I have just spent 4 days welding arches into the cab of my Austin 101 (J type), my old ones having rotted away. This is my first resto project and the arches are my first challenging welding project...so be kind:(
But I am really pleased with the results and now feel like there is nothing I...
Hi Andy
I am in Ipswich too. I am doing up a Morris JB/Austin 101....a full nuts and bolts restoration. I could sure use the advice of someone as experienced as you. You may have seen me around driving a white Ford Prefect 100E.
Are you in a local club?
Peter
Mods and Rockers, the movie
You are right about the comedy potential of Mods and Rockers. Something MUST have been done. They are known as having been social phenomena...and I'm sure there have been numerous academic papers written on them. Anyone who was around at the time can tell you which...
Mods and Rockers
Hi Walter
In the 1960s Rockers rode conventional leg-over motorbikes (and wore scruffy leathers) and Mods rode step-through scooters (and dressed smartly)....and they hated each other....and fought bloody battles in seaside towns etc...
Imagine how annoyed the Mods are now...
a good distraction
ca va, Gabriel?
I am mainly writing because I should be doing something else....like you with your studies! ;) I am a teacher and I have 30 exams to mark. I'd much rather do this.
I am new to welding but the advice I had was to get a MIG welder with 35 - 130 amp range...
ah, there it is!
Ah, I can see pics now. Loading my reply refreshed the page and pics loaded. Hey, I didn't realise you are in Texas, vino. Apart from the Space Centre, the closest I got to Houston was College Station. A mate of mine's dad was a chaplain at the uni there.
Are you going to...
Bristol to Isle of Wight
Bristol to the Isle of Wight is 77 miles. It is where they have the annual ****-up for scooterists. Lamb Chops etc camped in fields and thousands of us shared one toilet, while Mods stayed in B&Bs and turned their noses up at us. When we first arrived off the ferry I...
scoots
Hi Walter, thanks, yeah she is wild.
And, as you say, she's a comfortable ride too. I made the seat from a cut down laminated office chair with side valance made from aluminium and a vinyl cover sewn by a girlfriend stuck over a foam seat + sissy back. It is unsprung....so it is all...
Lamb Chops
Hi Vino
I am new here and new to welding. I just want to say that I am impressed by you preparation and the trouble taken with your jig.
Good luck with this.
I have a Lamb Chop with extended forks. I love it....it won best scooter in the Bristol Bike show, 1999. I am only...
car-be-que
I ought to find out how you put pictures on the web like you did, malcolm....to save space here. But anyway, in the meantime, here are some pics:
wow
malcolm, you did a heck of a great job on the MGA. I am incredibly impressed.
Yes, I like the concertina doors too, but I am concertinering them outwards. I know that seems like technological heresy but there are two very good reasons. Firstly, they take up a lot of room inside, which is...
thanks
Hi malcolm
Thanks for the welcome. No, sadly mine isn't a pick-up; in fact I didn't know there had ever been such a thing! Mine was actually a milk float but had been butchered before I bought it and it is basically now just a cab and chassis (and not much left of either of those...
I am an absolute beginner.
I am restoring an Austin 101, which is a badge engineered Morris JB (the B series engined J Type). It is taking for ever because I am having to teach myself every single skill necessary...and welding is the next big challenge.
I just discovered this forum; I am...