Friday 3 January 2014

Good intentions for 2014

Started with some good intentions for 2014, or how to fill the Christmas holidays. Most important of which was/is cleaning/sorting out the shed. Over the years I have collected a fair amount of cars and parts. This combined with too much room means that everything was stowed away somewhere. So I decided it is time to go through the various storage spaces to see what I might need in future and what can go (either to the skip or flea bay).
First on the to do list is getting rid of two of the body shells I have, a late Solihull FHC with a big hole in the roof and a an early Dutch Canley built DHC. Although both could be restored someday, to be honest it wouldn't be very cost effective . In other words, the time has come to get rid of them. The plan being to remove all good bits, like chassis legs, good panels etc., and ditch the rest. And of course  I do need a bit of space to start work on the '76 FHC. So a bit of reshuffling and cleaning in the shed was in order ...



Talking of the new project car. In one of my previous posts I mentioned that I am working on some period striping for it. I made a full size print on paper at work to see if the measurements I had taken were correct. After cutting out the various parts it was time to tape them to the DHC to check for a correct fit and alignment ...



Pleased that the fit was already pretty good. Only two parts needed some slight adjustment. Next stage will be having the striping cut from adhesive foil. But I am in no hurry as I first have to start on the car itself.

Talking of which. There was an issue there. Namely the passenger door wouldn't open. In 25 years of TR7 motoring this was the first time I had this problem. But after removing the trim from the inside of the door ...


... it became clear that the previous owner had done something wrong when closing the door. One of the tabs inside the lock mechanism was bent slightly as a result of which it couldn't be unlocked. Well it could with a screw driver and some persuasion! A functional door makes life so much easier when working on a car.

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