Recent content by Wensum Valley Rods

Nice work Mart. I think that that weld will hold up just fine. I used high nickel content rods to weld up a crack in our cast iron boiler in the wood burner. You can weld these with no pre heat and the weld must be kept as cold as possible so small stitches and time to cool are the name of the...

Love the pics, that black 36 coupe is just plain gorgeous. It's great to see the roads all filled with period cars rather than them just parked up in rows on a showfield. Great to see them being used too. Thanks for posting the pictures. Paul.

I had this problem a few years back. I had a 27T rod with a french flathead and stock three speed 39 box and rear end. Whilst driving to work one morning a drunk driver lost control on a bend and slammed my rear wheel at about 50-60 mph, sent me up the hedge. Things got sorted with insurance...

Great pics, love the speedo one, no point having them if you dont drive em. Paul.

My zephyr is running a french flathead (stock with 4"crank) with a single 94, original 37 zephyr box and 39 rear axle with 3.78 gears. It just completed it's maiden voyage of 750 miles and averaged 23 mpg (uk gallons) and sat at around 55-65 mph on the open road and whatever we could do around...

Nice one Jim, just pme'd you back and asked how you got on with the starter. No spark at the points ? Same again mate, give them a good clean if it hasn't been started for a while. Paul.

Hey Jim, as Fordscript says what leads are you using ? The new modern leads aren't any good for 6 volt systems. They can't carry the loads and overheat almost instantly. Bev's pilot has a modern lead from the solenoid to starter and we only get a couple of goes at it before it gets to hot and...

Hey Henry, I too have resurrected a car which ultimately would have ended up as scrap I think. It is a 1937 Zephyr coupe, a very desirable car, but it seems way to far gone for most people to tackle. Like you I have not put it back to totally stock. I am running a flathead V8 instead of the 12...

Awesome work as always Flop. Followed several of your threads both here and on the HAMB and you never disappoint. Paul.

A few pics of the zephyr at Pendine sands. Here's a link to the rest of the build thread from the Hamb. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=720735&page=13 Paul.

Jim, have pm'ed you mate.

Hey Jim, good to hear from you. Sounds like you also have your hands full. Would love to catch up and maybe see your zephyr at some time. I think that's three 37 coupes I know of over here now. Paul.

Hey guys, Wow I can only apologise for not keeping this thread up dated. Due to issues with registering the zephyr over here and the amount of work I ended up having to do in a very short space of time I just didn't find time to keep you all up to scratch on the build. I will post a link to the...

About time I did an update . Bit of a long and picture laden one I'm afraid. I have had all the fenders,running boards,grill and hood shot blast so I could start work on them. I have started on the massive job of trying to make something of the doors. I have made up repair sections to repair the...

I now have the whole underneath sprayed with two heavy coats off zinc rich primer followed by two good coats of rustoleum gloss black. The front beam ,wish bones ,torque tube and rear axle has had the same and are now bolted up all be it with tempory bolts. It is now back on it's wheels for a...