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For Sale! (Update, Sold, Sold, Sold, :))

By Charlville on July 31, 2015 • ( 0 )

Advertisements For Sale The old set of 39 – 42 backplates removed from the Model A this week! Click here to see listing Update 31/07/15 Managed to sell the old brake set up to a very nice man from Oxford,… Read More ›

The Front End!

By Charlville on July 15, 2015 • ( 0 )

Advertisements Now the A is at Simon’s we began by removing the front axle to facilitate the replacement of : Front Spring King Pins Front Brakes & Backing Plates (From 37 -41 to 46-48) Re-engineer front hydraulic brakes (terrible job… Read More ›

Building The Front Brakes

By Charlville on June 16, 2015 • ( 0 )

Advertisements Nice evening so I thought I’d test build the front brakes before fitting in July. No wheel cylinders as I’m hoping to use the relatively new ones that are on the existing back plates. It was a useful exercise… Read More ›

Back to the backing plates

By Charlville on April 10, 2015 • ( 0 )

Advertisements Whilst I’ve gone as far as I can on the oil pan until the next parts delivery I thought I’d do a little bit of work on the excellent set of backing plates I purchased from the States. The… Read More ›

The Backing Plates are Back

By Charlville on April 3, 2015 • ( 0 )

Advertisements Took a detour on the way back from Wheels Day to collect my rear brake backing plates from Austen Metcalf at Ozcraft in Bisley. Austen has done an excellent of reworking these later hydraulic brake backing plates to fit… Read More ›