66 Not Out

I moved the cars out and parked Alpine in the sun first thing to help dry it off if there is any moisture left. I also moved the Mk2 as well to clear the space for work.

Then Mk2 to Harkstead to baby sit BT engineers - until they realised they could not upgrade to telephone due to the power lines (?) and then they went away to think again.

After getting back I moved the Alpine back as the clouds loomed to do a bit of polishing.

However before that I tried to get the Talbot radiator cap seal in place. I'd checked and the kit I had bought (strangely a part of the kit of the brake repair kit for the brakes for a Ford Cortina MK4) fitted. It looked like it did.

First I had to remove the old one - which was harder than I expected - but all in all only a 30 min job.

Then I did a bit of 'glassing'. Four (8) passes on each section. Wash and dry the panel (2), then cut it with the new style T-cut to carefully remove the scratches and clean it off (2), then apply polish and buff that off (2) and finally the wax - dark Dodo wax to hide as many imperfections as I could and buff that off too (2).

I started with the offside rear. I think 90% of the scratches came out with the first buffing and it was radiating when I'd finished. So 15-20 mins per panel/section. That's a half day for the rest of the car.

Then it was time to get the broken lawn mower to try and fix for the allotment. So SAAB of course. Here it is: 

After two hour I'd got the frame sitting correctly and found the broken starter cord. I'd also discovered that the starter had been replaced and riveted on and the choke connection was all loose. Not sure it's worth sorting but we'll see.

Finally Alpine out to drop off a payment at Phil's in Harkstead.

I took the long way home. I'm getting used to it again - but I must calibrate, as I forget it is 66 years old.

As is the Driver.