Ageing gracefully?

[welshrat]

While reading this thread Triggers brush came to mind!

[kennatt]

well,aging gracefully is all well and good but ,if somethings not done to the underside,not many years down the line,you or someone else,will be saying ,I wish the underside had been looked after, as they cut off the rotted out chassis legs to weld new ones in.

[1098]

well,aging gracefully is all well and good but ,if somethings not done to the underside,not many years down the line,you or someone else,will be saying ,I wish the underside had been looked after, as they cut off the rotted out chassis legs to weld new ones in.

[frame][/frame]Thanks for your concern everyone,re my chassis. I'll be pushing up daisy's before it needs new chassis legs. It's never been short of attention,goes out two days a year,only when it's dry,and no salt on the road. I'm not that naive to take an unpainted chassis out in the rain,I know how to keep a vehicle in preservation. Plans are a foot, for an off the chassis rebuild/restoration. Not many shillings about at the moment. Pleased to say that all captives within the B posts,held firm while I undid the bolts today. It was as if they were fitted yesterday. Looking forward to the weekend,lot's of Morris Minor's in all guises !

[Chipper]

Fair enough then, if it's only used sparingly, and kept garaged.

I would personally want to at least run an oily rag over the surface-rusted parts underneath though, to prevent further deterioration.

Good luck with the body-off restoration work - quite a daunting task, I imagine...

[1098]

Fair enough then, if it's only used sparingly, and kept garaged.

I would personally want to at least run an oily rag over the surface-rusted parts underneath though, to prevent further deterioration.

Good luck with the body-off restoration work - quite a daunting task, I imagine...

Yes, quite a task. I don't want to start it, until I know I'll finish it. Don't want hundreds of parts hanging around the garage,getting lost. I would love to take it to the National. The weathers looks promising. Trouble is,I have no way of keeping an eye on how the engine is performing. Seeing steam rising from the bonnet worries me,as it is often too late,the engine has overheated,and the head gets warped !Ex Royal Mail (early) it doesn't have a heater. You can get clues from your heater,if it's on warm,and the heater starts to blow cold,a sure sign you have no water left in the rad. So,it's looking like Blue Moon will be my chariot.[frame][/frame]

[Chipper]

It's simple enough to fit a temperature gauge, or even a warning light, preset to come on if the water temp. rises above a certain threshold.

You can usually tell if an engine's in trouble - it will begin to feel 'tight' and there will usually be a loss of performance.

[1098]

It's simple enough to fit a temperature gauge, or even a warning light, preset to come on if the water temp. rises above a certain threshold.

You can usually tell if an engine's in trouble - it will begin to feel 'tight' and there will usually be a loss of performance.

Thanks Chipper. As for loss of performance,it's an 803,with a Royal Mail diff,the gear ratio's are terrible. Go from Third to fourth,and hope there's no one behind you,the gaps too big from third to fourth. Blue moon has all the gauges,it's a bit of a shed,but normally very reliable. I've suffered enough watching England,so it's blue moon,with it's 1098 jobbie. Thanks, once more with your advice.

[IaininTenbury]

Katy,
the towing eyes on the chassis legs were fitted to GPO vehicles

Don't know whether it was true or not, but a guy at Yeading CRD told me the GPO
insisted on a separate chassis for their LCVs.

Who know's?

Er, All LCVs wether civilian or GPO have separate chassis and all have the towing eyes at the front too. GPO specified a rear towing eye as well but that was only bolted on.

As for the originaal question, as a restorer I certainly appreciate a well preserved original car - theres few of them left now, but entirely up to the owner wether they consider it a patina of age or just tatty and it can be a grey area between them both. (the underside of my 64 van is similar to 1098s in a lot of ways) My own views I put on my signature....