Thread: Kevin's 55 86" Series 1

After I bought my Series 1 back in June, my mate Kevin bought 2 Series 1's, a 1955 86" & ??year 107, both looked pretty sad n forlorn sitting under some trees up near Walcha NSW. The previous owner thought they were worth more than usual but a deal was struck (at a lot less than originally proposed) and they were transported back to the Hunter Valley ( location NFP as I don't live there) anyway here are a couple of images of the 86"
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps62578d9d.jpg
probably the first time in more than 30+ years since it has spent any time under cover, here is a short clip of the engine running, so sweet no smoke no rattles etc
Kevin's Series 1 running - YouTube
unbelievable, this is the engine bay, you can see it has some serious rust issues which will be overcome soon
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps90eeb3e2.jpg
here are a couple of images of the 107 that will be used for ?? some parts if needed, the poor old things have been sadly neglected for many a year
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...psab015460.jpg
and from another angle
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...psb3068ab6.jpg
anyway that was part of my day, I went to Kevin's location to measure from the top of the gal/strip on the transome panel to the seatbox, I now have that measurement anyway cheers Dennis

Well I had been up north a few times, this time I went with my mate Kevin in his 110 ute, we were armed with a 3KVA gen set and all manner of tools that I thought we would need to complete the job, I had a lsit of things that I wanted/needed and were collected, then it was over to Kevin for his shopping list, and a bulkhead was high on his list + mudguards and this n that n more of this n that
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps0ce55019.jpg
we had to use the angle grinder on the wing bolts as they would not undo past 1/2 way, somewhere in it's distant past it has had longer bolts put in place, no damage to the guards, and a short while later it looked like this
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps9a62d5b4.jpg
and after we had a bite to eat, and some judicious use of the angle grinder I was able to remove the B/head,

Kevin couldn't help me as he had just had a operation and was not permitted to lift anything really heavy
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps01b47207.jpg
on the first attempt to separate the B/head from the windscreen I couldn't move it at all, so I tried a lever and still no movement, we discovered that the windscreen pivots had been welded to the pivot on the B/head,

the angle grinder made short work of that

and the B/head was off


then it was load it all up and head off home, anyway that's been part of my last few days, cheers Dennis