23-07-2023, 09:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 23-07-2023, 09:40 PM by Leisureking.)
This is a good point. I think it more likely that it was destined for one of the Portuguese colonies in Africa, where Khaki would no doubt have been a sensible choice of colour! The heritage certificate also designates a black trim colour, but the hood colour is not recorded.
I have managed to find a record of it with the Portuguese equivalent of DVLA, so I am hopeful of finding at least some basic registration details from them.
Until then, all I can do is continue with the striping and cleaning routine!
The flywheel and crank are stamped with the engine number, but the pistons appear to be +50 oversized.
P.S. The horrible scraping marks were not made by me! they were revealed by dissolving the carbon with paraffin and carb cleaner.
I have managed to find a record of it with the Portuguese equivalent of DVLA, so I am hopeful of finding at least some basic registration details from them.
Until then, all I can do is continue with the striping and cleaning routine!
The flywheel and crank are stamped with the engine number, but the pistons appear to be +50 oversized.
P.S. The horrible scraping marks were not made by me! they were revealed by dissolving the carbon with paraffin and carb cleaner.