The hurricane gomes home..

They say times change and people change with it. I did too..

After owning the beast for nearly 5 years, I had to let go off it for several reasons. The prime reason was a shift in profession. I have moved to Delhi. Am penning this down after having sold the Hurricane nearly 3 months back.

A lot of thought went in before I sold the Hurricane. I had the following options
1) Lock the same in the garage until I came back to Bangalore. Until then someone would start it now and then. This meant rust.
2) Leave it with Ganesh (Pushpa Auto Garage) who promised to take care of it.
3) Leave it at my hometown in Ooty and someone would start it there. The rust would settle in, but a bit later as compared to Bangalore..

In the end it was Ganesh and Suresh Stephen who got me to sell it. They said instead of it lying around, it was better of being sold. Ganesh also pointed out another thing. He said I would not build another one with as much passion and love as I had built this one.

I finally sold it to Santosh, to whom I will be transferring this blog eventually. Santosh is from Pallakad and there U guessed it...... The Jeep was going home, 42 years after it was registered there..

All the best Santosh, am sure you will put in as much love and effort as I have.

Like the good old Jeep sayin' goes... "May The Fours Be With You"...

Jeep in its Natural Habitat - Off-Road ..Somewhere off Pearl Valley Bangalore

Creature Comfort !!! - Pioneer - DEH - P8050

195 Finally Music. Just removed the unit from my car and plugged it into the JEEP. Now we are rocking ....

Electronic Ignition - Coil with the Unit

194 The entire unit is is from the Contessa Classic car. Needless to say it is a used piece.

Electronic Ignition - Delco

193 The electronic unit replaces the traditional points type unit.

Working Hard....

192 Hussein at work late into the evening, as the vehicle was to be delivered for the 9th off-road session. However the vehicle was finished only by Sunday evening.

All Jacked Up

191 The vehicle jacked up for the full float conversion and installation of 540 Drums.

6 Blade Fan

190 The old4 blade metal fan has been replaced with a 6 blade plastic one.

Radiator Coolant Tank

189 Coolant tank for the radiator.

Full Float and MM540 Discs

188 Another View of the drums

Full Float Conversion with MM540 Drums

187 Mahindra MM 540 drums with axles / spindles / hubs .

Dual Reservoir Master Cylinder

186 Going in for Dual Reservoir Master Cylinder setup, for better braking. Planning on MM540's disc's also.

Electric Fuel Pump

185 Going in for an Electric Fuel Pump. This will be activated on a need only basis. A separate switch for the same has been provided in the Jeep.

Carter Carburetor Packing Kit

184 Part of the Carter Carburetor Kit. Again these are old "New" Parts. These are for my cousin's JEEP. My JEEP has a Solex Carburetor.

Solex Carburetor Kit Contents

183 Different Jets and carburetor packing

Solex carburetor Kit

182 Look closely at the date of packing. It has survived all these years. Again courtesy Mr. Uday Bhan Singh.

Head Light Dipper Switch

181

Rotor

180 Notice the date it was packed. This was courtesy Mr. Uday Bhan Singh, who seems to have access to endless number of old "NEW" parts.

Water Pump

179 Had picked a new water Pump from Anand. Came in handy now. Replaced the old one.

Engine - Being assembled

178 The remaining parts being mounted....

Oil Pump

177 Found used Oil Pumps - courtesy Arka. However didnt use those. Mr. UBS helped me by sending me a brand NEW Oil Pump.

Engine has been mounted

176 The Engine has been mounted after the re-build. Waiting for an oil pump.

Crankshaft - Closeup

175 Close up view of the Crankshaft. Worth its weight in gold....

Crankshaft

174 Unused 20 year Old Crankshaft - The brown colour is varnish, which has been put to prevent the same from rusting. The most expensive spare in this engine rebulild process

Exhaust Valve

171 Exhaust valves

Exhaust Valve Guides

172 Exhaust Valve Guides