Thursday 30 June 2011

Update

Sorry, I havn't updated in a while, been very busy with school and stuff. Basically what has happened is that I moved the cars about a month and a half ago, so now the green car is in abbotskerswell and the red one is at my house.
With the red car I have removed most stuff now, which wasn't too much because it had already been mostly stripped, so the main things I have removed is the wiring harness, dashboard and all bolt on panels. I have also cut out the boot floor as this was extremely rusty and didn't look very nice. When removing stuff and taking a further look at the car, it seems that I will have to get somebody else to weld it. I have very little welding experience and it would take far too long for me to do all the welding and I would quite like a car to drive, however now I will be spraying it myself.
Having worked at modern motoring for a while now, Dave has given me a second hand tailgate, which has a screen in it, however it is slightly damaged so will need some bashing with a hammer. I have also been given a second hand recessed grill, which needs some work doing to it.
Bit of history with the red car, it has had 11 previous owners excluding modern motoring, and the owner before had it from '86 when he took it off the road in 1991, and Dave has had it since 1995. So between 1972 and 1986 the car has had 10 owners, which seems a bit strange.
I have also sold both rear wings I bought, but still need to sell both sills, which will raise more money for fixing the car.