Home Stretch...with one big obstacle

Well for the most part everything went as planned. We replaced the interior leaving as much of the original car as possible. After that we took the engine out & tore it apart. We replaced several minor things (Oil lines, spark plugs, solenoid, battery) & then sent the engine off to be re-bored at the machine shop. In the mean time I sanded 2 small rust spots on the right side of the body. They really didn't need to be done but I had about a week of staring at the Singer with nothing to do & figured what the hay?

^^2 rust spots right on the hinges of the door. The poor quality of this photo is because it was uploaded from my phone - the camera was sitting (& still is) on the hood of the car in this photo:-P

There are 2 things left which need to be done & one depends upon the other. I still need to apply the layer of gloss to the car to give it backs it's youth; however, it isn't recommended that you do this in a small, poorly ventilated space, so I need to get it outside before I can do so & we are indeed still waiting to find some sufficient tires. The best deal we can get so far is 150$ a tire (more than I paid for my Jeep tires) & then shipping & handling costs from England to NC! We're looking in to finding some motorcycle tires that are very similar to the Singer tires & trying to use them instead. I think (hope) it will work & before long I can be getting 35 MPG & learning to drive on the right side of a car=D

Interior

^^Missing Gauge for "Petrol, Oil & Amperes"

The majority of our time was spent on the interior or the car searching for parts from magazine to magazine & junkyard to junkyard. We needed a gauge that had broken in to several pieces, a rear seat, some new wires & a convertible top (but I never figured that we'd find a top - especially not on our budget). We did what we could...Finding new wires was by far the easiest cause you can go to basically any electrical store & do that. We ordered the new gauge from a Singer catalogue & put it in as soon as we got it along with the wires. As expected there weren't any Singers in any of the junkyards, much less Singer seats, so we borrowed some seats from the Singer's distant relative the Volvo. The seat fit perfect & w/ a few bolts & some drilling was as sturdy as the front. The interior was easy, cheap & enjoyable. Now we're moving on to the body & engine issues.
^^Actual gauge
^^After installation...Side note we also applied Kop-Coat wood protection to all the fine wood parts on the interior to make sure that they keep that natural shine & gloss that they have!

Recovering the Singer

For my Graduation Project I learned about the changes in automobiles from the 1950's to present day. For my product I chose to restore a 1951 Singer AB. This is an extremely rare car which has been stored in a friend's garage for more than 10 years & should be a very exciting project. The First phase was just inspection & seeing what all needed to be done. Though it may be hard to believe for being 57 years old this car was in amazing condition. It only ever had 2 different owners & was always kept in a garage when not being used so fortunately no body work will need to be done! After inspection Mr. Greg & I made a list of things which must be done to get this car on the road again:
1) Replace electrical wires (Have corroded & split over years)
2) The paint is in good condition & no rust but a coat or 2 of clear gloss paint for added protection won't hurt
3) Tires!!All 4 of the tires are useless so we'll have to look in to getting some new ones
4) A rear seat [Gotta make room for friends;-)]
5) The most important part of actually getting the car running - the engine. We're going to take it out & rip it apart. Last time it was running we're told it didn't stop by choice so something needs fixing. Hopefully it won't be much but if needed we may do an engine swap.

Though before any of this can be done I've got to set to work at cleaning up someone else's house & making room for us to get around.