Squire's voitures

[LynehamHerc]

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This Jim Dandy?

[mercrocker]

Not exactly....! It's an old American saying

Meaning of jim-dandy in English

jim-dandy
noun [ C ] US old-fashioned informal
UK /ˌdʒɪmˈdæn.di/ US /ˌdʒɪmˈdæn.di/
plural jim-dandies

something that is very pleasing or of excellent quality:
That new car you bought is a real jim-dandy.

Musically speaking I was more in mind of this...Musical nothing to do with the tunes by the way but they go quite well together.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I'd clean the block a bit more with 240 grit, a rubbing down rubber block and WD40.

Meanwhile, I'm digesting this engrossing epistle: The pre 1961 story of the BMC Comps department from the Magnettes and A50's to the first rally 850 Minis.

[mercrocker]

that looks an interesting read....

[Hooli]

That does sound a good book.

[fried onions]

Indeed it does. Much more interesting than when it was all Minis.

I have started painting the block and cylinder head. Getting a good colour match is proving difficult. When shopping for the nearest hue it was a toss-up between Ford dark blue and Cadillac blue. I couldn't possibly use a Ford colour, and neither would Rootes, so Cadillac it had to be. It became evident that some mixing would be necessary, so I dug out an old tin of Land Rover duck-egg blue (actually more like a pastel light green), originally bought for an 803cc A-Series but I was mislead by the 'blue' description.

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I tried various admixtures of the two but think there is something missing. More green perhaps? If my artist uncle was still alive I could ask him. Or I could add black, which usually solves everything...

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There is one test patch that looks reasonably close however, now it's just a case of getting the mixture right.

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Of course, there is another reason for painting things more than just making it look nice. The paint will protect the engine from corrosion.

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I'm not happy with this mixture, I'll have to keep trying until I get it right.

[BenHar]

The blow between 1 & 2 doesn't seem to have caused any damage, but I never did check with a straight-edge.


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That photo seems to show that the gap between 1 and 2 is worn compared to the others.

Get your straight edge out.

Ben

[Hooli]

Cleaning & painting everything, it'll be a tart's handbag only taken to shows next

[DodgeRover]

I'm in agreement with Ben and the Reverend here although it was 2&3 that caught my eye, give it all a really good clean up, try wrapping the wet and dry round a piece of glass or a mirror to give a nice large flat surface, don't spend too long in any one spot - like between 1&2 as it looks like that had had quite a clean up already.

[mercrocker]

I have started painting the block and cylinder head. Getting a good colour match is proving difficult. When shopping for the nearest hue it was a toss-up between Ford dark blue and Cadillac blue. I couldn't possibly use a Ford colour, and neither would Rootes,

This Ebay seller begs to differ...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Humber- ... SwzJpeQGWu


He even quotes the colour as Ambassador Blue....!