VICKERS MK6B's resto

[colin jones]

I missed a couple of welds but now they are done also. Time for some holes and tapping.

[colin jones]

Almost finished all the holes and tapping today with about a dozen tomorrow. Big job and quite slow.

[David Dunlop]

When you add your data plate, Colin, it deserves to be gold plate!

David

[colin jones]

Yes Dave, unfortunately I'm fresh out of gold plate but I did bolt the side plates on and the front housing. I also put the front shaft in to check its centre with the side curved parts and found a variation of a few mm. The shaft is very good and the speedo helical gears match really well and spins when the shaft turns with no play. That means that the wing parts I put on will need modification. I should have been more careful and triple checked critical parts before I weld them all together. I guess it couldn't all go to plan with out some form of mod . It is not a big job to fix but I will bolt on what ever it takes to get it exact before I weld it back again.

[colin jones]

Well that's about it for fabrication. My transmission casing is all but finished. I have put some gears and other external parts on and it's all good.

[colin jones]

I am really happy with my result and also glad I decided to go this way. I now need to give it a really good clean, de-burr and undercoat. There are a couple of external parts that I need to make so I'll do them now too.

[colin jones]

I have to say that i'm ever so lucky that the gears, shafts and other steel components are in such remarkable condition. The top and bell housing are pitted but again still in good usable condition.