Superb
Vanguard Restoration shows what can be achieved!
This Vanguard made
its first appearance at an International Rally in the Summer of
2007, winning two awards for it's owner Kim Archer:
This is the story
of its restoration, from 2005:
Vanguard Owners - does
this look familiar?.......................
Don't despair, with
hard work, perseverance, help and encouragement from the club, you
can turn the above into a Vanguard that looks like this! These are
the same car
This Vanguard is all
the work of Kim Archer who has recently finished the restoration of
his car. One of it's first outings was to join Ian Leggetts recent Suffolk
Tour at the Ipswich Transport Museum where these "after"
shots were taken.
Kim describes this
heroic piece of works as follows:
"MDD 200 was
purchased several years ago as a rusted out non runner. It has taken
some time to accumulate all the required parts necessary for the
rebuild. Restoration started seriously 2yrs ago welding up the body
to make it rigid enough to remove from the chassis. This involved
removing the front wings to repair behind and making and fitting new
inner and outer sills. The bottom of the front wings also had to be
replaced the bottom of all the doors, boot and the guttering. The
body was then lifted of the chassis. The chassis was completely
stripped shot blasted and repainted.
All mechanical
items were then overhauled repainted and reassembled. The axle and
gearbox were in good order just needing new oil seals. The engine
needed a complete rebuild and is now using standard size pistons and
liners again. The clutch and braking system were renewed fitting
copper brake pipes for low maintenance. The front suspension had
worn out completely and was again replaced.
Next the body was
re-sprayed not in the cars original colour black but in an optional
colour for the time blue. This was then lifted back onto the
chassis. The brightwork was re-chromed and refitted. The windscreen
was renewed with laminated glass, the rear and side windows were
polished with scratch remover and refitted with new front and rear
rubbers. A new wiring loom was then installed.
The interior was
re-trimmed in beige with black carpets and door piping. Once
M.o.T’d after an absence from the road since the late sixties, it
was found to be running hot so I had the radiator re-cored, curing
the problem. It has now done just over 100 miles since its rebuild.
My many thanks must go to Paul Robins, Brian Shakespeare and
Ian Leggett
to whom without, this car would not be back on the road"
Kim Archer
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Kim has
supplied two more pictures of the Vanguard in a very sorry
state during its restoration
Click on any
of these pictures to see an enlarged version
And some
more of the finished article |
I am aware that there are other
models and information that could be added to this page to make it more comprehensive, so if you
have material and photographs, please let me know. Please send me,
Phil Homer,
an email
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