tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43805744954869549652024-03-20T08:33:36.120+10:00The Oily RagAbout stuff I do.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348833977254658334noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380574495486954965.post-16205963158222990372024-02-24T17:15:00.007+10:002024-02-25T13:32:47.997+10:00Now the work begins. Update #2<p>Now with Maurice tucked up in my workshop I started to evaluate
what needed to be done to get it road worthy. There were many head scratching
moments of what to do and even where to begin. So, I thought I’ll just start at
one end, and as the rear is the one I encounter when I walk into the shed, the
rear it was to be.</p><p>There was no provision for a boot / trunk to carry any tools, jack or wheel spanner so that had to be rectified. I cut timber pieces to fit in between the chassis rails, and cut openings into a large piece of 1/4" steel plate fitted to anchor the spare wheel. Unfortunately I didn't get a photo of the area before I modified it. So you just have to imagine looking through to the workshop floor instead of the boot / trunk floor. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgLdVuzjcdbTI0Ok1yCq9zlmD8kwlW7CbBg0rYPwaRGZzAFQ98q4O0_qgIiNEm-mIk7-GsPd60acy-yJoDkQckajri4tXTmbxgaBC69_Zc15BldxN_spymXlV4-cSxZuaXjBfNmqUnap37UJgwdCdmW86LKL5CxjsDgxD9cjU6SXka5W3-Iwd-75MJ5RS/s4000/20240120_101921.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgLdVuzjcdbTI0Ok1yCq9zlmD8kwlW7CbBg0rYPwaRGZzAFQ98q4O0_qgIiNEm-mIk7-GsPd60acy-yJoDkQckajri4tXTmbxgaBC69_Zc15BldxN_spymXlV4-cSxZuaXjBfNmqUnap37UJgwdCdmW86LKL5CxjsDgxD9cjU6SXka5W3-Iwd-75MJ5RS/s320/20240120_101921.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Then to install stop lights, tail lights and indicators / turn signals. There was one large stop/tail light fitted, but it was not in the centre or wired up. This was removed and some 1932 Ford replica tail/stop lights I had were used, and two motorcycle indicators. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BMfTQpwM8bUsQiMpzUqbbA4qISUWEUAb0qoJtG4S8Kyuc3L2QJlXIeB0Si0gTt7JB_zW2ParINR5MHX-wpKnZuG9UhfqrtPmUktwVTpqDHG256C_k1qPpEK_fBSenFLuL_vJmy0gNxPl7S0xufrBJpkCpEoF7DQV38vlRHNA-ERJ5HPiZ2e-u71mokmW/s4000/20240120_102401.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BMfTQpwM8bUsQiMpzUqbbA4qISUWEUAb0qoJtG4S8Kyuc3L2QJlXIeB0Si0gTt7JB_zW2ParINR5MHX-wpKnZuG9UhfqrtPmUktwVTpqDHG256C_k1qPpEK_fBSenFLuL_vJmy0gNxPl7S0xufrBJpkCpEoF7DQV38vlRHNA-ERJ5HPiZ2e-u71mokmW/s320/20240120_102401.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx_1XnbUcLwgKiSyF-Nq1XkkVRRihb-IjkFjrBUPSLAB--syRXD_7U8MNeYF2h_nPDSJpDCpHD-xwT40LgVBA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did deviate from my plan from starting at the rear of the vehicle - once. I notice that the radiator cap was the old 'dog bone' style but needed something. As I'm selling my Humber Speedster project I</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">re-purposed the radiator emblem I had used on that. It was an emblem my father had kept from a</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">car he had to sell, before I was born, I found it in a box of his personal stuff after he passed away. I'm sure he would be OK with using it, and it just set off the existing cap on Maurice for the better.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggt-vkJQQLSqIKBuGM8gyy4AoaJmf_Ic0LWhtWut-fOY7BfJ5_mUtjSmjvXPWWJp7rWfXqzD4DTcArMSSRjTI80Ema3m4jV6sIC80JSZmzzQeTM2QZAyP8PwZJB_uIu1ZOMlmoyBTs5Vm16mPfJP2kOT0tNlSN19LDItxV-mxYGkQ2-umUGdJUtKfM2NpU/s4000/20240104_084419.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggt-vkJQQLSqIKBuGM8gyy4AoaJmf_Ic0LWhtWut-fOY7BfJ5_mUtjSmjvXPWWJp7rWfXqzD4DTcArMSSRjTI80Ema3m4jV6sIC80JSZmzzQeTM2QZAyP8PwZJB_uIu1ZOMlmoyBTs5Vm16mPfJP2kOT0tNlSN19LDItxV-mxYGkQ2-umUGdJUtKfM2NpU/s320/20240104_084419.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>I had already replaced both electric fuel pumps. If you listen to the guy starting the car in the video from at the auction you will hear him say the drum of fuel he lifts up is because there is a serious fuel leak. When I started looking into it I noted the leak was from one of the existing electric fuel pumps, which I replaced. When I fitted the new pumps one of them started making a terrible noise, we found that one of carb float valves has stuck in the closed position making the pump work it's ring out pumping against a closed head. This is what probably destroyed the old pump. I've bought two new carb rebuild kits to sort this out. </p><p>The next job I jumped into was to fitting a temperature gauge and a speedo, neither of which had been installed originally. Because of several issues I went with a GPS speedo, which of course wouldn't fit on the dashboard along with the new temp gauge. Please bear in mind I have been trying to make these new modifications look period. I know the car has been hand built out of parts from the 1960's vehicles but its overall look is from the 1920's. So I ended up making a steering column mount for the speedo and indicator switch and dash lamps. The temp gauge was fitted below the existing Tacho and oil pressure gauge. </p><p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptSsyjcSeUnYl9sN3HikH_7yv4hKFlH9ls8Jrk3TVD19fn_W21lEZnly51mWVpOSVjXgXdPnUlaO1xOBUzvv4uJnNJvnAuHkEXq45giSUHWuT-X1UKQZKx7uclR122tqwzzF0uturRw40uMRI_3ps-aqgtoLSRVDveHLiVqxLvvFQfszj539oCuoU48kZ/s4000/20240204_120828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptSsyjcSeUnYl9sN3HikH_7yv4hKFlH9ls8Jrk3TVD19fn_W21lEZnly51mWVpOSVjXgXdPnUlaO1xOBUzvv4uJnNJvnAuHkEXq45giSUHWuT-X1UKQZKx7uclR122tqwzzF0uturRw40uMRI_3ps-aqgtoLSRVDveHLiVqxLvvFQfszj539oCuoU48kZ/s320/20240204_120828.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowGw3XowYUHA1UtDj9qMj5DQyQoxfT_Xq1ujdkxgsHlypJFzwMSeUcgpR69YMX69PseFARuW-0Y4bPGl5NLMkitZYXYEdyu6VWxI8Kq9YhZcIdSVII8oa0dgt-KGpUcnstZoNTisrLxUSyMJYl9tPjyEAFUdtp1f0LkEPuY5Pu0G0hEEsUKvyQobie46N/s4000/20240204_140701.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowGw3XowYUHA1UtDj9qMj5DQyQoxfT_Xq1ujdkxgsHlypJFzwMSeUcgpR69YMX69PseFARuW-0Y4bPGl5NLMkitZYXYEdyu6VWxI8Kq9YhZcIdSVII8oa0dgt-KGpUcnstZoNTisrLxUSyMJYl9tPjyEAFUdtp1f0LkEPuY5Pu0G0hEEsUKvyQobie46N/s320/20240204_140701.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5NeptbtANxf6bkGZWw0uMhTtBn_t69JAkyJw7Woc4c5aO7zNPPE2dKioORcNelaNE3ZG5SU-n5SVZ6ugTwkMWm30QL4fDGMYTR9h0SVeYXlrBjGHsqv_r_AV-XfkpCXGFONPxIInUxUzvwGUkN3b_7ZjY5slzZ4rk2s7CQ2AEydnBsABxpNCpt4JU-X2/s4000/20240209_112026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5NeptbtANxf6bkGZWw0uMhTtBn_t69JAkyJw7Woc4c5aO7zNPPE2dKioORcNelaNE3ZG5SU-n5SVZ6ugTwkMWm30QL4fDGMYTR9h0SVeYXlrBjGHsqv_r_AV-XfkpCXGFONPxIInUxUzvwGUkN3b_7ZjY5slzZ4rk2s7CQ2AEydnBsABxpNCpt4JU-X2/s320/20240209_112026.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHz89Yv9g99HzLtRwn2daSWstT02CQoNlywt4h0tGi5ynUMdrGHkU0b-iEgvRjn6GN2JmLStfo5BKsgBDrym0zlL5vr7V0j3SYtTejWJTQ_duqObwqyjCGS3zbnf6rmv6E3h2HI89NH38dT0lNkYsKO49coMFDeuDTxkwcj98760PFc2fOgDQpl1gqhhG1/s4000/20240217_103439.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHz89Yv9g99HzLtRwn2daSWstT02CQoNlywt4h0tGi5ynUMdrGHkU0b-iEgvRjn6GN2JmLStfo5BKsgBDrym0zlL5vr7V0j3SYtTejWJTQ_duqObwqyjCGS3zbnf6rmv6E3h2HI89NH38dT0lNkYsKO49coMFDeuDTxkwcj98760PFc2fOgDQpl1gqhhG1/s320/20240217_103439.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9OshZOGjfb8ApJVxE-mfKkem7oj6aU3n845l5EnfOhNvnCvdwhzkv5q7r0RdQbRrZBTtb1IC77uTkgjBm6l4sc_zqXMldbqcfY4gGcj8JsiPhHP7XPhoQZrJaFbWfrYz_nrAdM-cHqDsK3NJqTRRDbLNnHA8hHa5d2t-kMT8hbpM_8L5lDBGwYTdnryb/s4000/20240217_105326.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9OshZOGjfb8ApJVxE-mfKkem7oj6aU3n845l5EnfOhNvnCvdwhzkv5q7r0RdQbRrZBTtb1IC77uTkgjBm6l4sc_zqXMldbqcfY4gGcj8JsiPhHP7XPhoQZrJaFbWfrYz_nrAdM-cHqDsK3NJqTRRDbLNnHA8hHa5d2t-kMT8hbpM_8L5lDBGwYTdnryb/s320/20240217_105326.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348833977254658334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380574495486954965.post-72777185740013207402024-02-24T11:29:00.006+10:002024-02-25T13:32:32.464+10:00Maurice Joins the Family, all 702 cubic inch of him! Update #1<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Welcome to the 2024 Update / Launch of my neglected blog. On
the car front nothing much happened between 2015 and November 2023. The poor
old Humber didn’t get any love, (which is now up for sale), just became an ever growing pile of stuff,
blankets, rolls of carpet etc, etc. The 1947 Studebaker pick up got an engine
freshen up, some head work, new gaskets and a new carb. It’s currently laid up
getting a front end rebuild. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But the big news is the addition of Maurice to the stable. (We name our cars based on the name of the previous owner, he didn't look like a Nev, so it would be Morris, but with the monocle windscreen making him look distinguished so we decided on Maurice). I
was always fascinated by the 1920’s and ‘30’s aero engine cars and knew the
possibility of one being available in Australia was pretty remote. Thus, I
started to build the Humber Speedster back in 2013. THEN in November last year
I heard of a deceased estate sale happening in Dalby, about 2.5 hrs drive west
of Brisbane. I saw some photos of what was for sale and WoW, some large engine cars,
I had to go!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A gentleman, by the name of Neville (Nev) Morris had passed
and his substantial collection of machinery was being auctioned off. Of
particular interest to me were two large engine cars, hand built by Nev. To
better explain who Nev was, below is a link to a hot rod magazine article from
March 2013.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.streetmachine.com.au%2Ffeatures%2Fneville-morris-custom-creations%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2p9xmTBQK4PWA3JXsGXNuZ6rPzT6ZLjVQoxhptmdCzoqVwxiENj9tTMOo&h=AT3dQ9EcAIts79X7o-WM3KFDjjEFxADoBoc1mCARcHg5aw_GS5JgGvmerdeq6k8g5n9P8a6rMFexqlmRbgjHUmINmHORux0nxzJABzBUD6hVgdW5D2usnTHM3aySqYwi8dI" target="_blank"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif" style="background: rgb(240, 240, 240); border: 1pt none windowtext; color: blue; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">https://www.streetmachine.com.au/features/neville-morris-custom-creations?fbclid=IwAR0dtaPLcKaZuhCvExYdvmT-THK6GvhQ_kKn_ZbkLp6xGNwAGlB19cVEK7U</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was initially interested in the black car called, ‘SOG’
(Shades of Grey), but a local museum was buying a selection of Nev’s vehicles
and inventions to honour him with a permanent display, also I fell in love with
the blue car – ‘NOBA’. Which apparently stands for, ‘Not Only But Always’, and
old English saying. Nev had a sense of humour as eclectic as his machine
collection! I have decided to change its name to, ‘GMC Bearcat’. Why? I hear
you ask. While going through Nev’s papers on the car I found a photograph of a
1914 Stutz Bearcat, I guess as his inspiration, so it seemed logical. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Maurice was hand built by Nev as his tribute to those same aero engine cars that I liked. It's fitted with a GMC 702 cid, (11.5 lt), V12, used in 1960's GMC 7000 series trucks. The gearbox is from a Commer truck and the chassis a Toyota Dyna truck. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My goal is to get the Bearcat legally registered for road
use, this will entail quite a bit of finishing to make it compliant for a Road
Worthy Certificate. Plus, there is some maintenance work to be done, a leaking
rear axle seal, the brakes don’t work, and a carby (x2) rebuild, oil and filter
change.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Joining some car Facebook sites has created a lot of
interest with people asking to be kept informed on the progress, so my reason
to update my blog to keep people in the loop. <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dziBUNR8e1aVHm_guSZwmUR0pJirPWyw3MYHf04cnSFQnAU0DNQTtSs584qp_ivQwPvcQtYX-mdlGJPeOeaWA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div> I took this video at the auction before purchasing Maurice.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> Now Maurice was safely tucked up in my workshop.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFHmVKLgn5GXwvkPcjS-gWLVVTjuXj3pzaX5OoFRah9b1tuipGi0IbKvxZF90fkLZ8Z1xHDiSSYLc1HS0fWjMKRfBPoQs5wOT26SUa7ghInHWxFRX7Li_t4dYxvNBXskrfiXut5Oj-AQ1Aq7Rsy6-IONK0ArBhFxgbCwUhMueTQ8w587x_zwJoG5lASXy/s4000/20231205_114126.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFHmVKLgn5GXwvkPcjS-gWLVVTjuXj3pzaX5OoFRah9b1tuipGi0IbKvxZF90fkLZ8Z1xHDiSSYLc1HS0fWjMKRfBPoQs5wOT26SUa7ghInHWxFRX7Li_t4dYxvNBXskrfiXut5Oj-AQ1Aq7Rsy6-IONK0ArBhFxgbCwUhMueTQ8w587x_zwJoG5lASXy/w316-h237/20231205_114126.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCOAVh-oqa17Syl1VsmAgK0vReEGEjYAvinQwisXsn1GoBNASDerAPTZMMOqFOi8Ti_WFZ5vU4v8sP169Wj89Eupo-m_gduup3uvbFwLgcnLfaWWzIfY1sQQpLnUCcbHmdLRz15_8Wbp5sSn9S2W2I9fkQbFGKZxGBVGMFJpt2kF4SatZvVE2A-_IrAYE-/s4000/20231205_103227.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCOAVh-oqa17Syl1VsmAgK0vReEGEjYAvinQwisXsn1GoBNASDerAPTZMMOqFOi8Ti_WFZ5vU4v8sP169Wj89Eupo-m_gduup3uvbFwLgcnLfaWWzIfY1sQQpLnUCcbHmdLRz15_8Wbp5sSn9S2W2I9fkQbFGKZxGBVGMFJpt2kF4SatZvVE2A-_IrAYE-/s320/20231205_103227.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348833977254658334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380574495486954965.post-58194404211386345182016-08-20T16:48:00.000+10:002016-08-20T17:01:46.889+10:00General Update<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Hi all, well to both of my blog readers, ( my wife and I ;-) )</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">It’s been a while since I posted a Humber Update, I’ve been
busy with all the other projects, so thought
I’d post about them. I was working on the Humber, (fitting the 1916 T Ford mudguards/fenders),
which turned out trickier than I thought. I started by trying to fit the front
ones, when it soon became obvious I should have started with the rear guards.
To do this I had to mount the running boards to get the correct height, then it
became obvious again the rear T Ford guards were not long enough at the front to
reach the running boards. It’s a bit like that old kid’s song – ‘There’s a hole
in the bucket dear Liza, dear Liza’. So, I had to make panels to fill in the
gap between the guard, of course these had to be rolled to the same diameter on the edges the same
as the Ford guards, otherwise it would look shit. I did buy a bead roller before I
started the Humber project to put beads in the upper parts of the body panels,
which I didn’t because it would have been a nightmare to try and do – my skill
levels aren’t up to that. Anyway the bead roller was the perfect tool to
make the rolled wire edges, BUT! I didn’t have the right rollers. I purchased a set
from where I bought the roller itself, unfortunately their set was for a
smaller gauge wire edge than what was on the T Ford guards – Bugger ! So I called on my inner Fitter and Turner and
made up a new flat roller and widened the gullet roller. Oh, the other thing I
did was to adapt a winch motor onto the bead roller so I didn’t have to ask
someone to wind the handle for me - my boys either wound it too fast or too slow....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">It was about this time that the auto body guy who I had
lined up , (two months previous),to cut the rust out of the 1955 Studebaker bailed on me – if you are reading this Richmond, you Sir are an Arsehat, and so is your mate you recommended me to, wanting twice the price and heap of conditions. Then after the third guy messed me around
I thought, ‘Hey, I can weld, I can manipulate metal, I’m gonna give it a go’
!!! So that is another project taking up
my time at present. The third
project is the cut-away engine I’m making for the Studebaker shop as a
promotion tool. After putting the word out Dick Adsett donated two 1948
Studebaker six cylinder engines, both were in bad shape, but hey I’m going to
cut holes in them ;-) The plan is to
take a sectioned engine to car shows on a frame in the tray of my ’47 MR
Studebaker pickup, and run them on three cylinders with all the moving parts
exposed. So without further ado, please
see the pics below of my time killers.</span></div>
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Flat and wire edge roller.</div>
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Rear left hand guard showing gap.</div>
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Front LHS guard of '55 Stude</div>
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With rust removed</div>
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LHS sill with rust cut out</div>
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LHS Sill with patch welded in</div>
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Cut-away 6 cyl</div>
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Head sectioned and in place on Stude 6 cyl.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s been a couple of months since my last update
and to be honest I’ve neglected the Humber a bit. I can claim other
pressing distractions; shifting the 'Studebaker of Australia' stock from our off site storage
shed to the warehouse beside the shop, and my main business required my
attention more than usual to sort out some issues. Poor Huber` was
shunted down the priority ladder a couple of rungs. It’s now looking clear he
won’t be finished for the National Humber Rally next March, which really grates
on me but I just won’t put him on display unfinished.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I ended the last update with the photos of the
completed trunk and the steel body frame, the next project was to take the dash
mock up to the finished article. I carefully drafted the instrument and
switch positions, picked out the best grained plywood and marked
the hole centres, held my breath and cut. (hole sawed actually). All went
smoothly, UNTIL!!!! I did a test fitting to the scuttle frame – I had miss read
one of the measurements and cut all of the holes 60 mm (2 1/2’) off centre. Damn
and Blast !!! Luckily I had enough ply left over to make another one, and
consoled myself the first was just a practice run. ;-)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The practice run....</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With the dash finished came the job I had been putting
off – sheeting the body. Actually it went pretty well. The bonnet (hood) didn’t
go as well, and I’m still working to get the outer edge how I want it. There
was a small issue where the scuttle sheeting folded around the firewall. I hadn’t
allowed for the firewall being on a three degree lean, therefore causing a
gap between the sheet metal and timber. The obvious solution was to cut and
weld, but rather than go for the grinder I decided to make the complete bonnet
and re-evaluate then. Of course as this project has always two steps forward
and half a step back I realised I needed to fit the front mudguards (fenders)
before I could get the correct size of the bonnet side panels. I had bought two
old sets of 1916 T Model Ford front and rear guards from a swap meet some time ago intending
repair and use them, but after having them sand blasted I realised they were
too far gone. The new reproduction guards arrived from the USA arrived some three
weeks later. I was pretty disappointed in the condition they arrived in, brand new guards with rusty hand and finger marks all over them. This could have easily been avoided at the factory by the workers using gloves or some anti-corrosion film. Poor form Rootlieb Inc, poor form. I cleaned them down with phosphoric acid then undercoated them to stop further corrosion.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front guards straight out of the box.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Side sheet in place for marking the door cut outs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Door cut outs done, now in place for fixing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Body tub clad, now for the scuttle top and bonnet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The trickiest job so far - getting the outer edges and curve right.</td></tr>
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Model Ford guards didn’t just bolt straight on a 1932 Humber ;-)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I expected some modifications, but not as
much as it took! Oh well, just get on with it – my workshop guillotine and
folder got a work out. I had to fold up a 4" (100mm) fill in piece so the bonnet side panels would clear the guards, and the mounting plates.</span></div>
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headlight supports to be in place, another interconnected job. (The guards have to have the correct position forward & back, height off the wheel to allow for travel and distance from the body to ensure a balanced look, AND the same height as the rear guards so the running boards are level with the car - another 3D jigsaw with no picture guide ;-). As the original
headlights are being used I have to use the original support risers that were
bolted to the chassis and crossed braced from each guard. The pre 1920’s look I
was going for didn’t lend itself to the cross brace so that will be deleted, the headlights will be supported by a pipe welded to new chassis brackets. (the
original support pipes were rusted beyond repair, but luckily were directly
replaced with ½” water pipe, even the threads in the original mounts under the
headlight buckets were ½” British Standard Pipe thread). One of the old T ford
guards I bought had its original bracket so I used that as a template for the
new ones, sized up a bit it as it looked quite flimsy. I set about to fabricate the
combination Mudguard / head light support with ¾” round bar for the guards and
2” x ¼” angle iron for the chassis mount. (The T Ford brackets were tapered
from the chassis mount to the guard end from ¾” to ½” which made the flimsy
look). But when I placed the ¾” bar up in place it look way to bulky – no wonder
Henry Ford’s design team made them tapered. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>;-)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Once again the Gods of Engineering took pity on me and allow the bar to
JUST fit in my lathe so I could turn a taper on it - Now they just have to be bent to follow the contour of the guards then welded in place.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turning the taper on the mudguard bracket.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The head light and guard brackets, using the original adjusting knuckles.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As it looks today.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just waiting for the head light install.</td></tr>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348833977254658334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380574495486954965.post-26789624914517996242015-09-10T22:46:00.002+10:002015-09-11T09:46:39.264+10:00Humber Speedster Project - Update # 11<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The last
sentence in my previous Blog entry was, 'The next job is fitting the sheet
metal skin – Yikes!’. Well like most of my well laid plans it didn’t quite go according
to plan. What seems to happen is that I intend to start a certain project but
get side tracked and do something else, which doesn’t really worry me as it all
has to be done sooner or later. While I was waiting to have the 15 mm lip
folded on the sheet metal side panels by a sheet metal shop, (I was going to do
them myself until I found my folder was too short and I couldn’t slide them
in from the side). I started to plan the fuel tank cradle and trunk, I had not
given this much thought up until now as my main concern was getting the front
of the car planned and started. But after sitting beside Hubert and seriously
thinking about the look of the back end of the car would really have an impact
on the overall look. Maybe this is why a lot of pre- 1920’s cars I looked at have
an awkward look about them in the rear section, like the builders realised, like
I did, ‘damn, we really didn’t think this through, what do we do now?’ In the
initial planning stages I had briefly thought of a boat tail end, but on
investigation it was a LOT of work, so decided on a basic exposed fuel tank and
attached trunk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OK, back to me sitting
beside Hubert wondering what was I going to do??? This was the time I took a
leaf out of Svenja’s book and ‘let it speak to me’, which is an tenet she uses
when designing her wondrous costumes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
trip to the hardware to check out what timber I had to play with and what would
suit. I guess the sight of me standing there with a sheet of paper in hand and
a thoughtful look on my face it was inevitable I was going to be approached by
one of the helpful staff. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘Can I be of
service?’ asked a fresh faced young lady, I hesitated just for a millisecond
about whether I should ask her if the sheet on ply I was looking at would be
suitable for skinning the trunk of a 1916 Humber Speedster…… but decided to
say, ‘no thanks, I’m OK’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While I was
perusing all the different timber products I formed a plan… yes another one
;-)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d use form ply for the structural parts,
sides and supports then pine boards for the floor, topped off with a plywood
top cover. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making up as I go along</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trunk ready for skinning</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A trial fit for of the ply wood skin.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The fuel
tank cradle was fairly straight forward, the shape and size dictated by the
tank side, (a re-purposed automotive LPG tank). The sides of the trunk took
some design time with my co-designer Svenja with her talent at drawing curves
she soon had the drop away to the rear of the chassis sorted. I had decided to
make the floor out of 19 mm (3/4”) solid pine in various widths with the edges
cut at angles to follow the contour of the chassis and give a sealed surface,
much like barrel staves. It was then onto the ply wood ‘skin’, this had to
curve to follow the drop away, so it was ‘Kerfed’. This entails numerous saw
cuts made across the grain to a depth just under the outer layer which allows
the timber to be bent. Getting the depth and the distance between cuts is
important to allow the timber to bend freely but not to crack or show creases.
This process works well but also removes a lot of the integral strength of the
ply wood sheet so extra supports had to be added to compensate. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liam with the top skin.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Access to the
trunk was also added by cutting the door hole which is supported internally at
the edges by form ply braces, the lid will come later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In between
waiting for the glue to dry on the trunk floor the dash board was mocked up
using a piece of ply wood scrap the same thickness as the finished piece. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mocked up dash</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> This
wasn’t just a matter of sticking a piece of ply up in the scuttle opening, the
recess and angle of the dash plus the position of the gauges had to be set to
suit the eye line of the driver. This done, along with welding the mounting
tags to the scuttle frame, the gauge positions were measured and noted so a
holes can be cut in the final ply wood dash after lacquering.</span><br />
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I signed off my last blog update saying that this one
may include a video of Hubert waking up after some 40+ years asleep. I am very
happy to confirm Hubert did wake up and the video below shows the exciting
event. The initial start-up took several days to happen after getting the timing right
and sorting out some other small electrical issues, then with some coaxing he
roared to life, (a wheeze really). The glass ignition coil that I wanted to use wouldn’t play nice
on the day, although it tested out OK ?? So I replaced it with a modern type I
had on the shelf to keep the start-up on track, (I’ll look in to that other
coil later as I’d still like to use it for the look). My concerns about the oil
pressure were unfounded as it ran at a respectable 30 psi. <br />
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I ran the engine several times to try and bed everything in
after the rebuild, albeit some 14 years after! But as you can see from the
second video he ran well. The engine now proven I put it back to bed and
started on the body skeleton, after being side tracked by relining the
brake, clutch and accelerator pedals with sections form an old tyre I had lying
about. (I figured I’d do this before I refitted the floor to allow more working
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After the floor and toe board
were refitted I sat on a stool beside Hubert for quite while forming a plan of
attack, (I’ve mentioned in previous blog updates that building this body from
scratch was a daunting task and took me well out of my comfort zone), I couldn’t
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The starting point was obvious – the fire wall, so a template was made and the hammering began. My roller was too small to handle the ½” diameter round bar so it was bent into shape the old fashioned way with a hammer and vice jaws open about 150 mm (6”). The process works by striking the material being bent in the middle between the jaws, this causes a slight or heavy kink (depending on how hard you hit it), in the metal creating a bend. It is a tedious job especially if you are bending it to a set curve, sometimes having to flatten out a kink which an over-zealous hammer strike caused. (not that I ever did that….well maybe a couple of times… ;-) After a few thousand hits you get pretty good at judging the force of the blow you need, and it does form a curve quite efficiently.<br />
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The part of the body from the firewall back to the dashboard or under the windscreen is called the ‘scuttle’. From my research it’s called this as it resembles a coal scuttle, or from a part of the ship called a scuttle, anyway I think you know the part I mean. I formed this by making another bow with the same curve as on the firewall but 50 mm (2”) higher, this gives the rake from the windscreen down towards the bonnet (hood). To get the correct rake I enlisted a few of my work mates and Svenja to look at some drawings and we all agreed that 50 mm was just right. The firewall bow and scuttle bow (for want of a better name), were joined together with straight lengths of ½” bar welded in place, it was finally starting to take shape. </div>
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Next was what you would call the body 'tub' - the sides and curved pieces that went behind the seat. The curve for the entry
openings, (remember Hubert has no doors), was needed so I called on the resident artist, Svenja to give me a
curve to work to. I enticed her up to the shed with a promise of a beer and explained what I
wanted, she asked me to put a piece of card board across the gap between the
seat edge and the scuttle, then with a flick of the wrist drew the ideal curve.
(I would have tried to plot it out with reference points, and taken hours!) It
was a case of Artist Vs Engineer, and the artist had the goods on the day ;-) I
thanked her for her lovely curve, rewarded her with the aforesaid beer then set
about to hammer out the curve. The second one was way harder even using
the same template getting it as close to the original as possible, but in the
end it turned out pretty close. With the
seat frame four curved pieces were needed, two upper and two on the floor. Because these all
had to follow the same curve around the back of the seat I decided to make it a
bit easier by cutting out a wooden template and using heat to shape them. This
certainly saved a lot of time and made reproducing the curves more
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With the bottoms ones finished and in place the seat was reinstalled, (I’d removed it while welding close by on the scuttle to protect
it from sparks), Cold bending the top frame to follow the contours of the seat was
difficult – sort of a 3D jigsaw puzzle, without a picture to go by! But after
considerable perseverance it took shape, assembling the pieces began and it all
came together surprising well - another test with the seat in place proved it
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rear of tub secured to floor.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Current status of body skeleton.</td></tr>
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Since the last update on June 7th the alternator mounting/adjusting carriage has been
completed, which once again turned out to be more involved that I first
thought. – this whole project seems to be an exercise of two steps forward and
½ a step back ;-) Due to the close proximity of the alternator pulley to the
crankshaft pulley I had to use a ‘link’ type Vee belt to get it short enough.
This then presented another problem of how to get enough adjustment as link
belts stretch more than conventional one piece Vee belts. This was accomplished
by making the alternator carriage in a saddle shape that slides along the old
radiator cross member that is now unused after relocating the radiator 150 mm
(6”) forward. So with the carriage having 40 mm travel, (which is secured via a
bolt through the cross member), and a curved slotted arm with another 40 mm the
alternator has ample adjustment. I realised just as I was ready to install it was now that the pulley would be running anti-clockwise it should have some type if locking device to stop the nut unscrewing itself.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alternator Carriage Assembly</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alternator in situ with link belt</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alternator pulley with nut lock tabs in place</td></tr>
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I want to ensure the engine runs so I've put off work on the body until I can test it. While I
was completing the supercharger manifold I decided to do the initial start-up
with a standard carburettor and manifold, which I knew would work so not create
any more possible problems. This also meant I had to fabricate a manifold and
find a suitable carburettor. I had several old Studebaker carburettors lying
around so that was the easy part, the manifold was another story - fairly
straight forward but another job to add to the list. When I did finished it I
noticed that with the intake tubes on and upward angle they fouled on the side
of the carburettor – damn! I must have strong words with the design department
;-) Packer plates, which we’ll call thermal barriers and were intended all
along, will fix that ;-) <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The unfinished non-supercharged intake manifold. </td></tr>
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The next job on the list was to stabilise the starter motor. When I first
got the Humber I noticed a crack on the alloy bell housing where the starter
motor fits into. There was evidence of previous welding repairs where this had
cracked before. It truly surprised me that with the usual engineering overkill
Mr. Humber had used everywhere else this looked like an obvious design fault.
The starter motor weighs approximately 14 kg (30 lbs), and is secured to the
engine by sliding 100 mm (4”) of its 470 mm (15"), length into a hole, then
locked in with a tapered bolt. This overhang combined with
its weight puts a lot of stress on the alloy bell housing, even at rest,
let alone if it hit a sizable pot hole while driving. I had the crack welded,
and decided to fabricate a support bracket off the gearbox to be on the safe
side.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starter motor with support bracket in place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hubert The Humber totally naked!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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To get better access to the gearbox and starter motor I removed the firewall
and floor, the poor old Humber looked like it did when I first got it, pretty
sad, but you have break eggs to make omelettes. While I had access to all sides
of the engine I gave it a repaint as I couldn’t get the same shade of blue it
was originally painted and adding the bits I was making in a lighter shade
looked a bit odd. For some reason I had it in my head that the gearbox had been
rebuilt like the engine and differential, but when I noticed a lot of old
grease on the bottom I thought I’d better drain it and check it out. What
came out when I unscrewed the drain plug horrified me, firstly about half a cup
of water, then toffee coloured sludge…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I removed the oil pan to find an inch of oily sludge I guess this is
what you get when water and oil mix for 40+ years. I flushed the box out with
diesel and have since sealed it back up and filled with fresh oil. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lovely 40 year old sludge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gears were in pretty good shape despite the sludge buildup.</td></tr>
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Because the engine has been sitting for 14 years since being rebuilt I was
concerned that there would be little if any lubrication left on the metal to
metal surfaces, especially the crankshaft and camshaft bearings. With the
modern V8 engines I have previously worked on you can pre-lube the system by
spinning the engine oil pump with a long shaft and a drill. Unfortunately the oil
pump on the Humber is inaccessible in the sump so I thought I’d try and draw
oil up through the external fitting that feeds the valve rocker shaft, oil
pressure gauge and filter. I was using a peristaltic pump that I use to empty
differentials and gear boxes that don’t have drain plugs – peri' pumps are normally used
in water treatment to dose chemicals into cooling towers. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The peri pump in place oiling the system.</td></tr>
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Anyway after the hose to the rocker
shaft blew off I figured there was a blockage ;-)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually there was a series of blockages; the
gallery from the external fitting to the rocker shaft riser with old congealed oil
& whoever reassembled the rockers and shaft had no idea what there were
doing!! The rocker shaft is hollow with small holes drilled in regular
intervals to align with holes in the rockers, this allows the pressurised oil out
to the lubricate metal to metal surfaces. None of the holes aligned. So if the oil flow hadn't been tested the
rocker shaft and rockers would have seized and been destroyed in quite a short
time. Trying the save the crank bearings had other unforseen benefits. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wire failed, so I hydraulically forced it out using a bolt and acetone.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Got it third go, then flushed it with oil</td></tr>
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With the new spark plug leads having a plastic covering over the cotton
braid I was concerned about it melting or discolouring being so close to the
exhaust manifold. My initial idea was to wrap the manifold in woven insulation
tape to keep the heat away from the plug leads, bit it was just too difficult
because of the shape of the manifold. I ended up just wrapping the engine pipe
that bolts onto the manifold, and making up a sheet metal shield to deflect the
heat from the manifold itself.<br />
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The relatively simple job of refitting the side cover and rocker cover was delayed when I decided they needed to be re-polished and coated in a clear sealer. I never cease to amaze myself in finding new jobs to do, even though I'm on a deadline ;-)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The heat shield and insulation wrapping in place.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Well that's all for now, hopefully the next update will include a video of Hubert waking up from his extended slumber.<br />
<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348833977254658334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380574495486954965.post-26411963511578466472015-06-08T16:53:00.000+10:002015-06-09T08:31:09.649+10:00Humber Speedster Project - Update # 8<div class="MsoNormal">
I had intended to put up more regular updates, but each time
I went to take some photos I thought I’ll just finish this bit first, resulting
in nearly a month going past since the last one. As I said in my last update I'm trying to really push along to get Huber` finished for the National Humber Rally
next March, so have been hard at it every weekend and have been taking some
time off work to get ahead. I had lamented to Svenja that I just don’t seem to
be getting stuff done as quickly as I had wanted, but after looking at the photos
from the last blog entry a fair bit has been done. As usually with this type of
project things get put on then taken off again, changed and refitted. Because I'm building this without a design, except in my head, I tend to do a lot of sketches
as I go, tackling each component knowing it has to work as a whole. But it’s
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manifold completed. The manifold between the S/c and the cylinder head, (which
I thought was going to easier!), proved a big headache. It had to be constructed
to allow for clearance between the firewall and the S/c, and in the correct
position for the chain drive to align, and to allow the bonnet to close over
the carby and air filter. All in all a 3D puzzle. I got all the measurements as
best I could using my cardboard S/c on strings, held my breath and ordered the
plates cut. The day I picked them up I tack welded them together and did a test
fitting, my initial measurements were pretty close, but a bit too high, the
carby wouldn't fit under the bonnet (hood) – bugger! I knew the space between the
steering box and the intake manifold was pretty tight – too tight. I had to cut
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Another item I had to incorporate into the discharge
manifold design was an ‘explosion door’. My research on ‘draw through’ or ‘induction’
type S/c set ups lead me to an interesting sentence in an article I had read – <i>the supercharger case and manifold now
contains a highly flammable gas mixture with a very serious risk of explosion
and fire should the engine back-fire, drop a valve etc. Because of this the plenum
(manifold) isn't safe as it’s a potential bomb’. </i>Oh Goodie !<i> </i> To rectify this situation
the article mentioned a ‘positive pressure safety valve’, or bursting disk.
From my experience with steam boilers I knew they were fitted with “explosion
doors’ in the case of an over fuel situation and possible EXPLOSION!!!! So by my reckoning if these little suckers
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little tricky, apart from it having to be correctly aligned to stop chain wear
and possible chain ‘jump off’, it had to be continuously under tension to allow
for stretch, (which is common with new chains). Therefore I had to design and
fabricate a tensioner device – done. Then I realised the chain came very close,
I mean VERY CLOSE to the oil filler cap, so another sprocket is required to
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SPARK PLUG LEAD TUBE: To fit in with the pre 1920’s look I
wanted the plug leads to go through a copper tube from near the distributor in front
of the head then past each plug. The photo describes this better. Of course I
had under ordered the high tension lead by 6” (150 mm). Grrrrrrr so that job couldn't be completed until the extra wire comes in. Did I say Grrrrrrrrr.<o:p></o:p></div>
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THE COOLING SYSTEM: I
mentioned in a previous update that I am using a Davies Craig electric water
pump and fan, with their very clever controller which runs the pump and fan
individually or in combination to suit what engine running temp you want. When starting
cold the controller pulses the pump to allow the engine to warm gradually, then
brings in the fan when required – very cool ;-) The reason I'm using this is because the original Humber pump was completely shot, being made from early
aluminium alloy and now 83 years old, it crumbles in your hand. I had to
fabricate the radiator hose spigots at the cylinder head and block end, fitting
the new water pump directly in front of the block. The reason for this location
was the configuration for the pump inlet and outlets, this was the least worst
look for the installation! The only problem was the back of the pump, being
modern and all that, was you could see the wiring, and it just looked plain out
of place in a pre 1920’s era car so a copper cover plate fixed that. Both top and bottom radiator hoses are now
fitted and the cooling system is fairly complete. The bottom radiator hose is
of Studebaker origin, and was a battle to fit. Who’d of thought Studebaker and
Humber radiator hoses weren't interchangeable ;-)<o:p></o:p></div>
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internal condition of the engine water ways, especially as I was fitting a
brand new (plastic) bodied water pump. I could see some old scale and rust
particles through the spigot openings and decided to chemically clean the water
galleries – well I do own a water treatment company where one of our services
is chemically cleaning heat exchangers, so why not. I'm a lot more confident
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IGNITION COIL: Quite a few years ago I bought an unusual ignition coil with a glass bowl, for a curio really, I guessed it was off some unusual orphan
car that had long since been forgotten. I’d had it bolted up on my workshop
wall but when the Speedster project came along I got it down and started to do
some investigation – What was is off? Could I use it on the Humber? After a
quick electrical test I found it was still in working order! Another check of
the resistance confirmed it was a 6 volt coil. I had read somewhere you could
use 6 volt coils on 12 volt systems if you increased the resistance. So after
some more research I ordered a 1.5 ohm ballast resister to add to the existing internal
1.5 ohms which will allow it to be used on a 12 volt system (12 volt coils has
3 ohms resistance). Another piece if information I found was it was from a 1950’s
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located between the engine and the radiator on the left hand side – it was
either there or driven off the drive shaft under the car. It has to be mounted
backwards, with the pulley facing the engine turning anti-clock wise. Which by
all accounts is no problem for charging but the fan must be altered to work in
that direction and as anti-clock wise fans don’t grow on trees I decided to
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Well it’s May 9<sup>th</sup>, I can’t believe we are nearly
half way through 2015 !!! Where did the
time go? My last update was back in
November and because of the really hot and humid weather I haven’t spent much
time in the shed since then. There was
also the buyout of a Studebaker parts dealer in Melbourne, (by Studebaker of Australia), so getting the 20
tonnes of parts – (yes two shipping containers with 12 tonnes in one and 8
tonnes in the other), shipped to Brisbane, unpacked and sorted was a monumental
job. Actually Chris Skinner, (my Studebaker partner in crime and fellow whiskey fiend), still have to sort out a lot more, and the National Studebaker Rally in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales over the Easter long weekend was another delay on the Humber. All for a good cause though. We had a great time at the Stude National, with reputations made and destroyed ;-)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Setting up the 'Studebaker of Aust' stall at the National Rally</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Callum & Liam meeting their Great Grand Parents at Warwick on the way back from the Stude Rally </td></tr>
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During this time I also decided to get my
motor bike back on the road, which wasn't without its trials and tribulations.
After sitting for two years with a dud fuel pump it had accumulated quite a bit
of rust and sludge in the fuel tank, which I didn't see until it had
blocked up the new fuel pump on my home from a ride. So off came the tank AGAIN, to remove dismantle and
clean the pump, and tank. After scouring the intent for a tank cleaning
procedure I was very dubious of what I found, to say the least. One guy recommended
adding methylated spirits and sand!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the fuel tank after 2.5 years.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the fuel tank after soaking in De-Rust Plus for 48 hrs.</td></tr>
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The idea was sloshing around the sand would scour the tank clean. It sounds practical in theory, but how could you be sure you got all the sand out, and if you didn't I'm sure the fuel pump would not like it one bit! It then occurred to me we have a product my company makes to clean heat exchangers Violia ! I filled the tank with the appropriate 7:1 (water to De Rust Plus mix) and left for 48 hours. This wonder product (shameless self plug), not only removes the rust but also pasivates the metal to stop more rust forming. The tank now clean and pasivated, that’s a funny word isn't it, say it slowly with me PAS-i-VATED ;-) I reassembled the bike, filled with fuel and was on my way, wind my hair and bugs in my teeth ;-)<br />
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The National Humber Rally is planned for March 18<sup>th</sup> 2016, so I've decided to stop procrastinating and get the Humber Speedster finished in time for it's debute. Well, at least to be able to be driven off a trailer under its own
power. As there are a 1001 jobs to do
before it’s finished I turned my attention to the supercharger manifolds – yes I
am fitting a Rootes type supercharger to Huber` (as he is known affectionately in our house,
Huber` the Humber). I only just realised when writing this that the
supercharger is of the Rootes design, fitting as Humber was bought by the ‘Rootes
Group’ in 1932 the year Huber` was built - interesting coincidence. As with the other jobs building
Huber` making the S/C manifolds required a lot of head scratching.<br />
The following photos are of the build process, the next job is fabricating the manifold from the S/C to the cylinder head.<br />
PS. In my last Blog entry I showed the process of rebuilding one of the Luvax rotary stabilators (shock absorbers). On finishing and testing the rebuilt unit I decided they just weren't up to the duty I will put them to at highway speeds, so for safety I am going to fit new modern shocks front and rear.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The manifold flanges laser cut by Kilner Engineering., Bulimba.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 100mm x 50 mm (4"x2") RHS used for the intake manifold</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sectioning the RHS for the 1st bend.</td></tr>
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Being a glutton for punishment I usually have at least three
projects on the go at the same time.
This Blog entry is about one of my other projects, Beau the 1941 Buick
Sedanette, a true survivor with only 46,000 miles on him.<br />
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I bought Beau out of Savannah Georgia, USA about four years
ago, parking him in the shed and didn’t do anything with him until a few months
ago. His 6 volt battery had died and as I didn’t have any other 6v batteries he
just stayed under cover. I’m sure I
heard him pleading with me to get him back on the road each time I visited the
shed, so decided I’d at least start him. It was about this time I received a
phone call from the guy in Savannah who I bought him from, asking how I was enjoying
driving him! I was a tad embarrassed to tell him I hadn’t done anything since
he arrived in Australia. So the universe had spoken – ‘Get Beau Back On The
Road’! After I sourced a new battery, no
mean feat as it is a long and skinny type used in that era, and poured a little
motion lotion down his throat Beau fired up pretty easily, he really must want
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I ran him for about 20 minutes to make sure all his
internals were well lubricated, and drive off any condensation by bring the
engine up to running temperature. Tested
the lights and horn – indicators weren’t working when he arrived, but now the
head lights didn’t work either, nor the horn - old cars do not like being
neglected and not driven. I thought it was indeed good timing to get Beau on
the road before anything else stopped working. I shut the engine down and head
a drip, drip, drip coming from under the engine, I knew Beau had a leaking
water pump seal and assumed it was that, but on inspection the leak was coming
from the rear left hand side of the engine…… one of the welch plugs, (called Freeze
or Core plugs in the US), had corroded through and the other two weren’t too far
off either. Bugger! Oh well, it was
infinitely better, and less expensive to have happened in the shed than out on
the highway somewhere. After working out what had to be removed from the engine
to give access for their replacement, namely the inlet / exhaust manifold, I decided
that if I was going to order the welch plugs and the various replacement manifold
gaskets I may as well buy overhaul kits for both carburettors, fuel pump,
leaking water pump, new thermostat, radiator hoses and ignition tune up kit
- points, condenser, rotor and
distributor cap. There is a supplier in California – ‘Bob’s Automobilia’ who
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I’ve been working on Beau on and off for a few weeks now,
removing the various bits and pieces for overhaul of just to gain access to
other bits. I brought the fuel pump, carbs and water pump to my home workshop
as I have more tools at my disposal. The ‘Stude Gotto’ as we call the leased
shed where my cars a housed has only primitive workshop facilities. The weekend
I had planned to get stuck into the rebuilds had turned hot, damned hot! 43 Degrees C ,(about 110 F in the old money),
way too hot to sit dripping sweat over a carb rebuild.<br />
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work bench, AKA the dining table.. Eureka! So over the past week I have rebuilt
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The Buick fuel pump also contains a vacuum pump<br />
to run the windscreen wipers. Originally the factor used what looked like coiled horse hair or similar as an air filter. Not have any horses in the back yard, or any in the neighbourhood for that matter I had to find a substitute. 'Svenja'! have you got anything I can use as an air filter. We trotted down to her studio where she pulled out a handful of Dacron fibre, (the stuffing used in Teddy bears and other soft toys). It looked a bit 'plasticy' to me and I wondered if it would stand up the engine heat without melting, some 110 degrees C or 250 F. Only one way to find out so into the oven it went at 150 degrees C for an hour - No problems. <br />
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Above at the finished carbs and fuel/vacuum pump. With inlet/exhaust manifold to clean up, paint and refit.<br />
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The hot weather has also slowed work on the Humber too, it
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348833977254658334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380574495486954965.post-45000386949692279912014-11-04T11:09:00.000+10:002014-11-04T11:14:50.369+10:00Humber Speedster Project - Update # 6<div class="MsoNormal">
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last update in early September, other ‘life’ stuff getting in the way, and
although I want to finish the Humber as soon as possible I don’t want it to
become a chore. That’s a really good way to ‘lose the love’ and never finish
it, I’ve seen many and bought some unfinished project cars over the years where
the owner has just lost interest, and usually a lot of money also! Anyway on
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the bonnet, (hood for the American readers), before the body as I thought it
would be easier and give me some good practice. Boy was I wrong! With the
various shapes, curves and hinged sections it really tested me out. Luckily
I have an old 1929 Willys Overland that I can get ideas from, to see how the
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The side sections need to be stiffened; this was done in the old days by rolling
a ‘bead’ into the edges of the metal. This adds two right angles, (per bead),
to the metal therefore reinforcing it. I had bought a bead roller a while back
for this purpose but it needed a stand, and for me to learn how to use it. The
fabrication of the stand was pretty straight forward. However it did lead to my
wife having concussion and a broken Hamate bone in her wrist. I won’t go into details
but just say the fulcrum action in trying to straighten a steel arm resulting in Svenja being catapulted up, and
we all know what goes up must come down – in this case with a crash. I am
really sorry sweetheart ;-(</span><br />
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to be working at sealing the oil reservoir around the worn shaft. From what I’ve
read, worn shafts where a common problem causing oil leaks and damper failure. </span><br />
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down, cleaning the congealed oil out of the small passages was a pain I soaked
them in diesel for a week and tried to blow them clean with compressed air, this
was repeated several times before ready for re-assembly. Luvax Damper oil is no
longer available, (no surprise there), so I used Studebaker steering box oil which
should be a good alternative. I had a devil of a job getting the oil into the
vane chamber, in the end I found I had to work the vane back and forth until
all the air had been expelled, which took about 150 million times back and
forth ;-) and it had to be slow, if you did it too quick oil became aerated and
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coiling the string around the shaft ready for the gland nut.</td></tr>
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The pic above left shows the dampers complete with the arm before dismantling. The pic above right shows the rust holes in the outer oil reservoir.<br />
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This pic on the left shows the dampers components; the base plate that bolts onto a chassis bracket, the rotary vane housing, the vane shaft, the outer housing/oil reservoir, with holes repaired, and the sealing gland nut. (The shaft is made oil tight like steam valves with a stuffing box and gland nut). I intended to make my own stuffing from jute string, plaited to the right thickness, impregnated with bees wax and copper coat anti-seize.<br />
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The pic below shows the assembly sequence. The two recesses in the base plate allow the dampers to be assembled for left and right application, (I think!) I guess I'll find out when I start assembling them.<br />
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The pic on the left shows the vane in place. The amount of travel is approximately 35 mm<br />
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With the workshop now clear I could set up my combination Roller / Folder / Guillotine in preparation to start work on the Humber body panels. But of course nothing goes exactly to plan. The roller needed a stand to bring it up to a comfortable working height, and I had also acquired a bead roller that needed at stand as well. I've made up the roller stand but have left the bead roller stand for now as it won't be required until the later stages of the body is in progress. I'm contemplating fabricating some heavy duty castor's that can be fitted to the stand when not in use so it can be moved. I had to use the engine crane to shift it for now as it weighs about 500 kg.</div>
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I picked up the 1mm zinc annealed sheet steel a week or so ago ready to start rolling the bonnet, but then realised the bonnet was longer than I could fit in the roller, bugger ! After a bit of head scratching and beard tugging I came up with the idea of making up a frame to weld the sheet to, therefore giving it the right shape and added rigidity. I chose 5mm x 32 mm flat mild steel to make the bonnet 'ribs' from, and then another realisation - my roller is for sheet metal only up to 2mm thick, (bugger again), and I thought the bonnet was going to be the easy part! Well there was nothing else to do but bend them the old fashioned way using the open jaws of a vice and a cross pein hammer, tedious but effective.<br />
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The pic below is of the rear rib following the contour of the firewall bonnet ledge.<br />
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The pic below shows the string lines I had to run from the radiator to the firewall to give the curvature of the bonnet half way so I had something to go on when bending the middle rib.<br />
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The middle rib curved to the string lines - now this was tedious to do! I swear I walked back and forth from the Humber to the vice 100 times.<br />
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When the ribs were finished I stuck some news paper over the strings to give me a look at a mocked up shape of the bonnet, then stuck the cardboard side templates on to give an overall look. Apart from the sides not having the door openings cut in I was very please with the shape. I should have sat the mudguards on, but didn't think about that until after I had taken off the paper.<br />
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So as of today the 9/9/14 that is where I'm up to. Next Saturday I'm busy at the 'Studebaker of Australia' shop with the open house for International drive Your Studebaker Day. Sunday I'll be welding together the bonnet ribs and cross braces and hopefully skinning it with sheet metal - whoot!<br />
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348833977254658334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380574495486954965.post-71862043182011517292014-09-01T16:49:00.000+10:002014-09-02T10:55:17.517+10:00When fans get out of control !On a bright and clear Sunday morning I was coming home from a swap meet in 'Fred' my 1947 Studebaker M5 pick up, all seemd OK until I got to within sight of my house - BANG !! 'That sounds expensive", I thought. I rolled to in front of my house and got out to see steam coming up from the bonnet, and green coolant pouring out from under the truck. I was right, it was expensive. One of the fan blades decided to catch on the edge of the upper radiator tank, bending, then slicing through thirteen radiator tubes. In disgust I just walked away, I wasn't going near that radiator hissing steam and spitting boiling water. Below is what I found the next day, and when I pulled the radiator out. I ened up having to cut the fan blade with a grinder to get it out ! <br />
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Removal of a radiator from an older car is generally not a big issue, there is usually plenty of room to get at bolts and manouver it up and out. However, when an M5 pickup is fitted with a Cadillac engine, space is at a premium, especially with an aircondiioning compressor mounted on the top of the engine. After much weeping and gnashing of teeth I managed, with help, to remove the radiator and fan assembley. The realised it would have been much easier to have removed the front grilles first - arrr the blessing of hindsight!<br />
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I decided to change the original installation by replacing the viscous fan drive with a direct pulley drive, adding a fan shroud and not reinstalling the back up electric fan on the front of the radiator. My decidion to got his way was after much research and finding this sight on the net; <b><span style="color: blue;">http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/engine/cooling_system_tech/</span></b> check it out, a lot of really interesting stuff about engine cooling, not as simple as sticking an electric fan onto the fron of the radiator.<br />
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Anyway, building fan shroud shouldn't be too difficult, should it ! It was definitely a two pipe problem. (this was a saying an old boilermaker I worked with used to use when I was an apprentice, (back when dinosaurs roamed the earth ;-)<br />
Based on another one of his sayings, 'a pipe gives a wise man time to think, and an idiot something to stick in his mouth'.<br />
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Before I did test a road test I chained down the left hand side of the engine by bolting a shackle through the engine mount conneting it to a fairly solid steel chain then welding the chain to the chassis. The large Caddy engine has a huge amount of torque and tends to lift up on the left hand side under load which had me concerned as there is only 20 mm, (3/4") clearence between the fan blade tips and the shroud opening edge - so far so good. The cooling of the engine seems to be working well - with an infra red thermometer it read 80 degrees C after a run.</td></tr>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348833977254658334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380574495486954965.post-12975683199983963972014-05-14T13:33:00.002+10:002014-05-14T16:58:37.915+10:00Humber Speedster Project - Update # 4The last update was back in early March, and due to life and other things, (starting a new business and opening the Studebaker shop), getting in the way I haven't done much work on the Humber lately. However over the past week some progess has been evident - the seat upholstery has been finished, the head light buckets and rims polished, the grille was designed, cut and polished and the distributor rebuild completed. All in all an expensive week ;-) but great to have those things ticked off the list. My initial (whishfull thinking) deadline to have the Humber on the road was June 30th this year, I can hear that deadline whooshing past already. My revised time frame is 'later this year' some time ;-)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The design was a collaboration bewteen myself and my wife Svenja, we think it turned out great.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It took a while to get from the first sketch, but it turned out great. My thanks to Ray & Lyn at LLEDO Trimmers - Murarrie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have a sneaking suspicion I've created a rod for my own back with all that brass that will need polishing!</td></tr>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348833977254658334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380574495486954965.post-10030440232516243652014-03-06T20:57:00.000+10:002014-03-06T20:57:36.631+10:00The Humber Speedster Project - Update # 3<div class="MsoNormal">
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mostly about finishing the seat up to upholstery stage, which it is now. I
picked it up yesterday from the upholsterers with the foam in place as I had to
sit it in the Humber to see if the foam was the right thickness and angle. I’m
very glad I did, because the position I had calculated was about 150 mm (6”) too
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In that position, I had full travel of the clutch and brake pedals,
but was pinned in by the steering wheel. I had a sneaking suspicion I would
have to lengthen the pedals while I was initially setting out the floor, not a
big job really, just another one on the list.
I am very pleased about how the seat has come up, having absolutely no experience
in building one. It is a little snug, but I was limited in size by the width of
the chassis. I asked the upholsterer if he can shave a little off the side foam
pieces, (well at least we won’t slide around in it ;-)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seat ribs in & reinforced with fibreglass, ready for ply back rests.</td></tr>
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Although all the recent build time has been taken up by the seat,
and running board mounted battery box, (photos in the next update), I have been
farming other parts out for repair or replacement. I want to do as much of this project myself,
but there are some jobs I’m just not tooled up to do. The hubcaps were one of
these items. Two came with the car, one in sound condition with bad chrome, and
one completely bent out of shape and beyond repair. Luckily there is a metal
spinning company not far from home so I had them make up a mandrel, (form), based
on the good hubcap and made me up five new ones. Not a cheap exercise, but the
only way around it – it would appear that 1932 Humber hubcaps are made of ‘Unobtainium’ and cannot
be found. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ply back rests and base in.</td></tr>
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The other item I outsourced was the assembly of the radiator,
definitely a specialist’s job. I had the top and bottom tanks and another lucky
find in the parts boxes, a brand new radiator core! The assembly of these wasn’t as straight
forward as I had thought - isn’t it always the way! The bottom tank was full of
cracks which had to be repaired, and the new core had to be modified as it didn’t
fit either tank correctly. Phil from ‘Cor Cooling’ did a great job, and I’m
sure it will work a treat and outlast me.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final sheet steel sides will follow seat contour and will have entry cut away.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Forward view to under dash. Note technical supports for c/board template ;-)</td></tr>
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Another issue was the missing radiator
cap and mascot. I figured these would be made out of the same material as the hubcaps, so after a week of scouring the internet in several countries I went
looking for alternatives from other makes of cars around the same era. I should
have realised Humber did not play well with others, therefore the size and
thread on the cap only exists in the Humber world, in particular the late ‘20’s
to the early ’30’s. So after having a new cap, (a plug really), machined up
- what to do for a mascot? I then remembered a mascot from a car my father owned
before I was born - a 1936 Chrysler Airstream. I had safely tucked it away years
ago, but where? After much searching I
found it and fitted it to the new cap, a mix of class and sentimentality,
perfect! Dad would have been pleased, he loved that old Chrysler. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As I now had five brass hubcaps and a brass radiator cap I
started thinking about their final finish and decided against having them
chromed and getting the radiator cowl and headlights re-chromed. My thinking
was; as I was trying to make the car look like it was built between 1910 and
1915, brass would have used more than chrome, and would therefore help with the
illusion of it being an older vehicle. Just yesterday I took the cowl and
headlight buckets & rims to an electroplater who specialises in brass. They
will strip off the old patchy chrome plating and I can repair any
imperfections, then they’ll polish them.<br />
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Today my boys and I, and a mate of theirs, drove to
Toowoomba, about 2 hrs west, to the Darling Downs Veteran & Vintage Motor
Club’s annual Swap Meet, their 42<sup>nd</sup> this year. I hadn’t been since
2012, so was absolutely blown away by the increase in numbers this year - not so
impressed by the traffic jam that saw us cover the last 5 km to the Toowoomba
Show Grounds in an hour!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, after we
got through the gate, we had a short pow wow about who was going with who.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My son Liam, and friend who had travelled with
us, are both Army mad, so it was decided they would troll the stalls looking
for ANYTHING army, and Callum, (my other son, they’re 15 yo twins), came
with me – Good boy, I needed a pack horse ;-)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was on a mission this swap meet - I had a shopping list and some cash burning a hole in my pocket. I usually start meandering through
the rows of car parts, brica-brac and other detritus from just near the entry, working
my way uphill to the Vendors pavilion, but this time I went straight to the
top, the Vendors shed. I wanted to score certain new items early then relax and
peruse the old shit ;-) Besides, with Toowoomba Swap being pretty big, I wanted
to get the uphill walking done first, before my legs started to make me feel
old. I checked my list and headed for the various vendors - some were a gold
mine, others struck out, so I moved onto the private stalls with trays and
boxes of every automotive part imaginable. Here I found some new old stock parts
that the vendors couldn’t supply. Callum and I tried to methodically cover as
much ground as possible, and some other gems were uncovered and crossed off my
list. We caught up with the other two who were very keen to show off their
purchases, all military in origin of course, then they decided that all the boys
would head off together, which really suited me. I work better alone ;-)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We agreed to meet outside the burger stand in
an hour, so off I went and found my best purchase of the day, a set of front
and rear mudguards – brilliant for the Humber, just brilliant!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The ones I have just aren't right, too rounded for the look I;m going for.</span></div>
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After a long two hour drive home with all the boys
asleep, we arrived home with our booty, as the pictures below show. The
mudguards are perfect ! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">A couple of days work to get them up to scratch, but perfect for the job. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The seat taking shape.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The circa 1915 mud guards sitting in place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The left hand rear guard.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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My haul below - running board brackets, new front bump stop rubbers, two
gas shock absorbers for the rear and the makings for the sparkplug
leads. Oh, and some new old stock neoprene bushes for the front shocks.
One happy camper ;-) <br />
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I realized after mocking up the body in cardboard that I
need to have the seat finished to be able to position in and get the right
curve line for the side entry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Easy ! I’ll
just knock up the seat frame and get it upholstered later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On reflection I found it wasn’t so easy - building
a seat frame that will allow for the upholstery thickness, then be in the
correct position on the car so I can reach, and have full depression travel of
the clutch pedal <u>AND</u> be comfortable, <u>AND</u> be fairly snug,
(remember there are no sides or roof on this car, so one will need some feeling
of security!) Therefore the depth of the seat must be correct, the height of
the seat must be correct, the height of the sides and back rest must be
correct.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are you getting the picture?!</div>
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I’ll have to admit it was really testing me…..where to
begin, where to begin?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I began by
making the base by gluing together two sheets of 17 mm form ply, this would
give it a good strong base, cut to fit the shape of the rear of the body. After
this point I really only had a vague idea. OK, well I can't procrastinate any
longer... I decided to cut the side panels, install them, then work out what to do
from there ;-)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I marked out the coordinates
on a sheet of form ply then ask my darling, talented and artistic wife to help
me with the curvature of the sides. (I had a basic idea from looking at many,
many pictures on the net of other Speedster seats, but just wasn’t sure of the
right one to suit the previous requirements, and aesthetics). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I taped an electrical lead across the lines I’d
drawn, then stood back – Svenja looked, then said try that curve there, that one
a little deeper here, and Voila, a shape is borne!</div>
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Out came the trusty jig saw, (oh, by the way if anyone knows
how to get these little buggers to cut a straight vertical cut let me know, will
you? ;-) The shape was cut and tested on my son sitting in the ‘estimated’ right
position – looked good to me. The shape was transferred to the other side and
cut again. I had a little heart attack when I thought I’d cut it wrong then realized
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Kerfing; the trick to get wood to bend on slow or fast
angles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://youtu.be/TYfRyt6OQkY">http://youtu.be/TYfRyt6OQkY</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I made saw cuts ½” (12mm) apart, about a
millimeter under the outter surface, about 12 in 6” or 150mm. These allowed me to mold
the ply to the curve, with curved blocks behind them to keep them in place. A
couple of the ‘Kerfs’ did break by my rough handling, so I taped them up and
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 1st side in place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kerfing detail</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LHS rear section added.</td></tr>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348833977254658334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380574495486954965.post-12373596974742385912014-01-26T15:22:00.000+10:002014-01-26T15:22:05.716+10:00My Compressed Air Dryer<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Since buying a cabinet sand blaster early in 2012 I
have been very unhappy with its performance; the silicone suction tube, (that
lifts the grit from the bed to the blast gun), regularly sucked shut and the
nozzle blocked up, it seemed every five minutes. I replaced the silicone tube
with a reinforced plastic type, but the nozzle still blocked with damp grit.
After some investigation on the Interweb I found it is a common problem especially
in humid climates, and as the average year round humidity in Brisbane is approximately
80%, it was going to be an ongoing problem – so a solution had to be found.
There are many and various commercial compressed air dryers available – at a
cost, (the decent ones around the $300 - $400). My compressor did come with a
combined oil/water & pressure regulator bolted to the frame, but as I was
to lean from my Interweb investigation apart from regulating the pressure it
did nothing else. As many of us are aware air increases in temperature when it’s
compressed, so the humidity in the air remains as a vapour because as it’s
above ‘Dew point” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dew_point">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dew_point</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So a way to cool the air down, cheaply, had
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I found two on the net, one I have made and
installed, see pic below, the other uses a condenser coil from an obsolete wall
air conditioner, with the refrigerant flushed out with paint thinners, methylated
spirits & water then blown out with air. Fitted with a fan or placed in the
refrigerator to cool the air. The fridge method would be good if you are going
to use the air for spray painting. It’s piped up between the compressor head/s
outlet before the air receiver, an oil/water trap fitted, (I would use an
automatic one for this task myself in case I forgot to drain it), then piped
back into the air receiver. This type of air cooler/dryer will also reduce
moisture accumulating in the receiver.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The one I chose to use is made up of 2 x 3 m (10’)
lengths of 32 mm (11/4”) galvanized pipe, threaded both ends. These are
assembled in a skinny upside down shape using 2 x elbows and 1 x nipple at the
top, then a ‘Tee’ fitting screwed to each pipe end at the bottom. Reducers are
then screwed into the ‘Tee’s’ outlets –1/14” to ½’ in each bottom outlet. On the
side outlets a 11/4” to 3/8” or ¼”epending on the size of the fittings you use
for the inlet and outlet. (I used 10 mm (3/8”) Nitto fittings). From the now
reduced 11/4” to ½” pipe threads on the bottom outlet I screwed in a 15mm (½’) galvanized
pipe stub 150mm (6”) long, with the 15mm (1/2’) ball valves screwed on each –
these will be used to drain the water out of each pipe column. Or use whatever
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the outlet side of the ‘Tee’s’ I reduced to ½”
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outlet of the compressor but it was small and hard to read, and I had a spare
larger one). I reduced the outlet of the ½” Tee down to 3/8” and fitted a
female Nitto fitting which self-seals when disconnected from a compressor hose.
I made up a couple of clamps from 3/8” threaded bar which went through 25mm x
25mm box section (1”x1”) and tightened with nuts. I chose 3/8” threaded bar at
it would have to be pulled pretty tight to hold up about 10 kg (22lbs) of pipe.
The box section was left with enough length to weld to one of the shed posts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On testing the sand blaster worked better than
before, with zero moisture. Another thing I picked up from the articles on the
net was to occasionally block the blaster gun nozzle with your gloved hand and
slowly pull trigger, this will force the compressed air back down the grit pick
up line and dislodge any obstructions. I do it when I feel the gun is not
picking up enough grit – it works! I’d been blasting for about 30 minutes and
slowly opened the drain valve on the inlet pipe column it had indeed condensed
some of the water which was blown out. I bought all the pipe and fittings for
this ‘condenser’ because I couldn’t find any scrap or old fittings and it cost
me about A$150 all up, but I’m sure an enterprising person could do it cheaper.
Now the obligatory Safety Warning – Anything under pressure can be dangerous, don’t
use dodgy pipe of fittings that may rupture under pressure. When you first test
your master piece DO IT SLOWLY, and only pressurize in stages. – from a distance
if possible.</span></div>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348833977254658334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380574495486954965.post-41383314940370992762014-01-08T14:28:00.004+10:002015-05-10T08:26:06.933+10:00The Humber Speedster Project<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj83mGBtU_GkyEEsuWTtRSDJJ3o_CzOPvS-h7bJpnvJTwC9wLALTJJmbH1TJrw2-PUTRB3w5X5tjk3ULSxP2KiS0iZDfSxoAJOKzE59xmXmvGGntyYU9JNzEjOePISj8wW6WGLP55og4E8o/s1600/20140114_071900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a>
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For a number of years I have wanted a pre 1920’s, (Veteran)
speedster, but a number of issues prevented me from obtaining one. (1) Veteran
Speedsters are few and far between here in Australia. (2) The technology of their
era does not lend itself to driving on the modern roads – they generally won’t do
over 50 Kph, and if they do stopping is a major issue ;-) So most of the ones you see at car shows are
trailered to and from site. (3) A vehicle suitable had not presented itself.
UNTIL late last year I was talking to a friend, (and fellow car nut), who said
he might have a donor car that would suit. He had bought a 1932 Humber a few
years earlier, which had been stripped down to a rolling chassis to be made
into ‘a two seater speedster’, but not finished
- exactly what I had in mind. The previous owner had done a lot of work;
rebuilt the engine, differential, brakes and suspension – I had lucked out! About two weeks after visiting my friend to
check out the Humber it arrived at my place one rolling chassis and ten boxes
of parts. The Humber has a 3.5 lt 6 cylinder engine, four speed transmission and cable brakes. I've decided to upgrade some of the systems - ignition, cooling, and fuel, plus improve the horse power a little by adding an Eaton M112 Supercharger. My main aim is to build a fun car that will do highway speeds and turn heads. I was intending to upgrade the cable brakes to hydraulic, but from the research I've done cable brakes are quite good so will see how they go. Just on a side note: The engine is an IOE design - 'Intake over Exhaust'. It has a large intake valve in the head, and exhaust valve in the block. So it's a hybrid side valve / Over head valve, it will be very interesting to see how it performs.<br />
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I’ve set myself a deadline of June 30<sup>th</sup> 2014 to
have it on the road, hopefully ;-) It should be close. I’ve started to collect a
lot of the parts needed, but still have a lot to do. Over the Christmas break I started on the
firewall, toe board and floor, these have been cut to shape and temporarily fitted.
I’ll post photos as the build progresses.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As it arrived. The mud guards are from an early Morris.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My friend had given me some 1936 Morris body panels to try out.</td></tr>
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Hello my Blog followers, both of you ;-) It’s been quite a while since I last posted,
October 2012 in fact, for many reasons, work commitments, personal ups and
downs, and just life in general.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My 14 year old twin boys came to live with Svenja and I in January
2013, so this was a major change to our
lives. But it has all worked out well, with the boys more than fitting in; they
love living with us, and we love having them here. I did have reservations about the whole
Stepmother thing, even though Svenja had always got on really well with them on
their holidays with us, but a live in situation is something else. It gladdens my
old heart to see them getting closer each day ;-) I also have a 16 Year old
daughter who elected to stay in the country about 2.5 hour’s drive north west
of us.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We also had a sad life lesson when a close friend betrayed
both of us in different ways, but a huge betrayal none the less. We now realise
that the person in question has mental issues, and is an expert manipulator.
Both Svenja and I feel used and very foolish for being taken in, but it has
made us stronger and realise we are each other’s anchor in the sea of life. We
have removed this person from our lives, and will be now very wary about
letting anyone else get so close to us – sad really, but once bitten twice shy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So with the history lesson over, it’s on to what projects
have been happening. I built a new studio for Svenja between December ’12 and
April ’13, which she has already filled to the brim with her creations.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We sold our 1962 Studebaker Hawk, 1963 Studebaker Avanti, and
one of our 1941 Buicks, just too many cars and not enough room or time. When
you have to back three cars out of the shed to give you work space – you have
too many ;-)<o:p></o:p></div>
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About five years ago, while visiting a restaurant with a
wood fired pizza oven we said that we’d love to have one in the back yard, but
never followed up the idea until the middle of last year. I said I’d finally
build one in the a dead corner of our court yard, so the research and sourcing
of materials began – thank God for the Internet !<o:p></o:p></div>
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I decided to take lots of photos so as to make it a sort of
‘instruction manual’ for anyone else who wanted to build one. I consulted with Svenja as to what it would
end up looking like we couldn’t have ‘just’ an ordinary pizza oven, not in our
house! The dome construction was pretty traditional, which was where I was
going to stop, but after Svenja saw an oven with a dragon form on the chimney
with smoke coming out its nostrils well what can I say, a dragon it was to be. However,
after more research, and with the architectural lines the smoke box had taken
the dragon idea was canned, so I went for a ‘Steampunk, Art Deco’ look. Now most of you are aware my wife Svenja, is
a very creative Textile Artist, having won international awards in the ‘World
of Wearable’ art show in Welling ton NZ. So, to demonstrate how creative I
could be I set about making the oven look something like a cross between a
boiler, atomic reactor and power station. ‘What did I get myself into’, I often
asked, but the end result was worth all the work, and it cooks really great
pizzas.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dead corner of the court yard begging for a Pizza Oven</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The frame in with the floor pavers layed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The entry arch and first layer done.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dome taking shape.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finishing point in sight.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The smoke box started.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The insulation layed over the dome.</td></tr>
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<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348833977254658334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380574495486954965.post-79371132233558389802012-10-12T17:33:00.001+10:002012-10-12T17:36:23.912+10:00What's going on inside my engine ?Great question ! The following vid shows what goes on inside a cylinder in an internal combustion engine, excellent footage.<br />
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348833977254658334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380574495486954965.post-2950840859974549232012-10-12T17:30:00.003+10:002014-01-08T19:34:19.195+10:00Glass Steam Engine.This may seem cute to the uninitiated, but the skill, and engineering gone into building this is amazing! I'd love one. Hint, hint family for my next gift occasion ;-)<br />
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<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348833977254658334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380574495486954965.post-52261847068493903482012-09-24T06:38:00.000+10:002013-03-11T13:49:43.680+10:00New Zealand Trip 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The New Zealand 'WoW' Awards (World of Wearable Art), are held in Wellington NZ each year, the night when many NZ and international artists get the recognition for their creativity, and their hard work. My wife is a Textile Artist and has been involved with the WoW Awards for the last five years, this year's entry incorporated a metal frame which I help build by teaching her how to braze, and advising on other engineering aspects, so I earned the title of co-designer, and get to share the stage with her.<br />
<a href="http://www.worldofwearableart.com/" target="_blank">http://www.worldofwearableart.com/</a> <a href="http://studiosvenja.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">http://studiosvenja.blogspot.co.nz/</a><br />
<b><i>(The garment being used everywhere by WoW for advertising, as seen on their billboard on the link, above is one of Svenja's creations from a year ago).</i></b><br />
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Svenja, and I came over a week early to take in some of the New Zealand sights around the north of the south island. We took the ferry across from Wellington to Picton and drove across to Nelson, absolutely beautiful scenery and countryside.<br />
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Well, we're back in Brisbane, and I have to say it's a lot warmer than NZ! Both Svenja and I are dissapointed her, (our :-), piece didn't place in WoW, but it's made me realise wearable art is her thing not mine, I'll stick to Studebakers, (and help her out with any future garments that need it of course).<br />
Here are some photos of her WoW entry. <br />
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<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348833977254658334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380574495486954965.post-23329185444690394562012-07-03T15:15:00.000+10:002014-01-17T14:06:07.478+10:00All American Day Car Show 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I attended the "All American Day 2012' at Lakeside Raceway Brisbane, last Sunday July 1st. We nearly didn't go due a big Saturday night, and I hadn't been before and didn't know what to expect - I was very glad I did, it was a great day! I took 'Fred' the '47 Studebaker M5 pickup, and even took him for a run around the track with some of the other 300 or so other cars of the day. I'll certainly be back next year with a few more Studes, hopefully even the '41 Buick will be ready.</div>
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<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348833977254658334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380574495486954965.post-46379581479501186922012-06-18T14:47:00.002+10:002012-07-15T18:45:23.985+10:00Steam Stuff.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was involved in the building, and worked as relief Engineer on the Paddle Steamer Cumberoona in Albury NSW between 1987 to 1989. It was a dream job after seeing the Murray River paddle steamers as a child while on school holidays with my family.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I worked at the Moreton Central Sugar Mill, (Nambour), during the 1980 crushing<br />
season to clock up my Engine, Turbine & Boiler time. This is the No. 3 Engine<br />
and gears, you can see the 12" square drive going to the crusher rollers. The engines <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I attended a Field Day & Machinery Show in Brisbane in about 1977 and saw this restored 10 Horse power Marshall <br />
Tration Engine. The owner had rescued it from beside the Bremner River near Tentafield in about 1976, which by coincidence was the engine below, I use to go rabbit shooting on a neighbouring property and stumbled across it <br />
by accident. I was really good to see the old girl restored to her former glory, I toyed with the idea of trying to get it <br />
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