I have been looking forward to getting to this point in the restoration process for a long time. I cannot believe that it is actually here. With the sub-frame dropped, we can start to install the rebuilt and restored parts that have been sitting in my cellar in boxes, shelves and drawers (in some cases for five years!) onto Old Biddy. Finding spare time will now be the only thing slowing the process down.
The first thing that I wanted to install was the refurbished steering rack.
The sub-frame was in the way of installing it here.
Lined it up, bolted it in, and after seven minutes…just like that…there it is, installed in its proper place! Presto! It is almost magical!
Sunday John and I took a ride down to Chris’s to see the motor run on his test stand. Without hesitation, it cranked right over. He gerri-rigged a coil, distributor cap and wires, and a few other things to get it started. But she ran beautifully smooth! Check out the exhaust cloud coming out of the muffler.
The jets in the carburetors now are the ones used in MG Midgets and Austin Healey Sprites. In this application, they make the carburetors run too lean. Chris will order the proper needles and then change them.
It was a toasty 15 degrees Fahrenheit outside, but watching and listening to the motor warmed me up inside! I hope to have the motor home within the next week and a half. After that, it will be just a matter of methodical systematic progress.
Thanks for visiting.
Toddy
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