Austin 101 Restoration: Valance

Thursday, 20 September 2007

Valance

I answered the door early this morning, bleary-eyed, to see an exciting package on the doorstep: my valance! I've been looking forward to this. I ordered it a few weeks ago from my metal guru, Iain Mckenzie and he has done a grand job of it, as you can see.

The valance at the top is the original, bent beyond sensible repair and hardly worth the effort (take it from someone who's tried) when you can have a beautiful replacement like mine for £45 - with curves in all the right places and made from virgin metal! It came with a top panel (£8) which is the part on which the horn is mounted.

Thanks Iain!

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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.