Random notes on the restauration of Morgans, MGBs and Minis
When we started planning our summer trip in January, it was clear that I have a couple more days left on my time off balance than my wife. The entire round trip will be approx 4000km. We have three-and-a-half-days travel time. Do make the most out of this - I came up with idea to... Continue Reading →
Occasionally work does have quite pleasant moments - especially when a business partners an invite. I had the honor to be speaker today on such an event in Vilnius. What I didn't know is that they picked a really awesome location - the restaurant Le Mans at the Porsche Museum here. Even though I prefer... Continue Reading →
Back in the garage - ADAC Premium just paid off
It was quite a bit of luck that the new Vredestein Classic Sprint tires from Autodoc arrived just in time on Friday. They are DOT23 - so from this year. Along with them new Michelin tubes at the Radspannerei in Fachbach. A big shout out to Stephan Oster - the owner and wire wheel wizard.... Continue Reading →
Before I even had a classic car - I followed and read blogs about MGB rebuilds for a few years. Both Sven's MGBGT blog as well as Holger's little primrose yellow MGB site impressed and inspired me. Over the last 5 years I completely restored Miffi (my Mini Cooper), Moggi (my Morgan 4/4) and did... Continue Reading →
January has passed and I did not even spend 10 hours on my projects. Work keeps me busy and looking at my calendar this is going to stay this way for the next couple of months. The weekends are also full of tasks, duties, and appointments. Work-Life balance clearly shifted a bit over the last... Continue Reading →
Sometimes it is hard to explain why a certain task, project or idea suddenly becomes more important than others. If I take a step back and try to think objectively about which of my open tasks might have higher priority - there are a number of things that come to my mind. But the truth... Continue Reading →
Most of the day was planned for Saabeth - my son's car. The right rear wheel arch - a typical problem area on a Saab 900 - is badly rusted and needs to be fixed. The required repair panels are available at Scandix and I ordered them earlier this week. My job for this repair... Continue Reading →
Ever since I built the garage workbench, I wanted to have an easy to clean bench surface. My idea was to get 1mm thick sheet metal to cover the OSB board. But back in 2020 when we still had Corona lockdown, I just used stuff I had at hand/could easily get. After starting to use... Continue Reading →
Time to reflect and look forward. 2022 started with the family in Corona quarantine and almost ended the same way. After a trip to Plymouth for the master graduation celebration of my oldest daughter - my kids all caught Covid-19 for another time. My wife and I both have the fourth vaccination and were lucky... Continue Reading →
Fixing C6622 