Thread: "Sweetpea" joins the clan.

Originally Posted by zulu Delta 534

Sweetpea is slowly still progressing,
Glen

Progress looks good! I'm back in Brisbane in a few weeks. How is your hunt for the correct oil bath air cleaner going?

I must remember to come and collect mine as i need it for a new project.

Alex

Looking very nice

You had better come over when you are back and have a look. Have sourced most of the bits I need, only rubbers and one "D" light to go in the major hunt section, and that is about all I need (at the moment anyway).
Have a really good complete oil bath cleaner and yours is sitting here awaiting your return.
Regards
Glen

Originally Posted by LRO53

Progress looks good! I'm back in Brisbane in a few weeks. How is your hunt for the correct oil bath air cleaner going?

I must remember to come and collect mine as i need it for a new project.

Alex

Hi Glen & Patsy,

Sweatpea is looking great!!!!!!

Originally Posted by zulu Delta 534

"If anyone can be of assistance with these measurements I would be most appreciative.
Regards
Glen"

I measured the position on two firewalls (1948 and 1949) and give or take a little I would believe that the centre of the light was originally meant to be 2" down from the top and 2" in from the outside. (Imperial measurements)
They actually varied between 46mm and 54mm even between sides on the same firewall.

Probably will see you if I come up with Diana.
Good to hear that all relevant safety, insurance, training, reporting, risk assessment, etc in force throughout the Commonwealth and the Islands adjacent thereunto from time to time and any other things invented or about to be invented are being complied with.

Bob

Originally Posted by zulu Delta 534

You had better come over when you are back and have a look. Have sourced most of the bits I need, only rubbers and one "D" light to go in the major hunt section, and that is about all I need (at the moment anyway).
Have a really good complete oil bath cleaner and yours is sitting here awaiting your return.
Regards
Glen

rear lamp ST51 :: Vintage Car Parts

D light (new, black)

worth a search here for rubbers you may need too!

A few more occurrences have taken place on the Sweetpea front of recent weeks. Harry turned up with his trailer and transported the vehicle to his place where there is a bit more room to work, and over the time we have made use of his pressure cleaner to remove a lot of the past 60 years buildup of dirt and grease to find that the chassis and bulkhead was even better than we previously thought.

A lot of the smaller pieces that had already been removed and cleaned or in some cases, replicated, were painted as seen in the previous post.
The Engine has been stripped and reassembled, crankshaft reground, o/s bearings fitted, new rings and a general tidy up all the way through and that is now sitting in my trailer in my shed (the daily driver has been relegated an outside position for some time now!) waiting to be refitted to the tidied up and titivated chassis.






A new drivers side door has been manufactured (thanks to a son in law who gallantly volunteered to take some flood damaged road sign ally to the tip earlier this year!!) and also to my mate Ho Har who folded the pieces up for me.



I have spent a day or two with various flappers, sanders, wire wheels, chemicals and other assorted odds and sods in an attempt to clean up the grille mesh but unfortunately it looks as though it may have to suffer the indignity of being coated in some gal paint.

As for the Radiator panel, all looks pretty good now and even though I have cheated with the lighting system, at least I should be able to see in the dark now.
I had a couple of spare Lucas headlights that were not extremely efficient (simply because of the rust on the reflectors) so I set about with a small screwdriver and pliers and pried open the captive surround from around the lenses and removed them, cleaned them up and threw the reflectors away.
I went down to Autobarn and purchase two 7" 'Hansa' brand semi sealed beam headlights, removed their flat lenses and then with my good friend 'Sikaflex', refitted the Lucas lenses. That should keep the rivet counters confused for 30seconds or so at least and it also allows me to fit H4 light bulbs which simply have to be better than the originals.



And that is where I am up to at the moment. Slowly getting there.

Regards
Glen

Coming along bloody nicely Glen, Patsy et al

Originally Posted by zulu Delta 534

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As for the Radiator panel, all looks pretty good now and even though I have cheated with the lighting system, at least I should be able to see in the dark now.
I had a couple of spare Lucas headlights that were not extremely efficient (simply because of the rust on the reflectors) so I set about with a small screwdriver and pliers and pried open the captive surround from around the lenses and removed them, cleaned them up and threw the reflectors away.
I went down to Autobarn and purchase two 7" 'Hansa' brand sealed beam headlights, removed their flat lenses and then with my good friend 'Sikaflex', refitted the Lucas lenses. That should keep the rivet counters confused for 30seconds or so at least and it also allows me to fit H4 light bulbs which simply have to be better than the originals.
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Regards
Glen

A further improvement can be made by fitting a headlight relay. This, quite conveniently, can be mounted behind the grille and where it is both accessible and invisible. Makes a big difference.

Assuming that you are retaining the original generator, you need to be careful about the wattage bulbs you are using - 55w bulbs are about 25% above the originals - which doesn't sound like much, but you need to remember that while the generator is rated at 20A, in practice it will never produce this, and most importantly, unlike an alternator, produces little or no current at idling or low engine speed (below about 1500rpm). Even with the original 45W bulbs prolonged night driving in traffic will see the battery gradually losing charge.

John