The middle of the year was a blur.. July 2, 2016 | 1 Comment Pretty much the whole middle of 2016 was a blur; the rush to finish the rolling chassis at least to a point it would roll on it’s own wheels, get the body at least sitting on it and, oh, yes, pack the house and move from Bracknell to Northampton. So, no pressure. But, with… Read More
Not much to show for it.. April 17, 2016 | Leave a comment There has been work, on and off between fitting a new bathroom and trying to get the house ready for a move, oh and plan a holiday. Anyhow.. Since the last update I’ve disassembled the rear half shafts*, fully assembled the front near-side hub and fitted a temporary brake disc and wheel and drilled one… Read More
Another weekend of work, surely not! April 4, 2016 | 1 Comment Now I have a deadline in sight (although I don’t have a definite date yet it looks like the car needs to be on it’s wheels before mid June at the latest) and a number of weeks taken up with the holiday of a lifetime driving Route 66, I’m putting as much time as I… Read More
Front end, nearly there.. March 27, 2016 | Leave a comment Having had a hectic month or two with a lot of weekends away, planning a big holiday (that’s now only four weeks away with a lot of planning left to do!) progress has been slow but eventually I finished the dry run fitting, re-fitting, fettling and final fitting before taking everything apart for the final… Read More
Bushes, springs and ball joints February 22, 2016 | Leave a comment Ball joints, indeed. They turned out to be a bit of a head scratcher when fitting, but more about that later.. After poly-bushing the front lower wishbones I set about assembling the various other sub-assemblies that make up the front end; springs & shocks, bush & ball joint the upper wishbones etc, and pressed the… Read More
A little here, a little there.. February 15, 2016 | Leave a comment So although I’m only making slow progress, I will admit, I am at least making some progress now – and it feels great to be getting somewhere! After dropping the Jag lower wishbones off at a local powder coater (MicroBlast Services in Windsor, who I can now recommend) last week I picked them up today… Read More
Not quite three years pass by and what do I have to show for it? February 3, 2016 | Leave a comment Not quite three years pass by and what do I have to show for it? Not a lot, unfortunately, is the answer to that! However, after a life induced hiatus I’m back in the garage (and the shed) and slowly starting to make progress again. The first thing to do was send the front… Read More
Ah, the perils of old bolts and odd corrosion.. July 8, 2013 | 1 Comment With the assistance of my better half’s father over the weekend, some more progress has been made on stripping the hubs down to a point they can go off to Wards for refurbishing. We pulled the bearing races off the front stub axles and the backing plates off the hubs – I think we’ll be… Read More
I finally bit the bullet and shot myself in the foot.. July 2, 2013 | Leave a comment Being someone who is somewhat averse to speaking on the phone, I finally choked up the balls to call Ed Wards at Ward Engineering on Friday to enquire as to the price of the bits I need to completely refurbish the front & rear hub carriers, hubs and handbrake mechanism – ignoring the brake callipers,… Read More
Aaron 1 – Rear hubs 0 June 26, 2013 | Leave a comment On the suggestion of a post over on www.cobraclub.com I decided that it would be a good idea to strip the rear hubs down to component parts (as far as easily possible, anyway) to make posting easier – largely so that the slightly butchered rear disc splash shields could come off as they’ll make everything… Read More