My fourth car is a rare T60/4
four seat version of the T60 and about 50 to 60 were made. I bought
this car during 1995 and it is still being brought back to life (2004).
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Just purchased |
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Just brought it back from Bury (Lancashire) in 1995.
You can clearly see the 2 inch electrical box trunking underneath the car. This was a total waste of time and effort and would not give the car any additional support. |
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Just testing out another T60/4 |
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I was at a Micro car rally with my own T60 hardtop and someone had brought their T60/4, so I asked if my kids could try it out for size. |
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Car back from the trimmers 1996 |
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New soft top, side screens and seats recovered by Harry Stanistreet's wife |
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Ride height difference |
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Picture showing the different ride heights of the T60 and the T60-4 |
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My wife and my cars in 1995 |
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Side view |
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Outside my RAF garage |
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Progress |
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I've replaced the Mini door hinges with berkeley hinges. In this picture you can see the rear seat base, which was awful and was later (much later) replaced |
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Front and back |
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Front of the T60-4 and the back of my T60 hard top |
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Front suspension rebuild |
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After finding that the original restorer had rebuilt the front suspension without the central spacer I had to remove all of the bushes and refit new ones INCLUDING a new spacer |
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Suspension parts and tools |
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Here are all the parts and tools required to rebuild |
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Suspension parts and tools |
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Fitting the bottom bushes |
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Fitting the bottom bushes |
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Original bottom tray and the T60-4 tray |
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This picture shows an old Berkeley suspension tray and the unit construction T60-4 tray |
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Front kingpins and backplates |
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Picture shows the refurbished front kingpins and blasted and painted back plates. The king pins have been remanufactured with O rings to retain the grease, and have very fine tolerences |
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Front kingpins and backplates |
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Another view with the king pins reversed |
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Front brake rebuild |
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Picture showing the reassembly of the front brakes. New bearings, brake shoes and wheel cyclinders have been used |
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Engine prior to refit |
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Thoght I'd take some pictures whilst I could |
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Engine bay |
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Engine bay prior to refitting the engine |
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Don't know why I took this photo, it was obviously whilst the car was being prepped for painting with all that dust. However it does show the unique engine bay cross brace in place and the steering box steady |
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Rear suspension |
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This is an old picture, and I never rebuilt the rear suspension since there was no need. It does show the unique hand brake operating lever travelling DOWN the suspension arm |
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Rear suspension |
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Clearly showing the box extension extending the length of the swinging arm and the two vertical brackets connecting to the longer coil over shock absorber |
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Rear suspension |
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Another look at the unique and superior hand brake assembly. It also appears to have had a silencer going across the body of the car at some point |
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Rear silencer |
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The car appears to have had a rear silencer going across the car at some point, suspended by two large brackets and pair of front engine mounts. It looks original to me |
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Interior1 |
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Picture before the carpet was fitted |
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Interior2 |
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You can clearly see the three holes for seat ajustment forwards and backwards |
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Interior5 |
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The body sections are both bolted and clamped together. I didn't want the body sections moving and cracking the external paintwork |
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Interior6 |
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Here you can see the hand brake access hole and the slot in the chassis where the front/rear brake pipe goes inside the car |
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Interior7 |
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LH access slot, even though there's nothing to gain access for |
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Interior view 1 |
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Just finished fitting the new carpet, which is balck with red flecks, I think it looks great, but you cannot see it in these pictures |
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Interior view 2 |
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What you can't see is the galvanised fully welded steel chassis. This was done by the previous restorer, and is fully recommended by myself |
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Garage view 1 |
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Engine bay. That bonnet took days and days of painstaking work to remove and repair all the stress cracks |
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Garage view 2 |
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You can just see my Berkeley Foursome waiting to be worked on in the back ground |
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Garage view 3 |
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I've used stainless fittings where possible externally since chrome deteriorates and goes rusty |
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Garage view 4 |
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A good shot of the fibre glass windscreen surround which was introduced on the T60-4 |
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Garage view 5 |
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I've had a new rear bench seat made and side panels. Side panels help reduce the amount of interior noise since the rear of the car can act a bit like a drum. I've not touched the original seat back, since it's nice to see originality. |
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Garage view 6 |
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I've fitted a Triumph Dolomite electronic rev counter, to help balance the dashboard |
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Garage view 7 |
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I've also fitted an ammeter and fuel gauge |
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Garage view 8 |
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Hood sticks up and side screens fitted |
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Garage view 9 |
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The side screens are unique to the T60-4. The have rounded front edges because of the fibre glass windscreen surround |
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Garage view 11 |
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Hood up. It's quite a good hood, although getting in and out with it up and the side screens fitted takes some practice, but it is pretty water proof |
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Garage view 12 |
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Hood up and side screens fitted |
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Garage view 13 |
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Rear hood view |
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Garage view 14 |
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External mirrors were never fitted to Berkeley's, unless it was a show car. So you'll find a massive array of mirror types and locations selected by owners, since they are essential |
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Garage view 15 |
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You may just see the single washer jet in the middle of the car. Washers were never fitted to Berkeley's, but later became law, so owners fitted after market units, and all Berkeley's will be individual in this area |
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Day time view 1 |
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The car was professionally sprayed with 2 pack base and lacquer. Th colour is Ford Radiant red, which quite a few Berkeley restorers use |
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Day time view 3 |
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All hinges have a rubber gasket cut out and fitted between the hinge and the body to allow hinge movement (twisting) without cracking the fibre glass and paintwork |
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Day time view 8 |
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A new battery was fitted within the last two years, and the car has an SU fuel pump fitted |
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Day time view 9 |
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You can't see it (because it's hidden up the the RH headlight) but the car has Boyer Bransden electronic ignition fitted |
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Day time view 10 |
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The previous restorer installed a bulkhead repair using stainless steel, it was quite well done so I left it in place, it goes all the way across the car and down to the chassis |
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Day time view 11 |
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The new side mounted silencer which was installed in 2005, which features a detachable end cap so the fibre glass packed silencer can be rebuilt with new padding |
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Day time view 12 |
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The car has had new hinges fitted, plus a remanufactured bonnet badge which is enamelled not painted. |
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Day time view 13 |
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The car a new grill installed, but you have to watch these guys as they rust very easily. |
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Day time view 17 |
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The hood sticks are unique to the T60-4 and remain fitted to the car when not being used |
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Day time view 19 |
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I've never found out if Berkeley ever fitted a standard interior mirror, so I've fitted a plain unit |
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Day time view 20 |
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The car has a Berkeley badge mounted in the steering wheel , which seems to be coming rare these days since the badges are hard to come by and collectable |
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Day time view 21 |
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Hood sticks down when not in use. It could do with a vynyl bag to make it look tidy like those that were fitted to the Foursome. They also clatter about when riding over bumps, so they need tying up or something. |
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Day time view 22 |
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Original bucket seats, which were recovered, but did not turn out as well as expected. |
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T60-4 Side screens |
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A picture of both side screens, one from inside and one from outside. |
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T60-4 cross brace |
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The cross brace is unique to the unit contruction front suspension. It simply clamps to the diagonal struts within the engine bay |
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T60-4 cross brace |
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Another shot |
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T60-4 cross brace |
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Cross brace fitted. It's an old dusty picture when the car was being painted, but it shows up the fittings well |
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T60-4 hood stick pivot |
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Not that interesting but this is one of the two hood stick pivot brackets |
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