DDG 220 C aka "Millie" - MK 1 Singer Chamois

[John A. Ross]

Conor, you asked for pictures of the wheels I think at some point




nose still a little high as I have yet to fit the coilovers from mike

[John A. Ross]

Thats the 1/4 lights picked, cleaned, flatted and primed.

What a pain in the back side, could have prepped a wing quicker

Will leave that till tomorrow, coat of black enamel and assemble into frame.

Not very exciting but there we go.




Now to try and get the crap off my hand splint, I should hav ewrapped it in cling film but what would the neighbours say

[John A. Ross]

Well that was an evening of pain.

All done now though.

Rebuild of 1/4 lights now and should be ready to fit drop glass back in. Going to take a bit of thinking though as the quarter lights take a bit of massaging and I cant exert that amount of force anymore.

Was thinking cutting steel template to jam in corners with a bit of adhesive on each corner, let set then fit glass. Need to get thinking cap on.




At least thats the inside painting stuff all done so i can get rid of the poly sheets now..

[John A. Ross]

Drop glass cleaned and ready



Quarter lights pre-assembly






And one fitted, will get the other one done later



Very small curl at front edge but will just live with it.

[Dave Lane]

Drop glass cleaned and ready

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They can be a right pain to get right

[Gary Whitaker]

Has anyone fitted new rubber in the channel that the quarter lite glass fits or used a sealant mine have all crumbled .
it looks to be a pre formed rubber
Best regards Gary

[John A. Ross]

They can be a right pain to get right

Dave, disaster knowing my luck

[John A. Ross]

Gary

Strip out, some adhesive and part of a bicycle inner tube cut along its length.

That was a tip from Graham Anderson a long time ago on rear hatch which is about same gap.

Good modern PU sealer / adhesive though could easy be used instead on its own as the gap is small, would just need to make jig to hold the glass.

[Gary Whitaker]

Thanks John another good tip

[John A. Ross]

Geeze, cant believe it. Was looking for something else in my documents folder and found the image of the car when we first got it

Had this car laying since April 2016 !

[Colimp66]

Geeze, cant believe it. Was looking for something else in my documents folder and found the image of the car when we first got it

Had this car laying since April 2016 !

That's nothing mine has been laying about since 2009!!!!!!!!

[John A. Ross]

That's nothing mine has been laying about since 2009!!!!!!!!

I remember finding the original engine cover at Dougies and thinking i know that plate !

[John A. Ross]

OK, blank plugs coated black, sorted



Its hard to get a coating to stick so heated these ones up and applied enamel paint whils still hots, sticks like poop and leaves a little sort of specked effect that looks like fine powder coat

[Colimp66]

I remember finding the original engine cover at Dougies and thinking i know that plate !

Jings!! He must have taken it with him when he moved out of his old place, from what I remember it was rotten back in 2009.

No way of colour coding those plugs John the same as the rest of the car, make them more or less invisible with the body? A bit late now I guess with that suggestion which you may already have had.

Col.

[Petowner]

OK, blank plugs coated black, sorted



Its hard to get a coating to stick so heated these ones up and applied enamel paint whils still hots, sticks like poop and leaves a little sort of specked effect that looks like fine powder coat

Are they the washer jet blanking plug?

Bob