13-12-2016, 01:31 PM
Oh yes the master cylinder inside the chassis, rusted to hell along with the main brake pipe. Remember them well.
We used to bend the torsion bar out of the way by chaining the bar to the ramp and jacking the car up, its spring steel so it goes back OK. When refitting we put the bolts in the other way round. If they were really rusty, most were, we just burnt the bolts off. The gas axe would cope with anything.
Of course all this was after struggling to get the floor panel out.
Headlamps were very easy though!
Bad access was always a problem we had to cope with, like rear brake pads on all the Jags, we cut access panels in the boot floor. Did the same to fit clutch cables on later "sloper"Vauxhall Victors, cut the top of the bulkhead other wise it was a dashboard out job, about 7 hours!
And talking of clutch cables, I lost count of how many Avenger bulkheads we welded up after the cable had torn through it.
Don't mention replacing clutches in E type Jags, too painful. Or door hinge pins on Lotus Europas, I could weep just thinking about those.
Ah, the misspent youth in the motor trade.
We used to bend the torsion bar out of the way by chaining the bar to the ramp and jacking the car up, its spring steel so it goes back OK. When refitting we put the bolts in the other way round. If they were really rusty, most were, we just burnt the bolts off. The gas axe would cope with anything.
Of course all this was after struggling to get the floor panel out.
Headlamps were very easy though!
Bad access was always a problem we had to cope with, like rear brake pads on all the Jags, we cut access panels in the boot floor. Did the same to fit clutch cables on later "sloper"Vauxhall Victors, cut the top of the bulkhead other wise it was a dashboard out job, about 7 hours!
And talking of clutch cables, I lost count of how many Avenger bulkheads we welded up after the cable had torn through it.
Don't mention replacing clutches in E type Jags, too painful. Or door hinge pins on Lotus Europas, I could weep just thinking about those.
Ah, the misspent youth in the motor trade.
Boater Sam.
