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Lovely work! keep the pictures coming

I cannot answer any of your questions but that is a very nice little car, my dad had one when I was a very young lad, his was in the usual black with a maroon interior, the green and tan looks very nice.

Interesting design, unlike a sprag clutch only two pawls will engage at any time, the springs will not need to be at all heavy as the shape of the pawls will self lock when in the detents. Are you heading toward having all the parts for the gearbox made or hoping to find the right one or something of the era that will work?

Next step up is silver solder, one of the most satisfying means of joining metal. I started re-teaching myself mig welding, I have not done any for years. It started badly with snot everywhere but after deciding to rebuild the gun with some new parts and supporting the end of the knackered cable where it goes into the gun ( should replace that too) I found myself sticking metal together very happily! spending a day welding and grinding.... probably best to have a day off from it so as not to annoy the meighbours, still on furlough so back too it Monday!

Home made equipmment is so satisfying and if it does the job why spend lots of money? Can I add my home made version to the thread? I had a great need and no money but I heard about about 2 coffee machine cabinets going for scrap, I nabbed them and one, with castors added, became my welding bench, with storage for all my welding gear inside. The other one became my blast cabinet, again with castors, with a window from an oven door and an old outside light for illumination. I did buy the wrong media though, it is too fine, I need to get some glass bead stuff which is what you appear to use.

The electrodes on the spot welder could do with a clean up, they should have a big shamfer and a small flat spot in the middle. If you need one side of the weld to be undimpled make a flat topped cup to drop over the electrode. Keep the pictures coming! spot weld.bmp

Bottom right photo:, in Cuba people are still transported like that, the locals refer to it as being a coca cola crate. The original is the beer crate then )

A good solution using limited kit, I would probably have done it the same way.

Ditto the above, clarkes do an air joddler/hole punch for around £50 it is so much easier than the hand tool, I have not regretted investing in one..

I finally heard back from him, he has nothing as old in his collection so unable to help, it was worth a try though.

Good to see you back, pictures not showing for me, please fix so that I can continue to enjoy your ongoing project.

No expert here but most repair work I have seen they tack in between the tacks until they all join up, no continuous welding. Nice project keep the pictures coming

My lockdown has me making a welding shelter to reclaim a large area of my workshop...... though all in a smaller scale than most of the members here. Welding bench is an old coffee machine laid on its side with castors to make it mobile.

Looks very complete, is she a runner?

A lot to do but it is all doable, a lot of flat panels, no compound curves, keep the pictures coming.

Hi, welcome to the forum, I cannot help you but there are plenty of scammell men on the forum, I am sure they will be able to sort you out.

I cannot get the link to work....that may be just me though

Oddly I know a man who collects Kit Kat wrappers, I have e-mailed him to ask if he has a spare inner that he can pass on to a good cause.

Thanks for posting the links, nice project.

... the guy attaching the cooling fan with his pinched out fag behind his ear, that used to be a common sight

Would be good to see what 40% consist of....

I have just gone back to read through this thread again, hats off to you, some fantastic work!

Welcome to the forum, now that is what retirement should be about!

I am loving your attention to detail on this rebuild, it is going to be one of my "go to" threads!

Photo's, we like photo's. there are folk on here who will probably be able to give you chapter and verse once they see what you have.