English cars

We went to an English car show at Government House.

The red car is a Morris 8.

First car I owned! Not this one but the same. I bought it from the original owner an elderly Lady in Cordova Bay,She said it came out on the last ship from England before the war!

Being the fool that I am or was, I drove it hard but sold it to a fellow who restored it,some time about 1968. It was very nice,even when I finished with it!

Our Wives like the MG salooooon!

A beautiful Merc.

Had a visit from Al today.

He has had this Merc for years,definitely the nicest  I have ever seen!

Took a close up of the park lights,different from the 46 car lights,probably only for the Merc trucks.

Look at the fender trim! usually these are beat to death.

Here is how mine looks. A bit different!

Plugin holes

So Today I decided to fill the FORD holes.

I took my Whitney punch and used some of the scrap from the fender  that I put in the fuel filler cover and punched 8 slugs,7/16  and welded them in the holes.

A little grinding and some hammer work and a skim of bondo and Presto!

 Done!

Next Day

 So. Now they get a rub with 600 wet. And we will see how they look. Might need a second coat.

Fenders

Working on these fenders,Good metal!

Just finished the primer and wet sanding with 320 grit.

Next will be the lacquer. Black! Managed to get a gallon so will lay it on nice and thick. My fenders on the car are Black Lacquer and have seen about 35 years so it holds up well.

I have had these for years and decided to finish them off and will install this winter, would like to use original tail lite brackets "stands" and the early 28 AR style lights.

I will add the finished look in a few days.