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What did you do with your A Series today?
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Author:  Nelsthebass [ February 2nd, 2017, 12:02 am ]
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TBH - its had slightly, around 50mm, lowered front suspension since I bought it 4/5 years ago, doesnt ground, handles fine, tracking is OK, and goes to Richard Dalton every year for MOT and never had this before....
Author:  chevrons2 [ February 2nd, 2017, 1:56 pm ]
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Nelsthebass wrote:
........slightly, around 50mm, lowered front suspension........

In that case, I'm surprised he noticed!
Author:  Ianredspecial [ February 2nd, 2017, 2:10 pm ]
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Me too, most people have no idea about the 2cv & they often need explaining at MOT don't they.
Author:  Jonathan [ February 4th, 2017, 1:05 am ]
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Deuche has been sat in the garage for over a week, due to work and bad weather. Today the weather was rather decent, so I decided to use it to commute* to work this morning. Couple of attempts resulted in a flat battery, so I used the Golf instead. On returning home this evening I hooked up the jump leads, started the 2CV, and shot off down to the ferry terminal and back. Was nice to see a degree of daylight still in the western sky at 5pm. Just a couple of weeks ago it was dark a little after 3pm! Give it another few weeks and I'll be able to spend some time on the Morris in the evenings. Still need to send off for a rebuild kit for the OM Series SU carburettor.

*I say 'commute' but it's only four miles away and I generally pass two cars and a Post Office van going the other way, so not much of a journey. :lol:
Author:  lpgo [ February 5th, 2017, 12:42 pm ]
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collected a free sofa for the livingroom
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Author:  Roger V [ February 5th, 2017, 12:46 pm ]
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:lol:
Author:  2cy [ February 13th, 2017, 1:24 pm ]
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not what I've done today, but this past week..

I've been replacing the steel rear wings on Sami, my Ami-S, with grp panels. The original (1974) panel although dented and with minor rust is perfectly restorable., but I didn't want to cut and shove it.. and yet I wanted to change the design slightly - to have a rear arch cutout, not dissimilar to that seen on the M35.

Not only do I feel this helps visually balance out the car a little better, but it should also help when changing the rear wheel.

Because the standard arches are so low and closely tucked under, this involves jacking the car wwaaayyy up in the air - until the wheel drops down sufficiently to get the dished wheel clear of the brake hub & its studs. And if you don't want to scratch all the paint off the inside of the wheel, then you have to crawl under the car to see what you are doing :o

The lack of lateral clearance means the Ami is even worse than either the 2cv or Dyane. And in the event of a roadside puncture (or in a field car-park as I had last year) where the ground is neither level nor firm - then jacking the car up so high is (imo) an unnecessary risk. So, it was either a case of making a removable spat, or a cut-out arch. Personally I prefer the M35 look.., which also happens to be the easier option ;)

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^ Sami ..as was. The original wheels had been rubbed down and repainted over the previous week.

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^ old grp wing acquired, trial fitted & marked, cutout shape defined and cut out. You can get an idea of how flat that panel was in way of the wheelarch out out. And it was like this before I cut it.

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^ first look ..am pleased :)

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^ most of the previous paint and filler removed (hand scraped as you can't use chemical or blasting with grp). Then I trial fitted the rear light, dug out air bubbles (..from crappy manufacturing quality), refined the panel to body fit, and assessed the general shape (grp panels have a habit of flattening out if not stored properly whilst fully curing). I then set about fitting a bowed batten to correct and hold the panel's shape. NB. The original steel panel has a similar reinforcement running parallel with it's bottom edge.

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^ batten bonded in place and glassed over. Also the panel's front edge return (the rear door shut) was extended inwards from being a meager 8-10mm to 25 - 30mm. And the panel fastening tab (which had been ripped off) was rebuilt.

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^ the curve (panel shape) now continues as a smoother line from rear door to the rear lamp. It was almost flat where the wheelarch now is (..even before I cut it).

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^ much better wheel removal clearance and line 8-) But the shadow lines (edges of the relief) had been rounded off too much (not by me !). Body workers with da in hand forget the fibreglass is not steel ! - it's only as hard as body filler., so the defined edges tend to get lost.

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^ panel shape / shadow lines being redefined (work in progress) before final finishing and paint. It's already much better shape than the original panel.., and so I'm hoping it'll look good when done.

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^ And of course while access was good - I repainted the inner wheel arch / body.

Author:  Roger V [ February 13th, 2017, 6:00 pm ]
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Looking good 2CY :)

Today, hopefully, I have cured a bad oil leak by changing the oil cooler seals.

ps

Thanks Roy @ Ecas for a brilliant postal service. :D
Author:  EirikJ [ February 13th, 2017, 10:58 pm ]
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Great work 2CY! I like the attention to details like the shape of the curve, and the work you put in to it.

I even think I like the look. Would be nice with a picture of the whole car from the side when work is finished.
Author:  2cy [ February 14th, 2017, 1:41 am ]
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Thank you Roger & Eirik for your kindly encouragement.

I'll do my best to provide a picture of the rear side quarter - once it's in white primer and with the rear lamp fitted ..later this week. ;)

Below is the front view taken on Friday. Those who know the Ami will immediately note that I've removed the (imo) ugly black rubber overriders and the excessively heavy (visually) number plate mounting.

I'm hoping to fit a period 'black on polished aluminium' number plate to the lower valance panel, but already it looks to me a very much lighter style.

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The rear bumper's rubber overriders have likewise also now been removed. These cars are really quite small., and so 'clutter' like that only detracts from an actually ..not so ugly duckling.

I would like to try a pair of clear/white front indicators, rather than the amber ones - If anyone happens to be kind enough to donate to the cause. The rear lights 'chrome' surrounds have also yellowed badly if anyone has some with shiny (silver coloured) chrome. ;)
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