25-04-2021, 05:28 PM
Slow work
Don't know what's going on with the photos at the moment, they keep disappearing....
One of the problems with this car is the amount of small bits that were lost or discarded by the clowns responsible for the "Cosmetic Restoration" in the eighties. One (or two) of the parts lost were the brass ferrules that the headlamp cables run through as they enter the body. Here are the ones on my Chummy:
DSC_1053s.JPG (Size: 15.02 KB / Downloads: 522)
They are described in the parts list as "Cable bush and nut", BD67
DSC_1064s.jpg (Size: 51.94 KB / Downloads: 522)
I decided to make some. It was tricky because they are very thin and I didn't want them to be too oversize. In fact, I've made the heads a bit small and they suffer from the same fault the originals do in that I can't quite get a piece of three core armoured cable through, so I'll have to do the same as I did with the Chummy and strip the armour off from the ferrule onwards. Here's my effort, alright, the nuts are a bit heavy; I would make them smaller if I was doing the job again. The thread had to be very fine as the OD of the bush was 3/8 and the hole was 5/16. I chose a 3/8 x 40 ME thread, which worked well.
DSC_1055s.JPG (Size: 67.75 KB / Downloads: 522)
Here is one inserted into the body, looks better than poking the wire through a blank hole.
DSC_1059s.JPG (Size: 21.17 KB / Downloads: 521)
Spent several hours on this job, good job we work for the love of it!
Don't know what's going on with the photos at the moment, they keep disappearing....
One of the problems with this car is the amount of small bits that were lost or discarded by the clowns responsible for the "Cosmetic Restoration" in the eighties. One (or two) of the parts lost were the brass ferrules that the headlamp cables run through as they enter the body. Here are the ones on my Chummy:
DSC_1053s.JPG (Size: 15.02 KB / Downloads: 522)
They are described in the parts list as "Cable bush and nut", BD67
DSC_1064s.jpg (Size: 51.94 KB / Downloads: 522)
I decided to make some. It was tricky because they are very thin and I didn't want them to be too oversize. In fact, I've made the heads a bit small and they suffer from the same fault the originals do in that I can't quite get a piece of three core armoured cable through, so I'll have to do the same as I did with the Chummy and strip the armour off from the ferrule onwards. Here's my effort, alright, the nuts are a bit heavy; I would make them smaller if I was doing the job again. The thread had to be very fine as the OD of the bush was 3/8 and the hole was 5/16. I chose a 3/8 x 40 ME thread, which worked well.
DSC_1055s.JPG (Size: 67.75 KB / Downloads: 522)
Here is one inserted into the body, looks better than poking the wire through a blank hole.
DSC_1059s.JPG (Size: 21.17 KB / Downloads: 521)
Spent several hours on this job, good job we work for the love of it!