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My BJ7 restoration photos

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John! Thats a bargain my surrond cost $250 to do. I think I will be /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/driving.gif down to see Vic.---Keoke /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
John, those chrome bits look fantastic! Super job , great price, and incredible time turn around!
Your zinc stuff looks outstanding as well!
We just got a ton of chrome stuff back and will have to take out a second mortgage!
Have to keep telling myself yes, this is worth it!
Great job, and very nice album!
Keep up the fine business!
cheers,
 
Hey, John, I'm not where I can check right now, but what does your car have for badges on the boot? Austin Healey in script badge plus the lightening slash? or , just the script piece?
Thanks!
 
Hi Peter,

It has both the Austin-Healey script badge and the 3000 lightning slash badge.

Cheers,
John
 
Thanks! (thought so, just had a random shadow of a doubt cross the window ! - about our car, not yours!)
Best
 
I finally got around to updating photos on my BJ7 restoration. The link has changed because I had to reconstruct the website due to a new computer and moving files around. The progress has been slow due to my workload but at least I have installed the front and rear suspension, most of the steering, windshield, brakelines, heater system and heatshields. Wiring harness is next on the list. Aiming for getting it on the road by June but it will be done when it's done. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif

https://www.loftusdesign.net/restorationweb/

Cheers,
John
 
John,
Enjoyed seeing the updated web site! the car is really coming along! I am nervous about the engine install into that beautifully painted shroud - ouch!, but that is how they did it on the assembly line, is it not? Keep up the good work.
Lin 1960 BT7 in restoration
1959 Bugeye
 
Thanks guys.

Lin, it WILL be nerve wracking to drop the motor in place but yes, it was done that way at the factory (and anytime someone pulls the motor for a mechanical reason). What really boogles my mind is the factory used just the two tiny rocker arm studs to lift the motor! I know it can be done but I'll feel safer attaching to larger studs.

Cheers,
John
 
I cheated when I installed my motor. With head removed, I bolted that tilt thingy to the block with 4 old head bolts. Then you can use the hoist to install the head. (we ainā€™t gettinā€™ any younger.) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
John, Well done, both my wife and I enjoyed going through the photos. Excellent work!
 
john loftus,you know i also own a 63 bj7,so im particularly interested in your progress,beautiful work!,love the color,jealous,jealous,jealous! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cryin.gif
 
Dar100 .. glad you and your wife liked the photos. I have hundreds more but would need a different website design to organize them. Perhaps after the restoration is over.

Anthony .. I'm jealous of you (and everyone else) who have been able to drive their cars over the last 3 1/2 years so we're even!

Greg .. you are cordially invited down to Laguna on motor installation day since I could use an experienced tilt operator. I keep a well stocked fridge .. Guiness and Bass of course.

Cheers,
John

p.s. restored the link to the previous address
https://www.loftusdesign.net/restorationweb/
 
Let me know, Iā€™ll be there. You should know I installed the engine and tranny separately. My tiny garage starts to slope down sharply right at the door. Had I tried installing both as a unit, well letā€™s just say the engine would have been in the street and a grown man on the sidewalk, crying.
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Greg,

Great .. I'll give you a call when it gets close. I have a vertically challenged garage (low ceiling) and will need to do some measuring to see if the motor/gearbox combo will clear or if installing seperately is necessary. I think Lin should come along too and make sure we don't touch the shroud and hum some Gregorian chants (hey you should know some of those /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif )

Cheers,
John
 
Looking great, John!
 
John,

I was most impressed by the sealing, or caulking, you personally did to the car. My firm inspects construction projects, we're pretty picky, and the care and effort you put into that one piece of work is indicative of a really high quality job!
 
John,
In looking at your images I noted that you had disassembled your rear leaf springs. I don't know if you are interested or not, but while I have not done it yet myself, I plan to put teflon tape between the leaves on my springs. Steve Gerow used tape from Annapolis Performance Sailing. Check out this URL: https://www.apsltd.com/Tree/d3000/e2146.asp The tape is called Dynaglide and comes in a 2" width. Seems like a good idea, although I have no first hand experience about results.

Maybe you should also line the edges of the shroud with the tape so that the engine just "slides" into the car!

Lin
1960 BT7 in restoration
1959 Bugeye
 
Hi John,

Good job on the new web presentation.

The only "trouble" I see is that if people don't fully read the captions,
they might think that you are older, rotund, balding, panel beater,
even though some of us know better.

Tim
 
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