Rebuilding the gearbox and other parts. The brakes are Girling like the 206. They have a separate parking brake unlike the 246 ATE brake. The gearbox was coated with glyptal and baked. With the porous castings they are coated inside.
Back from media blast, with no unexpected surprises. A few places of rust in the usual places.
The Dinoplex is gutted and will be replaced with a permatune electronic ignition and a period correct looking coil. I’ll keep the emergency switch for originality. The case will get vapor blasted. This was I guess state of the art 50 years ago!
My L model is completely stripped of all parts and I delivered it to the media blaster today. Other parts went to Black Oxide, Cad Plating, Vapor Blasting, Machining etc etc. The body was in good shape with a few usual rust spots. Metal work will be taken care of after media blast.
Carbs done, on to the next project.
Rebuilding Weber DCNF 40 carbs. I have’t even finished taking the car apart, but seeing the motor was out i though I would get something looking and working like new again.
More disassembly today. The L model is so similar to the 206 in many ways. Many things unique to the 206 and 246 L model such as knock off wheels, trunk carpeting unique to these 2 models, ignition system with emergency switch, interior the same except for ashtray which doesn’t have the squiggly lines engraved and doesn’t have the same shift knob. Both have aluminum doors but the 206 has a different pulley system for the side glass. The vent glass frame is chrome on both the 206 and L model. The shift box is the same, the vent lever under the dash is the same. Seat belts are different. Both fiberglass floors are completely covered in Dino vinyl and tarpaper unlike the later models. The bumpers are the same on both and much thinner than later models. Also the end caps are not removable. I’ll try to highlight more differences as I take this one apart.
More disassembly photos, body #400 found in many areas. If anyone is restoring an L right now I can take photos of what you need as this is a very original car. Many of the wire clamps are still in place.
