Around a month ago i purchased a 1955 standard basic 8 as a little side project to keep my self busy

As a few of you know, me and my father are known to dabble in classic cars and actully own 7 of them
these are mainly 3 standard 8's, 2 post-war 48 standard 8's
one is a salon and the other is a Drop-head coupe and the other is awaiting restoration.

The Standard 8 originally had a 803cc push rod engine coupled to a 4 speed gear-box which back when new produced
around 25bhp and a rough top speed of 60mph.

The current spec of my standard at the moment is as follows,

Fully rebuilt 2.0' ford pinto engine, Approx 115bhp
5 speed type 9 gear box with one piece prop shaft
RS2000 back axle with a english diff
9' rear drums at the back

To do list,

*Refurb the entire brake system including drums,wheel cylinders etc
* Run new brake lines
*Fit prop shaft
*Make up a hand brake system
*Fit clutch cable
*Fit throttle cable
*Source replacement fuel tank
*Fuel lines,pump,radiater, hoses etc
*Modifie pedal box to accept a cable
*Possible complete re-wire of electrical systems
*Fit spax adjustable shocks
*New lights and bulbs were appilicable
*A bit of welding in places
*New tyres
*Constuct a exhaust
*Refurbed wheels
*A little cosmectic work on the body
* MOT

I'll update this when i can




Ben

I made a start on stripping some front brake drums down and inspect what parts needed renewing.



This included a clean up and soak in some petrol and a temporaly coat of metal paint to give it a little bit of protection.



Ben

I managed to source a set of replacement rear drums complete with back plates and all the gubbins as i was missing a few parts



I stripped them down and started by getting any loose rust off and giving the back plates a soak and wire brush.
I also cleaned up the inside of the drums to remove any dirt and ridges.



While soaking i dismatled the front wheel cylinders and cleaned them.



Once dried off i painted the drums with some metal paint as a undercoat them some hameriate to finish them off.
The back plates were also painted and when dry, assembled with new wheel cylinders.




Ben

Front plates fitted with cleaned up hubs and newly greased bearings

and also finished of fitting the adjustable spax shock asorbers.



Ben

Tiny update,

Picked up my brake parts last saturday so im now ready to make up some brake lines

Ben

Over the last week i have removed the drive shafts from the rear axle to allow me to fit the back plates; also fitted longer wheel studs



Another nigglely job i forgot to mention was that a while ago i removed the n/s rear shock to recut the thread.



This weekend i spent on the front suspension going around it and tightening anything which was lose
and evaning up the front trunions, then finailly giving it a greese and top up the oil in the steering box.

After a wire brush to get the old flakey paint off i gave it a coat of metal paint.




Ben

Fitted the propshaft this afternoon and removed a few unwanted pipes and
the hand brake cable which is not required, as i will be running a hydrailic hand brake.

A 6 Gallon alloy fuel tank is on order, so i should has this by the end of next week.

Also on order is a fuel pump and clutch cable which hopfully i should have by the end of this week.

Ben