Eight Cylinders

After weakening the mixture to nothing to get it to pass, Phil "tuned it by ear", the old fashioned way. I can now drive without the choke; it sounds like it has eight cylinders; (ignore the fan belt), here it is:

The "New" Wheels

Look much better don't they?

Hurrah!

MOT 2013

Not a good start to the day as it broke down on the way! £20 worth of dodgy fuel from dodgy Datty and the chuffing thing wouldn't start. Thankfully, (Simon and) I rolled it down the little hill just outside the little garage (where the motor home place was) . The bloke turned up for work at about 08:15 and couldn't help but get his hands under the bonnet! Lots of revs and can of "start-ya-bastard" got it going.

The MOT then. Unbelievable! The rusty sills didn't appear to be an issue. It failed on 4x tyres, which I knew about, and the emissions, which I presumed. Excellent!

Lipstick on a Pig ii

This winter's main job is to sort out the sill rust. The bottom of the car, sill, wings etc, should be black rather than green. I prefer the green but will never be able to match the original colour, so black it will be. I am sure that the original factory colour was black, rather like this ...

Pershore Plum Festival 2013

A fantastic show, (fairly) well organised, hundreds of cars and thousands of people, sunny weather; excellent! 

Wyre Forest District Council, take note. Pershore's traders must have made a fortune today.

Lipstick on a pig?

Anybody out there know anything about rust? Or welding? Or respraying?

A very rusty sill. Am I spending lots of money for nothing?