1962 2a 109

Been up your way this afternoon Chris. Went up from Pickering, past the Fox and Rabbit and turned left through Lockton and Levisham villages. Went down to Levisham station and then up through the forest and across the moors eventually ending up at Whitby. Parked up on the car park opposite the Co=Op for sandwiches and coffee. No fish and chip shops open!

You like gentle slopes then, Cabbie??

Used to camp next to the stream down in the dip where Levisham station was, but a bit of a slope up to the shop!!

I know Levisham well. Used to have access to an old farm house just up the line from the train station. Remember going there in a 2cv and us having to get out cos the hill was too steep for the car with it full.. Mind you that was 35 years ago

My old 2A loves those slopes, specially in the snow like last year. Rescued a stuck Mondeo from the forest last year. Silly b....r thought he could do the forest drive on the compacted ice. Found out that he couldn't!

I remember a guy with a tractor who, for a 'slight consideration' would tow the idiots up the hill when they found that their cars wouldn't pull the caravans up the 'gentle incline' ... especially after they had managed to burn out their clutches because initially they wouldn't pay up - and that was over 45 years ago!!

The good old days!!

Hi guys,

I hope you enjoyed it cabbie, its brill part of the world, I consider myself very fortunate being able to live slap bang in the middle of it.

I use the back road through stape, newton on rawcliffe to new bridge at pickering a lot, fun in my llittle rover will be much more fun in the big rover .

got a fair bit done yesterday,

Ive removed one half of the roof bolts, cleaned them up, greased and put them back in to make it easy when the time comes.

Ive also so removed the front panel and radiator, I started to tidy up the panel, most of the paint was scraped off with a stanley knife blade in 10 mins, it jst came off in great sheets, which shouts of not been prepaired properly

The bumper is off now, so Ive got access to the front legs which are rotten but salvagable.

Now the fun part.... ......picces



Front panel partly cleaned off.


All front bodywork removed


Rot ...


... Rot ...


... and yet more Rot.



a Question for you great people, what side should the rear number plate be on?

The side it's already on!!

Generally, the back.

You seem to be getting on well with the Landy work despite the weather. Yes I enjoyed my run out on Sunday. On the road through the forest going up to the road between Stape and Egton Bridge there is a No Through Road sign on the forest drive just over the crossing at Levisham. I took no notice of it and carried on up through the forest and found nearly at the top a barrier/gate has been installed. This was open at the time but is obviously capable of being shut. Do you know why this measure has been taken as up to recently the road has always been open all the way? No-one on the Series 2 Club local area forum seems to know either.

Hey, Cabbie

do you mean the plastic road works barrier thing if so its been there since the section of road passed the first ford (heading south) was relaid,

The "No Through Road" sign, I believe is a seasonal thing to do with the forestry comission? stand corrected if wrong,

Im heading up there tomorrow to so Ill let you know.

No not the plastic road barrier. I mean the new metal barrier not far from the farms at the top of the forest drive. Think you may be right about it being Forestry Comm. but it looks very permanent and so do the No Through Road signs. See if you can find out anything about it.

your dumbirons look far worse than mine were, best of luck with the repair





p.s.
109" is the best size

Hi chaps,

Cabbie, I could`nt find anything but Ill speak a one of the rangers I know next time Im up there, saturday or sunday.

NiteMare, ah somebody with the same probs as me:doh:,
your welding looks good though.

Im thinking of buying a replacement leg to save time / money. what do you think?

Eskvalleyboy said:

NiteMare, ah somebody with the same probs as me:doh:,
your welding looks good though.

Im thinking of buying a replacement leg to save time / money. what do you think?

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to be honest i don't think you'll get away with just buying a replacement leg, i reckon there's a SERIOUS amount of fabricating required on that chassis looking at that rot

before spending any money on outriggers/dumb irons etc i'd go over that chassis inch by inch

i'll put money that it has rotted above the bumpstops front and rear, it'll have rotted behind each and every outrigger, rotted in the tail end of the chassis and need a new crossmember, it may have even rotted on the top plate under the tub

i'm guessing it's going to be pretty thin along most of the lower weld the full length of the chassis

get your hammer/screwdriver out plus a piece of chalk and go over it carefully, mark any areas that you think are suspicious before getting stuck in

my 88" bitsa didn't look any worse if as bad as yours
(as found)


but when i got stuck in


the bottom plate went further back than that visible weld and since that repair i've had this


that was where the chassis broke almost in half over the rear axle due to rot getting in

you could find yourself with a long hard slog chasing the rot out of that one, it can be done but it'll be slow especially if you can't completely strip the chassis due to space, it makes it easier to repair if you can turn it over rather than welding from underneath

i wish you luck but don't envy the work i suspect you have got

oooohhhhh id love te get me groove on with a welder n that chassis

i likes a challenge i does

Hey folks, Ive ordered and had delivered:

1 rear crossmember
2 front legs
1 offside bulkhead outrigger

Ive started prep for take the tub off, it will make life far easier for doing the chassis and running gear, now am wait for the snow to bugger off so I get the tub undone, Ive got the roof held with a bolt in each corner as are the sides, i know doing it this way will take longer but it`ll be better in the long run.

hope i'm not teaching you to suck eggs but this may be a different approach so may give you ideas/interpretations of your own, both my jigs were built before cutting any old metal off and as such tailored to the original dimensions

i replace bulkhead outriggers by just removing the floor plate and using the bulkhead to align them (bolt it to the foot) but i remove the plate from the britpart outrigger and repair the chassis behind it if needs be


my first dumbirons i made a jig to align them before cutting the old ones off, this idea will be modified to hold the bumper mount points in the correct orientation as well for the next ones


and i made another jig when i changed my crossmember on my 109 (notice i didn't drill to affix all holes and i drilled the one "inside" to ensure i hung it correctly) i bolted this one to the tub supports/perches

thanks for ideas mate, I`ll see how far I get once this snow has gone.

Hey guys, Ive the bulkhead bolt out of the offside outrigger, also took all the wheel nuts off one by one, greased and replaced them apart from one which began unscrewing the wheel stud, which brings me to my question, how are the studs fitted to the hub are they screwed or on a spline ? I had a little helper today, a robin, he was sat on my toolbag which was a foot away from me, and only hopped to the other end when I reach in for my socket set.