Comprehensive
Restoration of a Standard Pennant in India
The finished item Karl
Bhote has sent me information about this Pennant restoration in India.
Rarely does a Standard get this thorough treatment and rarely do we
have the privilege to see this level of detail, which seems to have
been photographed on a daily basis.: The
subject matter seems to be pretty solid, if more than a little tired.
You can click on any of the thumbnails to see enlargements
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of course, considerable areas seem to have been found that
require huge patch repairs, an example of which is shown in the
right hand photo. |
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However, this seems
relatively minor compared to the metalwork required in the floor,
sills and doors, as shown by the following photos:
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Left: a whole
new half floor has been let into the car
Right - welding
in repair sections around the rear wing |
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A complete
offside sill fabricated and fitted! |
Underbody
repairs completed |
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repairing a
rear door outer |
fabricating a
door bottom |
the repair
panel welded into the door |
The remainder
of these photos show the bodywork painting and reassembly of
the mechanical components:
I am indebted to "Calrock"
who took these high quality digital photos of his father's car as it
was being worked on. The astonishing skills of everyone involved at
Thrush Racing Works, Mangalore should be acknowledged. What a superb
piece of work! I
am also grateful to Team-BHP forum from where these photos come. If
you want to see more of them, please go to http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/post-1950/63912-standard-10-restoration.html
and be sure to continue through all the pages. Phil
Homer
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