[PreWar] Singer dilemma

[johno8 at aol.com]

 Agree 100% with Bill. Please don't "ruin" your Singer any more than you have
to!  Find a Morris 1000, Austin A30/35, Spridget etc engine and leave all else
well enough alone!




 Good luck!

John



-----Original Message-----
From: mike rambour <mikey at b2systems.com>
To: WSpohn4 at aol.com
Cc: british-cars at autox.team.net; british-cars-pre-war at autox.team.net
Sent: Wed, Mar 17, 2010 12:13 pm
Subject: Re: [PreWar] [British-cars]  are these lists still alive ?


 That is the attitude I expected from my original e-mail :)

 I admit I am of the same thought, this car is a survivor and rare even
for a Singer.  The UK clubs know of 7 left of this model, it would be a
tragedy to destroy it.  My intent since it looked easy, is really to
swap the drivetrain WHILE I rebuild the original but I admit I am afraid
once it was on the road it might never go back to original.

 I also need to find out the condition of the original motor as I have
not looked into it yet.  When I purchased the car from the original
owner, he said it ran fine with no noises/knocks but knocked when
shutting down the motor, turn off the ignition and there was a knock in
the motor.  Last time this motor ran was on the S. Calif. 405 freeway in
1968 when the brakes went out and the car was parked until I purchased
it.  There is a visible crack in the side of the block that has been
brazed, not welded, but brazed.

 For all I know the motor is "good" but I have the option of getting
this running MGB for free and thought maybe I should look into this as a
temporary drive train.

    Mike

On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 11:53 -0400, WSpohn4 at aol.com wrote:
> I wouldn't even consider butchering a prewar car just because I was
> impatient to use it.
>
> Your car; your call.  But I say do it right or sell it to someone that
> will.  We aren't talking about an MGB here, and you don't see them every
day.
>
> If butcher you must, choose something small that won't be a problem - a
> Sprite engine, for instance.
>
> Bill
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