[raptor_diwan]

This is incredible work, and I thoroughly enjoy reading about restoration efforts like this. Can't wait to see the final results of all this hard work.

[IndrojitSircar]

Now it's time to assemble the suspension components back to chassis with the new rubber components. The old shocks were put on till we decided to fit the engine into the car . We also primered and painted the under carriage of the car.

[KPS]

Originally Posted by IndrojitSircar

In 2008 my dad had purchased the 6/90 from a lady who's Husband had passed away and the car was sitting in the garage and not running for about 25 Years......

Happy New Year Indrojit. Great to see you active on TBHP and sharing pictures of the 6/90 restoration. I cannot wait to see the finish.

The position of the gear lever is very interesting, like the earlier Bentleys!



All the best

Cheers

KPS

[IndrojitSircar]

Originally Posted by KPS

Happy New Year Indrojit. Great to see you active on TBHP and sharing pictures of the 6/90 restoration. I cannot wait to see the finish.

The position of the gear lever is very interesting, like the earlier Bentleys!

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All the best

Cheers

KPS

Hey KPS,

Happy New Year to you too.

Car is completed with ofcourse some pending improvements. Hoping to share more pics through the week. Yes the gear lever position is rather unique and as rightly pointed out, like the older Bentleys.

Cheers

[IndrojitSircar]

Body filler work starts and so does the assembly of the engine with the new parts. We used epoxy primer and then filler on the panels. We also primer and paint the inside of the car

[sanhan10]

Originally Posted by IndrojitSircar

Body filler work starts and so does the assembly of the engine with the new parts. We used epoxy primer and then filler on the panels. We also primer and paint the inside of the car

fantastic job! It's so heartwarming to see an old car being restored so meticulously. Can't wait to see the finished car.

[IndrojitSircar]

The body and chassis are ready to be mated back again and so does the engine and gearbox

[Sid94]

Incredible! Shall wait for the next set of pictures and details.

[IndrojitSircar]

More progress in terms of fitting the new shocks and putty work on the body

[IndrojitSircar]

I was sure that I wanted to paint this car British Racing Green (BRG). So soon we managed to spray her. In the mean time I was lucky to be able to source the Starter from Australia and the radiator both with the help of a friend on the Wolseley owners group. The radiator was used and we got it recored over here.

[IndrojitSircar]

Servicing the meters, doing the wiring and also fabrication of the missing trim in brass using the door handle profiles as reference

[justin.das]

Originally Posted by IndrojitSircar

Fast forward to 2021, after battling cancer for about 8months, my father passed away on 1st December.

I inherited this car and decided to restore her back to her glory. It's taken me about 2 Years with probably 6-7months of active work on the car. The challenge was getting all the mechanical and cosmetic parts together from different parts of the world which I will be sharing here.

Here is how we started and took her out of her long hibernation of about 14 years in our house.

My Journey was very similar, My dad loved my Fiat the most among all the vehicles we owned, after recovering from surgery on his backbone he preferred to travel on my Fiat the most as the ingress and egress were much more comfortable on the Fiat 1100D than my Honda City and the bench seats with spring was much more comfortable for him sitting posture wise. so we decided to restore the fiat after his death and it's still with us.

Originally Posted by IndrojitSircar

In the meanwhile, we managed to source the rubber bushes and shocks locally.

Old Rubber bushes were in usable condition? I bought old stock VIR bushes for my fiat first but they were no good later sourced a recently made set

Originally Posted by IndrojitSircar

We in the mean time received the engine parts from the UK.
1). Timing chain which turns out to be made In India by Rolon and I had to get it from England
2). Piston rings
3). Main and con rod bearings
4). Engine gaskets and seals
5). Water pump with pully
6). 3 push rods as these were damaged and beyond use
7). Carb Filters
8). Water outlet elbow
9). Belt
10). Brass tabs for the block and head


We are also missing mainly the following and needed to source them apart from many smaller items

1). Starter assembly
2). Distributor assembly
3). Radiator
4). Bumpers
5). Bumper over riders

From my experience with importing parts for my Honda CB350 and RD350, I can assume the lengths you have gone to buy and bring these parts to India Sir

Originally Posted by IndrojitSircar

I was sure that I wanted to paint this car British Racing Green (BRG)..

The car looks beautiful on British Racing Green , Beauty

[IndrojitSircar]

The dashboard had completely dis integrated and we didn't have any reference left. I with the help of Wolseley owners club in New Zealand was able to import a used dashboard not in very good shape to be able to use it as a template and fabricate a new one. We also at the same time got a set of wheel caps and the Smiths Blower motor for the heater. The fuel tank was also in very bad condition with lots of rust inside it. We needed to fabricate a new one in stainless steel. The upholstery work also started parallelly.

[IndrojitSircar]

Originally Posted by justin.das

My Journey was very similar, My dad loved my Fiat the most among all the vehicles we owned, after recovering from surgery on his backbone he preferred to travel on my Fiat the most as the ingress and egress were much more comfortable on the Fiat 1100D than my Honda City and the bench seats with spring was much more comfortable for him sitting posture wise. so we decided to restore the fiat after his death and it's still with us.

Wow which model of the Fiat do you own ? The senior generation was fixed in certain things and had their ways.

Old Rubber bushes were in usable condition? I bought old stock VIR bushes for my fiat first but they were no good later sourced a recently made set

The bushes we found were from new generation vehicle and hence we got them almost in fresh manufacturing.

From my experience with importing parts for my Honda CB350 and RD350, I can assume the lengths you have gone to buy and bring these parts to India Sir

DHL has been my preferred shipping company. The transit times are really quick. Clearance is fairly smooth as we also have an IEC code and they handle things seamlessly. The key thing to remember is to have all paper work in currect order for speedy clearance.

The car looks beautiful on British Racing Green , Beauty

[justin.das]

Originally Posted by IndrojitSircar

Wow which model of the Fiat do you own? The senior generation was fixed on certain things and had their ways.

Fiat 1100 Delight, Adding some of the photos below

Originally Posted by IndrojitSircar

The bushes we found were from new-generation vehicles and hence we got them almost in fresh manufacturing.

That's great

Originally Posted by IndrojitSircar

DHL has been my preferred shipping company. The transit times are really quick. Clearance is fairly smooth as we also have an IEC code and they handle things seamlessly. The key thing to remember is to have all paperwork in correct order for speedy clearance.

I bought a parts catalog of CB 350 from the Netherlands, It cost me 4600 for the book almost the same amount for shipping plus another 3k+ on customs duty