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Forgot to ask:

Was the correspondent who interviewed you and photographed you with the car our mutual friend Alain Raymond, or was your contact with him on another pretext?

Congratulations, Phillip! I can't imagine that nobody has responded to this post in almost eight years. The story is most engaging, due to the ancillary details you add about previous owners, their careers and other influences that brought the car, first for the condition it is in, and second, for t...

Hi Bill, Wonderful progress on your project. Happy to see your posts as it's inspiring to those who have even more to do than remains on your car. Do you mind a couple of questions? 1 When you received the 1935 coupe bonnet, were there any other parts from that car? (I have a 1935 coupe and some par...

Hello Fongers, Welcome to these pages! May they prove to be a source of good information and fine friendship. Was the distinctive hard cover for the spare wheel, shown in the photograph near the airport, still on the car when you received it? This detail, being so uncommon, could go a long way towar...

Brilliant! If I weren't so much in awe I might be jealous. It's really an inspiration to see you making such progress. You'll be driving this baby before the season's up, and having the enviable choice of which Singer to take on a given outing, to boot! Muttering things like 'excellent, inspiring, w...

Lovely to learn that the cables can be made 'to home' as my mechanical mentor said in his rather sing-song Vermont accent.

Crack on, Colin!

Well Colin, it's come down to this: When you're done with this project, I have a Nine Sports that could well benefit from your ministrations.

Do you take on commissions?

Keep up the momentum. You're doing a tremendous job. It's inspiring.

David

Hi Colin, The work you've done on the oil filler cap looks superb. What epoxy did you use? Did you make a mold? build up the epoxy slowly or all at once? and shape it after forming, or during the epoxy stage? Is it painted, and if so, did you need to prime before painting? I would like to restore th...

Lucky, you lot, to have such talented Singer enthusiasts so close at hand.

We have to travel quite a distance to speak Singer with anyone knowledgeable.

Savor it!

Cheers,

David

Hi Darcy, Thank you for showing the photos of your reclaimed tool roll. It's very exciting to see how effective (and successful) you have been in reclaiming the roll's function. Well done! Clearly you're making tremendous progress. I love the customized touch of the wooden dash top. It's great that ...

Well done on all fronts!

Can't say how lucky David is to have friends like you in the Singer world, Colin. Hope your engine is unseized by now and that you are both off for a pint at the local pub.

Cheers,

David

Happy New Year, Dave! Have you yet reached a point of trial fitting your windscreen? Inquiring minds want to know [what you have discovered about the fit and function of the windscreen locking mechanism, and the way it works with the spring you so creatively made]. Excellent work. Hope the year is o...

Hi Darcy,

Wondering what progress you may have made with your scuttle top. And your tool roll. Have you been able to soften it a bit?

Look forward to hearing how you are progressing.

Regards,

David

Yet another wonderful find from within our ranks, and a great project. Is it too bold to congratulate us as a group --or at least the helpful, knowledgeable and talented ones among us? David, thank you so much for taking the initiative to have this project done. I would love one of these badges. It ...

Hi Colin, Once again, you are making landmark progress. What an inspiration! When you have replacement bolts made to hold the leaf springs, can you have the machinist give a wee bit of a radius in the transition from the loaded portion of the bolt (we call it the shank, but you may have a different ...