Lynx II, hull # 4225

[lynx42]

Originally Posted by Peter Duggan

Got lost on the way to the firewall and ended up working on the drivers controls. Installed a new toe plate, the original was only good for a template. Takes a bit longer bit longer but its nice to be adding parts. Cleaned up the nose armour and with some luck it will be off for sandblasting and epoxy priming tomorrow.

Peter, You will find that you have to remove the new toe plate again as the four nose armour bolts are behind it and you cannot tighten them up with the toe plate in place. It is also hard to fit the toe plate if the front locker is in place, so watch out for that too.

Regards Rick.

[Peter Duggan]

Rick,

Just wish that you lived close enough where we could share a few drinks while talking "lynx". You are right about the toe plate, it'll have to come off for the nose armour and also for the steering column. Couldn't resist, its just too rewarding to be adding parts, instead of disassembling components.

Didn't consider the front storage bin. The one for my Lynx is completely missing, only found remnants of the supporting braces under the front tow hooks. My current plan is to get the Lynx up and running before tackling a new storage bin. The observers seat also falls in this category.

I appreciate your comments, please keep them coming. Peter

[Peter Duggan]

Doug Lavoie, a good friend, was able to cherry pick a 239 engine from Bob Cantin's collection. It passed the magnaflux and to top it off, Dave Good has taken on the engine rebuild.


Made it to the Acton swap meet and Christmas came early, thanks to Ross and Brian.

Fitted the nose cone/armour to the Lynx, now starting to resemble the real thing. All in all, a great week.

Peter

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[Peter Duggan]

Folks,

My friendly machinist did a great job of fabricating new shoulder bolts for the drivers seat mechanism. Dry fitted the drivers seat and put together the steering column and started on a new firewall. Of course I then had to try out the drivers position and found myself in the same predicament as Bob Carriere, and his Cab 11. It makes for a tight fit. Definitely manageable, but it is snug.

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[chris vickery]

They grew fellas small 70 years ago! I think the average height then was about 5'6" and about 150lbs

[Peter Duggan]

Guys,

With my limited mechanical skills, I've been very fortunate to find some very talented craftsman while tackling this restoration. Don Graham specializes in restoring antique and custom radiators, out of his shop in Frankford. Not only did he manage to restore and repair my old radiator, but he did it for far less than I had planned for.

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[lynx42]

How lucky are you Peter? I was also lucky that my radiator was in extremely good condition. My bloke took off the top and bottom tanks, cleaned out all the tubes, straightened all the bent fins and re-assembled it all for $50-00.

Because of my current ill health I decided that it was time to get back into the shed doing something positive so I have been working quietly on the electrics. Most people would not know that the Lynx runs on 3 different voltages. The batteries originally were 2 x 6 volt giving 12 volts for the starter, generator radios etc, this reduced to 6 volts for the lights, gauges,etc. just like a Blitz and then down to 4.5 volts for the coil to the distributor. So I will be a while sorting that out.

I have been able to use 90% of the original loom. Still there are problems as all wires are in copper woven shielded conduit and all wires are the same colour, BLACK. The wiring diagram in the book explains where each wire goes, but not where the loom goes. They all look the same and in some places there are 6 or 7 or 8 wires soldered together, so it is not easy. In the book it states that they are all numbered. Not so after 70+ years not a number to be seen and I did not remove the loom. Fingers crossed.

What are you doing for wiring?

Regards Rick

[Crets]

Originally Posted by Peter Duggan

Guys,

With my limited mechanical skills, I've been very fortunate to find some very talented craftsman while tackling this restoration. Don Graham specializes in restoring antique and custom radiators, out of his shop in Frankford. Not only did he manage to restore and repair my old radiator, but he did it for far less than I had planned for.

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Hello,

For the restoration of my Lynx, is there somebody who can provide me with the dimensions of the radiator?

Best regards,