S1 Rebuild(s)

[Dave Adams]

some pics of the rebuild process,

the top trailing arm bracket is broke......

the diff is sloping back a little (looking up) so that will need sorting.......

As you can see there isn't a lot of bracing in an S1 chassis, that will be sorted.

[Dave Adams]

Paint......a bit of a pain to apply.

[1xf87h8w80hlh]

just done carpet in my car you will have to have a test run up to my house and check it out yours is looking smart looking forwerd to seeing it

[Dave Adams]

Had thought to do just that Danny. and Mike in scunny, if i get it mot‘d this weekend or its mot and down to newark next saturday.

[28ullkq4hau58]

has it passed,,, yet ,,,,

[Dave Adams]

Had to work yesterday and also could not get car booked in for MOT.....bummer.

There has also been a slight hiccup finishing my car off yesterday afternoon, i thought that my steering column was positioned to miss my exhaust....I thought it was (it was ok recently) however on changing the "U" clamps on the column it no longer would clear the exhaust so some "fettling" was required. got a few odd little jobs to do on it and its done. I hope.

[Dave Adams]

Its ready for its mot......what a pain today has been. because i have lowered my seats in the car the seat belt mounting bolts were lifting the seat base up. so some "mods" to the seat base were required. i have found so many odds and ends to sort it has been doing my head in. also fitted the doors and roof.....the doors do not fit the same as they did. the passenger door fits better now than it did the drivers is nothing like as good and some hours of fettling has not made it significantly better. And i still have finishing jobs to do but not tonight i have had enough, 12 hours today...

[Dave Adams]

Well my car passed its MOT first time after its rebuild, 0900 16-6-12.... 2 days short of 6 months. Almost exactly double the time it took to put it together the first time when i bought it 4 years ago as an abandoned project. But i have modified almost everything. The car is much tauter to drive and the "nervous" handling is gone. It also felt very secure on the roads and corners, even in the wet. The car still feels stiffly sprung but much more compliant and comfortable, the new rear 120lb/in springs seem about perfect.

So far i am very happy with the rebuild, only a few niggles to sort.

P.S. the hand brake on my car has always been marginal, the work i have done to it to get the cables in a smooth run has paid off the hand brake now locks the wheels on the MOT rolling road, something that it didn't do with the foot brake.

[Big Vern]

:-)

[Dave Price]

Great, fantastic getting the MOT.  Nice one.  The hard work  is done, time to enjoy the car.

[Dave Adams]

The pedal box is not as nice to use as i hoped....the spacing is good but the pedals are too low (didn't think about that) but if i shorten the pedals they become harder to press (the brakes will be particularly affected) i can live with it but some effort is going to be put into making a new floor mounted pedal box.

[Big Vern]

Ahh the pedals - the bain of most Dutton owners, unless you have small feet and short legs and can operate the pedals without your heels touching the floor then they're always trouble. and usually have a steering column ghetting in the way as well :-l

[Paul Sheridan]

A floor mounted box is more suited to a car like the Phaeton. A couple of points to think about when making it, as the pedal action is totally different from the normal pendulam box, ........   1,  the heel of the foot stays on the floor when depressing the pedal, so pedal height is all important.    2,  make the pedal pads adjustable to give you some fine tuning ( important when sitting on cushions as we do )  

Another point, when I made my one, I set the pad height to be at the center of the ball of the foot, but did not take into account the 25mm box section it was sitting on top of when fitted ...... Hmmm  so I have had to put a small floor plate in as well.