A40 Farina Countryman restoration
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That sure is a labour of love - but i agree with you - if you can weld and have the necesary metal fabrication skills it need not cost a lot to repair damage even this bad, just LOTS of time. I've repaired cars as bad (possibly worse) but not an Austin - might upload a few photos of those for interest as/when I can scan them
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Thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread Nick and look forward to further posts. You must have tremendous satisfaction having recreated all of that non-existent bodywork!
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thanks Beko, i enjoy doing it & to see the end result finally hit the road again, looking at my A30 the bodywork is a little more complex on the A40 with more curves etcbeko wrote:That sure is a labour of love - but i agree with you - if you can weld and have the necesary metal fabrication skills it need not cost a lot to repair damage even this bad, just LOTS of time. I've repaired cars as bad (possibly worse) but not an Austin - might upload a few photos of those for interest as/when I can scan them
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thanks Andrew, i will try & upload more photos later, i am now on the home stretch with just the tail of the boot floor,the the rear crossmember & rear valance to do, i do have the bonnet & lower tailgate to sort out stillAndycars wrote:Thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread Nick and look forward to further posts. You must have tremendous satisfaction having recreated all of that non-existent bodywork!
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offside rear corner
offside rear corner with 'drop plate' fitted in
the other side view of the 'drop plate'
front leading edge of offside rear corner
offside rear corner in
under the arch all boxed in
bottom of front wing
front bottom of rear wing
offside rear corner
front & mid offside floor assy
offside rear floor assy
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Wow that really is such impressive work. This was such an attractive little car from the pictures in 1989, I don't know how someone could have let it deteriorate to that extent.
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well i'm planning on painting it in April when i'm on holiday, i'm still stuck for bits of interior yet!Richard-Essex wrote:Wow that really is such impressive work. This was such an attractive little car from the pictures in 1989, I don't know how someone could have let it deteriorate to that extent.
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well here is the front end
front of offside front wing
front apron & crossmember rotton
sorting out accident damage found on nearside front wing
all the rot cut out
nose of nearside chassis leg
nose of rotton offside chassis leg, i've never known one of these go before but it is above where the battery sits
nearside front wing nose repaired
rotton section of offside chassis leg removed
'pre-owned' chassis leg repair
front bulkhead lower panel repaired
new apron & crossmember fitted
front of offside front wing
front apron & crossmember rotton
sorting out accident damage found on nearside front wing
all the rot cut out
nose of nearside chassis leg
nose of rotton offside chassis leg, i've never known one of these go before but it is above where the battery sits
nearside front wing nose repaired
rotton section of offside chassis leg removed
'pre-owned' chassis leg repair
front bulkhead lower panel repaired
new apron & crossmember fitted
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Have you fabricated all of the repair panels yourself Nick, or are any available?
I mended the front end of one of these a couple of years ago, which entailed making a new valance, crossmember and repairs to the rad support panel, but it was nothing like as bad as this.
I mended the front end of one of these a couple of years ago, which entailed making a new valance, crossmember and repairs to the rad support panel, but it was nothing like as bad as this.
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our spares guy in the club makes things like wing bottoms, front aprons/crossmembers & inner sills but things like floors he hasn't tackled yet as there is only mad ones like me that would tackle basket cases like this oneNeil Evans wrote:Have you fabricated all of the repair panels yourself Nick, or are any available?
I mended the front end of one of these a couple of years ago, which entailed making a new valance, crossmember and repairs to the rad support panel, but it was nothing like as bad as this.
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Nick these ar an inspiration - keep them coming
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thanks, well here are some moreCountryboy wrote:Nick these ar an inspiration - keep them coming
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front end having a dusting of paint for the long winter protection
under rear wheel arch
rear floor assy
mid floor assy
heelboard assy & spring hanger
bottom of bulkhead/wheel arch
the infamous bulkhead shelf, nice rot area
back of front wing
first time out after finishing the offside, it is to be turned round & back in the barn to start the nearside & rear
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From the look of your yard it does not look like you will ever be bored !
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well i have got 7 A40's (2 restored) a AS4 A30 & a AV5 vanCountryboy wrote:From the look of your yard it does not look like you will ever be bored !
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