This car has been owned and maintained by an elderly gent who can no longer drive. Over the years he has carried out some maintenance but the car has not been driven on the road for a long while and stored in a dry garage. The wood has been replaced in stages but has never been out so is virtually as new which is a great start on these.
He told me he wanted to get the cylinder head sorted for unleaded but managed to get a new engine and gearbox for not much more so this unleaded engine and gearbox is virtually unused, another real bonus.
The front drum brakes were updated to Wolseley but as the car has not moved in years, none of the brakes currently work. I am minded to return these to standard drums to help maintain originality. From my previous drum brake cars, if well maintained they work fine for the intended purpose.
So, what needs to be done. There has been welding work in the usual places but it will need more work in this area as I found more rust in the floor and sills. The interior trim is tired so will be completely sorted to bring back that lovely interior. I will no doubt find more that needs to be done but is why I bought a project.
This will be my fifth car restore following a Dutton Phaeton, Austin A35, Rover Mini Cooper and Morris 8 - all British
So, I have one initial question. As this is obviously not the original engine and it does not have an ID plate near plug 1 - do I create a new engine ID somehow or do I simply get a new plate made and re use the original engine ID that is on the log book.??
