raining, which is not very helpful! I have moved to the engine bay. Because the engine is out it is relatively easy access. Bit of sand blasting has happened and prep for this section. It is mostly flat stuff so relatively easy to make a template, cut it out of steel and weld in the piece.
There was a little bracket here for the tie bar which I have had to make up using a former made out of a block of steel. Not shown. Next time maybe. Nick
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