With the chassis in an (almost) rolling condition it was time to focus on the next task ahead. The rear quarter panel on the right side (offsite) of the car had a ~4cm torn area beneath the door even before I took the car apart. The repair attempt on the 1mm thick alloy did not... Continue Reading →

Getting to a rolling chassis was my main priority for this weekend. As I already wrote in an earlier post I forgot to put the bumpstops (basically two cut-offs from a rubber hose) around the kingpins. Using the "Tried & True method" for the 3rd time now - I only need about 45min for removing... Continue Reading →

None of the tasks I completed today were more difficult or more noteworthy but looking at the progress this evening sure feels good. The afternoon started with a quick wheel change on my daugther's Alfa Romeo Mito. Earlier this week my 20€ car jack from Amazon decided to quit working. I guess the saying "If... Continue Reading →

Looking at the picture I took this evening I see that I made some progress. It sure did not feel like it in the garage. I had many little tasks today. After cleaning up the propshaft I decided not to paint it. Sure - it would look better but nobody will ever see it and... Continue Reading →

With the rear suspension in the car it is time to think about what's next on the ToDo list. While I was restoring my Mini Cooper last year this was never really a big topic. The order on how to put everything back together came pretty naturally for one reason or another. Most of the... Continue Reading →

Although I made some progress I am not really satisfied with the results of this weekend. Concerned about the lack of clearance between the bolt heads of the Rutherford shock mount brackets and the leaf springs I decided to remove on washer I used as spacer. Quite a bit of time was wasted for another... Continue Reading →

After leaving the garage yesterday evening the thoughts about how to proceed with the Rutherford rear suspension circled in my head the entire night. Since the wooden spacer I made fitted nicely, the idea of getting this CNCed out of alloy seemed best. As the paint-shop finished painting some steering parts and the fishtail panels,... Continue Reading →

The day started very early and clearly not as expected. My daughter called just after 6am because her Ford StreetKa was making "strange noises" on her way to work. Since I don't really need a car during these forced 100% home-office times I quickly drove to the point were she decided that it is better... Continue Reading →

We returned home from the UK at 3am today. After a couple hours of sleep I used the rest of my day off in the garage. A quick clean up of my work bench and I could lift the shinny overhauled Salisbury 7HA onto a pair of axle stands. My goal for today was to... Continue Reading →