Well last blog entry was at the end of March, and with having been away for 2 weekends including the Stafford Bike Show, progress has been rather slow. The body has now gone off to Andy Price, who is looking forward to working on his first 2CV for a long time. I’ve known Andy for…
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2CV Rebuild 12
The new chassis is now getting a little heavy on Jan’s Dad’s old wooden trestles. The rear is now finished with its new brake pipework, grease, and a lick of paint. The springs are on, but I’m having difficulty doing up the inner 26mm nuts, as it seems to me I need a very slim…
2CV Rebuild 11
Firstly I had to clear some blocks left over from some building work I’ve been doing last year, and so used them to securely “block” up the the old chassis. I decided that the brake pipes would have to be done, as it was silly not to replace these whilst the suspension was off the…
2CV Van
You may remember from an earlier post that lurking around here there is a small green 2CV van – a wrinkly bonnet type equipped with a 425cc twin cylinder air-cooled engine – which is currently with Herefordshire 2CV guru Pete Sparrow being fettled. Well, investigation of the rest of the vehicle has commenced whilst the…
2CV Rebuild 10
Prep and Paint At the weekend I started to clean off the rear suspension units using an angle grinder and wire brushes see http://www.holden.co.uk/displayproduct.asp?pCode=092.229 and http://www.holden.co.uk/displayproduct.asp?pCode=095.080 Then using Por15 I’ve cleaned prepped and painted the exhaust and started the rear units. Por15 paint wont come off the skin so I’ve used draper latex gloves, and…
2CV Rebuild 9
Body off….Simon and Adam from work helped lift the body off the chassis on Friday evening, this is now outside, where it will remain ’till the end of March when it will go to Sparrow Automotive, http://www.sparrowautomotive.co.uk for a new floor to be welded in. When I purchased the new chassis from Ken Hanner, he kindly sent…
2CV Rebuild 8
“Houston we have lift off!” Well I thought this was going to be awkward, and I haven’t dropped the fuel tank out yet, as the previous repairs to the floor had been welded onto the chassis. All the fixing bolts have been removed, and not all were in place in the first place, and I…
2CV Rebuild 7
Last night I encountered a “that’s not very good” moment. The last 2 bits to strip from inside the car that go through the bulkhead were the clutch pedal assembly and steering column. Photos show that I have been driving the car for the last couple of years with a dangerously faulty column, only about…
2CV Rebuild 6
A little less active last weekend, but have started to remove all the fittings that go through the bulkhead prior to lifting the body clear of the chassis.. I’ve got the brake master cylinder, clutch cable and steering still to do, which I’ll do this week.
2CV Rebuild 5
Last night’s activity was to take the wiring out of the car. It’s relatively easy to remove the wires, however putting them all back again will be quite a different task!! There are a number of problems which I can foresee, firstly there is a very narrow tube to get the rear wires through,…