Dicky's tat: My first prewar car

[Hertz]

Bloody brilliant!

[bezzabsa]

wood effect you say!!!

http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/h/HEART_WOOD_GRAINING_ROLLER_WITH_WIRE_HANDLE/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMImpLLu6S02AIVDpPtCh1sGgMEEAQYBCABEgKv-fD_BwE

[quicksilver]

That looks a brilliant little thing! You certainly have diverse automotive tastes - a pre-war Standard couldn't be much more different from a Vauxhall Royale.

[dollywobbler]

Excellent. Will be interested to see this one progress.

[outlaw118]

Nice work Rich, and Rich_Snr, I'd offer assistance as i'm only half hour away, but 1) I have no idea what I'm doing and 2).... errr see point one.

 

If you need use of estate and/or trailer (5'x4') give me a shout.

 

Or if there's anything that needs picking up from oop north, AS Pony Express is a possibility, I'll be midlands bound on 14/1/18 into Chaseracer's manor, and doubtless will be attending that god-forsaken shit hole auction in Cannock at some point.

[Angrydicky]

Cheers Bob, that's a very generous offer and I'll bear it in mind

 

Likewise with any bits you need for the Capri, as I travel between Norfolk/Suffolk and S. Essex fairly regularly!

[UltraWomble]

Hmm, Penrith...

Was it from a chap called Giddeon?

 

Sliding sunroofs from this era were commonly removed and plated over due to leaking & rotting. Bob remade the one on the 10-4 as this had been plated and removed. The drain points he remade using 22mm copper pipe hammered flat and sliced diagonally - surprisingly they look very much like the Morris items ( no good to you as thats a Standard).

 

Anyway - looks good - enjoy.

[richardthestag]

11.5/10

 

top bombing - check

 

topic follow - check

[alf892]

That is a lovely thing.

 

Shame not to know a bit about its history.......but you are doing a nice job of creating some as you bring it back to life.

[Angrydicky]

Hmm, Penrith...

Was it from a chap called Giddeon?

 

Sliding sunroofs from this era were commonly removed and plated over due to leaking & rotting. Bob remade the one on the 10-4 as this had been plated and removed. The drain points he remade using 22mm copper pipe hammered flat and sliced diagonally - surprisingly they look very much like the Morris items ( no good to you as thats a Standard).

 

Anyway - looks good - enjoy.

I got it from a chap called Andrew Wright, who bought it from a local car dealer. I'd love to know some more of its history.

 

All the sunroof channels and drain pipes have been replaced very nicely, it was literally only the sliding panel that was missing. Possibly sent off somewhere for repair years ago, or maybe the original fell apart, who knows. I don't think it's been on the road properly since the 1960s.

 

I did find out the original registration number, which was WF 8392. The area code is for East Riding of Yorkshire C.C. , and the previous owners on the V5 prior to Andrew were a film company with a PO Box address in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 

[plasticvandan]

Number changed 1998 according to cazana

[Angrydicky]

Number changed 1998 according to cazana

Yeah, just the bare minimum done for a test in order to plate rape it I reckon. 

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

Very nice!

 

I have a 1933 BSA Saloon that came off the road in 1962.

It had had a sheet of alloy fitted over the sunroof at sometime in its past.

When I undid elevntytwelvehundred wood screws and hacked through the putty this is what I found underneath.

Maybe I should have just left the alloy sheet on for "patina" reasons.

 

[Jim Bell]

Pre Phwwwwaaaaaar!!!!

[Wack]

That's lovely

 

Back in the 70s my first job was an apprentice panel beater

 

One of the long term jobs they had in was a respray on a 30s car , can't remember what it was but it was huge , lead based paint that clogged an abrasive disc in about 30 seconds , looking back at the contents of the dust I'm surprised I'm still alive

 

I was at it for weeks , hated that car

 

I removed an inner metal trim from the top of the rear window , scratched on the inside it said John loves Amy

 

Funny thing is 40 years if i owned same car and the same abrasive discs I'd spend hours doing it with a smile on my face

[DeeJay]

Red primer, flames. Please

[320touring]

Red primer, flames. Please

#WARMROD!

[chaseracer]

#WARMROD!

 

#BARELYTEPIDROD!! 

[Cavcraft]

That's brilliant, just the sort of thing we should be reading/looking at on here.

[Angrydicky]

Better than reading about endless Passats? 

[chaseracer]

Room for both 

[Junkman]

Room yes, time no.

[robinmasters]

I believe the wood effect you are looking to re-create is called scumbling.

 

Revived mid-nineties by Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen and his ilk?

 

Better than reading about endless Passats? 

Missed that thread.

 

 

Top work. Terrible shame more cars of this era aren't in regular use.

[Skut]

Pre war cars are odd. Only a car like this would look equally at home with tommy guns and fedoras or been driven by a home counties vicar.

[SiC]

I think a VAG 1.9 PD TDi engine needs fitting in this to complete the circle.

 

How do pre-war cars compare driving to 60s/70s cars? For me, after years of being cosseted by 2000s, being in 60s/70s cars feel like they're thinking of killing me at any moment if I misbehave or just irritate them. So I have no idea what a pre-war car must be like.

[vulgalour]

I expect pre-war cars don't encourage one to drive on the limits in a life-threatening way and therefore, their potential for murder is mostly unknown.  Even if they did murder you, it would be difficult to blame the vehicle. Most would assume it was obviously the fault of the careless and inconsiderate driver, not the polite and unassuming motor carriage.

[purplebargeken]

That is ace. Looks rather cool in the yellow! 

 

Would love a day out and a look over the old girl if at all possible.

 

Tell the PO to stop being a cunt. The car is yours and you are doing a grand job (with assist from Dad).

 

Keep going fella. 

[Wack]

being in 60s/70s cars feel like they're thinking of killing me at any moment if I misbehave or just irritate them. So I have no idea what a pre-war car must be like.

I imagine it's like driving an old defender , plenty of thinking ahead time needed

 

My first experience of something I wasn't used to was a one owner low mileage defender 110 high capacity pickup

 

Unfortunately the one owner was a farmer and the low mileage was all off road carrying sheep and pulling tree stumps out.

 

I took the train to Cambridge then drove it back

 

The steering box had a good 1/2 turn in it before anything happened at the wheels , the transmission had that much slack when you let the clutch out it was about a second of slack removal before it moved

 

Shocks were knackered so it bounced like it hadn't got any, lights were like 2 70s ever ready torches stuck on the wings

 

It had off road tyres so anything over 40 and it sounded like you were driving on the rumble strip

 

I managed one junction on the motorway which was fucking terrifying, had to come back on the A roads with a queue behind me

 

All the way back I said what the hell are you doing

[eddyramrod]

TADTS

[jonathan_dyane]

I can't believe the progress you've made already; tremendous work.