New 145 Restoration Project Of 'Margo'

[Steve 940]

Used wiper motor on its way, chap didn’t like my offer of £30, but countered with £32.50 so Bobs your proverbial. We shall see if it works😀

Cheers
Steve

[Burdekin]

Originally Posted by Steve 940

Yes, I almost got carried away, dash switches were very tempting especially if some ham fisted oaf manages to mangle things when taking apart.

Favourite phrase, ‘it’ll come in handy someday” I’ve just finished clearing all the crap and detritus out of the garage that I’d collected over the years ‘just in case’,😀😀

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Steve

140 parts especially decent stuff is very hard to come by in the UK. You just need to get that balance of buying what you need rather than may want. Can you post up a photo of your rear bumper and brackets? I have a NOS rear bumper with rubber that was supposed to be for a 142 but isn't so wondering if it's for a 145. I can't remember what was different.

[Steve 940]

Originally Posted by Burdekin

140 parts especially decent stuff is very hard to come by in the UK. You just need to get that balance of buying what you need rather than may want. Can you post up a photo of your rear bumper and brackets? I have a NOS rear bumper with rubber that was supposed to be for a 142 but isn't so wondering if it's for a 145. I can't remember what was different.

Hi Mitch,

Yes, I’m hoping to get it out of the barn tomorrow to get photos of the ‘grotty’ bits, so I’ll try to remember to get a rear bumper and brackets photo also.

Cheers
Steve

[142 Guy]

Originally Posted by Burdekin

140 parts especially decent stuff is very hard to come by in the UK. You just need to get that balance of buying what you need rather than may want. Can you post up a photo of your rear bumper and brackets? I have a NOS rear bumper with rubber that was supposed to be for a 142 but isn't so wondering if it's for a 145. I can't remember what was different.

For what it is worth, the 140 parts manual says that on the up to 1972 140 models, the bumper and the rubber molding are the same for the 142, 144 and 145.

VP Autoparts does sell a reproduction up to 1972 bumper in stainless steel complete with moulding for a rather stiff price
https://vp-autoparts.com/en/artiklar...trim-rear.html

For 1973 there was a one-off bumper. The North American market cars received the big bumper / basher things. Parts of the rest of the world (Oz and the Asian countries for sure) got a bumper that was bigger than the early bumper; but, not as big as the US market bumper. I seem to recall that this bumper had a groove in the rubber molding. Perhaps you got this one-off bumper and moulding?
https://vp-autoparts.com/en/artiklar...973/index.html

[Steve 940]

Originally Posted by Steve 940

Hi Mitch,

Yes, I’m hoping to get it out of the barn tomorrow to get photos of the ‘grotty’ bits, so I’ll try to remember to get a rear bumper and brackets photo also.

Cheers
Steve

Apologies Mitch, but I’m unfortunately not going to be able to get the the barn this weekend as planned.

Simple days job to replace timber barge boards on the house today with UPVC has turned into a bit of an unexpected marathon, got up there and damned sparrows have been up there having a party, and created 4 fist sized holes in the roofing membrane. One of the joys of a period property where the tiles don’t exactly fit 100%

Will get them as soon as I can, hopefully 142 Guys input helped.

Cheers
Steve

[ITSv40]

Old houses, old cars and new girlfriends are all the same - they all need constant attention.

Ours is 1677 and when I built the new wing 20 years ago and refurbed the existing, I thought that would be good for a long time. How wrong was I, there is always something that needs doing.

[Steve 940]

Originally Posted by ITSv40

Old houses, old cars and new girlfriends are all the same - they all need constant attention.

Ours is 1677 and when I built the new wing 20 years ago and refurbed the existing, I thought that would be good for a long time. How wrong was I, there is always something that needs doing.

Oh how so true ITSv40, after being here 34 years I should have known better, a days job always turns into a week or more, even though the roof was completely redone when we converted our loft and done a complete refurb in 2020.

Bit of a worry when you start planning jobs that you hope will see you out of this world though 😀😀

Cheers
Steve

[Moomoo]

Originally Posted by Steve 940

Oh how so true ITSv40, after being here 34 years I should have known better, a days job always turns into a week or more, even though the roof was completely redone when we converted our loft and done a complete refurb in 2020.

Bit of a worry when you start planning jobs that you hope will see you out of this world though 😀😀

Cheers
Steve

My brother says he checks the ISMO number on new purchases and jobs!

ISMO……….It’ll See Me Out! Cheerful!😁

[Burdekin]

I got the bumper out as it was easy to get to, the new rubber is tucked away so didn't try and get it. The issue is the NOS bumper has just a single row of holes for mounting the rubber but the rubbers have a double row. I need to have a look at my old bumper but I don't think I will bother changing it at this stage.

[Steve 940]

Well that was a nice surprise, bought on 23rd, and new V5 dropped through the door Thurs 26th😀

Cheers
Steve