Cars that have seen the inside of Dave's workshop this month - July 2008
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1937 Ford YBelongs to what must be our nuttiest customer! Although this should go in the rolling road section as it only came in for the carburettors to be set up .I thought it deserved its own write up. In our customer’s own words “if you can’t beat’em - make’em laugh! Cost £25.00 was a chicken house on Exmoor in the 1960’s.Previous owner paid £10.00 |
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1967 Triumph TR4 A Brought in for poor starting.and Engine tune Repair operations New points, condenser and ignition coil fitted |
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1974 Jaguar Etype V12 Manual Roadster Brought in for the Exhaust manifold gaskets and clutch slave cylinder to be replaced. |
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Peugeot 106 Rally Car Owned by James Alexander Repair operations |
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| 1967 Riley Kestrel 1300cc Used as an every day car, Dave has finally got me to take her off the road to give her a full service. New CV boots and a steering coupling have also been fitted so it is looking like she will be costing more to run this year! |
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1967? Volkswagon Fastback We see this well looked after car every year for an engine tune, |
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1988 Guy Salmon Jubilee Special Only 25 cars made.
Brought in for a service, new radiator and exhaust and cam cover gaskets This car is for sale for further information, please contact me via email or telephone and I can forward your details on to our customer |
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1998 Ford Puma Rally Car Converted by our workshop in 2004 for endurance rallying Brought in for mechanical repairs Repair operations |
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Jaguar XK120 Brought in with starting problems, fuel pump and horn not working. |
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1966 MGB GT Brought in to fit a LT lead and Mot Repair Operations |
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Jaguar XK120C Brought in for cam timing to be adjusted |
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RallyTech Motorsport Spanner Checked for:- On the 19/20th July the North Devon Motor Club held around of the MSA National Autocross (also around of the ASWMC and ACSMC Championship) at Sugworthy High Bickington.A very popular event back in the 70’s and 80’s for drivers and spectators, it was brought back again this year thanks to a few dedicated members of the NDMC. Dave and Jumbo both entered the Escort KHV154W and Robert my 18year old on his first event as a non junior entered with his own Vauxhall Nova . With Dave and Jumbo you couldn’t keep the smile off their faces all day, but not such a good one for Rob as he managed to do the only roll over of the weekend! Unhurt because of the roll cage and safety rules and regulations but a good lesson for him to learn how easy it could happen on the road in everyday driving, The following weekend on Sunday July 27th at the Sweet Lamb Complex the Rallytech Motorsport team were again competing in the Bill Gwynne Rallyschool and Motorsport Coracle Stages. Jumbo and Ian in KHV154W and Paul and Andy in Pauls MK2 GSJ116V Jumbo won his class and came 14 overall and Paul was heading for 2nd in class but on the last stage the half shaft broke. That’s Motorsport for you! |
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1930 Lea Francis Power Run came out at 95 Bhp at the flywheel. We think that this is pretty much standard as nothing was ever recorded for these engines when they were new! |
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1973 MK 1 Ford Escort Historic Rally Car Rolling Road Tune |
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1963 Triumph TR4 Brought in for the front suspension to be sorted |
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Every Day Driving!
At present we own 3 classic cars .A 1967 Riley Kestrel that we use every day, a 1971 Hillman Hunter for Historic Rallying! And a Morris 1100.I will try to feature regular reports on our cars, which I hope you will find interesting!
IF you own a classic or Rally Car It would be great to hear from you. I would like to feature your reports, about using your car for what they are designed for --- every day driving! Email them to Caroline@baskervilleautoservices.eclipse.co.uk or send them by post to
Dave Baskerville Auto Services Ltd
Bickington.
Barnstaple
Devon
EX31 2JG
The Life Of Riley
Riley Kestrel - JTA 638E
We are members of the 1100 club and we featured her in an issue last year. (See link). Since this report, despite doing another 6.000 miles, she still hasn’t had a major service and the Carburettors still need over hauling. She has been just too reliable to take off the road. (Total cost of running expenses for her last year apart from the petrol was £96.00) Talk about cheap motoring!
When we bought her we always intended to restore her, sadly now although the mechanical side of her is good, her bodywork has suffered over the last winter and we have decided that it will now not be viable to restore despite her rareity’. We shall keep using her until the Mot runs out at the end of the year and in the meantime look for something similar.
It will be interesting to see how many more miles she will go on the same points, condenser etc when the service book says they should be changed every 3.000miles!
The decision to find another similar car, is how we came upon the Morris 1100. We had seen Flo as she is known as, being driven around in Barnstaple and was surprised to see her on Ebay. Although we had never seen her up close, we thought she was in better condition than our Riley. Wrong! Disappointed when we bought her, she is now only suitable for spares.or repair.
A couple of weeks after taking purchase of poor Flo, we were passing another local garage and on their forecourt was an Austin! We couldn’t get close enough to find out more, so I cheekily rang the owner who we knew well, to find out more details and if she was for sale.
It turned out to be a British racing green Austin 1300 with one owner from new and 26,000 miles on the clock and yes she was for sale. Then came the bad bit. She was automatic and it needed new front wings, which the owner had and would include in the price. No harm in looking we decided to pop over and have a look.and were were glad we did. She is the most solid car that we have seen, never been welded, all the floor pans are like new, and every usual place that they are known for problems i.e. the trumpets door sills are solid .The only puzzle is why the wings and the front section by the lights are shot!
Why is it that the most boring cars are usually in the best condition?
We went away to discuss what we were going to do, didn’t take long to make up our minds and we have now made a gentleman’s agreement to buy the car.
Now to get you totally confused with our plans. The Riley Kestrel has a lot of new parts, she also has a 1300 engine even though her log book states she was an 1100.We are now going to take these out of the Riley and put the engine from poor Flo back into the Riley and then sell her to someone who has the time to restore her, or alternatively sell her off for spares. The seats from Flo are better and we will replace these into the Austin 1300 along with my engine and gearbox from the Riley.We are still to make a decision on the colour. We are not sure whether to keep her the same or change.
We will then keep this car for weekend driving and special occasions. In the meantime I am still looking out for another that will be drivable but not in concourse condition to use everyday for myself and the Dogs!
