Good and Faithful Frazer Nash, Good and Faithful Anzani

Rolls Royce Bonnet Catches

This is a test blog from my phone....

The Bonnet catches on PH3682 are from this Rolls ....

The picture is of dad leaving his unwanted spares such a Morgan front axle & other bits from the pluspower special which he stored in George Oliver's basement. 1961. George lived near mum and dad in Glasgow and dad says the Rolls Royce was intended for use but dad thinks it ended up being used as spares

Out f us power interest dad says Archie's plus power was made into a special. In conversation with. John Grice mentioned there was a chassis leaning against a wall at a garage in Ambleside. At this point in time dad says everyone else was taking Frazer Nashes apart from Grice who was building them.

He stored the plus power at Lionel Strettons garage until he had his own garage

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the manifold is finally back on with 6 weeks to go before our trip to Slovenia

So manifold catch up I took the manifold back to Cast Iron services for the third time,they put much more weld on and left it for Jon and I to drill. 

so marked up where the stud should go and took dad over to Malcolm Leylands and he helped with his pillar drill 

and with no filing of the stud hole Jon just fitted it.

so its finally on and all seems Ok 

we  even started to pack the car......

The Captains Visit...

Lou and Richard visited to inspect the fettlers work.

I hoovered the carpet before the honourable guests arrived , the Bunting was out...

Manifold repair part 2

We offerred up the manifold to the studs and unfotunately it meant we had to make adjustment which means we need to rebuild the lug up at the corner of the flange again.  Its complicated to get it right without the car as a template.  so ill need to take it back to Cast Iron welding for more work.  The gasket shows how much additonal space is avilable next to the plate on the side of the engine.  We went on a test drive today but it's cracked it already.  

Petrol tank all shiny and back on

Jon returned this weekend with the pimped up tank afer the work done by Mark Roper at Pinchcliffe engineering. Here's a picture of FN hubby on his knees as he tightens up the petrol feed connections

and here's pictures of the cleaned up carrier with a new plate to protect the botton of the tank, and new strips of rubber foam taped in place to securely hold the tank.  Jon got a nice piece of cork from Mark to replace the worn out seal (is that an old DAT bodge?) on the top of the tank of the petrol pick up feed line 

 

The manifold is back

Lovely work by cast iron services , guaranteed for two years.  I just need to paint it up.

Cast Iron Welding Services

The vapours

Here's the damage done by the petrol leek on the underside of the tank.  I was rather hoping it was the seal on the drain but hey ho it's not that simple .... the red permanent marker shows the split 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Car husband (check out his messerschmitt nose) is taking the tank to see Graham Still today for wise words on what we can do.

All good raid preparation..... 

Petrol tank progress

the debate has been whether we need a new tank Bill C at the nash party talked to Jon about Mark a man he knows who may be able to help

 Early January 2013

So FN husband JG working off site in Atworth :

"Took out the screwed in fuel feed device-looks fine. Could then see inside tank. New section soft soldered into place, note how  rusty the rest of it is! I think a tank sealant product would be advisable after the repairs........Also note there are no baffles. Not essential, but if the repair becomes replacement of the whole of the 'newer' section, might be worth getting them put in........

Also photo of the outside with paint stripped back. The previous repair was obvously a good job, apart from the drainage 'breast', which has had repairs attempted at least twice since.

Next job will be to flush out with hot soapy water, but I will leave that a day or two before I go to see Mark-don't want any additional rust to contend with!"  good work FN hubby....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mid Januray Progress

Car husband Jon went to visit Mark Roper of Pinchcliffe Engineering.  Mark is seen here in front of a BMW engined TTrep which is near completion.   Spot the PH's tank...Mark fortunatley is happy to put a patch over the 'breast' , fix the weap on the old air inlet and chemically seal the whole inside. 

late january and mark is washing out the rust and chemically sealing the tank, and reports it is off to "Barry the brush"....

Jon has also come back talking about getting the old air pressure system working as a back up for the fuel pump if it fails....  I do think its important to have a never ending 'to do' list for one's Nash.  

The tank carrier

Meanwhile the tank carrier seems to be covered in miscellaneous materials... there is a fabric strip (visible on this photo) which has been riveted on, then its been covered in a type of felt and in other parts sponge, then all taped up.  Here's a piccy of the tape all scraped off.   Time for a clean up and find out what might be best to use to support the tank . 

Exhaust Manifold

What we thought was a bit of a crack is actaully a break in the manifold.  Emailed a few companies to see about a repair....  Lorraine is however relieved that we can't drive to the Nash party in the Nash!!! not the attitude

Next big trip Slovenia June 2013...

Put the new brake rod on the car.  All the lights are working.  

Went out for a test drive today to sort outthe brakes.  All feels good.  It would seam that finally the prop/ clutch pedals all fit in the car and are working... and excitingly NO vibration through the pedals.  

Jon and I were joking that we could leave for Slovenia today....then we went back home and looked at a few things....  which led to us removing the broken exhaust manifold and a cracked petrol tank... best to be doing these things now....  

my 50th birthday present tool box

i know i'm a saddo but it's fun faffing with your drawers - maybe i could tow it behind the car!