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Wocha Wayne

Had two visits to Worcester DVLA luckily spoke to supervisor who understood have most parts painted now, inc engine bay this avo but forgot camera, DOH !!! final assembly of engine before start up next wkend.

Hi There JER

Yep we are going as a convoy again and i will ring you and we can sort out a time and place to meet ,,,,,,there may allso be a low loader pulling up the rear with a new BIG TOY to play with if talks go well and a deal can be done ???

 

BOOMBOOM;)

Go on give us a clue me old butty will pm you my mobly No.

What do you do on the dining room table while your wife goes to Zumba class ? get an old US army blanket out and ......

Fit the new mesh in the radiator guard of course ! ! this week I have been spraying all the parts that were blasted apart from tonight tooooo cold in the garage.

HI spanner king yes I am a member of the ACOC very friendly and helpfull bunch, am in touch with Phil Plumb etc, have sent entry form for Champ Camp and will be there, Caroline my wife will drive the Champ and I'll bring my Jeep and trailer am looking forward to a great weekend, have been to this show from the start and I really enjoy the atmosphere.

What do you use the sideboard in the dining room for ? storing painted champ parts of course :cool2:

Succesfull trip to Stoneleigh , thanks to dave lock and Malcolm I now have all the major parts to continue the restoration, all the shotblasting has now beeen done and I have started rebuilding the brakes on the front axle.

Am now tidying the engine bay next so that the oil filter, air filter and carb can be fitted, need to sort batteries then hopefully start the engine. Great to meet fellow Champers on Sunday friendly bunch full of usefull info.

Date booked on the Calender already Truck and Gun ready to role

Boomboom:cool2:

That you Pete ? mate :cool2: Jer here :nut: playing with Champ for Caroline to take to this Show are you thinking of doing a convoy again ? will prob go up on Friday with Jeep, trailer and Champ thing. Catch you at Stoneleigh if you're going.

RR.

there is a champ rear axel on ebay, thought you might like to know, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Champ-Rear-Axle-/200704183871?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Other_Vehicle_Parts_Accessories_ET&hash=item2ebae6ce3f

Thanks for info I have a couple of axles and that one is a tad too far from me.

Just curious, what are you using for primer and what are you using for finish paint? What kind of spray system are you using?

 

The reason I ask is that at 1/35th scale I am an OK painter but now that I have a 1:1 scale vehicle to paint i'm kinda wondering what to do. As yet I really don't feel like doing my whole Ferret in spray bombs. . . . .

 

R

Paint code Is BS224 Deep Bronze Green Gloss, its ordinary cellulose paint made by firwood and sold by Jeeparts UK which I spray using an air compressor must say its good paint to use easier than the olive drab that I've used on my Jeep in the past. I bought myself the best kit I could afford and had a go after a bit of practice its not to hard to get a good finish and its kind of theraputic :nut:

Nuther busy week, have had three wheels shot blasted and primed along with a whole pile of bits n bobs, have converted garage at home to spray shop, just managed to gloss wheels in time to have new tyres fitted today, looking foward to stoneleigh next sunday to pick up seatfloor and winch cover panel panel next week I will be mainly spraying !!

Good Day today COMPUTER SAYS YES !!!!! just had NEW registration document back from Swansea two trips to the worcester vro was worth it, all thats left is a third visit to pay the registration fee and get my historic tax disc.

RR.

Cheers Ross

Have sourced oil filter have rebuilt brake master cylinder today and prepped inner windscreen ready for painting along with vaccum tank for wiper motors am starting to make new brake lines, bleedin cold in the shed yesterday morning -5 degs day spent cleaning off all the old crud from front axle etcetc, roll on spring !!

RR

Fuel tank removed and both tank straps were rotten have made new ones by keeping original ends and welding in new galvanised strips, fuel tank in good cond will need cleaning and sealing with por 15, dave lock is sending me a new set of brake shoes plus correct oil filter.

Have cleaned front axle and undeside of front wings they seem to be coated with 1/8th of an inch of a black tar type underseal is this original ? have had to remove it as it has failed in a couple of places alowing some hidden rust to form.

AS I previously stated , the engine has not been removed I am concentrating on the mechanics to get the vehicle up and running in order to attend the 60th anniversary champ camp in June.

At some point the engine bay was sprayed with waxoil 20 plus years ago this has turned white with age, when I get the time I will clean it off I have removed the air cleaner to help in this process.

On the plus side I managed to get to Worcester VRO today and they are processing my application to retain the original registration number, have cleaned the air filter removing 20 + year old oil, dead flies etc. And dissasembled and painted the wiper motors and undid the trailer socket cover.

Petrol tank removal tomo.

Nuther one of those Champ days three steps forward and one back, have sorted front brake cylinders and flexi pipes all from landrover :cheesy: have rebuilt rear cylinders as these are hard to come by. Sourced a set of new brake shoes from Dave Lock and sorted rear winch panel and rear seat bottom panel from Malcolm Scott, also tyres sorted :cheesy: now for the fun bit.

The oil filter element seems to be about 1 1/2" too long I have the two plates but am still struggling.

Took a pile of stuff to the shotblasters only to be told now that the compressor is U/S and will have to wait till its fixed before wheels etc etc are blasted and painted.

Started to look at non original winch as I have to take the fuel tank out and need to replace rotten tank straps found mouse nest as well !! not sure about winch should it be kept as part of its history or removed as its not original.

Off to Worcester DVLA tomo to hopefully get the champ registered, don't know what we will all do if they close the local offices can just see it now as the Swansea computer says " NO" Grrrrrrrrr.

MOUSE !

The thing I am not sure about regarding the filter is that it is different from the old one I removed, I have attached pics of new filter, the old one had a circular metal disc top and bottom can I swap these over to the new element ?

The reason for not painting the engine bay is that I have not removed the engine plus it looks a lot worse than it is as at some point the inside of the bay was sprayed with a waxoyl type substance that I have not had time to clean off yet.

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Two steps forward one back have rebuilt the carb and cleaned the fuel filter that was half full of water !!! generator and belts fitted along with fan though I am stumped on oil filter at the mo as I think I may have the wrong type of filter anyone have any knowledge on sorting this type ? will wait untill filter sorted before fitting carb as its a pig to get at filter with it fitted.

Have stripped inner and outer windscreen frame ready for blasting and will look at getting the wheels off over xmas ready to start in on the brakes.

Nuther day int shed and thermostat refitted along with coil, HT leds and other various pipework, checked gaps on tappets and fitted rocker cover with new gasket have sourced new plugs will fit them on next visit.

This week I will mainly be rebuildig the carb and making up the exhaust system ready for another session unless I get volunteered to do the xmas shopping thing..

Got lucky this afternoon took it apart and cleaned it up and it works ok in boiling water so will refit it on my next visit to the shed.

Head fitted with new gasket, though have to sort thermostat, rebuilt dizzy fitted am now replacing old HT leads with new ones am on the look out for a new set of plugs, next job is to rebuild carb then look at fuel system.

Manged to sort exhaust system at Malvern sale so thats another job which will be ongoing am hoping to have her running over the xmas hols.

Have now sorted exhaust valves and am now cleaning head and giving it a coat of paint before refitting next wkend

Thanks for info on paint, have now freed up the engine all looks ok, and have removed ex valves and bedded them in using a dab of grinding paste, will do the same to inlets before refitting head next wkends job.

Have now managed to move champ to workshop have removed various parts ready to have them shotblasted, engine is stuck so have removed head prior to freeing it up this wkend hopefully.

Would like to know correct paint colour for engine and main bodywork, help please !!

Cheers RR :cool2:

Ok miff

See you at 10am for briefing on what marshaling needs to be done, not much as it happens just parking in speeechouse field and one of two mountain bike tracks on the sallow vallets section are of concern will provide high vis jacket.

Cheers RR.

17th September Forest Of Dean Off Road Run

Its back by popular demand as we had soooooooooooooo much fun the last time we though hell lets do it again ! with longer routes this time.

Off road run around the Forest on forestry tracks.

10 am meet at the Speechouse Hotel follow fodmec / MVT signs.

10.30 am Quick overview of WWII Forest Amunition storage area and shistory of Whirlwind crash 1941 Talk By Terry Halford.

11 am Set off on first part of tour to inc WWII US camp.

1 pm return to speech House field for lunch

2 pm second part of tour to take in points of interest.

3.30ish return to speechouse

NB. Route between 15/20 miles please ensure all vehicles have enough fuel in their tanks.

PLEASE NOTE NO VEHICLES LARGER THAN A GMC / Jimmy as there are heighth and width restrictions on the route plus no civilian 4x4's

Should be a great day thanks to the Forestry and Speechouse Hotel lets pray for some weather.

The Speechouse Hotel have agreed to provide food for lunch, soup, sarnys, chips etc which can be pre ordered before we leave on the morning run, cricket pavilion at our disposal for Whirlwind talk and lunch.

Anyone wishing to attend Please contact Jeremy Tobin on M 07899704561 or E jeremy62@btopenworld.com as space is limited and is filling up fast.

Cheers Jeremy Tobin

Hi All

Have Just found an Austin Champ, well two really but the second one is a parts only donor.The truck I am going to restore is complete though has been stood for 15 plus years, it also comes with a narrow track trailer.

Having restored mainly WWII vehicles in the past so this is going to be something different !!!.

Am looking forward to getting them all moved to the workshop so that I can see what I am up against, I have around 1.5 tonnes of spares to sort through as well, which I hope will help fund this project, hopefully I will get it to Evesham next June for the Champ Camp. Watch this space :nut:.

Jeremy Tobin.