Thread: Greetings everybody, car nut arriving.

Radiator nearly ready, drop arm etc just arrived and having a first fitting.

Well, after about a years break because of brother dying, garage on fire, holidays, bad weather, etc, I am back on the case. Decided to remove one engine for a better profile and balance. Also started buying parts of the correct era.

Great to hear from you again Hensen. So pleased that most of your troubles are now behind you and looking forward to seeing more of that incredible build you have in store for us.

^ Ditto.
Condolences for your brother.

Originally Posted by Mr Lick

Great to hear from you again Hensen. So pleased that most of your troubles are now behind you and looking forward to seeing more of that incredible build you have in store for us.

Originally Posted by Koojo

^ Ditto. Condolences for your brother.

What they said.

The 1921 wheels cleaned up kinda good - new tyres later this week.

Wonder if he is interested in doing a job on my boat? Looks wonderful, looks expensive, looks skilful just some of the reasons I'd never do anything like this.

Originally Posted by Hensen

The 1921 wheels cleaned up kinda good

Kinda good????

The before/after change is amazing, serious skill on display there.

Todays update,

good stuff. taking the third engine off will certainly balance the aesthetics and make for a more credible design.

love those american lamps too.

nice of that other car nut alan partridge to do the voiceover for your video.

Not easy to make two engines run as one - your engine balance job has to be perfect on BOTH engine builds and then you have to make all linkages work in tandem so that each engine opens the throttle at the same time. A lot of thinking goes into this kind of a project. Vibration is another huge factor that has to be dealt with as it can bring death to many components if not done properly.

Just a quick update, both engines running, to check oil pressure.
Soon be running up to temp. then onto bodywork.

Thanks for the update...Impressive stuff here...

Just treated myself to the next project........

WOW, looks great, best would be to do a TOTAL restoration. How much was that Henson and how did you find it?

fantastic!!!
will cost ya a bundle..

Costing 13 grand to get it home.
Taking delivery soon. Owners father started a boat tail mod in 1965, but sadly died soon after. Therefore, no bodywork from the rear axle backwards. Has been owned by father and obviously son ( after Dads death ) since 1955. Low mileage, engine stuck with standing, but drove into the garage where it still is after 52 years. Mucho spanner work, me thinks.

Henson, if you don't want it, I'll beg borrow or steal the money for that project. That project would give me a woody all the way through and would be a joy to drive around. I wish I could find something like that.

Wow. Good luck. I look forward to see how you get on with it, Hensen.

Working on solid brass steering wheel for the Rover.

Wow...Nice to see you back, Hensen...

Collected today.......

whats the story with the g-class merc in the background there?