“Edd China’s Workshop Diaries” has already seen the previous “Wheeler Sellers” host deal with a Volkswagen T5 van and a Land Rover Range Rover, however for the fourth episode he is beginning a brand new undertaking: a 1962 Alvis TD21.
With the Vary Rover giving him some points, China determined to place it apart briefly and shift focus to the Alvis. One among many defunct British automakers, Alvis dates again to 1919 and has since constructed a cult following with its sports activities vehicles and race vehicles. The corporate stopped making vehicles in 1967, however a continuation-car program was introduced in 2019.
This TD21 was initially owned by a Royal Navy rear admiral (typical of the Alvis proprietor demographic, in keeping with China), however now has an extended checklist of points. China determined to start out with the headlights, which randomly refused to work.
Edd China works on a 1962 Alvis TD21
Determining the issue required eradicating the headlight swap from the dashboard, and to do this, China first checked out a brand-new alternative swap for clues. There weren’t any helpful clues to be discovered, sadly, so China ended up popping off the dashboard’s walnut fascia and digging round within the nest of wires behind it.
Changing the headlight swap solved the issue, however China additionally famous that one of many secondary lights was having some points. He is saving that for a future episode.
China additionally continued telling the story of setting a Guinness World Report for world’s quickest electrical ice cream van, begun in the previous episode. This time, he covers eradicating the diesel engine from a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter in preparation for the electrical conversion, in addition to sourcing the motor. He wished to make use of that motor with the inventory Mercedes transmission, so he scanned the 2 components with the intention to design a customized adapter. Watch the total video to see how he did it.