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.
No comments:
Post a Comment