So, having paid a visit to Chris Spennewyn's workshop on Saturday ahead of Beaulieu the Traveller is coming along well. The wood is on and rubbed down ready for varnishing, the engine and gearbox are in - and the engine is running. Brakes and suspension are fitted - but not the servo yet. Still lots to do but hopefully we should get the car on its wheels and running this week.
Still to do this week: fit the new Dunlop tyres to the new Mini Spares Rosepetals; fit the petrol tank (I'm unhappy with the fixing kits that are available - the selftapping screws are considerably smaller than the originals - something that could have disastrous consequences with a full tank of petrol!); headlamps, rear lights, indicators, grille moustage etc on; windscreen fitted; remainder of load floor fitted and more of the interior trim. Hopefully the doors and bonnet will have been sprayed and polished (We've put this off because they are hard to store once painted).
The spec remains: 1275 S thin flange block engine with 163 Head; 1128 all synchro gearbox; 7.5 Cooper S brakes with servo. In terms of period extras: Styla flow-line bullet mirrors, Rosepetals, Formula wood-rim wheel, Lucas 608 dipping mirror, microcell recliners (trimmed in powder blue / gold brocade with rear seat to match), Dulles Dash with Smiths full scale oil and temp guages and 10,000 rpm positive earth rev counter, flip top arm rest (trimmed in powder blue)with casco cigarette lighter. I've decided not to fit a Benelite grille and two 576 foglights - too much with the wood, wheels, mirrors and colour!
My favorite colour by far.
! Worth a look anyway.
