06-05-2021, 02:07 PM
Thank you all for you kind comments. I am at the 'it's going to look a lot worse before it starts looking better' stage. it will be a shed rebuild but i will be focusing on everything for reliability rather than finish. i am semi retired and so it doesnt matter ultimately if i only do 20 miles a day, pushing it! but having said that i wont be sleeping in a caravan... the car has a 'massive' boot so i will be packing everything i can fit in. it will have to be period clothing too.
Reckless, Spain is a lovely place to drive and a tad warmer than Scotland, but a challenge is a challenge. i will post some pics as i strip it down. I havent a clue what i have got yet. the bodywork is made of 1mm aluminium and so it is a bit 'flexible'. the engine number is M225969. i can turn the fan and it turns the camshaft sprocket but i cant feel any compression. so something odd must be going on. head will be coming off soon for a first look but not before lashings of plus gas have done their thing.
Ruairidh, any tips from the Llewellyns would be welcome. I found a blog online by a chap who did the trip in a Morgan (comparatively modern). it was about 5000 miles but he did the islands too. i read your comments on dynamators by the way. cant seem to get one now. seemed a great quick solution especially when starting with a blank canvas. i have one on another car and it was fit and forget. the only problem i had with it is that i had an LED ignition light and an alternator needs a proper bulb to get it started. took ages to work that out...
A very nice local chap got in touch and he has done Lands End to John o Groats 3 times in his 7... he has done 100000 miles in it over 45 years.
ps i have been an RAC member for 40 years and only been recovered once - in someone else's pre-war morris major, so they owe me. i wont be shy about calling them. if they have to take me home to replace an engine and i then need to get trailered back again to continue, so be it.
Cheers
Reckless, Spain is a lovely place to drive and a tad warmer than Scotland, but a challenge is a challenge. i will post some pics as i strip it down. I havent a clue what i have got yet. the bodywork is made of 1mm aluminium and so it is a bit 'flexible'. the engine number is M225969. i can turn the fan and it turns the camshaft sprocket but i cant feel any compression. so something odd must be going on. head will be coming off soon for a first look but not before lashings of plus gas have done their thing.
Ruairidh, any tips from the Llewellyns would be welcome. I found a blog online by a chap who did the trip in a Morgan (comparatively modern). it was about 5000 miles but he did the islands too. i read your comments on dynamators by the way. cant seem to get one now. seemed a great quick solution especially when starting with a blank canvas. i have one on another car and it was fit and forget. the only problem i had with it is that i had an LED ignition light and an alternator needs a proper bulb to get it started. took ages to work that out...
A very nice local chap got in touch and he has done Lands End to John o Groats 3 times in his 7... he has done 100000 miles in it over 45 years.
ps i have been an RAC member for 40 years and only been recovered once - in someone else's pre-war morris major, so they owe me. i wont be shy about calling them. if they have to take me home to replace an engine and i then need to get trailered back again to continue, so be it.
Cheers