My next project "La Petite Chanteuse"

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Thank you Dan

I was introduced to the firm some years ago for the fuel tank in a Dodge Four speedster and at that time I was extremely pleased with the quality of their work. There are not all that many people who are prepared to do small one off jobs and to do them promptly, have pride in their work and yet do not charge over inflated prices. In some ways it seems a pity that it will be tucked away out of sight in the tail of the car.

Work on the Singer may have to slow somewhat over the coming months as I have to concentrate on preparing the 1934 Lagonda Rapier for our next (5 yearly, 3 months duration) visit to the UK and France. The car has to be ready to be shipped at the end of April. 

Bj.

10-12-2013

Completely on another tack I am looking for a Michelin 4.50 - 5.00 X 17 Comfort S tire as a spare for the Lagonda.

I have also placed a post on Buy & Sell. These tires are something quite different, while they are NOT a radial they are designed to run at a low pressure (20 psi) and you should not mix conventional cross ply tires with them on the same axle. I have four on the Lagonda but desperately need a fifth for a spare. This needs to have legal or near legal tread.

10-13-2013

Not much to look at but still a productive Sunday morning's work.

Bj

10-31-2013

Sorry but i have been devoting some time to other things.

The Singer is on the back burner for the time being. The Lagonda was restored in 1978 but it still scrubs up quite well for a car that is constantly in use.

Bj

11-3-2013

Thank You David

You are quite correct. I am currently having a big re-think about a number of things. Right now my first priority is to prepare the Lagonda for our visit to the UK and France early next year. It will be the cars 7th (5 yearly) trip to Europe and could well be my last. Once again we will be asking it to perform like a two year old despite its 80 summers. It will be our only transport and expected to do everything we ask of it on a daily basis for 3 months albeit a long long way from home. If you dig deep enough you will find my other advert on the Pre-war Car web site under Wanted where I am looking for a fifth Michelin 450-500 X 17 Super Comfort tire. The same as those seen in the photograph above

Bj.

It is seen here at last weekends RACV Motorclassica International Concours at Melbourne's historic Royal Exhibition Building. It was being shown in lieu of the 1923 Packard which had been sold a month or two earlier.

Thank you both David & John.

The Lagonda interior is finished and I think that it now looks even better than it did when the car was first restored in the 1970s. The little pleated "seat" in the rear is actually the lid of the battery box which can accommodate a small child sitting facing forward or an adult sitting sideways but only for very short journeys. I probably need to re-paint the Hood (top) bows and perhaps replace the umbrella but that dates from our first overseas trip with the car in 1984 for the car's 50th Birthday.

As you can see luggage space for three months holiday is strictly limited.

Bj