The Portuguese Aurelia .........the Phoenix has arisen......

[simonandjuliet]

Cracking on !

[williamcorke]

Great Frank, got the wind in your sails!

[Parisien]

We'd visited the shed were the remainder parts were stored since 2012. Came across the last pieces of mats, consisting of the boot mat, two front sill strips, tunnel mat (virtually torn in two) and 1 rear passenger rubber mat, thought the rears were carpets?

So Autoglym product in hand I set about the worse one to see if it could save this awful looking mat from the bin.

So 3 hard  warm water and liquid detergent scrubs later it looked like this, things were not looking good at all.

Then after a solid hour going over and over the very worst stain it looks like this.

Might do another bit at it tomorrow, but I'd say a 97% improvement!

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[Parisien]

Nice little brass stud at one corner.....says ITALY or...and AB

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[simonandjuliet]

The mats look great ! - Patinated .... very acceptable

Ironically, nowadays we spend loads of time cleaning up the rubber mats and then protecting them with carpet. Before, we used to put protective rubber mats over the carpets !

[Parisien]

Whilst on cleaning and prep duties, decided to clean up brake pipes, not looking to bad after 70 years. Now to be used as a template, renew in copper or the other material?

Do I need to replace the junction/crucifix part or what else need replaced ?

Best place to source pipes plus ends?

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[frankxhv773t]

The go to place for brake pipes used to be Automec who supplied tailored kits for many cars, even an AC Aceca-Bristol!. Their off the shelf Lancia range only covers Fulvia and Beta. Sadly they don't list Aurelia but given the lengths they might make up a set with the correct unions. The other obvious route is to buy a coil of the correct size pipe, a pipe making kit and reuse your existing unions. It isn't difficult to do and is very satisfying.

[chriswgawne]

Buy a new coil of copper pipe and a brake pipe flaring kit. Its an easy job.  Or why not use the old pipes if they arent damaged?
Chris

[Parisien]

Frank and Chris, I'll let mechanic inspect first, he's done brake pipes many times ( just in case anything Aureliaesque he hasn't encountered before!). They looked pretty good from my uncritical eye.

And the same applies to cruciform junction and tap arrangement?

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[Parisien]

Both distributor and carburetor have been fully refurbished. Done by a specialist about an hours drive away, turns out we went to same school!

The parts and overhaul kit from Cavillito were of good quality and no issues fitting. He had concerns about that seemingly "inconsequential" part, but critical part, the condenser. He's had so many issues with these for all sorts of cars that he commissioned a "transistor" style replacement, but the condenser supplied was fine.

He calibrated and tested same to his satisfaction and it met the usual test parameters.

The carburetor was in good condition overall, required quite a bit of cleaning, ultrasound too, again kit all went in as expected. He'd thought he'd have to skim the base for a good airtight fit, but it was fine. He was happy with outcome.

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[Parisien]

The local company who'd said they could reline my brake shoes quoted quite a bit more than Industrial Brakes, actually just relining them as I type !
 
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[Parisien]

Forgot the strip down pic

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[lancialulu]

ultrasonic clean and airline. will come up very nice

[Parisien]

Meanwhile the order from Cicognani arrived, just took 2 1/2 weeks to get here!

This is what €1000 of rubber parts  looks like. Both screen rubbers (add another €550 odd)  to follow after Xmas

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