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Hello all!
It's a long time since I've been there...
Remember, I bought a 84 Kent fitted Roadster last november. She looked nice, even if I knew she was not in a perfect state.
At that time I was far from reality
Part after part, I discovered that this car had a complicated life, beeing built (or rebuilt) by several owners with different definition of quality and safety, that probabely stated globally that "s..t + paint = new", or endorsing some kind of philosophy that says that you're still alive until the very second you die
I treated the electrical harness with cutting pliers, removed all carbody panels, and now that the chassis is naked I decide that everything has to be rebuilt from scratch..
Fortunately the engine group is neat, the chassis is not rusted under the massive paint and coaltar coating. The aluminium panels are a little bit oxyded, showing that she was probabely left in a salted atmosphere for month not to say years.
Now the moto is : LIGHTWEIGHT & SPORT
The Kent will be fitted with a 224, the exaust is to be inox rebuilt, lumenitron, facet, Weber and all stuff...
The single sheet 4mm alu dashboard will feature Lucas classic switches, SMITHS gauges and old fashioned round warning lights, A2 inox and 6060 alu everywhere...
The servobrake is certainly the one fitted on the donnor car, a Marina. Due to the lightweight of the car, I decided to remove it and to replace it by a direct master cylinder without assistance. It's probabely a common fitting for those who don't need a smooth brake pedal.
My concern is the possible spare part, I'm certainly not the first to use such a simple master cylinder
Could somebody give me some info on this? I need a double output master cylinder, with or without reservoir.
A WW Cox TRW seems to be suitable, but this is a personnal bet. Any idea?
Additional question: is there somebody that knows a magic to remove the old neoprene (contact) glue on alu panels? Rotating brush is a little bit tuff.
Regards,
Christophe.
It's a long time since I've been there...
Remember, I bought a 84 Kent fitted Roadster last november. She looked nice, even if I knew she was not in a perfect state.
At that time I was far from reality
Part after part, I discovered that this car had a complicated life, beeing built (or rebuilt) by several owners with different definition of quality and safety, that probabely stated globally that "s..t + paint = new", or endorsing some kind of philosophy that says that you're still alive until the very second you die
I treated the electrical harness with cutting pliers, removed all carbody panels, and now that the chassis is naked I decide that everything has to be rebuilt from scratch..
Fortunately the engine group is neat, the chassis is not rusted under the massive paint and coaltar coating. The aluminium panels are a little bit oxyded, showing that she was probabely left in a salted atmosphere for month not to say years.
Now the moto is : LIGHTWEIGHT & SPORT
The Kent will be fitted with a 224, the exaust is to be inox rebuilt, lumenitron, facet, Weber and all stuff...
The single sheet 4mm alu dashboard will feature Lucas classic switches, SMITHS gauges and old fashioned round warning lights, A2 inox and 6060 alu everywhere...
The servobrake is certainly the one fitted on the donnor car, a Marina. Due to the lightweight of the car, I decided to remove it and to replace it by a direct master cylinder without assistance. It's probabely a common fitting for those who don't need a smooth brake pedal.
My concern is the possible spare part, I'm certainly not the first to use such a simple master cylinder
Could somebody give me some info on this? I need a double output master cylinder, with or without reservoir.
A WW Cox TRW seems to be suitable, but this is a personnal bet. Any idea?
Additional question: is there somebody that knows a magic to remove the old neoprene (contact) glue on alu panels? Rotating brush is a little bit tuff.
Regards,
Christophe.
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