Thanks Chris ....enjoyed your video....learnt some things about the sheerline i didnt know..the sheerline is very unique....look forward to your next video....
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
I always watch your Sheerline videos with fascination and admiration, I know nothing about cars of this era so it's all very interesting, please do not take this the wrong way but there's very little good on it,I cannot wait till the body comes off .
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!
I would love to try reverse engineering some of those electronics - these days it'd all be done with a little microcontroller or two, but that'll likely be all 74-series logic
I'd say there are very good chances the radio could be restored/resurrected, but as you say, what's on LW these days. With the front panel being a discrete unit like that, it shouldn't be too hard to connect the knobs up to a couple of rotary encoders, which would give you two sets of up/down/click, which should be enough to give a usable media interface
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
Enjoyed your wander down Discovery Road, Chris. 👍 I believe Matt at furiousdriving has a contact regarding updating the innards of your radio, but keeping its look period.
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!
Just a suggestion wouldn't it been easier to take the whole column out? The put it in a vice/on the bench? I have to say you are brave. As I said my late dad had one years ago. They were well made not like RRs but still bloody complicated. I hope you have a workshop manual?
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
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
Thanks Chris ....enjoyed your video....learnt some things about the sheerline i didnt know..the sheerline is very unique....look forward to your next video....
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
Loving the gradual progress and discoveries on this.
We've discovered a bit more since, not all bad either, but it might be a while before another video comes out
I always watch your Sheerline videos with fascination and admiration, I know nothing about cars of this era so it's all very interesting, please do not take this the wrong way but there's very little good on it,I cannot wait till the body comes off .
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!
I would love to try reverse engineering some of those electronics - these days it'd all be done with a little microcontroller or two, but that'll likely be all 74-series logic
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!
I'd say there are very good chances the radio could be restored/resurrected, but as you say, what's on LW these days.
With the front panel being a discrete unit like that, it shouldn't be too hard to connect the knobs up to a couple of rotary encoders, which would give you two sets of up/down/click, which should be enough to give a usable media interface
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
Enjoyed your wander down Discovery Road, Chris. 👍
I believe Matt at furiousdriving has a contact regarding updating the innards of your radio, but keeping its look period.
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!
Just a suggestion wouldn't it been easier to take the whole column out? The put it in a vice/on the bench? I have to say you are brave. As I said my late dad had one years ago. They were well made not like RRs but still bloody complicated. I hope you have a workshop manual?
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
It may have had vacuum wipers originally.
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
For the gauges a company called spidya might be able to help you
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
An this is the radio.... Opens cabinet under the bonnet filled with valves
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
Whats a fender isnt it dumass us term for a wing lol why dont you fix car in stages rather than pull all apart?
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