Thread: The restoration of Wombat

Originally Posted by Sitec

Anyhow, he's sat on inflated tyres, on the trailer and ready to head south first thing tomorrow morning!

Beaudy. Thanks mate.

Originally Posted by Sitec

Well, he is who he says he is. Here's the matching number at the other end.

And that rules out any chance of the old compliance plate switcheroo... not that I had any suspicions, it's just nice to have numbers match up.

Cor, inflated tyres, she's being spoilt.

Might be an idea to carefully put those pushrods in the car, be a pity to get here and find there are only seven left

Ooooooo, it's getting exciting now

Push rods and a few other bits in the cab. Found one of the rear tub cappings in the rear too! It'll b good to give the 101 a leg stretch. PM or txt me your address when suits.

txt sent.
Dog warned

She's home (thanks Sitec )

And my first thoughts are along the lines of "What the flippin' heck have I done?"

Still, she rolls easily, steers easily, so some bits work. The brake pedal is solid as is the clutch (as in no movement at all). The back end body is where a lot of work is going to be happening. Underneath is just old Landy with no visible rot.

I've included a photo of the engine number - is anyone able to interpret that?

I have to belt off and watch my son play football (soccer) in a bit so I'm not going to start anything, but here are some photos, certainly the last ones you'll see of her in this condition.

I have often said to self, 'why the b****y hell did you buy this' anyway some daze will be diamonds others stones, cheers Dennis

253xxxxxx Series IIA petrol 2286cc 7:1 CR


I could only find this Mate - but you know you have a later engine anyway.


I had a good look in all the books I have + on the net and I couldn't find a comprehensive database on engine numbers anywhere.


I'd be interested to know if you do find one - also, what the remaining xxxxxx's mean.


Nice looking vehicle. Have you fired it up yet?
cheers,
D

Thanks D. That fits with what I've found too and Sitec reckons that the shape of the engine confirms it's a 2.25. In the 'Wanted' forum, someone is looking for pushrods and wanted to know how to tell if you've got a 7:1 or an 8:1 head. That thread links you to a site that talks about how to tell the difference based on a raised section under a head bolt near the carby - mine doesn't have that which confirms it's an early type 7:1 compression ration head.

Having cleaned off some dust, I was able to tell that she's got a Zenith carby.

The engine has been partially disassembled (down to the head gasket) so there's no danger of it starting soon. Sitec's had a good look and reckons it's worth trying to get it going which suits me - although I'll eventually pull the engine down and give it a full bare block up rebuild, it'd be nice to get on the road first so I've got time to save the money for the rebuild. I'll be keeping this engine because although it's not the original, it's a part of its history and I'll be trying to preserve that history as much as practical (my excuse for not doing a concours restoration ).