04-07-2023, 11:21 AM
That looks like me and my Tourer in Tony's photo!
I agree about the bulkhead being too glossy.
I have both types of 26VA carb, presumably one is earlier than the other? Am I using the wrong one on my car? If so then I'll change it.
When I first bought the car in 1966 it was very dirty and tatty under the bonnet but appeared to be very original (typical "well used" condition of the time) with original wiring, brown painted cut-out covers and coil to match the brown bakelite parts of each.
Chris, I can understand your "twitchiness", but I used only original cable that I had personally carefully removed from cars, selecting clean undamaged lengths still retaining a degree of flexibility, and with no cracking noise of hardened rubber breaking apart when flexed. I am confident that it will be safe but in any case I always isolate the battery when leaving the car and carry a fire extinguisher.
The A7s I saw in the 1960s had unpainted fans. Might it have been the Health and Safety influence of later years that inspired owners to paint them red, and does anyone have a definitive answer?
I have photos of a number of original barn find 1932/34 cars, nearly all show the terminal block located under the bonnet. Providing you have the correct cap in place and a reasonably good fitting bonnet I think it's extremely unlikely to be affected by water - unless competing in trials.
Further comments are welcome...
Steve, I started from Ringwood, not Beaulieu, to Abergavenny so the timing wasn't nearly so impressive!
I agree about the bulkhead being too glossy.
I have both types of 26VA carb, presumably one is earlier than the other? Am I using the wrong one on my car? If so then I'll change it.
When I first bought the car in 1966 it was very dirty and tatty under the bonnet but appeared to be very original (typical "well used" condition of the time) with original wiring, brown painted cut-out covers and coil to match the brown bakelite parts of each.
Chris, I can understand your "twitchiness", but I used only original cable that I had personally carefully removed from cars, selecting clean undamaged lengths still retaining a degree of flexibility, and with no cracking noise of hardened rubber breaking apart when flexed. I am confident that it will be safe but in any case I always isolate the battery when leaving the car and carry a fire extinguisher.
The A7s I saw in the 1960s had unpainted fans. Might it have been the Health and Safety influence of later years that inspired owners to paint them red, and does anyone have a definitive answer?
I have photos of a number of original barn find 1932/34 cars, nearly all show the terminal block located under the bonnet. Providing you have the correct cap in place and a reasonably good fitting bonnet I think it's extremely unlikely to be affected by water - unless competing in trials.
Further comments are welcome...
Steve, I started from Ringwood, not Beaulieu, to Abergavenny so the timing wasn't nearly so impressive!