Andyf's Weblog

Hooray, at last, she is back on the road! After assuming that I would have her back in time for the May Day bank holiday, she eventually arrived back in the middle of June!

We had all sorts of problems. Firstly, the new wings were a terrible fit and needed lots of fettling to get decent panel gaps, then she was prepared and resprayed, and there was a paint reaction, and it all had to be stripped off and redone. However, it is looking good now, though the paint still needs polishing and finishing, but this can wait until the winter.

My next plan is to paint the underside with smooth Hammerite or similar (I will do a search and find out what everybody recommends, I know it has been covered in previous forum threads), and to polish up the period Compomotive Alloys, replacing the nuts and centre caps. I flirted with MG alloys for a while, but was let down by an E-Bay seller. I`m half glad now, I think the Compomotives will be great when cleaned. All this will also probably wait until winter, because when I get a spare hour, I drive!