[T3] what i have done

[Andrew Riley <AndrewR@ahsl.co.nz>]

because i dont have a web site i'll give you all a little run down on what i
have managed to pull apart on my car so far

we originally bought it with the intention of doing a driving restoration -
didn't work!

we started by doing some anticpating sone repairs to the floor, so the car
was stripped, as you do, interior etc  all noted down and boxed for safety

then the front end, rear end removed, and the pan off to the sandblasters -
can back looking like a sieve - but found a late model automatic with a good
pan - stripped that - probelem was - how do you make a good one out of the
two - unsticth them, bith and put the early tunnel to the late floor - but
did all the repairs first to the floor - still had rust or bad previous
places - in all 9 spots including a handmade and swaged battery floor, and
rebuilt the lower 1 & 1/2 inch of the seat support

replaced the clutch tube with a new seamless tube, and have a plastic liner
to go in, added quite a few brackets for support to it as well.  Fuel line
was increased in diameter using seamless tube to 8mm internal diameter for a
future type 4 2L - all pretty easy

thats were the floor is at present - just have to spot weld and weld back
together

The body was stripped of all its panels and all bar the body have been sent
to our local acid dippers to be cleaned up -- we have i must mention as a
teaser that we have been lucky enough to have found a nos early notch boot
lid, and a nos drivers side door - my god that makes life easy!!

The panels came back all new looking and work has begun on some of the minor
dents

the body is now sitting on a specially made trialer so taht i can tow it to
the strippers when the time comes - about 3 mths - and then to the paint
shop.  It is about 2 feet of the ground and is balanced well so that work on
the sills can proceed bery easily.

the front end has been rebuilt, and we tried something a bit different here
- we used a plastic called Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethelene - UHMWP
- bugger to machine, but easier that urethane - i'll let you know how that
works out - we did all eight bushes using it and linished done the arms to a
clean finish again - the UHMWP is self lubricating to a degree but will use
some any way

all the detail parts have been finished, handles cleaned and regreased,
every single nut and bolt bolt bar the rear end ( which has not been touched
yet) has been gold pacifiated  - its a form of zinc plating, but with an
extra sacrificial coating over the top - and it looks cool with the most of
the colours that the car might end up being - it was originally sea sand -
but anthracite grey is looking like a winner at the moment

and taht is about that - have found numerous nos bits and pieces, the best
yet was nos chrome scrapers for the doors - fit beautifully, and we bought a
set of 5 spoke empis for it - tyres willl be e195 65 at rear 185 65 at front
- or maybe all round - put the car together first - whole car to be lowered
considerably

the other bonus with the car as mentioned before is that the engine has been
rebuilt, and all we are doing is adding a berg filter set up -question here
- do i need to get the extra sump ?? 1 so that i don't have to drill the
cases; 2 extra capacity for the filter and engiine?  thoughts would be
appreciated

and that is about that at the moment - as i have said, i will post a few
pictures ona friends web site some time soon, but if any body wants to ask a
question about this little car - feel free -ps it came from singapore
originally - when we bought it - it had the shipping papers and the original
handbook stamped from dealer in singapore - guy that bought it lived there
for 3 years in an New Zealand Army camp - that is partly what sold the car
for me


any way, a little history

cheers
andrew

65 s notch - called DD












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