26-02-2022, 04:00 PM
Over the years. I have always painted the springs before fitting them.
Starting with new springs (obtained from Ian Dunford) is always a nice start.
Then I always fit leather spring gaiters then I can fill the gaiter with grease.
What caused me to think this way was I stripped a Phantom 2 chassis and removed the spring gaiters and literally the original springs were like new !
So all my cars now have them.
More upmarket cars had gaiters fitted as standard in the day.
They were a much used accessory for Austin sevens.
Starting with new springs (obtained from Ian Dunford) is always a nice start.
Then I always fit leather spring gaiters then I can fill the gaiter with grease.
What caused me to think this way was I stripped a Phantom 2 chassis and removed the spring gaiters and literally the original springs were like new !
So all my cars now have them.
More upmarket cars had gaiters fitted as standard in the day.
They were a much used accessory for Austin sevens.