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by ColinB
Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:11 pm
Forum: Pre-War
Topic: Hello
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Re: Hello

That looks like a good idea Froux. Thanks for the tip. I plan to lure some strong friends round with promises of beer before revealing that they are actually at a 'Take the Body off the Singer' party! :lol:
by ColinB
Sun Dec 14, 2014 9:04 am
Forum: Pre-War
Topic: Hello
Replies: 257
Views: 218686

Re: Hello

Nice to have talented friends - Dick (great folk singer and very indifferent instrumentalist) has made me a new stainless steel fuel tank. He welded a mild steel collar to the stainless and then brazed the original filler to that, so externally nothing will have changed. Just primed and started rubb...
by ColinB
Sat Nov 29, 2014 11:11 am
Forum: Pre-War
Topic: Hello
Replies: 257
Views: 218686

Re: Hello

Just an update from Saturday morning: I knocked up a horse to support the bonnet so I can start the clean-up and prime. William had, I think, painted her in oil as a preservative (it didn't work too well) but it means I have a lot of de-greasing to do. Pictures show pitted front mudguards before pri...
by ColinB
Thu Nov 27, 2014 7:29 pm
Forum: Pre-War
Topic: Hello
Replies: 257
Views: 218686

Re: Hello

Thanks for the welcome everyone. I will indeed keep the thread going as I often need the feedback. I've just completed the complete strip down and rebuild of a Series One Land Rover and found the LRSOC Forum indispensable so I'm hooked on the online contact. I have had her head off as I was getting ...
by ColinB
Mon Nov 17, 2014 8:36 pm
Forum: Pre-War
Topic: Hello
Replies: 257
Views: 218686

Re: Hello

Thanks Roly. Lots of things to learn! This weekend I played with the timing as she was blowing back through the carburettor. I retarded the magneto a notch on the splines and she is much better and will hold a decent tickover now. I may go back one further notch just to see what happens. Although I ...
by ColinB
Sun Nov 16, 2014 10:29 am
Forum: Pre-War
Topic: Hello
Replies: 257
Views: 218686

Hello

Arrival 003 (1024x683).jpg I've just discovered this site so Hello from Wisbech in Cambridgeshire! I am restoring a 1928 Singer Junior Tourer which I bought from a lovely man in Cornwall who had kept it unused in a shed since 1961. Little Bea as she is known is in really good shape generally althou...