JDL 889 F aka George - 1967 MK2 Singer Chamois The Full Story !

[John A. Ross]

And let us not forget the up front stuff !

Binnacle stripped, refurbished (including guages) and a new set of high vis ecals again from Robin Human (check Facebook - The Hillman imp Group)



And of course a few more bits like end of dash closing panel as it is a chamois

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Doors all ready and epoxy coated

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And of course a really important piece of the puzzle in a Singer Chamois

The walnut trim !

This was a task and a half but highly rewarding ! I am honestly happy I tried it (advice well received Uncle Henry

Must be 8 coats of 2K Acrylic lacquer on there, amazing how quicly it soaks it up and how pitted woord grain actually is compared to metal, if it was metal it would have been a skim of Dolphin Glaze of Easy gold wipe and paint !!!

Even baked at 30 deg for 4 hours per coat afetr it flashd off the clear coat took ages to build up till it was truly flat.




Big difference from the start !

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And back to the back end with a quick transom repair and a fresh coating on the engine cover and the door pockets

And not forgetting the rear hatch !!!

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OK, back to a little fabrication, drivers side window / door frame down to A pillar needed some love.

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And of course, time still to get the newly rebuilt L4 engine ready and tested

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And when it comes to building an engine clean clean clean and it is of course never ending !



Different gasket sets, go for NEW ones as the NOS ones, especially on the sump can suffer from shrinkage, complete bummer....

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Suprisingly there is quite a few parts ibvolved for such a simple engine, they are however quite robust when assembled and maintained properly (good oil especially)

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And even more assembly

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And the final stages

Shame they do not stay that clean

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OK, some more fabrication, this time the back lights, what a fantastic former for light sections the oil filter key for the Mecedes makes !

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And the before and after on the transaxle, cant take credit for this, all the work was done by Dave Weedon

New bearings and seals all round, new synchros and selectors and all setbackup as per factory

[Colimp66]

Good write up John and a shed load of work went into that wee car for sure. Well done

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Colin constant battle with the brown stuf, car had more small perforations in it than Rab C Nesbits string vest !!!!

This was some of the GOOD BITS !!!!!

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So back on the tin bashing,

Rear engine cover rain channel, another rot spot, single skin on parcel shelf and TRIPLE skin joint where it meets the rear hatch area.

Imps are bad enough with seam rot on 2 faces, threee is just tempting fate !

So out it be cut and new channels all round. I know Colimp66 remebers the pain of this one very well and if you look at CA Restorations images col rooney
shows how the professionals handle replace the whole rear section !