New subscriber to your channel. Love the Sheerline and looking forward to its restoration. Those rubbers for the wing to body are available there used on Moggies and there must be loads of mechanicals that were used on other Austins of that era.
Thought the moggy piping was smaller, but it's a good call, it is available, so that makes it easy! Mechanically it's pretty much identical to the A135, the engine is from an Austin k truck. Electrically it's very period lucas, not sure about the box but I'd assume that also came from a lorry. I've amassed a fair bit of mechanical parts, not quite everything, yet, it I was surprised at what I could find. The front suspension bushes are the only things I cannot find, but I reckon I can make some bushes for it, if powerflex can do it, how hard can it be! Thanks for subscribing, apologies in advance on the swearing and dullness!
Nicely done, Chris. I know where you are coming from as to the difference between perfect and presentable. That's this one all over, and the answer is so long as it is done proper!
It's quite a heavy old lump, but then, it's a lorry engine Really. The crank will definitely do a turn, and can be a spare for the car, and my ambulance, same for the cylinder head. I did well getting those bits, couldn't have worked out better!
@1961kickboxer I've had it since I was 12! It's a 1971 BL 350 FG with a wadham stringer body. There is a vid on it somewhere back in the videos. 40e version of the sheerline engine, Borg Warner model 8 autobox, goes better than it stops!
@1961kickboxer it's very dull.. Like all these videos.. I really ought to dig it out and get on with that too, but, 24 hours in a day and I'm using about 27 of them at the moment...
New subscriber to your channel. Love the Sheerline and looking forward to its restoration. Those rubbers for the wing to body are available there used on Moggies and there must be loads of mechanicals that were used on other Austins of that era.
Thought the moggy piping was smaller, but it's a good call, it is available, so that makes it easy!
Mechanically it's pretty much identical to the A135, the engine is from an Austin k truck. Electrically it's very period lucas, not sure about the box but I'd assume that also came from a lorry.
I've amassed a fair bit of mechanical parts, not quite everything, yet, it I was surprised at what I could find.
The front suspension bushes are the only things I cannot find, but I reckon I can make some bushes for it, if powerflex can do it, how hard can it be!
Thanks for subscribing, apologies in advance on the swearing and dullness!
Nicely done, Chris.
I know where you are coming from as to the difference between perfect and presentable. That's this one all over, and the answer is so long as it is done proper!
I'm certainly going to try to get it right, without going overboard, but, once I really get into it I'm likely to go overboard I think.
@@adventuresinrust1644 - yes, it cannot be helped, either!
@thisiszaphod it's certainly something I struggle with.. Still, we'll see how it works out..
Bobs Morris 8 had pop riveted plates to the Chassis - amazingly these were considered OK back in the 1960s for the test from the Ministry!
Blimey, maybe I should stick the remains of the spares chassis together and see what the local mot man thinks!
The crankshafts on those engines are massive , that old engines a useful spares source , what a nice old car bags of character.
It's quite a heavy old lump, but then, it's a lorry engine Really.
The crank will definitely do a turn, and can be a spare for the car, and my ambulance, same for the cylinder head.
I did well getting those bits, couldn't have worked out better!
@@adventuresinrust1644 have you got Austin ambulance as well , wow.
@1961kickboxer I've had it since I was 12! It's a 1971 BL 350 FG with a wadham stringer body.
There is a vid on it somewhere back in the videos. 40e version of the sheerline engine, Borg Warner model 8 autobox, goes better than it stops!
@@adventuresinrust1644 thanks I will watch it
@1961kickboxer it's very dull.. Like all these videos..
I really ought to dig it out and get on with that too, but, 24 hours in a day and I'm using about 27 of them at the moment...