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33 fraser nash
I just got this fraser nash, plan is to do the metal work and shift it on as a resto project, ( its already as good as sold ) beats doing work for other folk..
Its a 33 saloon straight six. The body is bad and I considered a one off sports body but there are meant to be less than a hand full of these left as the rest were scrapped or converted to specials.. back in the day.. I think its BMW designation is 315. any ways enough chat, some pics..
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the remains are soon to be away to have the wood frame replaced / repaired. The only body work I plan to keep at this stage is pretty much all the stuff above the body line . everything else will I'm hoping to replace.
started to make some quick tooling to swage the header trim... them made a test piece to see if it would work .. seemed to work OK just need some 22g to make the trims tester was 18g.... I might have done it in the swager but I didnt have the correct width rolls. In addition to that, the swage is staggered, so i made a suitable tool that would drop in the swage and the stagger in one hit
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I hope to have a lot of the bits made up ready to adjust and tack on once the woodwork is done.. Thats that plan jinxed now them..
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Great project Ian. I had no idea that Fraser Nash was connected to BMW.
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Hi Kerry, I'm not sure of the history but FRASER NASH sold BMWs under some sort of licence arrangement I think..... Im not sure when the association ended but I would imaging it was during the war.
I missed another Fraser Nash BMW at a local auction last year could have kicked myself.. when I allowed myself to be outbid.. I had the same idea to buy the hulk, restore the metal work and shift it on.. The car sold at auction for 10k and 3 weeks later on the net in the same rotted condition for £30k That was a very different model from the one above, It was a 1937 2 door cabriolet ..
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Are you going to make fenders for it? If so, what will you use for patterns?
That would be a sweet little street rod with a V6 in it...
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Ian, that is going to be a fantastic project. Google Frazer Nash BMW and there is a lot of information and history about them. I found it very interesting with what I have seen so far. I will be watching your restoration of this car.
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Joe Hartson There is more than one way to go to town and they are all correct. |
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Hi Ian,
Looks like a really challenging project, will be compulsive viewing for me. If buying and restoring your own projects is your business plan, then I'm with you on that point, timescale and quality of work are your only boundaries. Best of luck
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Cheers Martin No matter how clever you think you are, stupidity is always one step ahead!!!! |
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Hi Kerry, the fenders are not shown in the pictures, I got the remains of the rears , one of which is fairly complete, so plan is to lift a pattern from that one and reverse it for the other side. The fronts are actually not to bad..
Hi Joe, I will give it a google and see what I can scare up.. detail picture of localised areas would be the best but I doubt I will find many of those. Hi Max, Im just working from home so dont really like to many folks coming by so thought I would try an alternative.
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I have one of the rear wings roughed out and made a startt to the lower rear quarters .. also made the box that hangs on the back and a few small odds and ends that will go toward the final product..
The rolling ash frame is away to be repaired as a fair bit of it had succumbed to the rigours of our wet climate ... this was it bare naked before it was shipped off for the wood work..
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