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Austin Woodworm
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Such talent and patience when restoring these old things, so huge respect Al.
My mate has a 1936 Alvis Firebird, which he stated was a 2 year project... that was 6 years ago and he's only 15% there.
My mate has a 1936 Alvis Firebird, which he stated was a 2 year project... that was 6 years ago and he's only 15% there.
Kawasaki Z1-R TC Turbo, Kawasak GPz750 Turbo, Kawasaki KZ650B3, Kawasaki ZRX1100R, H**** VF500F2F, Norton Commando 961SP, Suzuki VS800
That bulb is just pure brilliance! Are they still available from
specialists?
Dont know Jay but there are none here!!
http://bulbcollector.com/article002.html
Was this an expensive vehicle new?
My friend summed it up nicely i think.
Today; materials are cheap and labour is really expensive. Then; labour was cheap and materials very expensive.
In the inter war period i guess there were lots of skills /skilled folk about and much time on hands.
I am guessing that sheet steel and sheet ally were prohibitively expensive and wood, not being a principal building material by then, was plentiful.
They seemed not to have a problem making aircraft out of it,.. Hurricane to name just one.
I'll see if i can find out more on both counts. That bulb may still work!
AL
1981 J1
Thanks for the positive comments and had to have a pause whilst i had a look around.
The 1938 bulbs for both interior lights still work fine
Thursday i got a bit of spare time so managed to fit the inner wheels arches at the rear having just got them powder coated.
Thought that would be the best treatment and if necessary they can be stone chipped over in flat black.
The 'Jackall' jacks have been re-built / re-furbed and have now found their way back onto the car. (black lump in centre of picture above) Some poor soul now has to get under there and re-run all the copper pipe and fittings
Fronts are on the left here and rears to the right hand side.
Hours of cheap fun if you have all youre mates come round
Could be a down side if you left the car out round here though.
There may be some info on manufacture on its way but not sure what that might be.
More as and when.
AL
The 1938 bulbs for both interior lights still work fine
Thursday i got a bit of spare time so managed to fit the inner wheels arches at the rear having just got them powder coated.
Thought that would be the best treatment and if necessary they can be stone chipped over in flat black.
The 'Jackall' jacks have been re-built / re-furbed and have now found their way back onto the car. (black lump in centre of picture above) Some poor soul now has to get under there and re-run all the copper pipe and fittings
Fronts are on the left here and rears to the right hand side.
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Hours of cheap fun if you have all youre mates come round
Could be a down side if you left the car out round here though.
There may be some info on manufacture on its way but not sure what that might be.
More as and when.
AL
Last edited by Al on Wed Jun 14, 2023 1:45 pm, edited 2 times in total.
1981 J1
was it only Austin that used this system?
Hi Brian dont really know much about cars to be honest or their history.
I looked it up and the 'Jackall' system was associated with Smiths Industries and i guess commercially available to anyone who wanted it.
I found this image of a Morris with them fitted but i guess that they are probably the same company or 'about to be'.
AL
1981 J1
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