1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2)
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2)
It was basically a cash society.
People were generally paid cash at the end of the week by the wages office. If you wanted something big you got HP.
It was the 70s, pre internet although I guess DARPANET existed, pre PCs etc etc..
People were generally paid cash at the end of the week by the wages office. If you wanted something big you got HP.
It was the 70s, pre internet although I guess DARPANET existed, pre PCs etc etc..
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2)
I'm old enough to remember shops doing that back when I was younger. I'm just about old enough to actually have used them myself while cashing in cheques when I used to work at Homebase as a weekend job, while I still was at school!
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2)
I'm old enough to remember only digging these out as a fallback. Everything was dumped through the printer.
If you remember them at your age, then you must have been in NORFOLK.
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2)
I've got the excuse of both being old and living there.
Is it me or is Nergle slowing down as well?
Einstein was near here in the 30s so maybe he did something to the space time continuum when he was in his hut near Roughton.
Is it me or is Nergle slowing down as well?
Einstein was near here in the 30s so maybe he did something to the space time continuum when he was in his hut near Roughton.
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2)
Ken of Purplebargken fame came for a visit today. He tried scrubbing up the interior but despite vigorous action and some strong chemicals, it appeared to be already clean. What looks like ingrained dirt appears to be what the seat material is supposed to be like!
He also gave it a drive around on some local back roads and found it suitably fun. We both agree that the revs seem way to high in 4th at 30mph and feels like it could do with another ratio..
Front calipers definitely must be sticking as even after a short drive, the front wheels are noticabley hot. Even in this weather they feel much hotter than they should be. I'll take the calipers off, clean off the moving parts and possibly lob new pistons + seals on it.
Engine temperature gauge after the drive was just above the normal marker. Higher than on the previous run. But then it's currently 32C outside and probably at the top of the original design limit for the standard thermostat! Possibly if it was this temperature more often it should have a hot climate one in. Certainly didn't appear to be boiling over, so quite happy with the cooling system.
Finally the volts seem normal after a run (12.7v to 12.9v after a few minutes shutdown), so the dynamo appears to be doing its job. However I don't have a whole lot of trust on the system to not cause me grief and especially fear those cut-off contacts welding themselves together after a run. For the sake of the cost of a £40 alternator plus £15 of bracket and bolts, I'm seriously thinking of just lobbing an alternator on for piece of mind.
Need to figure out exactly what I need to do it though. I think it's just an A-series alternator bracket that supports the rear of the stud and associated hardware. Then expected simple rewire of the electrics to remove the control box.
He also gave it a drive around on some local back roads and found it suitably fun. We both agree that the revs seem way to high in 4th at 30mph and feels like it could do with another ratio..
Front calipers definitely must be sticking as even after a short drive, the front wheels are noticabley hot. Even in this weather they feel much hotter than they should be. I'll take the calipers off, clean off the moving parts and possibly lob new pistons + seals on it.
Engine temperature gauge after the drive was just above the normal marker. Higher than on the previous run. But then it's currently 32C outside and probably at the top of the original design limit for the standard thermostat! Possibly if it was this temperature more often it should have a hot climate one in. Certainly didn't appear to be boiling over, so quite happy with the cooling system.
Finally the volts seem normal after a run (12.7v to 12.9v after a few minutes shutdown), so the dynamo appears to be doing its job. However I don't have a whole lot of trust on the system to not cause me grief and especially fear those cut-off contacts welding themselves together after a run. For the sake of the cost of a £40 alternator plus £15 of bracket and bolts, I'm seriously thinking of just lobbing an alternator on for piece of mind.
Need to figure out exactly what I need to do it though. I think it's just an A-series alternator bracket that supports the rear of the stud and associated hardware. Then expected simple rewire of the electrics to remove the control box.
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Re: 1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2)
That should do it. I don't think there was any difference from A to A+ on the bottom end mounting points so there's a wide selection. Just watch because the original wiring is good to about 30 amps constant.
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