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« Reply #180 on: April 17, 2015, 08:17:40 PM » |
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You think? Sorry it’s been a while, but sorting the wings out have been a bit of a nightmare. The left hand wing had issues around the headlamp and down the front to the lower edge.  "Met"amorphosis  "Met"amorphosis  "Met"amorphosis Loads of work, with two and three compound curves running down the front. I’m not going to show the jigsaw of new metal that has gone into this wing, but suffice to say it is now serviceable and solid.  "Met"amorphosis  "Met"amorphosis The right hand side is a bit more of a puzzle. It fits really well at the back and to the inner wing, but at the front, around the indicator the shape is all wrong. Looks like the bumper has been forced into the wing, cutting it.  "Met"amorphosis The gap under the headlamp is a concern.  "Met"amorphosis  "Met"amorphosis Need to consider my options here, might be a while!! |
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« Reply #181 on: April 17, 2015, 08:36:20 PM » |
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Looking at the stuff you have done in the past and your handiwork on this project I'm sure you will sort it
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« Reply #182 on: April 17, 2015, 08:38:12 PM » |
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Yeh, eventually!!  Here's another bit that needed sorting Meanwhile, there are other things going on in the back ground. Small bits that will eventually need addressing. One of which is the air filters. A while ago I bought a pair of Option air filters for an MGA. These are from the ‘50s and were made just round the corner from here at Vokes filters at Normandy (nr Guildford).  "Met"amorphosis  "Met"amorphosis When I bought the carbs, they came with a pair of ‘50s/’60s bell mouths.  "Met"amorphosis These would not fit over the fixings for the filters.  "Met"amorphosis So some careful modifying of the bell mouths.  "Met"amorphosis Allowed them to slip over the fixings.  "Met"amorphosis However using the filter elements that came with the filters would have maybe caused a reduction in air flow into the carbs.  "Met"amorphosis So some threaded bosses were turned up, to add another 1” of air gap/filter thickness to the filter element.  "Met"amorphosis  "Met"amorphosis I now have some thicker K & N filters on the way, which will work well. Just got to source some period looking expanded steel sheet the fabricate the “grilles that go round the filter elements. |
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« Reply #183 on: April 17, 2015, 09:12:30 PM » |
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One other thing the I had been mulling over for a while now is the bonnet mascot. There was an accessory mascot available in the late ‘50s early ‘60s. This was in the shape of the mascot that was standard on the ‘53/’54 Nash Rambler.  "Met"amorphosis I think that this particular mascot looks to “heavy” for the car, so we chose the mascot from a ‘55 Rambler instead.  "Met"amorphosis To me the whole thing looks lighter and more sleek. So we bought one off US eBay. These couple of pictures aren’t the actual one, but are in a similar condition with pretty bad pitting.  "Met"amorphosis  "Met"amorphosis I was still concerned about the physical size of the mascot and how it didn’t seem to be in “scale” with the rest of the car! I did some calculations and discovered that the Metropolitan is about 25% smaller than the Rambler. To put that into context, we need the mascot to be 25% smaller. So I made some enquiries around a few companies that dealt with 3D scanning and printing (can you see where this is going). Sometime before Easter I took the old mascot into CDG in Alton for them to work their magic. So to scan it, remove all the pitting, reduce it by 25% and print it out into a plastic “mascot” that we can use to get it cast up by the use of lost wax investment casting. This is what they sent me, by email, about a week and a half ago ……….  "Met"amorphosis Just got to wait now, for the phone call to say it’s ready for collection!! |
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« Reply #184 on: April 18, 2015, 07:05:34 AM » |
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Wow ! Moern technology eh ?
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« Reply #185 on: April 18, 2015, 07:09:35 AM » |
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Yeh, does come at a cost though  |
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« Reply #186 on: April 18, 2015, 08:04:44 AM » |
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I'll bet. Though it does save having to sculpt a smaller version by hand.
Any idea where you will be getting it cast ?
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« Reply #187 on: April 18, 2015, 01:30:27 PM » |
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I've done the search on the internet, Dave, and have a few choices. There's one at Lymington, one at Southampton, one at Lasham and another somewhere close. Popped round to one in Lasham on my way home last night, but they were closed, so I'll try Monday. I've got a couple of other bits to do but they just need to be pushed in the sand box as models and cast straight from that.
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« Reply #188 on: April 18, 2015, 01:30:53 PM » |
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After a bit of thought about the right hand front wing below the head lamp, I decided to cut the corresponding piece from the original wing and weld it into the new one. Remember I had bought another pair of wings and am now using the best two out of four. I didn’t really want to use any parts from these, as they might be of use to someone else in the future, still needs must. So, I’ve cut the part I need out of the old wing.  "Met"amorphosis  "Met"amorphosis Welded a new return on it, around the side lamp area.  "Met"amorphosis This is the area I need to replace.  "Met"amorphosis Marked out and cut about ¾” inside the fixing line, joggled the edge so that the “new” part fits level.  "Met"amorphosis Made holes, in the “new” panel, for rosette welding into the wing.  "Met"amorphosis Clamped on and welded, welds cleaned up and this is what it looks like now.  "Met"amorphosis  "Met"amorphosis  "Met"amorphosis You can also see how far out from the panel line the repair patch is on the valence part of the wing.  "Met"amorphosis Back with some more soon. |
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« Reply #189 on: August 15, 2015, 07:18:27 AM » |
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Any progress on this ?  |
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« Reply #190 on: August 15, 2015, 11:12:26 AM » |
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A little bit, but not worth posting. Customer work keeps getting in the way!! Scottie just dropped me off a Triumph Herald convertible, part built, with a Sprintex supercharged Rover V8, five speed and Jag front and rear suspension. To be finished and IVAd!!
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« Reply #191 on: August 20, 2015, 09:01:23 PM » |
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So are these paying jobs or love jobs ?
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« Reply #192 on: August 20, 2015, 10:26:51 PM » |
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It say's customer work, so that'll be paying jobs then!!
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« Reply #193 on: August 20, 2015, 11:08:47 PM » |
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« Reply #194 on: September 22, 2015, 01:21:58 PM » |
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Chris
Any recommendations for the casting company that will do mascots etc?
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