New project -but not a mini
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Some of you may have noticed the "blue blobule" around, both on here and at various drag meets.

(That,s Roberts description of my 1959 Austin A35)

In A35 circles there has been a surge of interest in the van version of the A35 and I seem to have caught the fever too, so I bought (for (£100 !) a van. It was last on the road in 1978.



It had no engine or gearbox, or front suspension, so I had to jury rig something to get it home



I have made a start, but it is very rusty and it will take me many months to get it up to paint





A few shots of progress so far







As well as the welding I have sourced and prepared brakes and suspension and an engine, which will be my spare, with a Benross head, Kent 266 and, of course, another GT1752.

I am working on a 5 speed conversion, this time with a BMW gearbox.

More pics and details at irregular intervals, as I make progress, or otherwise.

Good progress.

shiny black ,with a clasic red pinstripe ?

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

Nope, its going to be another Speedwell Blue vehicle, mesh grille, twin spots, a real clone of the car.

As far as I am aware there has never been a Speedwell Blue van and certainly never a turbocharged one.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Good work, nice to see something different, i didn't realise these were rear wheel drive. :)

looking forward to seeing the results; I love the car.

A sign of things to come?

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

The wheels are a bit small

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


Fibreglass Parts? - http://www.tdkracing.co.uk/
Split Rims? - http://www.force-racing.co.uk/

Big,n littles -you never seen a drag racer ?

that stance looks more like a gasser!

It did nearly 70mph on the M25/M40 on the way home on those wheels.


on the trailer

Awsome, il keep my eye on this

rick

Twin turbo v8, make it fit!

This would be cool :

On 31st Jan, 2012 John said:

A sign of things to come?

Probably copyright -in any case I dont look anything like that guy

You mentioned this on the rolling road day, good to see the project is well underway and going well, if its anything like you a35 saloon its going to be awesome when its done, best of luck with it-78 was the year before it all went downhill as came into this world-eeeep.

On 5th Oct, 2014 Shauna said:
What that's crazy, you go commando hahaha! How heavy is your helmet ?

£100 bloody bargain that!

will be keeping a close eye on this

Nice progress.

Have you had any luck making the box adaptor yet?

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www.fusionfabs.co.uk



1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

Looking good Dave.

£100 is a bargain too.

Mate of mine in Bristol has just sold his black A35 saloon that he installed a Fiat Mirafiori Twin Cam engine into along with Sprite suspension.

Bloody thing used to scare the shit outta me.

Whats the full spec or is that a hush hush from the missus at the mo ?

Richard.

Minivanless, but reluctantly happy living with the decision. There'll be another one day.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=minimadmotorman#p/u

No progress yet, Matt, as I,m concentrating on the welding and I need a piece of 8mm steel plate 400mm square to start with -anyone ?

Richard, the spec will be broadly that of "TMT" but with lots of sound insulation and I,ll probably stay sane on the boost, as I want Wendy to be able to drive it.

This is going to be a long haul, as the only deadlines I have set myself is to have the welding done by Easter and the body in paint by September.

I hope to be able to show it by May/June next year, remember, I am officially the oldest TM member !

Some progress despite the cold (three layers, two pairs of tracksuit trousers and a stoic outlook)

outer wheelarch repair section for the inner wheelarch

OS rear corner - all had to be made/formed in situ and overhead welded.

Outer OS corner welded on and plodged over, for the time being


BMW gearbox offered up to the bare block(kindly lent to me by Matty) as a first step. Although it looks massive, it is actually shorter and much lighter than the Ford Type9 that I have in TMT.

Do they do Sequential Bimmer Gearboxes??? Hmm Sequential......

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


Fibreglass Parts? - http://www.tdkracing.co.uk/
Split Rims? - http://www.force-racing.co.uk/

Many thanks to bennyy and Craigie-B who, between them, supplied and transported a Benross head from deepest Yorkshire to the sunny south for me.

Been too cold to do much recently, but I have had a look at the drivers A post - more rot to deal with.