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It dies seem to be a recurring theme with them.. Annoyingly ssl now sell racks on exchange you can fit yourself, although I still think longterm a better engineered solution is the answer, but certainly I'll never give the other lot a penny of my money again

Thank you for your kind words. It's rely very difficult to remove the trim without breaking some clips due to their position within the trim pieces. However, this sort of thing will help : www.amazon.co.uk/XQX-Automotive-Upholstery-Dashboard-Fasteners/dp/B0D5QDM523/ref=asc_df_B0D5QDM523/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=704584275348&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9721568699985066593&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006567&hvtargid=pla-2335261094631&psc=1&mcid=458a982531743380bd3bc4e0147ab9a5&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=704584275348&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9721568699985066593&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006567&hvtargid=pla-2335261094631&psc=1&gad_source=1 Its more likely the wiring has failed between the tailgate and the body of the car though, so you might be lucky and be able to pull the sleeve back and repair the wire without pulling the trim out. Good luck!

Loved your Ailsas, they look great and sound like nothing else!

As with many things, a decent night's sleep the night before would have made it better!

Fake me is far more alive than I am! The plague is refusing to bugger off annoyingly, along with an ear infection and various mouth ulcers (happens every time I stop smoking) I'm tempted to book the crematorium now and beat the rush!

@@adventuresinrust1644 giving ups for quiters lol. i dont think theres going to be a rush buddy

@chrislewis4830 alas I don't have a choice. Well, I mean, I do, but I'd quite like to finish the Austin and the bus at least. Always a rush at Christmas time around these parts!

Pretty rare cars even back in the day.. Oddly enough, I know of a chassis over here that was apparently used as a race car years ago!

Known for severe rust issues. Friend in the real world was keen on a restoration project around a decade ago. Even with his mechanical and bodywork skills and mouse, he admitted defeat, for a number of reasons ☹️.

I know Jensens are generally rust buckets, but I seem to be quite good at buying rust buckets. I drove one years ago, a early car with the 6.3. And I loved it. It's a mad whim, but I do quite fancy one... Despite them being a bit rubbish

@@adventuresinrust1644 Hardly rubbish. Vignale's lines make it look like a Maser of the time. Compare and contrast to the Gordon-Keeble, a much older looking design that looks like an Alfa.

@tomsheppard1666 see, I'd have a Gordon Keeble aswell to be fair. If I had unlimited money...

@@adventuresinrust1644 I'm busted. Yeah, me, too!

I've looked at e erg picture I can find, which gives an idea, but only a vague one. Alas every remaining car is different to every other car. I'm guessing because to retrim one as per factory would cost a fortune, Infact I know it does, because the rough quote I've had to do mine is eye watering.. And that's without the headlining or pillar trims.. I'm fairly sure the trimmer will be able to make it look decent without a pattern to be fair, he's a proper pro, but I'd like to get it as close as possible..

Previous owner is very slight and no taller than me weirdly! The 2 guys it passed through before Len though, no idea. Most of the floor is savable so that's good. As for the patina, recreating it grates with me a bit. If I'm going as far as this with the car I may aswell give it the best paint job I can, which will still be terrible, I'm not a painter.. I'm going to fix the sun roof. And it will work properly. It'll be lovely on a summers day with that monster open!

@adventuresinrust1644 well they all got a story. All a acheology dig. Fun to find out. Good luck. Enjoying the build. I'd like to set up my utube just dismantling them piece by piece. See how they work. But drag out the cars that are falling in half. ( not hard in uk) lol. I restored a 51 Pontiac once 37 years ago. And it was in good shape. It was a good adventure. Cost me three times what the car is worth. 😆.

@@adventuresinrust1644 try flatting the roof with some 3000 and Polish up see what it looks like. Good luck. 👍

I thought that initially, but the rev counter works regardless of the prop rotating, so I assume it has to be a road speed sensor. Which could be why a buzzer went off at 20mph in third. From little I can make out, the rev counter itself just takes a feed from the coil. Although absolutely anything is possible with the electronics in this thing. Thanks, I shall need luck!

@@adventuresinrust1644 Going by your reply to kensherwood (i thought the same) and mentioning the buzzer (and from the earlier episode the big box of electronics) could it be some sort of rpm to speed in a particular gear sensor? ----- the floor looked a lot better once cleared than it initially looked, still rough but at least something to work with.

I guess it might be an upshift buzzer maybe? It only seemed to go off when on third gear, regardless of clutch in or out. I really don't know, the loom from the sensor on the box goes to yet a other box of electronics under the dash that is seemingly linked to the other boxes under the dash and into the big box of electronics by the fuse box. I genuinely wish I could work it all out, because there's clearly a lot of cool stuff going on with it, but yeah, it has to go sadly. I still haven't found the alarm sounder! It must exist, I keep setting it off, even though I have no idea what sets it off, or why!

@@adventuresinrust1644 Have you watched the latest Project Binky? Don't underestimate the opportunity to greatly overcomplicate any electronics project!

The bus was new to WMPTE and I've chosen to restore it to as new condition when it operated at the 1978 Motor Show which was the first one held at the NEC. It was sold to London Transport in 1983 and ran there for many years before moving on the Stagecoach Red & White. I bought the bus in 2004 in a derelict state with no engine or gearbox.

@@matthewparker2318 Thanks, nice job, glad you've kept it going. What route/garage was it on/at? I was a Brummie bus driver for a time. (not in 1978, not quite that old, not far off though)

Ta, it seems there's a lot of it going around at the moment, and I'd spent several days sitting in hospital waiting rooms with various people sneezing and coughing everywhere so it's not surprising I caught the plague I guess..

We did expect to see you there, I saw you at rustival 1. Maybe next time?

@@adventuresinrust1644 Yes I think there will be a next time, hope we can sort something!

Good question. They're M8 thread but can't remember what length I use. I can measure them next time I'm up the workshop but that won't be til later in the week

I'm quite surprised belts aren't readily available, it's still a very common engine all over the world. Good luck!

Nah, nothing scares us!

Penetrating fluid never hurts! But the biggest issue is steel bolts into alloy castings..

Got it, If you dont mind me asking, what parts did you use on your C5 that failed quickly? I've got a shopping cart full of lemfoerder/Febi/meyle/SKF parts and I'm worried something ( or many things) will fail quick Thanks

@navy7804 annoyingly it was the skf bearings that failed almost immediately, despite never having had a problem with skf in the past. Equally the febi parts I've used on mine failed quickly, and again, used febi for years and never had issues before. Ended up getting bits from gsf, which was drivetec (I think that's gsf own brand?) and they have, so far, been OK and cheaper than febi and skf..

For the rear I'm probably going to look into genuine citroen then. NOT cheap (€160 for one swing arm) but i don't want to do this shit again so It will probably be worth it in the long run

@navy7804 I'm genuinely surprised citroen can even provide the parts. Over here they simply aren't remotely interested in any c5 x7 parts. Not cheap, sure, but, of they're genuine quality parts, they'll probably do another 15 years, rather than a year at best from the aftermarket parts..

Belt yes, idler, no.

I cannot find a timing belt in canada

There's thousands of belts on ebay, although I guess the xud is rarer in Canada? I'd personally recommend dayco or gates belts, I assume you've tried ebay?

We've discovered a bit more since, not all bad either, but it might be a while before another video comes out

I might give the unit to dad any way, if he gets well enough it's something he can play with, but yeah, don't need anything flash, just something that can get radio 4 and maybe play an mp3 is all I need

I, um, yes, I'm sure you're right! I have no idea what any of that means but it sounds far too complex for me!

It might be a while.. I have half a video done, but to progress with this I really need to get rid of some scrap (in progress) and finish the fordson bb truck out front (awaiting some parts back from the machine shop). But I'm aiming to get another vid out next week on getting the wings and such off ready for the body removal. It's actually quite a lot more stripped than now than it was in this video

A fender is a wing yes, and a guitar maker! Always fancied a stratocaster but never did get around to buying one. Well, I'm doing it this way because it's the only way that makes sense to me. I'm not saying it's the correct way to do it, but then, I'm just an amateur having a go. My reasoning is this: The body has largely dissolved, and is very bent. However, I don't see the point of fabricating a load of panels and welding them into the car with it sat on a bent chassis, because once I've straightened the chassis, the body won't fit. The doors have previously been 'repaired' as have the wings, but that's not to say they'll fit the body shell when I've welded it, so they need to be made to fit the body shell. Since I don't know what shape any of it should be, and I don't have a complete straight car I can look at, I'll have to make it work and look OK the best I can. So in my mind, the only workable solution is to do it the way I'm doing it

The steering box won't fit through the firewall so it would have to go out the bottom, which still involves removing the wheel. Equally, I don't think the box will go out the bottom without removing a large amount of stuff, assuming it would fit that way at all. I have what is called a workshop manual, some of it is very useful, some of it sort of hints at things without explaining it, but it does say to remove the body the column stays where it is and you lift the body off rearward over it. I've hankered after a silver shadow for years, but I'm quite happy with the big Austin, even with it being a bit tired

Manual suggests they were always electric, but I can't work out how the knob operated them, that isn't shown in the manual sadly

Very helpful thanks, I'll get they're details and give them a yell!

@@adventuresinrust1644 if not give the guys at caerbont automotive instruments a shout

A rather beautiful ecko unit. Fairly amazed of any of the valves would be any good after 71 years under a bonnet, but yeah, it's a lumpy old beast

I couldn't ping such an esteemed RUclipsr! I'm not worthy. But yeah, if I could make the fascia and knobs do something to operate a little dab radio I could hide behind the head unit it would free up the space under the bulkhead I could use for something else!

I also know nothing of cars of this era, but it's been fun learning. You're quite right there's almost nothing good on the car, or in my videos frankly! But I'm odd ljke that. I've never yet bought the best example of anything. I tend to fall in love with certain vehicles, and they're pretty much always knackered, but any other example wouldn't be the one I wanted, and I wanted this car since I was 4 years old. And 40 years later I have it. Granted, 40 years ago it was rather less knackered but I had to have this one if I was going to have one. If that makes any sense...

I'm someone who never smoked, but the car and you tackling all the jobs with a ciggy on the go brings back memories and makes me smile. Always loved these cars as my Granddad managed a cemetery and I used to go stay with him as a youngster and see these and the successor models in the 60s courtesy of the Co-op funeral service. I regret when our library service had a clearout sale not paying a few quid for the bound service manuals for the Sheerline and Princess models.

@kensherwood4866 not smoking is very wise! It's a filthy habit, and an expensive way to die early.. I certainly remember the Princess being used as wedding and funeral cars but never a sheerline. Glad to have brought back some happy memories!

Mot next week! I know it's a tiny thing in the grand scheme of things, but it's been a few decades since this car had bonnet badges. I'm easily pleased

Penfriend, song is Dispensable Body, she has also performed as She Makes War, and Obey Robots. Massively underrated in my opinion

It's not suitable for anyone anywhere at any time mate!

I mean, it's a terrible.l advert really, no one watches this stuff, but happy to plug a man that puts that much effort into things and stuff for bx's!

It can't be as bad as 237 is, if that's any consolation. I've never seen anything as rusty as 237. 132 was bloody awful, and a huge amount of sheet steel went into it, but yeah, it's rather overwhelming, especially if you're on your own doing it. All that said, you never know what tomorrow will bring, and at least you still have it.

@@adventuresinrust1644 That is the only positive I can think of. It still survives and isn't being broken up in a scrapyard

@lukeadelante8767 absolutely, as with several of the projects here, had a precious owner given up and scrapped it, it wouldn't have any chance at all. Which one have you got as a matter of interest

@@adventuresinrust1644the sole Yorkshire survivor. M406VWW

@lukeadelante8767 ahh, is that the one jagjit used to own?

Ahh, you're the dude with the lovely white one yes? I've seen your posts on the owners forum thing on fb but I've pretty much given up with that. Weirdly, from what I understand there are more sheerlines in Oz and New Zealand than over here. I'll ping you on Facebook of that's OK?

Not at all, doing things for the benefit of others is far more worthy than dicking about with a rusty old shed

😆- Chris, your efforts, currently with the Sheerline, are much appreciated. Seriously! 👍

@thisiszaphod not with other Sheerline owners! Still, massive opportunity to completely bigger it up yet and prove the polishing crowd correct!

@@adventuresinrust1644 - that's why I don't frequent formal Clubs. Too much political crap and formality. Start your own informal, friendly Sheerline group, Chris! 😉

@thisiszaphod not a bad idea that. It'll be a group of one, and I'll meet in the pub! Ideal!

If they weren't already full of stuff, yes! Sadly, I collect a lot of junk. I'm going to be a bit ruthless, get a skip in and bin a lot of things which should provide a sheerline sized space where I can spend the next several months with a grinder and the mig

It really is, when you find something that's seemingly made of Unobtanium it's like winning a prize. No fear, I'm sticking at it

No idea so far, I'll worry about that later, things usually work out when they need to!

It'll go back together, it might not look very good, but it's pretty basic stuff really

@adventuresinrust1644 yep Basic if 5 days a week. But one day a week could make it very long term the deeper you get. Good luck man. You need to bring back your sense of humour. Tell us about life. 👍👍

@DPaint-v5j 5 days a week would be ideal! Alas I fear it'll be some time before I can get that's much time on it.. Things have been a bit strained recently so the old sense of humour has rather taken a sabbatical, however, I'm hoping it'll make a come back soon!

@adventuresinrust1644 Well rise up Brother. Don't let the Bastards grind you down. I'm suprised we ain't all jumping off Bridges watching the morning gumph. Good luck man. 👍

Well, it's only metal.. How hard can it be...

Not heard that before! Very apt

Heading into winter here, so it'll be a while before we get to those temps again!

There must be some decent metal in it somewhere.. I'm not sure I've found it yet! Brave or stupid, I'm not sure which yet but I'll keep chipping away at it. Thanks for the support