result and series II

today, went to see a mate and his son, both LR nuts.

managed to blag a passenger side door "lock" from a scrapper they have there and also a starting handle. The latter is currently standing in the vice with "squirt" (WD40-substitute) on the swivelly handle in the rather forlorn hope that it'll free off.

The son ('bout 14, ISTR) is currently custodian of a 1959 series II, runner but a bit tired, chassis good in parts - main tubes iffy in places, rear crossmember good but outriggers and other bits iffy. The chassis has been repaired quite a bit - had a replacement gearbox crossmember a couple of years ago, fro example. 2¼ petrol, SWB. Body is a full ragtop and quite straight, with fairly new door tops. Parabolic springs.

I rather think it's really a re-chassis job, but it might be possible to get a few more years from the current chassis.

I suspect that if someone wanted to pay for it, he'd sell it and add to his series I fund...

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Austin Shackles
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