Mon.22.05.06. I have been dispatched to Life’s Motors in Southport to buy a damaged Morgan screen and a pair of tilting screen supports. John, again, was extremely helpful offering to search out any other used or slightly damaged Morgan items that, potentially, could be of use to us. The screen was £50.00 (over £500 new) and the supports £60.00 (£200.00 per pair new).
Arriving back at Westmead Chris and Colin had finished the engine panels and were in the process of studying the scuttle top and how best to attach the screen brackets. Although the glass was broken in the screen it is still handsome piece of kit. The composition is chrome on brass but having a gently curving base with a much straighter top profile. The solid stainless steel brackets, which allow the screen to tilt and fold flat, are again of terrific quality, therefore adding another dimension to the vehicle. It wasn’t too long before a problem had emerged; the Morgan screen being slightly smaller, taller and incorporating an integrated concave base. These differences from the Burlington screen can be overcome by altering the scuttle top.
This will be more work for Colin but it is absolutely necessary if the screen is to ‘work’ with the vehicle. When I returned from an afternoon of delivering cars the modification was underway the screen having been already tested on the scuttle top. Apparently, the screen will be another super addition to the flowing lines of the car, mitigating the effort as well as the meagre cost.
This will be more work for Colin but it is absolutely necessary if the screen is to ‘work’ with the vehicle. When I returned from an afternoon of delivering cars the modification was underway the screen having been already tested on the scuttle top. Apparently, the screen will be another super addition to the flowing lines of the car, mitigating the effort as well as the meagre cost.
We finished the day attempting to formulate a ‘stock-plan’ regarding the mechanical components of the car. Some can be salvaged but many are destined for the scrap heap. The recovered items must be cleaned and polished as if new and ‘out of the box’ fresh. The missing items must be sourced then subsequently purchased. Rimmer Brothers, at the moment are odds on favourite to land the hefty contract; having not heard a peep from the sheepdips of Whittle-le-Woods who, by now, are hurtling head long for the fuck off bin. I also need to contact Richard, of pin striped suit fame, in Sheffield, for a new engine and box.
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