Back in business

[series1buff]

Hi

I have not been on this forum for a while :wasntme: Been teaching myself machining ..with many stuffups in the process.

I still have the three 1950 models , these are in various states of disrepair :(

Two are running and driveable .

I hope to be making a canvas truck top soon. I had a exmoor made one on loan and took measurments.

Mike in Gippsland .

[chazza]

Nice to hear from you again Mike!

Goodness knows how many years since the Trans-Tasman forum!

Post some pics of your hood; I remember being most impressed by your first one,

Cheers Charlie

[series1buff]

hi Charlie

Yes the old days .... on the trans tasman forum

How is your brother getting on with his series 1 ? Your 80" must be finished ? I am out of touch with things .

I have the pics of the exmoor truck canvas top somewhere . I will do some drawings and upload them . I managed to get hold of some 1" webbing and cotton canvas . Also found some brass gauze for the rear curtain windows .

A pic of making a backing plate for a chuck .It's a steel wheel from a scale garden railway wagon. I bored it out and made a cast iron sleeve and then internally threaded the sleeve . The lathe is a old flat belt Visby

[chazza]

My 80" needs the body done next and then it will be awfully close to finished; hence the reason why I am making some wings.

Life and a sports car have got in the way though, so it may a few more years yet, until the little fella is complete again,

Cheers Charlie

[series1buff]

Charlie . Are you fabricating the whole wing ? Or just the inner section and the top flat section ? The outer panels are the most difficult to do . I guess if K Wadsworth can make them, then it's not impossible .

[chazza]

The outer section.

Check your PM's.

[series1buff]

I've been told that Wadsworth uses a hydraulic press and a die to shape the outer section .