RHD Project for auction, 1st Sept 2018

[Stuart Rees]

Nice work Chris, must be 'interesting' working on all the RHD modifications...

Writing looks to me like 18883 ( 18th August 1983?) and the mechanics initials V W perhaps.

[Chris P]

It was sold at auction in Nov 82.  It was put into storage early on......His mate, who later looked after it, was a VW dealer. Perhaps he serviced it for him before it was stored?  Makes sense??

[Chris P]

                A little update...most of the latest work has been on the brakes. Restored callipers and an upgrade on the front, with 4 pot Princess callipers and ventilated discs. New wheel bearings and flexible brake pipes.

 Getting stuff to bits has been a challenge!  Most things were seized solid and requiring lots of heat, freeing oil and time and patience!.......onwards and upwards .....TooT TooT.

[Stuart Rees]

Nice upgrade at the front Chris. 
I'm just about to refurbish my calipers, did you do them yourself or was it a company?

[theningiachicken]

(12 Jan 2019, 13:02)Chris P Wrote: Young William has visited this morning and found the worlds biggest snail stuck to the rear window......goodness knows where its been lurking for the last few months! Obviously its not adversed to WD40!

It was definitely large.
Was good to come down since I'd never driven that far in my own car alone since I've passed my driving test

[Chris Williams]

Quote:A little update...most of the latest work has been on the brakes. Restored callipers and an upgrade on the front, with 4 pot Princess callipers and ventilated discs. New wheel bearings and flexible brake pipes.

Ohh they look nice, did you have them or did you manage to find the calipers? I take it they are Ed's ventilated discs?
Chris

[TristanC]

All looking superb Chris!
I agree with everyone, I’m liking those callipers!!!

Coming along nicely.

Tris

[Chris P]

This is an interesting article about the Princess callipers.   http://www.cjw-consulting.co.uk/4pots/4pots.htm

There seems to have been a few versions over the years and 10 years ago they were like 'hens teeth', I think they must have been re-manufactured since then.

The eBay link I sent were the one's I bought...mainly because you got the whole deal...pads, pins etc. They are even cheaper if you buy 2 sets! (Two cars worth).

[Chris P]

A final thought,
over the years, loads of folk have mentioned to me that they have suffered 'distorted' front discs, possibly due to occasional heavy braking, poor steel...who knows. But by their very nature, ventilated discs are much more robust and less like to suffer distortion. Another plus point?

[Matt Clark]

(13 Jan 2019, 09:37)Chris P Wrote: Hi Chris / Tris,
The brakes on these right handers always seem rather poor to me.

When I drove AXI1698 for you to the NEC, the brakes scared me half to death! I drove a steam train a few years ago and the braking experience was similar - apply brakes, put the kettle on, wait for intertia to do it's thing...

[Chris Williams]

Quote:I suppose Arran gets them from Ed, but I've never asked

Yep the discs are Ed's but the calipers Arran sells are the normal ones with a spacer kit. Yours seem a much better option. Better get some money spent!
Chris

[little_daz]

I'm pondering this upgrade too I'm chuffed it's bolt on, Aren't the vented discs from a mk1 Golf?

[andys]

Chris
I did the same conversion last year and had the same 3mm pad overhang. l bought a spare pair of pads and removed loads of Pad plate from the sides being careful to keep the same shape, but to move the pads that far in I reckon you will have to remove loads of the back plate of the pads. l bottled it and put the standard pads back in as i didnt want the modified pads spinning out just when I needed them.

l left it with the overhang and have covered about 500 miles with no problems. just means I will have to remove the overhang every couple of years.

I have seen the same issue reported on capri and escort forums where the same mod is carried out.

Brakes are better with more feel, still not as good as modern brake systems. but that would need a new dual diaphram servo I think.

   

I posted about this on the other forum

[Chris P]

Thats good news then...thanks for the info . Ive just noticed that the read brake pads are level with top...as stock.

[andys]

Chris
looking at your photos you may have the anti rattle shim for the unvented disc calipers. There are wider shims made for the wider caliper I think. But I could be wrong.