Is Everyone On Vacation?

[angliagt]

It's been awfully quiet here lately.

[Brett Wilkie]

It has been golfing and general summer activities keeping me busy lately but I have also been busy with my new acquisition, a 1961 Prefect 107e. Here are a few photos of it. Now I have two of these cars in front of my house, it is entertaining to watch people do a double take as they walk past.

[oldnosname]

great picture are they both still stock engine/trans .

[Brett Wilkie]

great picture are they both still stock engine/trans .

The 100e Anglia on the left is very stock with its 3 speed transmission and flat head engine. The 107e Prefect on the right has been lowered and has 5.5 X 13 inch wheels installed, the engine is a 1600 GT crossflow with a semi-close ratio gearbox.

[mk2Colorado]

Wish I could say it's been due to a vacation! Working 1.5 jobs, building a workspace in a shed for a new business I'm getting off the ground, on my only day off last week I spent bleeding the damn brakes on the mkii after replacing the brake sensor switch... it never ends. I need an 8th day of the week to actually enjoy some summer driving.

[zephyrgary]

Nice looking Prefect, well done you.

[zephyrgary]

Just noticed the short bumper on the Prefect. Very neat.

[zephyrgary]

Just noticed the shortened bumper. Very neat.

[Brett Wilkie]

Just noticed the shortened bumper. Very neat.

The front bumper came with the car and it is interesting but I am not 100% sure that I will keep it that way?? I have a couple of sets of Lotus Cortina 1/4 bumpers so I might go that route, I also have a set of Bugeye Sprite bumpers that I might also use? Trial and error I guess.

[zephyrgary]

L like that it exposes the curves on the bottom of the fender. It's a good look. Your choice of course.

[Brett Wilkie]

L like that it exposes the curves on the bottom of the fender. It's a good look. Your choice of course.

The body curves on the front of a 100e are pleasing to the eye as are many of the vehicles that were designed in that period, I feel that the factory artists of the day designed the body shape and then the bumpers were later thrown on as an afterthought? I will experiment with it for sure, I will try the bugeye bumpers first as I already have them on the shelf with the mounting brackets. The mountings for Lotus 1/4 bumperettes will need a bit of my time to create so that is on the backburner for now.

[zephyrgary]

It's very similar to a MK1 Consul, Zephyr shape, not surprisingly of course.

[Kiwi Cortina]

Haven't posted in a while, been to a lot of events in the last few months so will do a photo dump.

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