A collection of historic cars from various English speaking parts of the world. We like to drive these vehicles and of course they need regular repairs too. Mostly cars from 1937 to 1999, but also kayaks and sewing machines.
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More Morris Minor Brakes
One of the front wheels suddenly sprang a leak at one or both of the front wheel cylinders on one wheel. I’d checked them only a few weeks ago. I replaced both cylinders and the brake shoes on both front wheels. New […]
Flying the flags
Spring jobs
Trabant fuel cock Mercedes brake check Morris oil change and brake check Desk Hauling Jeep test pass Wolseley oil change
Peugeot 405 boot lock repair
The boot lock on the Peugeot 405 would not open. I suspected an electric problem. After trying many times the lock suddenly opened. I checked connections and oiled the moving parts and all seemed well for a while. Until one day the lock refused to open, no matter what I tried. I thought of drilling […]
Singer 128 1915
The second machine is a nice Singer 128. This well used machine comes complete with a manual and a receipt dated 4th of June 1915. Very special.
Singer Twelve new Family 1898
Two Singer sewing machines were very kindly donated to the Rusty collection Sewing Machine section. The first is a Singer Twelve New Family, Manufactured in 1898, making this the latest of our three Twelves. There’s a well worn manual with this machine and a hand-written letter dated 1955 with instructions how to use this […]
Trabant on the road
Though the weather is still cold and wet, the Trabant couldn’t wait to come out to play.
New Weber 32/36 DGV carburetor for the Jeep CJ
It was about time to replace the old Weber 32/36 DGV on the Ford Pinto engine in the Jeep CJ. It still worked, but the car was complicated to start because the electric choke mechanism was broken. I had replaced it with a manual conversion of sorts but starting still required some clever manipulating a manual […]
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Austin A55 knutselwerkjes
Na een paar maanden wennen aan onze “nieuwe” Austin Pickup werd het tijd voor een uitgebreide beurt, met olie verversen, doorsmeren enzovoorts. Ook kwam er een APK aan. Dat vind ik altijd spannend met een onbekende auto. Er kwam een nieuw luchtfilter op omdat het oude was nogal zwart was en uur in de wind […]
Austin Club Holland: klein maar fijn
Het gaat bij deze club om de wat grotere voor-oorlogse Austin Modellen, zoals de Ten, Twelve en meer, van voor 1950. De bescheiden groep leden voelt meer als een goed op elkaar ingewerkte vriendengroep. Dat betekent niet dat nieuwe leden niet welkom worden geheten. Zelf hebben we al jaren een Ten, maar ik was […]