As promised some details and photos, hopefully , of my winter project.
I collected the car last week, at the time i did consider trailoring it back from Cornwall but decided that it
was worth risking a breakdown,glad i did, apart from an inoperative o/d, she sailed along quite happily
on the A30 over dartmoor and back to Torquay.
The car has had just 1 owner since march '68, i have the original bill of sale.Following the first owners demise the car was laid up in '82
and slumbered in a garage in Falmouth for the next 30yrs,remarkable really.
The car, after a basic recommissioning, got a valid ticket/tax at which point it was offered for sale.
My intention is to carefully strip the car and have it repainted in the original conifer green, while i do the stripping the engine,gearbox, back axle
will taken apart and rebuilt, the engine will uprated , have not yet decided on spec, but it will involve triple webers ,better breathing,balancing etc.
Work should start soon and i will try to take photos and notes on here to show the progress, springish next year is the target completion
time,
cheers for now,
Laurence
which should be arriving soon for the work to start. I did consider going the pi route but having had many thousands of reliable miles with triple webers on the 5 and 6 i have decided,given what i want from this engine, they will be the best solution,-no doubt the debate of pi v carbs may get opened again..