Thoroughly not modern Millicent

[incisor]

My 49 built 50 model 80" that i have named Millicent

Chassis Number R06101688

vehicle R06101688 was dispatched 'In' 13/09/1949 and dispatched 'out' on 11/10/1949 to Annand and Thompson, Newstead, Brisbane.

It was in a batch of 44 vehicles and just before the CKD stage so all were assembled in England, including yours apart from, R06101685 and R06101686 which were CKD's and obviously some sort of trial pair as CKD's were away usually in lots of 6. So it would have been dark green, no doubt about that.

lights thru the grill

Engine Number 57101979

1955 2 litre Spread-bore

Wide transom and sprung seat mounts

She has finally made it to AULRO Central, all be it in a few bits but she is here.

I plan to do a rebuild, not a concourse restoration this time round as i don't have the money or the time. I would like to have her on the road for October 2014 when she will be 65 i believe.

when bought by her previous owner a few years ago from Bundaberg she looked like this

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/449.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/8396835680/)
millicent1hdrweb (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/8396835680/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr


when she arrived here the other day she looked like this

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/450.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9037389283/)
millicent on truck (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9037389283/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

now she waits patiently in the corner while i acquire the rest of the bits to rebuild her they way i want.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/451.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9040080408/)
20130614_090921(dbc) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9040080408/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/452.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9089698452/)
millicent-in-shed-3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9089698452/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

I have been collecting the bits to get her back looking like she should and have acquired a few of the harder to get bits in the last few weeks, much to my wife's dismay.

I got these a few weeks ago

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/453.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/8684751633/)
Millicent's grill (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/8684751633/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

I was given two of the spade back seats and spring mounts a few weeks ago by perry, thanks muchly!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/454.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9113870176/)
seatbacks1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9113870176/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/455.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9111644655/)
seatbacks2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9111644655/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/456.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9111642431/)
seatbacks3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9111642431/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

and then i acquired a 1949 solex yesterday

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/457.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9089499694/)
carby1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9089499694/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

i still have a few things to find including the correct steering wheel and center, the lights to go behind the grill and a few smaller things.

hoping to get serious with her in the next few weeks.

[mfc]

the paint in the first pic makes me cringe
looks pretty good ckd'd in youre shed

[incisor]

first thing i will be getting stuck into is the firewall. it has a rusty top and severe cracking where the steering box bolts up.

i have a donor firewall that is good where i need it to be so i will be cutting it up to get the bits i need to get millicent's back on deck.

[incisor]

more trinkets...

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/07/1541.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9132944150/)
sparky1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9132944150/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

214262 Spark Plug Cover and Sparkmaster L630 Suppressor

x4

:)

[numpty]

I found the other seat back that I thought I had Dave :D It's also yours when I can get it to you.

[incisor]

I found the other seat back that I thought I had Dave :D It's also yours when I can get it to you.

much appreciated perry!

[incisor]

i had a couple of hours to myself this afternoon so i spent some time checking out the condition of the firewall and pondering ways to repair it.

it has bad rust under where the windscreen rubber lay, so i set about stabilising it till i can repair it. Had to scrape off heaps of old silicone and some other sort of sealant to get a decent look at it and it is a tad worse than i expected. i wire brushed it and then drowned it in ranex rust converter and have left it to dry. will give it another dose during the week and then empty a can or two of red oxide over it.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/6.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9177168775/)
firewall-rust (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9177168775/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

if i can get something like this folded up (but with a rounded edge on the top fold), i reckon the top of the firewall will be a bit easier to get sorted. just have to find out what thickness the firewall is, tho it seems to be about .8mm thick and the folded section would need to be just under 1.6m long.

will ring a couple of local sheet metal shops to see if it is possible to get done locally.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

i have another 80" firewall from the era that i was hoping to use to replace the fractured steering box support bracket but alas it has been modified to take the later steering box. the things you don't notice :p

Current Bracket

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/07/1613.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9179384436/)
firewall-steerbracket (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9179384436/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

Modified Bracket

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/07/1614.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9179389558/)
firewall-latersteerbracket (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9179389558/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

anyone have a decent dry 50 model firewall laying around they are interested in parting with or a firewall with the drivers side steering box support bracket intact?

anyone want what appears to be a 51 firewall with a modified bracket in good nick, good top section but with some rusty bits lower down?

[123rover50]

i had a couple of hours to myself this afternoon so i spent some time checking out the condition of the firewall and pondering ways to repair it.

it has bad rust under where the windscreen rubber lay, so i set about stabilising it till i can repair it. Had to scrape off heaps of old silicone and some other sort of sealant to get a decent look at it and it is a tad worse than i expected. i wire brushed it and then drowned it in ranex rust converter and have left it to dry. will give it another dose during the week and then empty a can or two of red oxide over it.

[insert pic of rusty top on firewall]

if i can get something like this folded up (but with a rounded edge on the top fold), i reckon the top of the firewall will be a bit easier to get sorted. just have to find out what thickness the firewall is, tho it seems to be about .8mm thick and the folded section would need to be just under 1.6m long.

will ring a couple of local sheet metal shops to see if it is possible to get done locally.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=62416&stc=1&d=1372582520

i have another 80" firewall from the era that i was hoping to use to replace the fractured steering box support bracket but alas it has been modified to take the later steering box. the things you don't notice :p


[insert pics of modified support bracket.]

anyone have a decent dry 50 model firewall laying around they are interested in parting with or a firewall with the drivers side steering box support bracket intact?

anyone want what appears to be a 51 firewall with a modified bracket in good nick, good top section but with some rusty bits lower down?

Cant see the pics but you can have this one if it has the part you need.

Keith

[klonk]

Dave,
Your modified steering bracket would easily removed from the good bulkhead with the use of a 1mm cutting disk on an angle grinder and cleaned up with care and patience , you would hardly know it was ever there.

Steve

[incisor]

Dave,
Your modified steering bracket would easily removed from the good bulkhead with the use of a 1mm cutting disk on an angle grinder and cleaned up with care and patience , you would hardly know it was ever there.

Steve

true, but at the time i thought it a shame to destroy it as it may be handy for someone not wanting to stay with the original steering box :p

will see how we get on..

[bobslandies]

i had a couple of hours to myself this afternoon so i spent some time checking out the condition of the firewall and pondering ways to repair it.

i have another 80" firewall from the era that i was hoping to use to replace the fractured steering box support bracket but alas it has been modified to take the later steering box. the things you don't notice :p

Current Bracket

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/07/1613.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9179384436/)
firewall-steerbracket (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9179384436/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

Modified Bracket

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/07/1614.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9179389558/)
firewall-latersteerbracket (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9179389558/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr



Hi Dave,

Had the same problem of the cracking with my 1949. Just cut the fractured area out carefully with a thin cutting blade in the angle grinder and welded a piece of the same thickness plate into the cut-out. Also mine had the recommended reinforcement done after this fracturing happened - see the relevant Service Bulletin about it. We replaced that also as it was a very rough farm job. Can't help you with the number as a lot of my stuff is in storage at the moment.

The reinforcement plate was either bolted or welded inside the footwell area reinforcing the whole area of the steering box bolts and the chassis attachment extension and down to the floor. The firewalls break up if tensioned by the chassis/attachment bracket bolts. Make sure you put suitable spacers between the chassis and the firewall bracket if it does not line up properly - fit spacers in any gap.

Bob

[incisor]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/07/1557.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9190996920/)
49starter (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9190996920/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

wasnt expecting to find this attached to the motor seeing it is a 2 litre unit.

[123rover50]

Ah, so its a Siamese 2 litre not a Spreadbore. Whats the engine number?

[incisor]

Ah, so its a Siamese 2 litre not a Spreadbore. Whats the engine number?

57101979

[123rover50]

Well you got me. Thats a spreadbore engine with the early starter motor.
Someones been mix and matching, but you probably know that anyway.:D

[rover-56]

Dave I think I have a couple of these off my '55. If they are suitable and you want them, (and if I can find them) they are yours gratis.
I don't think they had the supressor tho.
They will never go back on the '55.

Cheers,
Terry

more trinkets...

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/07/1541.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9132944150/)
sparky1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/9132944150/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

214262 Spark Plug Cover and Sparkmaster L630 Suppressor

x4

:)

[incisor]

Well you got me. Thats a spreadbore engine with the early starter motor.
Someones been mix and matching, but you probably know that anyway.:D

are they not supposed to fit or?

[incisor]

Dave I think I have a couple of these off my '55. If they are suitable and you want them, (and if I can find them) they are yours gratis.
I don't think they had the supressor tho.
They will never go back on the '55.

Cheers,
Terry

thanks...

give me a yell if you find them and i will flick you some $'s for the post and pack..

appreciate it!

[rover-56]

2 off, 1 has a couple of small chips, other is ok.
Bit different to yours, off my UK build '55.

If you want them pm me an address, don't bother with postage, not a problem.

Terry