Sold 1972 Austin 1100 - SOLD

[Noel Tidybeard]

just...no

[SiC]

I don't think it'd pass UK MOT standards, so you're better off keeping as is.

[MorrisItalSLX]

Us Aussies are a crazy bunch, That would probably pass rego here if you went to the right inspector!

[tooSavvy]

 

.... Angyl, this 'popped up' [.. well, down really!] on the Adit thread.

 

https://www.aditnow.co.uk/Photo/Rural-Shaft-Capping_11434/

 

 

TS

[vulgalour]

Might take me more than a couple of weeks to sort that one out

[Felly Magic]

I'm sure in the original R.D Wingfield books D.I Jack Frost drove an 1100

[vulgalour]

Hey, good news!  The inner wing is finished *trumpets sound*.  Got the last bits of rust chopped out, namely the remains of the subframe mount.

20170803-01 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

The bit near the flexi hose was also replaced.  Everything was then sealed and painted and whatnot and that's the worst, most complicated bit of the car sorted.  Happy days.

20170803-02 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

On the other side of the wing, the ID tag was reinstated and a new hard brake line installed.  There's a few holes to drill for the electric fixings and the battery tray, other than that this is all finished now.

20170803-03 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

All set to get the replacement wing trimmed and fitted right up until the cutting disc in the grinder snagged, jumped and tried to take off my thumb.  I'm so glad I'd got into the habit of grinding with welding gauntlets on, something I was doing because the sparks were sometimes giving me really itchy hands.  Meant I only had to put a plaster on my thumb and not stitches.

20170803-04 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

I'm not far off on the fitment of the wing now.  It's lots of offering up, marking where to trim, removing, trimming, offering up... and so on.  I reckon one more session and it'll be welded on and then the lights and everything can go back in and the front of the car will be finished.  Grille obviously had to come back off to do this work too since the join runs behind it.

20170803-05 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

[Felly Magic]

You turn your back for 5 minutes and look what happens

[Cavcraft]

Superb stuff, and highlights further how much you've been missed on here.

[junkyarddog]

Nice work,

Also nice to see your Skill set improving.

 

That's quite a lot of involved work you've done there,keep it up.

[vulgalour]

I have a schedule of works on the welding now I've got through the worst of it:

Boot floor

Rear outer wing corners

Heater box mount

Inner sills

front subframe rear mount driver's side

Floor pan

Sill closing panels

 

Then it should be structurally sorted for the MoT.  The sill closing panels have a 6 week lead time on them so I need to get those ordered fairly soon otherwise they'll hold me up too much on the other jobs.  If I get things done too quickly I can turn my attention to the Princess and the Rover, both of whom need little jobs and a bit of cosmetic welding.

[SiC]

You might end up having too many cars for the road and not enough projects at this rate.

[vulgalour]

Yeah... except I'm pretty sure all three will conspire to break simultaneously when I need transport in a rush.

[MikeKnight]

You might end up having too many cars

 

[stuboy]

cutting disks are russian roulette..

[Felly Magic]

Needs this decal with the motor oil bit cut off on the bootlid

 

[stephen01]

Loving the work you're putting into this, can't wait to see it in the road.

[vulgalour]

To Do list is considerably shorter than it was.  Here's an update on that.

 

Bodywork

- bulkhead mounting point for heater to repair

- rear boot floor seam to clean and repair as necessary

Driver's side

- fit front outer wing

- repair/replace front floor pan

- front subframe mount on heelboard to investigate and repair if required.

- small inner sill repairs to complete

- sill closing panel to buy and attach

- rear lower outer wing/arch area to replace

- boot floor to inner wing section to repair

Passenger side

- repair outer sill under door

- sill closing panel to buy and attach

 

Mechanical and Electrical

- identify cause of inoperable horn and driver's side indicators.  Potentially earth problem and/or dirty connections

- obtain and fit correct battery, current one much too large

- acquire and fit battery clamp (may have a Princess one in stock that suits) 

- acquire and fit new tyres

- flush and replace coolant

- bleed brakes

 

Cosmetic

- repair and retrim door cards

- repair and retrim parcel shelf

- acquire and fit new carpetting

- apply paint where required

[gadgetgricey]

Needs this decal with the motor oil bit cut off on the bootlid

 

 

[richardthestag]

brilliant progress, can't wait to see the cleen sheet MoT on this one

 

and yep i dun that with my cutting disc too last month. just a kiss and no glove. got complacent holding the grinder with my right hand and the work piece in me left. I don't do that any more, lucky to have a thumb.

 

I like your list, will do one on my land rover project but I think it might be quite depressing! I am right at the bottom of the motivation curve. It will pick up

[Noel Tidybeard]

is the battery the correct/better size for the rover-of-many-colours or the wedge and swappage could occur?

 

alternatively- there is no such thing as a battery that is too big (see honda spaceship and its woefull 330A thing)

[PhilA]

There is, you can end up with a battery that's too big to charge fully on short runs and as a result sulfates because it's never charged up all the way.

 

Usually with dynamos that's a problem, not so much with an alternator.

 

Phil

[SiC]

is the battery the correct/better size for the rover-of-many-colours or the wedge and swappage could occur?

 

alternatively- there is no such thing as a battery that is too big (see honda spaceship and its woefull 330A thing)

Never had a problem with mine. If you have auto headlights and wipers, then if you're going to leave it off for a long period (3 weeks or more - especially if old) then you need to turn them off. For some reason they appear to drain the battery even with the ignition off. My 2.2 ctdi spaceship battery was 8 years old before I changed it as it was just starting to get a bit weaker and I didn't want the car to fail on me. £60 for a genuine Honda replacement battery.

[panhard65]

I think the battery size thing is more to do with the hole it fits in than it's capacity. I am sure these are like the old mini's with a box in the boot floor, hence it needs to be the right battery.

[KruJoe]

This one's batt lives under the bonnet.

 

[vulgalour]

The battery issue is the physical size rather than it's output.  It was originally on the Princess, and has been on the Rover too, it's our catch-all back-up battery which is another reason for not stealing it for the Austin.

 

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After what was achieved today I've decided to have a weekend off from the Austin.  I've been working flat out to get through as much of the front end as I could in the shortest time and now that's all done I have the luxury of time on my side.  The remaining welding can be done at a more sedate pace since none of it will need me to disturb the bits that make the car run, with the exception of disconnecting the battery when welding, of course.  The various earth points and wiring stuff was tidied up in the engine bay so, apart from potentially cleaning any less-than-perfect earth points, we're done under here.

20170804-01 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

More importantly, the wing is fitted.  It's a scruffy used panel so it's less than perfect but it's far better than what was there before and was free, so it makes sense to use it.  I'm very happy with that, all told.  The headlight was reinstalled along with the sidelight unit with clear lens and the grille was refitted.  I need to get a couple of bulbs for the sidelight-indicator unit so it matches the other side and we can check all the lights work.

20170804-02 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

20170804-03 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

20170804-04 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

There's very little to go through now, the boot is mostly empty.  Acquired a scrap of funky old carpet that might get repurposed in the car as heel mats or something.

20170804-05 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

I feel pretty happy about the progress over the last couple of weeks.  It's a relatively solid little car now in need of just a bit of sill and floor attention.  Big thanks to Mike for helping out so much by doing those little jobs and some not-so-little jobs that might have otherwise slowed down the progress.  It definitely helped get over the scary hump of work the front end needed.

[cort1977]

Great stuff Vulg, you're inspiring me to get of my arse this weekend and do something with mine.

[Eddie Honda]

I am sure these are like the old mini's with a box in the boot floor, hence it needs to be the right battery.

I'm sure every single one of them from the launch of the 1962 Morris 1100 were up front.

 

The tray that bolts onto the inner wing limits the length of the battery and the width is dictated by the engine/alternator/dynamo getting in the way.

 

The only thing which used to (half) live in the boot was the earlier cars and their SU electric fuel pumps.

[Timewaster]

I'm pretty sure the battery should be an 038 type.

 

Although this is from memory.

[vulgalour]

Your memory is correct.