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by SMM139436
Tue Jul 01, 2014 11:32 am
Forum: Series MM Register
Topic: Sump removal - 918 side valve
Replies: 13
Views: 3872

Re: Sump removal - 918 side valve

I must admit that I made exactly the same mistake :oops:

And didn't sound very nice when I started the engine the first time..... :D
by SMM139436
Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:11 pm
Forum: Series MM Register
Topic: Sump removal - 918 side valve
Replies: 13
Views: 3872

Re: Sump removal - 918 side valve

OK, thans you for that information.... And yes, you are right, I did cut the corkstrip....so I start over again :)
by SMM139436
Tue Jun 10, 2014 10:17 pm
Forum: Series MM Register
Topic: Sump removal - 918 side valve
Replies: 13
Views: 3872

Re: Sump removal - 918 side valve

Hello,


'The trick is to get the sump back on without getting an oil drip'.'

You are completely right, I removed/replaced my sump, but now the oil is dripping....

So, I was wondering, what is the trick.....?


Michiel
by SMM139436
Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:07 pm
Forum: Restoration Projects
Topic: 1954 series 11 black 4 door
Replies: 262
Views: 164449

Re: 1954 series 11 black 4 door

very nice :D
by SMM139436
Tue Apr 23, 2013 7:32 pm
Forum: Restoration Projects
Topic: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...
Replies: 22
Views: 3444

Re: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...

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Original registration book. 8 april 1952.
by SMM139436
Tue Apr 23, 2013 7:28 pm
Forum: Restoration Projects
Topic: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...
Replies: 22
Views: 3444

Re: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...

Ready for some action, not knowing it would take almost 18 years before it came of the frame again... :o[frame]Image[/frame]
by SMM139436
Tue Apr 23, 2013 7:24 pm
Forum: Restoration Projects
Topic: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...
Replies: 22
Views: 3444

Re: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...

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The original engine.
by SMM139436
Tue Apr 23, 2013 7:23 pm
Forum: Restoration Projects
Topic: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...
Replies: 22
Views: 3444

Re: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...

1993 Bought the car in England and imported it to Holland. A brake not working properly, no remote brake fluid reservoir and some other small things not ok. After a week it was fixed and the car ( Herbie ), became a dutch licence plate; DH-75-53. We (me and my dad) drove the car for one year and th...
by SMM139436
Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:32 pm
Forum: Restoration Projects
Topic: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...
Replies: 22
Views: 3444

Re: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...

thank you :),

the frame made things a bit easier...... and it is simple and cheap to make
by SMM139436
Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:00 pm
Forum: Restoration Projects
Topic: Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...
Replies: 22
Views: 3444

Almost finished after 20 years, a 1952 4 door saloon...

Hello everybody, I bought the car, SMM 139436, in 1993, started the restoration a year later, and now, just 20 years later, its almost finished.... :D I will start with some random pictures and in the next few weeks/months/years I hope to post more photos, restoration 'text' and (still) a lot of que...