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[Mk2Brett]

Hi All,

 

Thought I would start one of these threads to track the progress on my recently acquired 1973 Leyland Clubman.

 

It has an over-bored 1275, twin HS4 carbs and a mild cam (of unknown origin)

 

It was in decent condition body wise after picking it up, with some minor spot rust here and there

 

 

I had to drive it about 3 hours home, so had it stored at a family members house for a few weeks. I booked it in for a service to make sure it was ok to make the journey home.

 

Ended up on a tow truck 50m down the road on the way to take it to the service... Fuel pump had died.

 

 

It's now made it home and the upgrades/restoration begins!
 

Edited by Mk2Brett, Today, 11:02 AM.

[Mk2Brett]

Results from the service and inspection came back that the front end was pretty shot

 

So I've started rebuilding the entire front end

New:

• Gas-a-just shocks


• Heavy duty lower control arms


• new hi-lo and red dot cones


• front disc conversion

So while waiting for the parts I've been cleaning up all the rust and re coating under the guards

 

[Mk2Brett]

And then, as you do while waiting for the front-end parts to finish that, I've decided to refresh the engine bay.

 

I have new radiator, alternator, dizzy, water pump, starter motor etc to fit so I've ripped it all out and taken the chance to redo the head gasket at the same time.

 

 

 

This pretty much brings me up to date with the current work.

I'll keep cleaning out the engine bay, probably give it a pressure steam cleaning to get rid of all the oil and grime.
I'm not game enough to remove the engine, so im going to do my best to scrape off all the flaking paint and then brush it in place with some new engine enamel.