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Thought it might be worth sharing some of the travails of the move. To catch those up who haven't seen it, Mrs. JP and I are retiring at the end of the year and have sold our house in Toronto and have bought in Prince Edward County - a little more than 2 hours east of here.
Prince Edward County or The County as it is known by is one of the more historical areas of the province having been an important aboriginal area (largly Mohawk) for centuries and then later United Empire Loyalists who fled the USofA during the American revolution. (You enter the county on the Loyalist Parkway and one of your first stops is Carrying Place - originally a portage now a canal for recreational craft. In the map the red destination dot covers the city of Belleville which is where I grew up and my brother lives just a couple miles up the road from our new place.
Now when I say new, I mean new to us, The main house was built c. 1850 by James Way Anderson who was
The house is on the historical register of the county. it also has a fabulous addition with a huge garage and shop and attic.
All of which brings us to today. Our current house closes July 31 and moving in day is Sept 1, so we will be homeless for a month. Not a huge deal but the Vauxhall need to go somewhere. The Midget comes with me and hopefully later this week I will take a van load of Austin 7 to the county to store somewhere as yet unknown. Mark (Abarth69) of this very forum has graciously agreed to let me park the Vauxhall in his garage for a month or so but, it will be so much better if the engine is installed. So, after about a decade this happened:
Followed shortly by this:
For the first time in a decade the engine isn't on the stand. (Note to self next time restore the engine last!) Got it on a cart and installed the flywheel, clutch and pressure plate. Tomorrow eve I will have an extra set of hands to do the transmission and the installation. Was inordinately proud of the fact that I was able to go right to the box and find the zip lock bags with the bolts including a locating pin that I have been wondering about for at least 5 years. Only slight problem is that I got it all buttoned up, looked at the transmission and instantly realized the clutch plate is wrong. It doesn't match the slots on the main shaft. So, tomorrow I will replace it with the original clutch which seems to have a fair bit of meat left on it.
will keep you posted.
Prince Edward County or The County as it is known by is one of the more historical areas of the province having been an important aboriginal area (largly Mohawk) for centuries and then later United Empire Loyalists who fled the USofA during the American revolution. (You enter the county on the Loyalist Parkway and one of your first stops is Carrying Place - originally a portage now a canal for recreational craft. In the map the red destination dot covers the city of Belleville which is where I grew up and my brother lives just a couple miles up the road from our new place.
Now when I say new, I mean new to us, The main house was built c. 1850 by James Way Anderson who was
The house is on the historical register of the county. it also has a fabulous addition with a huge garage and shop and attic.
All of which brings us to today. Our current house closes July 31 and moving in day is Sept 1, so we will be homeless for a month. Not a huge deal but the Vauxhall need to go somewhere. The Midget comes with me and hopefully later this week I will take a van load of Austin 7 to the county to store somewhere as yet unknown. Mark (Abarth69) of this very forum has graciously agreed to let me park the Vauxhall in his garage for a month or so but, it will be so much better if the engine is installed. So, after about a decade this happened:
Followed shortly by this:
For the first time in a decade the engine isn't on the stand. (Note to self next time restore the engine last!) Got it on a cart and installed the flywheel, clutch and pressure plate. Tomorrow eve I will have an extra set of hands to do the transmission and the installation. Was inordinately proud of the fact that I was able to go right to the box and find the zip lock bags with the bolts including a locating pin that I have been wondering about for at least 5 years. Only slight problem is that I got it all buttoned up, looked at the transmission and instantly realized the clutch plate is wrong. It doesn't match the slots on the main shaft. So, tomorrow I will replace it with the original clutch which seems to have a fair bit of meat left on it.
will keep you posted.
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