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[mk1leg]

well I showed this to My friend who has a crayford that needs a full resto......I think he's going to get in touch with you next year......brilliant job Tuppers.......

[sonikk4]

Very tidy there Tupers, very tidy.

[Archived2]

well thanks Tupers... Ive read this whole thread and now I feel so Inadequate! lol

 

Your work is outstanding and a credit to the mini scene.

[Tupers]

Thanks for all the kind comments guys, we're really pleased with how it's turning out as well. 

 

 

well I showed this to My friend who has a crayford that needs a full resto......I think he's going to get in touch with you next year......brilliant job Tuppers.......

Tell him we'd love to do another, we love getting stuck into rare cars. 

 

 

 

The Crayford is now back in the main workshop and getting reassembled.

 

It's rather shinny and still needs going over with a finer compound.  

 

 

The hard lines have been ran and the subframes are on. 

 

 

I did a little more fabrication and made a pair of removable quarter window supports as the original one's had a lot of holes in them. 

 

 

 

 

While we were bolting shinny parts back on Dad polished up the original steering column shroud.

Totally nasty. 

 

50% better.

 

100% more awesome. 

 

 

[Ben_O]

WOW! what did he polish the shroud up with?

 

Cheers

Ben

[Tupers]

He did a with a machine polisher and various polishing compounds. It's a pretty awesome transformation.

[sledgehammer]

_{To do this quality - & still turn a profit - is amazing}

 

_{​I'm jealous of your skills}

 

_{keep the Pic's flowing ;o)} 

[Tupers]

Thanks Sledgehammer.

 

It's not just my skills there's four of us here, they might get jealous if I take all the credit. 

[Will16]

Great turnaround, your skills are brilliant

Edited by Will16, 23 September 2013 - 10:06 AM.

[Tupers]

Thanks Will. 

 

 

We got the doors mounted on Monday, they still need adjusting to get gaps right but it's pretty good off the bat. 

 

 

 

I've straightened out the original front number plate backing, not too bad considering how bent it was.

 

 

I also made a plug for one of the mounting holes that had pulled out. 

 

 

 

Most the the suspension has been fitted up as well but I forgot to take pictures.   

[Ben_O]

This is gonna be awesome when its finished.

Is this one your job or are you just helping out on it?

 

Ben

[Tupers]

It should be pretty special once it's back the road, not long now. 

 

I've done most of the metal work on this and the painting and rebuild are being handled by the other guys here as I'm now onto more fabrication work on other cars. 

[Tupers]

And so the work continues, I'v been beavering away cleaning up small pieces for this but here are the highlights. 

 

This afternoon I've been sorting out a decent set of chrome window catches and buttons. 

 

After a lot a fiddly cleaning we now have a nice tidy set for the car. 

 

I also put a set of correct glass set together and got the lock mechanisms on. 

 

 

The only big detour from the original spec is a set of disc brakes. Seen as it's a '63 car it could have had them at the time of the conversion and it's nice to have good stopping power in a freshly restored car. 

 

[Jared Mk3]

Coming along nicely. Can't wait to see it done.

[Tupers]

Coming along nicely. Can't wait to see it done.

 

Me too, it'll be a lovely machine. 

 

 

 

I turned my attention to the speedo for a while today. The chrome bezel was rather horrid after 12 years of being sat in a barn and the binnacle was pretty discoloured. 

 

I polished up a much nicer bezel from the stores and swapped the original glass into it. 

 

The binnacle received a wash in some soapy water and a polish. I'm sure you'll agree it looks 100 time better now. 

 

We also dropped the engine in at long last, it was very nerve racking.