After procuring all the steel I needed from a local engineering firm it took me many hours of measuring, cutting, welding, grinding and painting to come up with the final product. However the experience was good and armed with new skills for the future. You need to be able to weld if involved in restoring cars.
The engine test stand under construction.
Although not entirely completed the finished stand is starting to look quite good.
I was originally going to set up the test stand and convert the electrics to 12 volts however I have backed off this idea because of cost. I would need to buy a new alternator, fuel pump, battery etc and after thinking about it would prefer to test the engine using all the components that will eventually go back into the car. That is the idea of having a test stand. I also purchased a modern radiator with electric fan however i think I will mount the original radiator (after repair) and belt driven fan.
So the next step is to mount the engine on the stand and then assemble all the components needed to get it going, including the coil and voltage regulator which I took off the vehicle as follows:
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