A few shots from a day at Stoke Prior Steam Rally and car show.
Also found a companion British Railways vehicle in John Giles's superb Mechanical Horse Scammel.
MORRIS TYPE JB VAN FROM 1959 (AUSTIN 101 Version)
Stoke Prior Steam Rally -Sept 2019
Rally Photos - Sunday 15th September 2019
A few shots from a day at Stoke Prior Steam Rally and car show.
Also found a companion British Railways vehicle in John Giles's superb Mechanical Horse Scammel.
A few shots from a day at Stoke Prior Steam Rally and car show.
Also found a companion British Railways vehicle in John Giles's superb Mechanical Horse Scammel.
Interior Additions
23 August 2019
Bought a nice British Railways Collico Services wooden folding box and after a couple of hours of work was as good as old! Still has original labels inside too.
Apart from being a period piece it is also useful for storing large items such as spare battery, oil, water and spares etc.
Also added a homemade book rack to hold some BR related books and booklets.
May add some BR vehicle models that I have collected...working on it!
Not much more to add unless someone has a spare small model railway they want to get rid of!
Bought a nice British Railways Collico Services wooden folding box and after a couple of hours of work was as good as old! Still has original labels inside too.
Apart from being a period piece it is also useful for storing large items such as spare battery, oil, water and spares etc.
Also added a homemade book rack to hold some BR related books and booklets.
May add some BR vehicle models that I have collected...working on it!
Not much more to add unless someone has a spare small model railway they want to get rid of!
Rear Door Rubber Buffers
11th August 2019
Rear door buffers
Decided to have a go moulding some rear door buffers as there doesn't appear to be any for sale anywhere.
Bought some silicon moulding rubber, made a wooden box from odd bits laying about and with a genuine rear door buffer, lent to me by Steve Parkes, made a mould.
Suspended the original buffer upside down in the box and filled the existing two fastening holes with wooden dowels and plasticine and the main cavity at the back of the buffer with plasticine. Left sufficient witness of fastening holes so they could be drilled out on the finished buffer moulding. (See blue silicone mould pic below.)
Used a 2 mix rubber moulding compound for the buffers. Measured the quantity needed to just fill the mould to the top surface without overflowing.(see pic below for 60 shore rubber used)
Had several goes until I got a couple of good ones. They all released from the mould very easily but the surface finish was not great. The surface was better if the rubber was mixed and poured very slowly. Never did get a perfect one before I ran out of rubber mix. Did get six from the amount of rubber used.
The consistency of the finished rubber was fine, quite hard but still flexible.
To finish off I then drilled out the fastening holes, with a conventional drill, leaving a step about 10mm from the base to suit a small washer, inserted from the top, for a screw head to bear against, to fix the buffer to the door. Also drilled the centre indent with a countersink tool to give it a bit more depth.
Finally to get a better finish I sanded and applied a flexible black paint finish. If the surface had been better I may have not painted.
Anyway fairly happy with the finished items. Still have the mould if any one wants to have a go?
Rear door buffers
Decided to have a go moulding some rear door buffers as there doesn't appear to be any for sale anywhere.
Bought some silicon moulding rubber, made a wooden box from odd bits laying about and with a genuine rear door buffer, lent to me by Steve Parkes, made a mould.
Suspended the original buffer upside down in the box and filled the existing two fastening holes with wooden dowels and plasticine and the main cavity at the back of the buffer with plasticine. Left sufficient witness of fastening holes so they could be drilled out on the finished buffer moulding. (See blue silicone mould pic below.)
Used a 2 mix rubber moulding compound for the buffers. Measured the quantity needed to just fill the mould to the top surface without overflowing.(see pic below for 60 shore rubber used)
Had several goes until I got a couple of good ones. They all released from the mould very easily but the surface finish was not great. The surface was better if the rubber was mixed and poured very slowly. Never did get a perfect one before I ran out of rubber mix. Did get six from the amount of rubber used.
The consistency of the finished rubber was fine, quite hard but still flexible.
To finish off I then drilled out the fastening holes, with a conventional drill, leaving a step about 10mm from the base to suit a small washer, inserted from the top, for a screw head to bear against, to fix the buffer to the door. Also drilled the centre indent with a countersink tool to give it a bit more depth.
Finally to get a better finish I sanded and applied a flexible black paint finish. If the surface had been better I may have not painted.
Anyway fairly happy with the finished items. Still have the mould if any one wants to have a go?
Ragley Classic Car Show
Monday 27th May 2019
Attended the Ragley Car show with my van YMJ 702. Changed the grill and rear badge to MORRIS, from AUSTIN, just for a change.
Arrived early, around 8:30am, to avoid the queues and drove straight in and parked in section 'L' for commercial vehicles. Was the first to arrive and as it turned out the only commercial vehicle in the section!
Awarded the 'Class Winner' trophy...how could I loose being the only one!
Met some nice people and had a lot of interest in my van.
Here are a couple of photos...there would have been more but my camera battery ran out of juice!
For the eagle eyed I have added the two rear door buffers since last out. Did this by making a silicon rubber mould of an original and casting with a black rubber compound. Turned out not too bad...right shape but surface has a few bubble marks.
Attended the Ragley Car show with my van YMJ 702. Changed the grill and rear badge to MORRIS, from AUSTIN, just for a change.
Arrived early, around 8:30am, to avoid the queues and drove straight in and parked in section 'L' for commercial vehicles. Was the first to arrive and as it turned out the only commercial vehicle in the section!
Awarded the 'Class Winner' trophy...how could I loose being the only one!
Met some nice people and had a lot of interest in my van.
Here are a couple of photos...there would have been more but my camera battery ran out of juice!
For the eagle eyed I have added the two rear door buffers since last out. Did this by making a silicon rubber mould of an original and casting with a black rubber compound. Turned out not too bad...right shape but surface has a few bubble marks.
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George has a new best mate!
May 2019
Having had an chrome bumper Blaze (orange) MGB GT previously I have bought another...this time a 1978 Brookland green rubber bumper version.
Spent the last month just putting a few things right and a general tidy up. Otherwise it's all go. Black 'leather' interior, good all round body work, replacement Ivor Searle engine.
But still planning to take George to Ragley show on the 26th May. See you there!
Having had an chrome bumper Blaze (orange) MGB GT previously I have bought another...this time a 1978 Brookland green rubber bumper version.
Spent the last month just putting a few things right and a general tidy up. Otherwise it's all go. Black 'leather' interior, good all round body work, replacement Ivor Searle engine.
But still planning to take George to Ragley show on the 26th May. See you there!
LSV 492 to YMJ 702
Feb 2019
Just seen a better photo of my van, when it was LSV 492 in its prime, posted on 'Save the Morris J Type Van' Facebook page.
So for comparison here it is...much before it came into my possession...and how it looks now with its original registration plate of YMJ 702 and British Railways livery..
Just seen a better photo of my van, when it was LSV 492 in its prime, posted on 'Save the Morris J Type Van' Facebook page.
So for comparison here it is...much before it came into my possession...and how it looks now with its original registration plate of YMJ 702 and British Railways livery..
Colour Brochure
January 2019
While my van is tucked away for the winter with little to do right now here is a short video of a sales brochure from 1958. Enjoy...
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