A trip out to collect a 1957 Barn find and then back to our unit to see what other cars we have in stock. We hope you enjoy the first video, let us know on our Facebook Page! m. groups/9506899...
I'm enjoying your videos - if you can adjust the music volume down a bit to match the commentary they'll be even better. Great to see the Bond 'as found'
A curate at Bedford Leigh had such a model of that collected - if the initials B G show it could be the one. He traded his Austin 7 BED 42 for the Bond at this earlier period. One main Bus Route to Bolton was 82 also 50. The fellow was celibate at the time so don't know if he caught up on the bed facility.
Dreadful cars. The brakes are next to useless. The handbrake only activates the foot brake so it is not an independent system. I had a Mk D so I was lucky, it had an electric windscreen wiper (previous models had a hand operated wiper for goodness sake) and a grab handle on the dash. I had it when I was 16 in 1966 and kept it for about 18 months until I got a car licence. The engine was a 197 cc but I swapped the cylinder and piston to make it a 250 cc. I checked on the engine numbers, for the bearing and mine was a 250cc bearing. No problems with that. I put new wings and front valance on 'cos my dad knew the guy in the cars store that were clearing out bond stuff. I didn't paint the wings, I just polished them up (aluminium) and they looked pretty cool. At least the bonnet locks function properly then and didn't keep coming open. I dove it on a provisional motorbike licence but technically this was illegal because it was originally constructed for two people even though I put a single seat in. No-one ecmver questioned me about it however. I passed my test first time because I think the examiner was just glad to get out of it. I think he was terried!
