RESTORATION OF 1934 AUSTIN 10/4 CABRIOLET ARA 43 |
Mainly complet stored in nice dry garage but as spent some time outside |
Another picture showing remains of hood |
Started dismantling appling oil to every part that should move and every nut, bolt
and screw. At the same time applied wood worm treatment to every piece of wood as it became exsposed as dismantling proceeds. Both door panels collapsed into dust with advanced woodworm infestation |
WORK BEGINS |
Bonnet, Front wings,Kingpins, hubs etc. removed. Kingpins removed to allow repair to brake shaft assemblies shown in next picture |
All worn parts built back with weld and hand finished to correct contours Ready to refit |
Engine removed and radiator ect. a good clean derusted and painted with several coats
of paint to get nice shine |
Dismantling engine note sludge in sump |
Drilled out broken studs and recut .threads |
Removed filler to find extensive rot |
Cut back to sound metal ready for repairs. Also part of ash frame removed to make
replacement |
Made repair panels and welded in position |
Engine fully rebuilt and fitted back in chassie |
Repaired and painted radiator fitted, hoses connected and filled with water |
Welded in repair sections in offside. Stripped off paint from offside and started assembling brake linkage |
Almost ready for painters |
Boot catches fitted |
It as been a long wait but it is back from the painters |
Started assembly, the petrol tank is fitted, the hood frame is bolted in place |
Fitted chrome radiator suround sound proofing etc. and started fitting new loom |
Fitted loom and started connecting wires |
A bit more assembly, rear lamps have been connected to loom |
Front wings fitted, choke cable fitted, petrol in tank, engine run to check out charging
circuit ect. |
Front seats fitted and some trim |
The wings are all fitted with piping, windscreen, side windows, running boards and
headlamps fitted |
Hood interior lining fittedl |
Continued fitting hood, this picture shows lininginside of framework |
Hood fitted |
Another view of hood from the front |
Nearing completion shown in this picture with hood in third position ie. down. Note I have coloured pvc to match original leather |
The boot is know finished. I had to make the catches from modern ones by welding on extra metal and redrilling to increase hole centres to match covers. |
Car is ready for M.O.T. had a lot of problems with brakes, found trouble to be linnings
change them and all is well.l |
M.O.T. passed just a few paint faults to sort |
The car as been back to painters and all the small problems sorted. It as had a final polish and is loaded on transporter for its trip back home |