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[Jared Mk3]

Right, well it seems that the plans have changed. I managed to acquire a 7.5 inch disc setup for the car, which will be refurbished and then placed onto the awaiting subframe. The idea of the car still sitting with its front end in the air isn't a great one, especially after the front subframe was taken out last year already.

[Jared Mk3]

Right, so I haven't really done much of late. I've managed to remove some of the old stone chip that had started to flake off in the wheel wells. I cleaned up the lower section of the firewall as well. The stone chip wasn't flaking off everywhere, so I didn't need to remove all of it. Here are some pictures :

 

 

The beauty of living in South Africa where rust isn't a big problem - behind the shock mounts, still fresh metal :

 

 

These areas were then painted in red oxide, before they will be coated with the following :

 

 

The plates that go on either side in the boot also received the treatment. This first picture shows how they were upon coming out of the car, with glue stains, light blue overspray and surface rust all over it :

 

 

 

And as they are now, ready to be sanded and resprayed in black :

 

Edited by Jared Mk3, 02 July 2017 - 04:33 PM.

[Jared Mk3]

I managed to get a 7.5inch disc setup from a guy here in SA, needing a refurb. As below :

 

 

The calipers are going to be fully rebuilt. Pistons out :

 

 

The pistons aren't in bad condition, just need a good clean up. They'll be perfect as a spare set :

 

 

The other caliper, as you can see, still has the pistons in it. The one is stuck, while the other came out fairly easily. Also, the mounting "bracket" on this caliper has been broken at some stage. This will also be repaired by a local engineer.

 

 

As the hubs look now - fully cleaned up and repainted, new balljoints fitted all round, ready and waiting for new bearings :

 

Edited by Jared Mk3, 02 July 2017 - 04:36 PM.

[Jared Mk3]

Right, well, I managed to get the calipers cleaned up from all of the grease and dirt and gumph that was on. They still need the soft wire brush on them to get the last bit off, but here they are :

 

 

 

As you can see, the one mounting "ear" on the above caliper was broken off at some stage. I got that repaired :

 

Edited by Jared Mk3, 02 July 2017 - 04:39 PM.

[Archived4]

Nice work! Lucky not having any rust

[Jared Mk3]

Nice work! Lucky not having any rust

 

I love living here, no rust and warm.

[Willy_sa]

I hear you on that.

 

Looks good.

[domdee]

lovely car!

i find it so amazing how they build so many different variants for different countries and called them so many different names!

keep up the work!

[Juju]

lovely car!

i find it so amazing how they build so many different variants for different countries and called them so many different names!

keep up the work!

 

what he said. ^^^

 

I've never seen one of these before. Or heard of one. 

 

Love the colour.

 

Aaaand that rocker cover! What an excellent pressie.

 

Carry on. 

[domdee]

 

lovely car!

i find it so amazing how they build so many different variants for different countries and called them so many different names!

keep up the work!

 

what he said. ^^^

 

I've never seen one of these before. Or heard of one. 

 

Love the colour.

 

Aaaand that rocker cover! What an excellent pressie.

 

Carry on. 

 

its a riley elf with a normal front end that they had in south african and called it a mk 3 lol.

Edited by dominicdee, 08 August 2013 - 03:35 PM.

[Jared Mk3]

 

 

lovely car!

i find it so amazing how they build so many different variants for different countries and called them so many different names!

keep up the work!

 

what he said. ^^^

 

I've never seen one of these before. Or heard of one. 

 

Love the colour.

 

Aaaand that rocker cover! What an excellent pressie.

 

Carry on. 

 

its a riley elf with a normal front end that they had in south america and called it a mk 3 lol.

 

 

South Africa you mean  We had many unique cars here, like mine - Elf/Hornet body with normal front end, then a normal saloon car with the Hornet front end, called the Wolseley 1000 (very rare).

 

The colour really has to be seen in the light, it is stunning. And I think the rocker cover will be safely kept away, there aren't too many original ones like that left around here in SA.

[domdee]

***edited*** sorry haha.

 

love the wolseley 1000 also! bet they keep better over in that hot climate too!

[Jared Mk3]

***edited*** sorry haha.

 

love the wolseley 1000 also! bet they keep better over in that hot climate too!

 

The further inland you live here, the longer the cars survive. Which is something I will NOT complain about.

[Jared Mk3]

I stripped the master cylinders to redo them nicely, and found this :

 

 

Brake seal on the left, clutch on the right. Thank goodness I did this.

[Juju]

Eeeeps!