Not exactly a n Elf/Hornet, but close

What a day. The car has finally touched the ground and rolls on it own wheels!!!!!







One happy bunny!!!

I'm almost emotional! Great stuff John!

Jase

Brilliant!!!

Way to go, KILLER!!

Nearly there with the model. The next update will be of the finished item.







I am sure SPARK Models will make a much better effort.

Anyhow, I am enjoying myself enormously making this one-off model.

I was making the chrome handles with wire and instead of looking at the photos of the car I have on the wall, I looked at the actual items sitting in my garage. Lovely!!!

both the model & the car both look excellent mate, congrats!!! can't wait to see it finished

Alex

Top marks on the model!

and even more on the real one!

Well, the 1:43rd scale model is finished. It took a while, but it was my first custom model of this size and at the same time I was restoring the real thing.

During assembly both the front pillars broke at the top and the bottom. Also the rear section between the rear seat and the wheel split on both sides, so basically the body at times was in 4 pieces.
The front Mini section was unfortunately joined at a slight upward angle and could not be rectified.
The dash was modeled by hand from epoxy putty. The speedo is actually a front headlight.
The roof lines were made from epoxy putty as well.Thin lines glued to the roof and then filed to shape.

there i only have one word for

NICE

hilbert

The car is now sanded with high number pads. Very soon it will be painted.

The body is very smooth now. I spent a good 10 minutes stroking her tight body.....

That model is amazing!

the real thing looks good too!

well done for saving a super rare ADO15

I hope it brings you as much joy as it has some of us seeing it

Big day today. I saw the car in colour. This is only the first coat which will be flattened before the 'real' paint. The boot, engine and interior are finished. I love it. It is a great colour, very 50's in my eyes, and it will look great with all the chrome bits and the light beige interior.

















I also polished the original 12 60 coil,





and painted the whitewall on the spare wheel. Looks pretty good for a 30 year old Yokohama cross-ply.

Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Thank you so much for doing a proper job of bringing this car back to life and for sharing it with us!

You've made a superb job, John. I so wish I could make it to Beaulieu to see it in the flesh. Maybe catch it some other time. Good luck with the finishing touches.
Kev

i like many others would love to see it in the flesh , are there any plans to bring it to uk?

Great result, congratulations !

The colour looks similar to Ice Blue (BU18), a 1964 Morris colour I found in an old Glasurit car colour catalogue I have. I painted one of my Mini's this colour. Difficult to see in pictures, but to give you an idea:

I never tire of reading this story, you deserve a medal.
There's just got to be a mass Elf and Hornet pilgrimage to see this little miracle.

Blue is extremely tricky to photograph, especially indoors and with a digital camera. i decide it was best to mach the colour with a colour scanner.

Cleaned up some of the electrical stuff.

Voltage Regulator 11 60





Dip switch 10 60







Flasher 7 60



Solenoid

Truly spectacular, thanks for sharing your restoration and a massive THANKS for saving a true motoring piece of history.
Best wishes John

Looking fabulous John Where did you get your White wall paint???

Jase

This is the stuff. Directly from Iceland, the country that is, not the supermarket.

http://www.therustshop.com/shop/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=99

http://www.mbzponton.org/valueadded/other/tirepaint.htm

fantastic job being done ,love the white wheels, keep up the good work joe

The engine was taken apart yesterday.



Two of the six springs were a little taller than the rest. Unfortunately they were placed on adjacent position and not opposite.



The bearing on the clutch cover was very wonky.







The clutch plate was oily on one side and dry on the other.





The flywheel had a small mark as if a small piece of metal shrapnel had been clamped on it.



The water pump was a disaster.





The gearbox looked all right from a first look...



... so did the head





Now there is a lot of cleaning and inspecting to do. My mechanic will make a list of all parts needed for the engine and gearbox.

Wiper motor cleaned, inspected and crackle painted.


















Resevoir..

Looking good. Just a thought but it might be worth, if you haven't already, changing the internals of the master cylinders. I didn't on mine and they lasted about a month :-)