Hout Bay Harbour scene

Ever changing with the cruising and fishing boats coming and going,the seasons change,so does the weather but our winter is a fine period between the much needed rains and the odd bit of snow on Table Mountain at times.

The camera is a Canon G11 set to auto.

Richard and a full race Hillman Imp manifold

My own exhaust system,well it was,a customer needed one quickly,so I sent him my own.

With another full race Hillman Imp exhaust mainfold about to make the post in an hour or so its time to re issue a picture of a well known Hillman Imp body work restorer,Richard has been out here twice this far,we try and meet up with him when he is here.

Shane and his pals collect the Didi Mini Transat kit prize

This one has taken some while to actually happen,Shane and Ruben, a co school mate,entered a competition in Sailing magazine,the prize of which was funded by Mike, one of our customers with the idea of increasing the new class in South Africa,unfortunatley Rubens parents had to return home to Belgium and that was the end of that for a few years.

Time moves on,Shane has worked at North Sails as a sailmaker since leaving high school,he was chosen to be part of the sail making team for South Africas Americas Cup bid in Spain,Shane went with them to Barcelona,he has also had success in the local Lipton Cup races too.

Shane is standing to the left.

There is now a team of three,the other two being hands on boat builders will have no problems assembling this set of bulkheads,they will work their way through the rest of the build as and when funds allow the main thing is they have started!

Hillman Imp full race inlet and exhaust manifold

Made new to order,rarely ex stock but we are trying,good quality,made on a special jig so we know that thay are all the same and will fit,this one is sold to Tim in the UK,another one will start production in a weeks time.

Mail in from the manifolds owner,Tim.

Hi Roy


The manifold looks great, thanks for keeping me posted. If you can let me know when you have another in stock, I’ll check around to see if we can move it on. I’ve not forgotten to do the photos of my build, as soon as I’ve made more progress I’ll email some pics to you.

Thanks again.

Tim

Note,we will not accept new orders from now on untill one is in stock,they have been taking a little too long to produce due to their technical design,one is in production now though.If you require one,please contact me to be put on the delivery list.

Roy

roy@comlumber.com

Hout Bay Harbour scenes

Hard dodger to fit any boat

This design was an idea to make a canvas dodger obsolete,its far better to have a see though window in solid tempered glass rather than clear plastic that warps the vison and will fade as the sun turns it to nothing in the end.We can adjust size to suit most boats,all we need is the hight,depth and a maximum width,our kit include all you will need,this includes the materials and tempered glass,silicones and epoxy glues.

Around the bend,around the world

Twenty four hours later and after the glue has set,we trimed of the ends and sanded the moulding,it ready to install now.

We get some requests for shaped profile mouldings that are difficult to make as a one off in solid reasonably cheaply,the order for two sets as a 20mm x 40mm rebated corner and a 1.7mtr straight section is one of them,I was told to use any wood species,so the straight section is in a light colour clear oregon pine,the corners are being laminated in 5mm thick Superform bending ply,four layers making the required 20mm thickness.I will show you the finished result tommorrow!

1967 Singer Chamois (sport conversion) for sale

This gem of Rootes Cars engineering was my wifes daily driver for around thirteen years,this was after I did a total strip down,all suspension and parts taken off the car for a full respray,we now have another Singer Chamois to rebuild,its a Sport version and car number 610 of only around 2000 built in 1966.

Left click any picture to view full screen and see more detail and yes,the engine was running when I took the pictures!

The engine was rebuilt and  fitted with a Hartwell four branch exhaust system and a pair of Stromberg Carbs,both new (and correct air box) plus an oil cooler as fitted to the sport motors,with a cleaned up cylinder head the car performs really well.The wheels are 13"and 5.5j steel rims with low profile tyres on (new) the car handles better than the car would have on 12" 4.5j rims and high profile tyres.The interior was fully retrimed,seats,carpets and even the headliner.

Spares,here in Cape Town,I carry what is probably the largest spares sets for the Hillman Imp and Singer Chamois range in South Africa.

So Jeans car needs a new owner,the car is licenced and would suit a driver looking for a small classic car with great appeal,priced at R25,000 its very good value,thats about U$3300 or Euros 2600,depending on the exchange rate,we can ship world wide.