Early Works Type 850 vs BMW's finest

[SteveG]

Great car. What's the switch for next to the smiths duel gauge ?

[rich@minispares.com]

Great looking beast!

[Works AOG 850]

Hi Steve its not a switch its half an eyebrow p light fitted around the 1 o clock position . All 4 p lights on the early works 850 dash were operated by a rheostat . Hope you are making good progress with your project.
Richard

[Sergio37]

Wow , what a car!!!!! its like a museum on tyres!!!!

[davidscothorn]

Stunning!
Makes a change from red and white.
Any chance of a full frontal dashboard photo?

Is this the only one?
Are there other 850's out there?

[Works AOG 850]

Hi David , hopefully in the next few weeks I will post some pics of the dash up for you , your other two questions I honestly don't know . I have researched extensively the works 850s myself, and a couple of questions I did ask some prominent people who either worked at Abingdon or knew someone who did couldn't give me any answers, unfortunately the 850s are not as well documented as the later cars so perhaps this has put people off replicating one ,I have had a few people contact me since I put my car out there so to speak who are now going to build a works 850 replica for themselves which can only be a good thing , so as far as I am aware mine is the only one at the moment.
Richard

[graham in aus]

Is this the only one?
Are there other 850's out there?

Thread revival! viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2996

I see Works AOG 850 posted way back then.....

I'll try to find some more pics of 400CAB !

[Works AOG 850]

Here are some up to date full dash pictures as requested plus some other recently taken pictures.

[Works AOG 850]

continued.

[spoon.450]

That does look great

[Works AOG 850]

Thanks Dave , it was good to see you at Blyton this year, I enjoyed our little chat about works cars, all the best Richard

[SMOKE GREY]

Love it!

[Chris64]

Yep perfect! What a lovely car!

[Works AOG 850]

With Blyton in mind I thought I ought to get the car out of hibernation today, I've been looking for some seats that are in better condition than my originals but have been unable to find any so over the last few days Nina has managed to refurbish the old ones to hopefully last a bit longer and I must say she has done a better job than I could have. I've also done quite a bit of work on the car in the last 18 months having found more period photos of the works 850's.

[SMOKE GREY]

Love it!

[Minigman]

That’s a great car. One of my favourites from Blyton last year!

[Works AOG 850]

For a couple of years now a few mates have been taking the p*** regarding the door numbers not being the correct font for 1959/61 so this weekend I decided to do something about it the 5 is the most awkward number to replicate but it's done now. Also, been looking for a period petrol filler cap I managed to find one a couple of weeks ago I also fitted the door cards at last and while doing these few jobs I noticed my tyres are looking a bit iffy so it looks like another £400 down the swanny!!

[AndyPen]

This is a stunning example of a period car, just wonderful

[miniminor]

Beautiful!
Excuse my ignorance but what is the fitting on the NSR wheel?

[smithyrc30]

Beautiful!
Excuse my ignorance but what is the fitting on the NSR wheel?

Halda drive for the trip distance meter.

As the normal drive is from the front wheels, whenever they spin the distance recorded will be inaccurate. Over the course of a rally this can account for incorrect recorded distance and hence penalty points.

Hence taking a distance drive from a none driven wheel.