Shiney stuffy

Well i got my polishing kit from ebay from a company called http://www.polish-it.co.uk/ the other day and had some fun polishing the carb bodies and the manifold and it is very shiney.

There is always a down side to classics gladly this one is not too expensive to fix. My brake light switch had been faulty and it fell appart in when it took it out. Ah well will have to source a new one now, thankfully the switches are easy to get at the local autoparts shop for only a couple of quid.

More cleaning and painting - part 2

In the garage again today for i think about 4 hours even though i had only intended to do an hour, i started by cleaning up the inlet manifold which in it previous life had been badly painted. The bosh wire brush for my power drill is beginning to be my best buy as it made mince meat of the rubish paint and brough the manifold up to a nice shine.

Then i moved on to the petrol pump which was looking poor I gave it the same treatment and it cam up nice too. I am trying to decide whether to lacquer the pump as it seems to oxidise quite quicky in the damp weather.

I also managed to get my new spacer for the pump from Mick Dolphin, fits perfectly thanks to Mick for that. http://www.mickdolphin.co.uk/ as his site says "try him for that elusive part"

More engine painting and cleaning - part 1

Well i got back into the garage the other day and decided that a half finished job was really no use at all so go stuck in to the painting again.

The silver is looking nice I must admit i wasn't sure at first but it looks much better than the mint green DPO painted it. I especially like the red vacum and intend to do the head the same colour just needed about 9 coats to get it that glossy. I intend to paint the fan red too, not sure of what sort of paint to use yet might just try the engine paint and see what happens
Aaron