[British-cars] [PreWar] are these lists still alive ?

[mike rambour]

 That is the attitude I expected from my original e-mail :)

 I admit I am of the same thought, this car is a survivor and rare even
for a Singer.  The UK clubs know of 7 left of this model, it would be a
tragedy to destroy it.  My intent since it looked easy, is really to
swap the drivetrain WHILE I rebuild the original but I admit I am afraid
once it was on the road it might never go back to original.

 I also need to find out the condition of the original motor as I have
not looked into it yet.  When I purchased the car from the original
owner, he said it ran fine with no noises/knocks but knocked when
shutting down the motor, turn off the ignition and there was a knock in
the motor.  Last time this motor ran was on the S. Calif. 405 freeway in
1968 when the brakes went out and the car was parked until I purchased
it.  There is a visible crack in the side of the block that has been
brazed, not welded, but brazed.

 For all I know the motor is "good" but I have the option of getting
this running MGB for free and thought maybe I should look into this as a
temporary drive train.

	Mike

On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 11:53 -0400, WSpohn4 at aol.com wrote:
> I wouldn't even consider butchering a prewar car just because I was  
> impatient to use it.
>  
> Your car; your call.  But I say do it right or sell it to someone that  
> will.  We aren't talking about an MGB here, and you don't see them every  day.
>  
> If butcher you must, choose something small that won't be a problem - a  
> Sprite engine, for instance.
>  
> Bill