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The photos above were taken in July 2005 and show the car in a far worse state than it was when I first photographed it in 1986. |
Having a complete car is one thing, rebuilding it will be an entirely different matter. | | |
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Gauges still present. The car came with a Smith 0-12,000 RPM tacho. |
The Vegantune twin cam head. Hopefully this can be salvaged to return the 170+bhp that it put out originally. |
The Ford engine block as it was found, still with big end shells installed. |
Fast forward to December 2005 when we went over to retrieve the car. A six-wheeler truck with crane had to be used to lift the car/trailer combination. |
Sweeping for snakes...a common hazard when moving a car that hasn't been moved for a number of years. |
Body work during transit at my parents' place in Singapore. Note the Alexis F3 magnesium rims to the left. |
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Prior to restoration of the trailer. The Austin rims were saved and the needle bearings giving a thorough greasing before installation. |
Redefining the term rust bag. This picture was taken on Christmas eve 2005. |
The brother's 2.4-litre Mk2 Jaguar was used to transport some of the engine and transmission bits. |
The de Dion rear end - hopefully with sufficient meat to reused with new bearings. |
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| | The front 1/4 with the windscreen still in place. | Fast forward to January 2006 and it's time to clean the car before packing for Macau. | Air hose in hand and about four hours of labor to flush out the grime before the extent of deterioration and rot could be seen. |
Job nearly completed. |
Note the amount of rust still to be swept away. |
John Green went from Merlyn rear end after the Nurburgring ADAC 1000km event in 1968 to a de Dion set up. |
Having cleaned the car at Henderson's, it was then transferred to my parents' place for packing. |
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Deception....look ok, but wait till the work of peeling off the Al skin begins. |
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View from the room above. |
Trailer being restored, with new handbrake, original and new sheet metal. As conventional a trailer as there ever was and a direct copy of the one "Dodjie" Laurel had for his Brabham Formula Junior in the 1960s. |
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| David Sewell discovered some of the original drawings of the car recently. They include one which is probably a full size plan view of the chassis from the right hand side. | The newly discovered chassis drawings also include a view from above looking down with a centre line
split. | Elva, She Goes! Not quite. Here's the Daren being stuffed into a container courtesy of friend Patrick and his team. | Smiths Tacho reads 0-12,000 RPM. |
