Austin Woodworm

[Is Vic There]

Love this thread, very good.

[Charlie]

Brilliant. It's great to see it rising from the abyss

[davejames]

Love this story, keep the pics and dialogue coming

[Al]

Brilliant. It's great to see it rising from the abyss Smile

I've had it easy by comparison to Peter. If you look at the early photos you can see all thats' keeping it together is the woodworm holding hands however the boot is firmly on the other butt now!

AL

[Gyesdad]

This is such a great thread. I'm so glad to see it moving forward again, the skills you all have to restore such a thing are amazing. It's good to see they're still alive in the automated world we live in today.
I am in awe..

[Big Fluff]

Such talent and patience when restoring these old things, so huge respect Al.
My mate has a 1936 Alvis Firebird, which he stated was a 2 year project... that was 6 years ago and he's only 15% there.

[Jay1969]

Quote AL: Special low profile bulbs for narrow spaces.



That bulb is just pure brilliance! Are they still available from
specialists?
Amazing restoration AL - worth every penny

[chrisNI]

Love the dealer instruction for the servo " A wine glass of oil every two thousand miles".

Fantastic work in this thread, and it makes you wonder about the economics of building something like this back in the day. Was this an expensive vehicle new?

[Al]

That bulb is just pure brilliance! Are they still available from
specialists?

Dont know Jay but there are none here!!
http://bulbcollector.com/article002.html

Was this an expensive vehicle new?

My friend summed it up nicely i think.
Today; materials are cheap and labour is really expensive. Then; labour was cheap and materials very expensive.
In the inter war period i guess there were lots of skills /skilled folk about and much time on hands.
I am guessing that sheet steel and sheet ally were prohibitively expensive and wood, not being a principal building material by then, was plentiful.
They seemed not to have a problem making aircraft out of it,.. Hurricane to name just one.

I'll see if i can find out more on both counts. That bulb may still work!

AL

[Fil]

Massive respect to all involved.
Skill of true craftsmen allround.

Really good thread.

[marlin]

pure class , top workmanship , cheers marlin

[Al]

Thanks for the positive comments and had to have a pause whilst i had a look around.

The 1938 bulbs for both interior lights still work fine



Thursday i got a bit of spare time so managed to fit the inner wheels arches at the rear having just got them powder coated.
Thought that would be the best treatment and if necessary they can be stone chipped over in flat black.



The 'Jackall' jacks have been re-built / re-furbed and have now found their way back onto the car. (black lump in centre of picture above) Some poor soul now has to get under there and re-run all the copper pipe and fittings

Fronts are on the left here and rears to the right hand side.



Hours of cheap fun if you have all youre mates come round



Could be a down side if you left the car out round here though.



There may be some info on manufacture on its way but not sure what that might be.

More as and when.

AL

[BRIAN S]

The jackall jacking system is amazing to see working,i have seen it working on a 1950s Austin sheerline ,first and only such system I have seen,was it only Austin that used this system?

[Pigford]

Them JACKSHIT jacks are a bit chavvy.......

[Al]

was it only Austin that used this system?

Hi Brian dont really know much about cars to be honest or their history.
I looked it up and the 'Jackall' system was associated with Smiths Industries and i guess commercially available to anyone who wanted it.
I found this image of a Morris with them fitted but i guess that they are probably the same company or 'about to be'.




AL