Austin Healy 1955 '100 BN1
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| This healey came to us in desperate need of a complete restoration | Side view of the white over green 2 tone colour with green interior | The owner wants an all alloy body for his 100 BN1, inc doors, bonnet, front and rear guards etc... |
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| View of the engine bay |
Parts removed, ready for
front end to come off
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Rear end also off the car and rear end shroud sent away to get alkaline dipped |
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Front end off the car and
the front end shroud set away to get alkaline dipped
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Front end after coming back from the dippers | The only steel external panel component of the car also came back from the alkaline dippers, ready for epoxy primer |
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| Rear end after coming back from the dippers |
Welded new inner
structural panel in place
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Checking and doing some work on the gaps |
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| Welding fabricated panels on the front shroud clip with the TIG | Front end shroud clip going through the process of getting file finished |
welding fabricated panels
on front end shroud
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| front end being file finished and repaired after all fabricated panels welded in place |
repaired and file
finished left side aluminium front guard, as they are all new panels
from the UK as there are alot of imperfections that cant be left
unattended to
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trial fitting bonnet and checking bonnet gaps, as the new bonnet needs alot of modifying and adjustment |
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| modifying and adjustment was needed on bonnet to get it perfect |
trial fitting bonnet
again after modifying bonnet which had alot of things wrong with it,
that is why we removed bonnet frame from skin to do the work
efficiently, now its perfect
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trial fitting boot lid with locks and at same time repair and file finished small dents and damage, as this is the only steel body part on this car everything else is alloy |
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| rear end epoxy primer inside and out after being file finished | blocking process completed now we can remove bonnet |
inside guards
stoneguarded and painted now ready to fit on car to paint external
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| Inside doors painted in old english white | Inside front end and rear end painted |
inside front end painted
in british racing green, now ready to fit on body, to then paint on
external
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| working on the engine on the engine stand | the engine and gearbox restored, put on the dyno and ready to fit in car |
engine back in car after
doing all the engine work, with the front end off the car it was a
good opportunity to fit engine now
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| freshly painted in the 2 tone colours |
out of the spray booth
ready to be fitted up
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doors painted |
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bonnet and painted
painted in old english white
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assembly taking place | assembly almost complete |
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another view of the
finished product with soft top up
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front view of car ready to go | rear shot of the 1955 BN1 |
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our client just sitting
in the car ready to drive his restored BN1 and putting the soft top
down to enjoy the sunny weather
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