Thank you all for your interest and kind offers; have never before been offered desirable sports cars as swaps! Discretion dictates that I give no details of the sale. But what I will say is that both the seller and buyer are delighted, and I am especially pleased to be able to report that the 101 is staying "in the family", so to speak; it is not going to some opportunistic dealer, but to a real enthusiast. And so gratifying that he had read this blog from start to finish and so appreciated what I have put into the project.
Saying goodbye to 3591 NG will be a wrench after all these years, but it will be good knowing that someone is going to finish her properly.
Tinworm
Lost a lot of hair since the project started!
Austin 101
Good grief! As I winched it on to the transporter, blokes standing around assumed I was taking it to be crushed!
The correct 101 face
Not mine, but mine will be similar
The Austin 101 Express Delivery Van (launched 1957)
Pit Crew
John, Me, Carl and Paul (from left)...the day we got the van into a plot of land next to my workshop, having towed it from John's and then manoeuvred it through two gardens because I don't have road access!
Carl and John, who towed me.
Colin Smith - B Series Engine Guru
"Specials"
Morris sold the chassis and scuttles to commercial users to be coach-built as ambulances, butchers' shops, mobile snack bars, ice-cream vans and, like mine, milk-floats.
copyright of Harvey Pitcher
copyright of Harvey Pitcher
Mine will have looked a lot like the milkfloat above, once.... Except, of course, this is a JB, not a 101.
The Coachbuilder's Autograph
A highlight of the restoration - the discovery of the coachbuilder's autograph in pencil on an upright in the cab, when I stripped some aluminium skin off.
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