A long restoration of brakes.
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A long restoration of brakes.
It started in 1967 when a work mates 1933 Austin 7 failed the new
strict MOT test. He decided the cable/rod brakes needed a refurb & he may as well carry out a total overhaul at the same time. He purchased a Borgward Isabella as a stop gap for his beloved Austin. He stripped it down to the Chassis & put all the bits neatly into boxes but lack of funds stopped the re-build. In 1978 when i moved on to another company it still sat in his garage untouched. In the mid 1990's i met him in Basingstoke Town Centre & one of the first questions was about his car. It was still untouched after 30 years.
Today i met him again by chance. Hes now 75 & retired in 1997. Of course i asked again about the Austin. After 42 years wait it was started in 2010 & was going well but still lots to do. His aim is to complete it before he is 80
. Ive read about such resto's but this is proof it can take the best part of 50 years to complete. Hes not a young man so perhaps it will never get finished.
strict MOT test. He decided the cable/rod brakes needed a refurb & he may as well carry out a total overhaul at the same time. He purchased a Borgward Isabella as a stop gap for his beloved Austin. He stripped it down to the Chassis & put all the bits neatly into boxes but lack of funds stopped the re-build. In 1978 when i moved on to another company it still sat in his garage untouched. In the mid 1990's i met him in Basingstoke Town Centre & one of the first questions was about his car. It was still untouched after 30 years.
Today i met him again by chance. Hes now 75 & retired in 1997. Of course i asked again about the Austin. After 42 years wait it was started in 2010 & was going well but still lots to do. His aim is to complete it before he is 80
. Ive read about such resto's but this is proof it can take the best part of 50 years to complete. Hes not a young man so perhaps it will never get finished.
I can see how easily time passes on such things as I inherited a 1956 MG Magnette ex police car back in the early 90s with a view to restore it and its been sat in storage untouched since the day I got it so thats 20 years, one day maybe
Borgward Isabella - I actually think they are quite pretty!
Due to child I just feel the pace of work on my toy has slowed to the above pace.... I am hopeing to have her trained well enough to help with in the next 3 or so years to have her help me with it!
Due to child I just feel the pace of work on my toy has slowed to the above pace.... I am hopeing to have her trained well enough to help with in the next 3 or so years to have her help me with it!
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Now your talking.... Me and my mate have a MG magnette...not a ounce of rust on it either when I go up the garage ill send you some pics mate... We are looking at a 5 speed conversion.
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I've got Ford Pop like that
https://passionford.com/forum/restor...erm-resto.html
Was taken off the road in 1978/9 and is only now getting the engine put back in it. Basic engine is fitted to gearbox, no extras yet though.
https://passionford.com/forum/restor...erm-resto.html
Was taken off the road in 1978/9 and is only now getting the engine put back in it. Basic engine is fitted to gearbox, no extras yet though.
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