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oooh i'll look forward to some piccies soon then! , i know what it's like i did the same on mine as it just seemed better to use all the original bits.....although after hours of cleaning rusty nuts and jubilee clips etc you do wonder if it's worth it!!

Reg, i'll be down your neck of the woods on Sunday 28th dropping my Sprint off at Badger1966's, if you want me to come round and lend a hand??!! .

by Autonet7 on Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:51 pm

You could always sell me yours Neil. I'll finish it off for you, promise.

....Only if i can buy it straight back seriously though i would love you to do the work on it one day if your up for it?, reg's car looks stunning, could be sometime off yet though as i need a new job first!

Cheers Neil.

Is that 'AUY' in Derek's avatar?

Matt Cotton wrote:Is that 'AUY' in Derek's avatar?

No way!.. for the moment, I can't imagine selling AUbreY.. It's my first Sprint, so I have a lot of affection for that car..even though it blew a piston ring on me last year..but all is forgiven now. Had it around six years now..where has the time gone? Just gotta fix the waterpump, then I can go for an mot..

Matt Cotton wrote:Is that 'AUY' in Derek's avatar?

Spur of the moment purchase. Currently stripped (and I mean completely) and engine out ready for some tidying before a respray. A few bits of welding needed and a rear oil seal to halt the slick it was leaving behind every time I parked it.

I won't post any pics, Jonners would be horrified

What? Again?

I put a new payen oil seal in last time the box was out. It can only have done 1k miles. There must be a seriously duff batch about.
I'm really sorry about that.

So much for you just driving it about for a while..... I konda wondered if you really would do that given your track record.

Still its a very worthwhile basis....and the good bits are very good....well I thought so anyway.

Look forward to seeing it again when its all done.

Jonners

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Don't worry about Jonners!!... ...pics please..

OK Reg, here you are, not pretty, but work in progress. All the bulkhead rot eradicated today along with some new metal in the chassis under the battery. New vinyl roof waiting in the corner but the rear vent panel needs doing first. Hopefully David is sorting me one out. Then some new metal required on the leading sill edges behind the wing so need to cut the wing bottoms off, then apart from tidying a previous rear sill patch, that should be it, then I can respray it and get it back on the road. Seems a shame to waste that tax.

Jon, sorry I meant the engine rear oil seal, not the 'box. You can see the deposits it had left just while it has been sat on the dolly tilted forward. After a run with nice warn oil, the drip rate is quite impressive.

That is so annoying. That car is on its 3rd crank oil seal in a year. I wonder if there is something else going on?

I could buy the original weepng after 75 k miles, so with the engine out to sort the broken cross shaft it seemed daft not to renew it. When the second "NOS" cross shaft failed a month later with a split weld it was obvious that the new "seal" was in fact mis named, so in went a new payen one, which had a nice tight spring and went on with no issues. It appeared to be working okay as I hadnt noticed any oil under the car....so why would it fail again?

Could the oil pump relief valve be stuck shut causing too much oil pressure? Worth a look...but I'm really struggling to see why this should happen. The rear crank oil seal isn't usually an issue on these engines.

Excellent work on the body though Derek. Your skills in that department far exceed mine so in that respect the car is now in much better hands.

Jonners

Ok, an update...finally!

Out of the garage for the first time since January..







It's far from perfect and has plenty of patina and flaws and the pictures are quite complimentary, but the main thing is that it's back on the road as of next Spring.

Sorry about the quality of pics, the light was disappearing fast!

Still loads of work to be done over the Winter..



Some pics with flash..





Yes, it's still an auto..

Damn, that looks good. Not perfect you say? - much closer than most haha

Looks the dogs bollocks to me Reg.

Nice to see it back together.

Great colour, very nicely presented, and a rare beast with its correct transmission. What's not to love?

Answer: Nothing from where I'm sitting.

Fantastic car there, severe case of want one here.

Very nice Reg, I'll have to tap you up for a cuppa after getting back from Afghan

Fingers crossed, the pageant one will get finished off after Christmas.

Regards

Neil

Looks great Reg! Did you paint the underside or did Derek complete this during the respray?

Thats very nice Reg cant wait for road test reports. Auto sprits must be getting quite rare, will have the auto badge fitted?