Notchback Restoration

[Hendrik Moulds]

Hi Gary,

There's been a bit of progress, although it has slowed down a bit over the last month.
The correct bump stops have been put in place, of course the metal behind needed work as well. Also the seat mountings are in place on the new floor now.

Drivers side finished.


Passengers side yet to be finished. Is done now.


Seat mounts in place.




Small repair to the (original) passenger door.


The structural work is done at last!
The drivers door now needs to be reshaped as a cabriolet one and then we are moving round to the back to sort out the outer skin and replace one of the engine trays.

[Hendrik Moulds]

Haven't posted for a while, but a bit of work has been done even so.

Cut out some of the bad metal from below the passenger rear quarterlight.





I bought some "new" seat hinges as mine are pretty bad. Thanks to Paul @PR Services for sourcing these!





Work around the drivers B post is now finished.

[Hendrik Moulds]

The notchback is now back on the go. Had a problem with the rear screen as the rear pillars had been cut and not put back correctly. We have also beefed up the inside edge for the screen as it wasnt very good there either.
That always the problem with projects, you end up sorting other people's butchery!

[Hendrik Moulds]

I hadn't realised that it had been so long since I posted about the resto.
Even so it has been progressing slowly.

Drivers door has now been repaired.







A lot of lead work has been done around the doors, B post and rear wing.







Also replaced a panel inside the engine bay due to a lot of pinholes and made a lot of repairs in the engine bay.



Before new panel:


And after:


So the car now looks like this:



Compared to this at the beginning:



(Spot the difference!)

Next job will see the major change when the notch gets it's nose back.

[Hendrik Moulds]

Although it has been 4 months since I last posted, progress is still being made even if it is slow.
Repairs to the battery box have been made as well as the inner front panel and now the nose is on! Finally!!!
We have also made repairs to the edging where the wing attaches to the body as it was all perforated and then the wings can be attached.

Front closing panels are now fitted as well.

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Testing how the wing will fit.

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[Mike Smith]

Ten out of Ten for `Percy Vearance`

[Hendrik Moulds]

It's nearly a year since I last posted, but after having to slow down the restoration a bit over the winter (something to do with a divorce), we are back to making progress and working on the front of the car.





Bonnet gap looks pretty fantastic (IMHO) and this is BEFORE any filler has been added. In fact there will be almost no filler on the car as it is being leaded just as it would have been originally.

Also, under the bonnet is now solid with all holes that shouldn't be there repaired or filled in.

The indicators don't line up properly so this is the next job. I assume they should line up with the headlight bolts? Then we will test fit the windscreen, I hope it is easier than the rear window which took hours and hours to get right.

[Bootsy]

having to slow down the restoration a bit over the winter (something to do with a divorce)

Those divorce things have a habit of doing that - hope there's light at the end of the tunnel.

Car is looking great.

[Mike Smith]

Blimey Hendrik - you will be at Hedingham with it

[Hendrik Moulds]

having to slow down the restoration a bit over the winter (something to do with a divorce)

Those divorce things have a habit of doing that - hope there's light at the end of the tunnel.

Car is looking great.

Thanks.
Yes, all been done and finished for a few months now.

[Hendrik Moulds]

Blimey Hendrik - you will be at Hedingham with it

In 2020. Still got the back end to do and then there's the small matter of putting it back together....

[Bootsy]

having to slow down the restoration a bit over the winter (something to do with a divorce)

Those divorce things have a habit of doing that - hope there's light at the end of the tunnel.

Car is looking great.

Thanks.
Yes, all been done and finished for a few months now.

Never easy - onwards and upwards my friend.

[neilbardsley]

having to slow down the restoration a bit over the winter (something to do with a divorce)

Those divorce things have a habit of doing that - hope there's light at the end of the tunnel.

Car is looking great.

Thanks.
Yes, all been done and finished for a few months now.

Sorry to hear about your divorce. Now, years later, I can say it was one of the best things that happened to me. Not that I thought that at the time!

[Hendrik Moulds]

It's been a long time since I've posted about the car but a lot of work has been done in the meantime.
The rear of the car had holes and had been bashed about a lot so has needed a lot of reshaping to get it right. Also the engine lid I had sourced was battered beyond belief so I had to try and find another one. Thanks to Jon Devreaux who sold me another one after extensively searching here and in the US (try finding a single grill cabriolet lid for any money). As the new lid had part of the frame missing we have made a good complete one from the two. Will probably add the old one to my "wall art".



Also we found that the bumper to body fit was pretty bad so have had to do a fair amount of bullying to get a good fit.




The original seem weld from the factory had lots of holes and had been botched so needed sorting.



Lately the pedal assembly has been test fitted. As anyone who has been here will know, it is crucial to get this right before putting the car back together. Nearly there with that though and then it will be on to the front screen, which is a problem as the roof is distorted and has meant that while test fitting the screen that came with the car it cracked . So a new one has been purchased from PR Services.

[hot66]

I was wondering how the notch was coming along Hendrik Metalwork is looking fab