25-07-2018, 09:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 25-07-2018, 09:39 PM by Bob Culver.)
I dunno what paint Austins used but the rear floor of RPs rusted spectacularly. (A very rough RP driven to Asia in the 1970s? had a constant problem with the whole rear subsiding!) Due roof, window leaks and the inner guards perforating. Unless restored, carrier out of the question.
My car was fitted with very robust aftermarket bumpers from new and a heavy duty carrier fitted. It has carried sacks of coal, cement, Seven engines and other trinkets. it is mounted as RR, with the holes about 1 inch above the angle, where layers of steel. Washers suffice on the inside. Extends further forward.
But anything involving removal of the guard is best avoided as likley to start a saga.
Some sort of angle from underneath and parallel the originnl pattern tank mount seems promising but the floor is full of rivets etc. Must not reduce axle bump travel.
My car was fitted with very robust aftermarket bumpers from new and a heavy duty carrier fitted. It has carried sacks of coal, cement, Seven engines and other trinkets. it is mounted as RR, with the holes about 1 inch above the angle, where layers of steel. Washers suffice on the inside. Extends further forward.
But anything involving removal of the guard is best avoided as likley to start a saga.
Some sort of angle from underneath and parallel the originnl pattern tank mount seems promising but the floor is full of rivets etc. Must not reduce axle bump travel.