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Re: 1962 2 door, hasn't moved for 25 years.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:49 pm
by Adrian harrison
If the rest of the build is going to look as good as that engine then it is going to look amazing . hats off to you
the sill looks good
the one on my wifes car fell off
Adrain
Re: 1962 2 door, hasn't moved for 25 years.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:10 pm
by aupickup
hope you dont mind me saying but it would have been better to have fitted a solid bypasss hose instead of the concertina type
Re: 1962 2 door, hasn't moved for 25 years.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:12 pm
by beero
Aupickup - no I don't mind you saying. Didn't know there was an alternative.
Adrian - it was seeing the photo of your wife's car that made me look!! I thought I had a difficult resto until I saw your pics.
Re: 1962 2 door, hasn't moved for 25 years.
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 10:32 am
by Kevin
As Dennis has suggested the solid ones last much longer and if you cant locate one they are easy enough to make from a piece of heater hose.
Re: 1962 2 door, hasn't moved for 25 years.
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 10:45 am
by Dryad
I've never had a concertina-type bypass hose fail on any a-series engined car I've had over the last 30 years, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. Having said that, years ago I had a friend who had a mini van which kept blowing bypass hoses every few weeks.
Re: 1962 2 door, hasn't moved for 25 years.
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:40 pm
by Kevin
Dryad wrote:I've never had a concertina-type bypass hose fail on any a-series engined car I've had over the last 30 years, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. Having said that, years ago I had a friend who had a mini van which kept blowing bypass hoses every few weeks.
The biggest problem with the currently available ones is the rubber quality is so poor they dont last five minutes, just like the so called improved radiator hoses made with kevlar that start to crack up in less than a year.
Re: 1962 2 door, hasn't moved for 25 years.
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:33 pm
by beero
Does anyone know if there is a purpose for the plate with an eye in between the rear spring hanger and the wiring grommet?
I was thinking of removing it instead of trying to repair around it.[frame]
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Re: 1962 2 door, hasn't moved for 25 years.
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:53 pm
by taupe
Hi
The plate is to strengthen around the rear suspension mount and is needed.
The eye is for transit ( I assume for tying down to a ship when exporting!!)
It is a bit of a rust trap and could be cut off. Ive also seen the eye bit hammered back against the inner wing and seam welded.
Re: 1962 2 door, hasn't moved for 25 years.
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:08 pm
by beero
Thanks Taupe, I was only thinking of removing the eye bit, not the whole plate. Just to make it easier to weld round.