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    Please - no one tell me my Series 1 is American as it was devised originally from a Jeep......
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scallops View Post
    Please - no one tell me my Series 1 is American as it was devised originally from a Jeep......
    Well if you want to look at it that way - the original Jeep design was the Bantam scout car whose design was based on the Bantam built Austin Seven (whose design in turn was at least partly inspired by Henry Ford's productions!).

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    About time she is back together and on the road again Dan. Have a blast driving the old girl around.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JDNSW View Post
    Well if you want to look at it that way - the original Jeep design was the Bantam scout car whose design was based on the Bantam built Austin Seven (whose design in turn was at least partly inspired by Henry Ford's productions!).

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    So....

    Matilda has been running for a couple of months now - all still OK?

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    Quote Originally Posted by drifter View Post
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    Matilda has been running for a couple of months now - all still OK?

    She needs a new distributor which is on it's way.....totally driveable though.....I'm enjoying having her home.
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    Awesome.

    A mate and I have been rebuilding a Series 1 engine for a 1955SWB - had it all ready to go back in and the new camshaft we had given up on arrived - so we'll be stripping it down again. Rebuilt distributor and carby - should be a goer when it's all back together. We'll put a reconditioned transfer case in the vehicle, too, to help save the environment - the one in it uses an awful lot of oil...

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    Well, Bill and I fitted my new Distributor on Saturday morning, and so, with Bill's guidance, and my ears, the old girl is really running nicely now.....

    On the first test drive, I could hear a thousand budgies chirping away under the bonnet with acceleration, and rightly assumed that this was the engine "pinging". I adjusted the distributor very slightly (turning the distributor so the vac advance moved anticlockwise) and the engine ran smoother at idle. It also stopped a noise that I had thought was an air leak from the exhaust manifold. Gone too are the burbles and slight backfires on de-acceleration when I take my foot off the accelerator....

    So I took her for another longer test drive, all sorts of speeds, slowing down, taking off...and flat out....well, the car is running beautifully. I guess it could theoretically be improved with a timing gun perhaps, but it's running just fine as is.

    The Border Ranges are about to get a Series 1 camping workout now! It's just great to have her running so fine.
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    let me know if you want to use a timing gun on it, if no one else offer s up I'll nab the one from work for you,.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blknight.aus View Post
    let me know if you want to use a timing gun on it, if no one else offer s up I'll nab the one from work for you,.
    I wouldn't mind getting it spot on with a gun, Dave. Thanks. You still in the same house?
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