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Originally Posted by rr_zen Congrats buddy on embarking on this exciting restoration project. What is your estimate for this exercise ? Looks like she has been put in cold storage for long. Does the engine have any life in it ? How bad or good a shape do you think it is in ? |
Thanks! Estimate is yet to be given by the garage people.
As for you question regarding the engine, it is remarkably in good shape still, having fired up almost instantly, when my mechanic tried it while checking out the car! I got to see it when it fired up for the 2nd time, after I bought it. Here's a video I even took of it then, just put up on youtube mainly to answer your query!
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Originally Posted by SuperSelect At last.. StanHer on a StanHer ! This is going to be a thread to watch.
She's looking sweet MachA ! Keep up the work, and keep posting..
Let's have some 'teaser' shots to give paint shade hints etc.. |
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Originally Posted by IndrojitSircar Congrats shyam on your next project.Now i hope you will first finish the vauxhall first before you start on this one.
I agree with that.I think you should go work a dark green or a red. |
Thanks ravi! I expected you to check out this thread...hehe!
Paint shade not yet decided. I would be showing the paint shades used on mid 60s Heralds to jai (I let him have the car on the condition that it be painted only in the OHH REE GEE NAL period colours!) and expect me to let me know his choice, but he said I could otherwise decide for him too if I feel it fit.
Indrojit- As I mentioned in the Vauxhall thread, that car had to be put on hold (as far as bodywork is concerned) momentarily to give priority to this one, as it has been delayed considerably as it is.
Reg. colours, red would look better than anything on a Herald, but then this car has red upholstery, so am thinking a Phantom Grey, also a popular colour on Heralds back in the day. Hardly any to be seen in that colour now. Here is this ex-Dharampur Herald in said colour:
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/1637753-post101.html Pavan- Um, it is NOT my StanHer, as I mentioned in the first post.
But needless to say, still gives me sheer joy to work on!
Anyways, continuing on the story, once I had my known garage guys finally agree on taking up this car, I had the mechanic get her cleaned up and running to be driven down. So here we were last weekend, preparing the car for it. The carb. was already cleaned up, 2 of the brakes were already working, the distributor got new points and condensor and she was ready.....or so I reckoned!
Finally after a bit of delay, my man was ready to drive her down on wednesday, and man I must admit, even though I wasn't in the car with him but following on my activa (mainly because I could then go fetch some help quickly in case, and also because it was difficult for me to get back home, being on the outskirts of the city), that the Herald is one car that I always relish watching run on the road, and I did, especially on the highway! Those tail-fins, the peppy exhaust note, the low-slung design......!
How I wish I did take to driving her around atleast once before bringing down to the garage though! 'been so long since I've driven a Herald! :sigh:
The car seemed to co-operate quite well with the distance, the only challenge (apart from the horn being absent) being that after 3-4 km mid-way, the gearbox developed some problem on engaging in 3rd or 4th gear, having the car stall. My mech. concluded the clutch plate has ended it's life, but the exact problem would be known on opening the gearbox. I still preferred it to be driven rather than towed because of the damage already done to the front bumper by repeated towing!
It was nevertheless quite a sight with people staring at her all the way!
'took us more than 2 hrs to finally get it down to the garage, where the garage owner has already begun to work on her, stripping out the interior, with a water-servicing to follow.
For a car in this state, the flooring seems surprisingly intact, but for the LH front footwell that has rusted through.
Further updates as work progresses.