0011 So it's a British motor car....

I know I should have known that things would not be all that they seemed.....

When we left off last week, Mark and his team had systematically stripped the car's back end, including removing the rear skin to correct the results of a rear-end shunt; well, this is how it was looking at the start of the week...

0010 While the cat's away....

Well, in this case it is Mark, not the mouse, and it's more like hard work than play, but aside from those minor inconsistencies, the metaphor is complete!

Mark and his team have been very busy this week; they have essentially stripped the whole of the back end...

0009 Giles has gone walkabout.......

So in his absence, I have been let loose....and what we're finding is not all good!

When we left off, the car had been hauled off to spend some time with Mark and the team at The Classic Car Clinic;

0008 Getting the car ready for a transplant

18^th – 24^th May 2017

Wiring, fuel, and bootwork.

Boot floor, with hole for fuel tank pick up sump

When you take a 63 year old car apart, I guess it is not unexpected that you will get a few surprises and problems.  And this week we have found a few unwanted ones !    Following  Ashton’s visit last weekend, we have arranged for the car to go over to Mark Boldry at Classic Car Clinic on the Gold Coast to have the rusty  floor panels cut out, replacement ones welded in, and to change the passenger side footwell area to provide more room for the exhaust to run down the side of the car rather than underneath.   So to have the car ready for this work, we had a lot of cleaning up to do.