Fay the ex-Aircon Car

The Rovering Member

The Rovering Member

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Steady progress is being made getting Fay ready for the market. Not too many photos yet but here are a few.
New front shocks, re-rubbered front calipers, new pads:



Despite more mechanical work going on gradually & a bit of welding still needing to be done, I started polishing today. She scrubs up pretty well:





Replacing the tired boxpleat with the nice flatpleat interior from poor old POE, which the original seats would have been on this car anyway. Also replacing the carpet with some pretty servicable original sections from various sources:







More to follow as & when.
 
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A bit more progress. Rear wings off today:





Nothing to worry about underneath either side. All in all, this base unit is in pretty nice nick. A few minor patches need welding in but apart from the Denovo V8, this one has needed less repairs than all my other P6's.

The nearside wing is pretty good too with a couple of rusty areas on the front corners:





The offside wing will need replacing though it doesn't look to bad when it's on the car. That will be a task for the new owner though. She will need some panelwork including the doors & a respray to bring her up to top notch. However by the time she's ready to sell, she will look more than presentable with scope for aesthetic improvement with an owner who wants an improver.

A pair of Mark Gray's S/S sleeved rear calipers are now ready to go on. I was going to send him the complete units from this car but after boxing them up & labelling them for UPS, they were picked up by Yodel in error (long story) who promptly lost them. Fortunately, I had a couple of dismantled calipers around so sent Mark the bodies & received the same back with new kits for reassembly. This was carried out by Harvey with various oaths & curses as it wasn't as straightforward a job as expected. He likes a challenge though. ;)

The Yodel debacle rumbled on for a few months until they compensated me to the tune of £180. A pretty fair result as Mark's surcharge for a lack of exchange units is £80, information which I didn't disclose during the course of our communications. It's the one & only time I'll ever use them though. :rolleyes:
 
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This was carried out by Harvey with various oaths & curses as it wasn't as straightforward a job as expected. He likes a challenge though. ;)
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Proof, if any were needed, is that there's no such thing as a "simple job". Thanks to frequent reference to the profanisaurus we got through it though.

Don't forget to post your "Wanted" request.
 
Ah yes. The bracket on the rear of the nearside (I think) caliper that holds the flexible hose. If anyone has one to spare, then please let me know.
Ta muchly.
 
Fay has a patent downpipe & the flange is thicker than original which has resulted in a scrap manifold from the PO's efforts to fit it. It wasn't blowing at all but was not in a fit state to remain on the car.
I acquired another manifold which Harvey suggested we get modified with longer studs to accept the thicker flange in a more forgiving fashion.
This is the result:



A local retired engineer with an well-equipped workshop in his back garden did the work. All made from scratch, nuts, threads & all & he had to add an insert where one of the old studs stripped the thread out. Proper old-school, lovely job. :)
 
The various bushes on the rear crossmember were in various stages of perishment, disintegration & sponginess so last time Harvey was up, it was removed. I just happened to have a complete polybushed assembly laying around so I cleaned it up & painted it in this rather fetching shade of 'ammerite green:



I quite liked it but Harvey, conservative fellow that he is, pointed me in the direction of Simoniz Toughblack of which I invested in half a dozen cans.
Yesterday I did a bit of cleaning & painting of the rear suspension components which included painting over my green, rendering the crossmember assembly inelegible for the Tate Modern:

















The De-Dion elbows have survived the years very well, along with most of the base unit. It was a fairly hasty job & needs completing but it makes reassembly a far nicer task.
 
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Yes, I'm still editing the post. I did comment on them but between Photobucket being infested with adverts butting in & my steam-powered computer, it's a major operation. :mad:
 
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