REAR AXLE

We stripped the rear axle ,cleaned the case to bare metal and painted it in 2 pack epoxy black along with the chassis and all other suspension components. I prefer not to blast axle casings as I am never sure you can remove all of the grit afterwards.

Spencer Lane-Jones workshops rebuilt the differential for me with new bearings and a new oversize pin which the planet gears run on as this had worn along with the centre of the gears and had also bent.

I made new gaskets and fitted the diff in the axle, rebuilding the halfshafts with new bearings and seals and assembled the axle and rear brakes which were refurbished in the same manor as the fronts.

SUSPENSION

The car has not turned a wheel on the road since 1956 but she had seen a bit of action in the first 19 years of her life and some of these being in war time ,this meant maintenance of the car had slipped during these years. The suspension pins were all worn so I purchased a new set from Germany at large expense , luckily Mike Sythes had a couple of new old stock larger diameter pins for the front of the rear springs which he sold me at a fraction of the price of the german equivalents. I replaced all of the bushes in the suspension front and rear and reamed them to suit the new pins . Paul Hurley in Bath ground the king pins for the first time in the vehicles life and replaced the bushes in the stub axles.The wheel cylinders which were fitted to the car by the previous owner (looking similar to AC ACE one's) were refurbished along with the brake shoes and a new set of wheel bearings.

woodwork underway

Garath Barnard is doing a lovely job sympathetically replacing damaged woodwork, leaving all the good wood in place so we have as much of the original car remaining as possible.