Austin 101 Restoration: Back in the workshop

Tuesday, 20 February 2007

Back in the workshop

Great news: I have been back in the workshop. Been working on that awkward corner inside the cab on the driver's side above the windscreen. Lousy pics, sorry. Didn't have my camera handy, so took them with my phone.

I have used my stretcher and shrinker to make some quarterlight angle-surround and am chuffed because it seems to fit quite well.

Been welding, grinding and adjusting the replacement part (below) and making sure it fits with the screen trim and will fit both inside the cab and outside the quarterlight.....tricky because there are about 4 areas which can be pushed out of position by another adjustment. Eeek.

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The more astute among you will have noticed that my 101 images actually have the Morris JB front panel. My 101 came with a JB panel and evidence of accident damage, so presumably, as fewer 101 panels were ever in circulation, a JB panel was used as a replacement?

The Austin 101 was a badge-engineered Morris JB, which in turn was a J Type van with an OHV B Series engine and 4 speed gearbox, in place of the sidevalve and 3 speed of the original J.

I now have both the JB panel and an ex-stock 101 one which I bought from a fellow restorer.

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I agree an alias with anybody I refer to on my blog because I decided to give myself my alias, Tinworm, after attracting the atttentions of a very unpleasant stalker last year. I'd like to be able to call people by their real names, but I really advise against anyone using them online these days. Seems such a shame, not least of all because there are so many I'd like to be able to thank here. Real names (with one notable exception) have been used only with agreement with their owners.

Since writing the above I have bought a microlight which is registered with the CAA, which publishes the register online....making my anonymity impossible to keep. So increasingly I will be less guarded, but I will continue to respect the aliases of others.