Rusty Old cars

Rusty Cars

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.

Read about travel and tinkering with mechanical machines, visit the Rusty daytrips weblog (below) where you can see how we travel, drive, paddle, break fix and find on a regular basis.

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Mini Valve clearances and new valvecover gasket

The valve cover on the Mini seemed a bit leaky and while the cover was off it seemed like a good idea to adjust the valve clearances. I’m sure there should have been a rubber grommet in there. Valves adjusted New gasket Proper new rubber seals

Austin Seven Special fuel pump

Strangely, after several months without use the Seven refused to start. I soon noticed the lack of the SU fuel pump’s usual regular ticking sound and no whacking or smacking made any difference, so It was time to remove the pump for inspection. This was not so easy as the pump was tucked away deep […]

Austin Seven Snertrit in a Jeep

Here’s our Jeep CJ5 trying to blend in with all the other cars. Sunny autumn weather and lots of beautiful cars made for a pretty autumn forest drive.

British Car club day Houten 2024

Morris Minor Head gasket

After a nice Sunday drive and nearly home, suddenly the engine made a terrible noise. I almost seemed as if a bearing had failed or a piston had come adrift. Immediately I stopped, and it was very clear that only the two front cylinders were firing, but otherwise the engine seemed alright. No oil or […]