Delivered the wheels to P&P and asked them to just blast them. I'll prime and paint them myself. Warned off Hammerite and advised to use spray-on etch primer.
He showed me some wheels which they had finished. They looked excellent but of course I have no idea what they looked like before they were done.
The wheels will be ready tomorrow afternoon, same time. Fast turn-around.
Tinworm
Lost a lot of hair since the project started!
Austin 101
Good grief! As I winched it on to the transporter, blokes standing around assumed I was taking it to be crushed!
The correct 101 face
Not mine, but mine will be similar
The Austin 101 Express Delivery Van (launched 1957)
Pit Crew
John, Me, Carl and Paul (from left)...the day we got the van into a plot of land next to my workshop, having towed it from John's and then manoeuvred it through two gardens because I don't have road access!
Carl and John, who towed me.
Colin Smith - B Series Engine Guru
"Specials"
Morris sold the chassis and scuttles to commercial users to be coach-built as ambulances, butchers' shops, mobile snack bars, ice-cream vans and, like mine, milk-floats.
copyright of Harvey Pitcher
copyright of Harvey Pitcher
Mine will have looked a lot like the milkfloat above, once.... Except, of course, this is a JB, not a 101.
The Coachbuilder's Autograph
A highlight of the restoration - the discovery of the coachbuilder's autograph in pencil on an upright in the cab, when I stripped some aluminium skin off.
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