[Ashley James]

It's a pretty rotten book if one takes off the rose tinted
spectacles, but may have been acceptable when it was published.

I have numerous letters between him and Paul Duffield who owned my car
from the late sixties until I bought it from his son via Andrew Blow
3.5 years ago. It had gone to BCL for a rebuild in 1968 and they'd
kept it for three years, fitted it with two totally different wings so
that one headlight was 1.5" higher than the other and, although he
didn't know, they'd pop riveted thin aluminium sheet over the rust and
coated it all with a very thick under seal so it wasn't discovered
till I decided a total rebuild was necessary.

Oxley writes about LMF which was low moral fibre in BCL at the time.
They didn't do a very good job at all, although we were able to
resurrect the leather and the Moquette (just) and make new carpets and
fit proper headlining rather than the cheap Melton BCL had used. It is
very good now although I've still lots to do before I'll be happy.

Does anyone know if there are problems in fitting a 406 front cross
member complete to a 400 with Coopercraft calipers? For instance; is
the spring a different rating? Friend Paul Lacey is rebuilding Hugh
Porter's old car, which is tired and this would make life easier. Also
does anyone know how to get the spring out of the cross member on a 406.

Ashley