Here’s something the Rootes dudes
didn’t worry about, sound deadening.
British pop top roadsters were noisy,
and no one cared, in fact, revving motors and roaring road noise seemed part of
the charm. But it’s not like they NEVER
thought about how loud their cars were. The
Series V added an upgraded air filter that cut down some (but not much) engine
noise. (My lawnmower has better air
filtering than my Series IV.)
Sound Deadening: Adding sound deadening is dead simple these
days. Buy the stuff, cut it to fit, and
peel and stick, easy smeasy. Not much to
say, just some pics.
I ordered the stuff from Amazon, 390 mil 96"x39" with
100 microns (ųM) foil outer
layer, in case anyone cares. It’s enough
to do the front floors and inside the doors.
I may need to order a smaller piece for the rear seat area.
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| Measure, measure again, one more time, cut, peel... |
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| and stick! |
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| Doors too |
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| And after pic - helpful hint, cover the top of the steering column, it hurts! |
Other Things I've Up To:
I rebuilt and installed the clutch master cylinder, which means that I installed the pedal hangers too. Next is the brake master cylinder, but I didn't order the rebuild kit, but I thought I did so I spent about an hour digging through boxes looking for it. Finally, I pulled the reciepts and, nope, never ordered it. It's on its way from Classic Sunbeam.
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| Isn't the clutch master cylinder a bit shockingly silver? |
I have since decided that the clutch master cylinder needs the same powder coating as the brake master and the valve cover. The silver paint is too bright. I'll pull it again and un-build it, coat it and reinstall it soon.
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The brake master is cleaned and ready. (I forgot to shoot a before pic, sorry.)
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Cleaning the brake fluid resevoir means a basic cleaing with WD 40, but also requires separate soakings, once in water and bleach and a second in hydrogen peroxide. Not perfectly white, but sooo much better than before.
I powder coated the pedals and their hangers too.
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| Bling! I installed the hangers before grabbing the camera |
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| The hangers nestled into there spots |
