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Reno 05-19-2022 12:39 PM

Thanks Jon. There are very few connections left that are Whitworth, but will keep that in mind. I cleaned up the fender mount holes with a 1/4-28 tap. That matched the British thread. The flat head screws for the door hinges are the one place I haven't changed, and I saved extras from the four door.

Reno 06-04-2022 09:21 PM

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I cut out the sunroof assembly and filled it in.

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It is all welded in but will require some hammer and dolly/ planishing work when it goes back on the rotisserie.

Reno 06-04-2022 10:03 PM

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Then I started to widen the rear fenders to fit the new tires. I cut the fender on the car and positioned the 3 1/2" offset with clecoed braces. The flange would have required too much stretch to flare properly, so I cut it. I ran the edge of the outer panel through the English wheel to match the inner flange and then shaped the strips to that radius. I oriented on the body line at the rear so it ended up rotating the fender clockwise slightly, but that provided material to form the upper wheel opening shown by the black line.

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I eliminated the teardrop shape with a radius that matches the rear of the front fender and started to shape the bead. For the most part the upper matches my radius gages, but there is a slight point at the upper front corner that will need to be addressed.

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Reno 09-01-2022 09:39 PM

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I finished the driver side fender and shaped the wheel opening in the passenger side. I experimented with TIG on this side and had a smaller HAZ, but had to come back with the Mecco to fill the gap.

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Reno 09-01-2022 09:58 PM

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Then I moved to the front and cut based on my flexible shape pattern. It required just over 1.5" at the flange to cover the tire and by cutting the spot welds at the baffle in front of the door the rear of the wheel opening was moved out without any cuts.

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Then I centered the apron and cut the ends to match the fender.

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I used an MDF buck to form the inserts and welded them in.

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I thought the front without the apron looked too much like the Anglia Gassers with the way the fender slanted out, but the return of the apron seems to correct some of that.

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steve.murphy 09-01-2022 11:07 PM

That’s coming along nicely Eugene.

Antoine_P 09-02-2022 12:12 AM

Well done,clean and well thought work. I am impressed with your sunroof filling, that is a really hard area to weld without too much deformation!

hillman 09-02-2022 02:37 AM

I really love these old Austins and this 4 door to 2 door conversion would be the easiest way to get a 2 door in Australia because they are very hard to find, thanks Eugine for showing us how to go about your project.

Austin Gassers were all the rage years ago at the dragstrips with a 392cube Blowen Hemi

cheers Phil

Gojeep 09-02-2022 03:34 AM

You are doing great there Eugene. :)
Looking more like a FX Holden now. :)

https://assets.whichcar.com.au/image...olden-fx-1.jpg

Or a hotrodded version.
https://www.whichcar.com.au/features...1951-fx-holden

https://assets.whichcar.com.au/image...lden-Front.jpg

Reno 09-04-2022 09:11 PM

Thanks guys.

Marcus, that Holden looks like it has early Buick influence. At least the grill. Nice paint too.

Phil, Austin only made 14000 of the Dorsets in '47 and '48, but 400,000 Devons through I believe '52. A lot of the Dorsets were used up in the Gasser wars in the '60's, and of course teenagers.


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