For Sale Wolseley needs new home.*bran find* not Focus, KA,Corsa, Vibrator

[mercrocker]

I grease mine every month.    Doesn't stop the rest of the car falling apart, though.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Somehow this is another thread I've managed to miss.

 

Excellent work on all the cutting and sticking, wish I was even a quarter as good.

 

I know sod all about cars if this age and still have no idea what a trunnion is.

[Eddie Honda]

I know sod all about cars if this age and still have no idea what a trunnion is.

 

 

 

it's a shit ball joint.

[Noel Tidybeard]

that scrappy is still there!

[D Spares & Tyres]

Beautiful day today!

 

Mojo slowly returning!

 

Forgot to take a before photo but I put a couple of plates on the Wolseley today, first ones of the year. hard to get a pretty weld on thin steel but it will be ground down and filled so who cares!

 

Had time to do one more plate. A simpler shape than the last one

 

That'll do for today. I'll have to get the wing off to tackle the rest...

[Skizzer]

I’d forgotten about this - another great thread

[Scruffy Bodger]

I snapped a ball join on a Niva once and I have no desire to repeat that so the trunnions will be respected!

 

That certainly sounds like a plan! Good progress on the Holesley, that's a lot of work!

[danthecapriman]

Good to see more progress, keep it up!

[D Spares & Tyres]

Right, today I finally bit the bullet and got the left hand wing off

Bit holy under there

 

Now this isn't a Granada coupe restora

tion so originality is not an issue. Also my banger racing experience came in handy so the missing box section that should be made of thin tin is now thick box section straight from the stockholders

But there is always more to do

Found this half done plate that had been put on many years ago

[skoda_fan]

Absolutely brilliant work. You have my fullest admiration. Just wonderful to see it being brought back to life. I've been in love with these ever since that yellow one (which lived just up the road from me when I were a nipper) was on the custom show circuit. It was featured in Hot Car in April 73 and March 76, and Street Machine in March 84. Last time I saw it in the metal many years ago it was red with a big block V8. I always thought it was the bee's knees and have lusted after them ever since.

[mercrocker]

Nice job!   Somebody is going to be very pleased you did that one day....

[D Spares & Tyres]

Absolutely brilliant work. You have my fullest admiration. Just wonderful to see it being brought back to life. I've been in love with these ever since that yellow one (which lived just up the road from me when I were a nipper) was on the custom show circuit. It was featured in Hot Car in April 73 and March 76, and Street Machine in March 84. Last time I saw it in the metal many years ago it was red with a big block V8. I always thought it was the bee's knees and have lusted after them ever since.

I may know where that car is... There is one matching that description hidden away in Knighton. The chap made it back in the seventies. Did you grow up in Oldham, pretty sure that is where he is from

[Mally]

Yay! just need 50 x 50 box down the chassis now.

[tooSavvy]

Yay! just need 50 x 50 box down the chassis now.

.... bit random 'destruction derby' imagery :-

 

A film I saw, years ago, guy installed a big steel rail in his car (on a hydraulic ram!) and careered around totalling other cars... Cannot remember the film title, but deffo Septic

 

TS

[skoda_fan]

I may know where that car is... There is one matching that description hidden away in Knighton. The chap made it back in the seventies. Did you grow up in Oldham, pretty sure that is where he is from

I grew up near Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The reg of the one I knew was 620 LPH, though the last time I saw it way back it was re-registered as OSL 109. DVLA reveals its tax last expired in 2002, so I suspect the worst. I remember as a nipper being overtaken by it as I was pushbiking over to the stock car racing at Cross-in-Hand (anyone remember that?).

 

Interestingly, the current Practical Classics features a Scimitar in the Your Cars section, whose owner lives in Knighton and says he owns a Wolseley 1500 with a 5.8 litre Chevy V8. Wish they'd published a pic of that....hmm..the plot thickens...

[Eddie Honda]

.... bit random 'destruction derby' imagery :-

 

A film I saw, years ago, guy installed a big steel rail in his car (on a hydraulic ram!) and careered around totalling other cars... Cannot remember the film title, but deffo Septic

 

TS

I answered this for chodweaver a couple of months back: http://autoshite.com/topic/30113-grumpy-old-man-thread/?p=1395680

[Dan_ZTT]

Just come across this thread for the first time, impressive welding skillzz. Look forward to seeing how it turns out.

 

I definitely approve of the 'get it back on the road' approach to restoration

[D Spares & Tyres]

I grew up near Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The reg of the one I knew was 620 LPH, though the last time I saw it way back it was re-registered as OSL 109. DVLA reveals its tax last expired in 2002, so I suspect the worst. I remember as a nipper being overtaken by it as I was pushbiking over to the stock car racing at Cross-in-Hand (anyone remember that?).Interestingly, the current Practical Classics features a Scimitar in the Your Cars section, whose owner lives in Knighton and says he owns a Wolseley 1500 with a 5.8 litre Chevy V8. Wish they'd published a pic of that....hmm..the plot thickens...

Yep that's the chap. He also has a 1960s caravan. Must pop and see him. Will take photos

[skoda_fan]

I look forward to that. It'd be great to think it might be the one I remember. After all, how many V8 W1500's can there be. Last time I saw it back in the 90's it was red with a flip front and Riley grille (though I much preferred it in its 70s yellow metalflake phase).

 

Anyway, we digress. Congrats again on the fabulous work on your own resto.

[D Spares & Tyres]

Not having touched it for ages, today I decided it was Holeseley day.

 

So I took some paint stripper to the front wing and removed several layers

Then while that was drying i took an angle grinder to the front panel

Cut a piece of Audi bonnet to fit and welded it in

As I was cleaning up the area with the grinding disc i noticed some small holes that I had missed with the first plate I find it easier and quicker to do it this way rather than cut the lot out at once and try and fabricate a large area in one go.

Welds don't need to be pretty, it all gets linished off anywaythen a thin smear of fibreglass to seal the welds just in case of any pinholes

But as usual, that area isn't quite done... I could have done this bit today but it was quite humid and I couldn't be bothered really

Not to worry. No rush. Maybe next week

[D Spares & Tyres]

The light at the end of the tunnel?

No, just a neighbour's Talbot camper I agreed to weld up ( good plan this, if you fix the neighbour's shite then they can't grumble about my grinding noise or paint fumes when I work on my own projects)

I shall do some more work on the Holeseley today, in between Talbot bodgery

[D Spares & Tyres]

So now, that corner is finally welded! ( apart from one tiny hole)

 

Used one of these to remove several layers of paint

Vicious buggers, you really need full face protection as when bits fly off they really hurt!

 

They are a fiver each so not cheap, and they don't last that long but they are the best way to remove several layers of old paint without using paint stripper. They don't damage the metal much either.

 

This corner is now ready for filler!

[D Spares & Tyres]

Anyone for pudding?

Almost not a Holseley anymore. More like a Wobseley

[Squire_Dawson]

Good old wob

[D Spares & Tyres]

Good old wob

It's quite an intricate shape. Lots of different curves going in different directions. It's never going to be perfect, or even anywhere near which is annoying after all that work. But it will get it on the road.

[D Spares & Tyres]

Another step closer...

Will tidy up the wing edge when the wing is on. I'll weld up the edge of the wing, then fill the edges of both together so they meet perfectly.

 

Not this week though, had enough of bodywork for now...

[D Spares & Tyres]

Oh and I think I've decided what colour the sides of the Wobseley will be:

Fiat Bianco Corfu...

 

It's a creamier white than it looks on the photos. Would prefer Old English White but I'm trying to spend as little as possible in this project.

 

Ordered more than I needed to for the Talbot so that'll do!

[danthecapriman]

You’ve made a bloody nice job of that. There’s few jobs I hate more than rubbing filler down, messy and time consuming.

[D Spares & Tyres]

I don't mind it, strangely. It's fiddly spannering I hate.

 

Did some more on the Talbot today

Did a bit more on the Holeseley too

Got a bit carried away with the Talbot but I am charging him so it's ok. It feels like I've been paid to do the Holesely today!

[D Spares & Tyres]

Holesley update:

 

Finished welding up the wing. It needed several plates

 

Somebody has been here before... (found loads of old repairs on it.

 

Fitted the wing and wobbed it

 

 

Germanic style panel gaps

 

And a more British one...

 

That'll do for now. Next job, paint front panel. I'm looking forward to that part