It's been
a while since my last report on the FHC restoration and there has been a very
good reason for that. Due to other commitments there was not much to report.
But yesterday I used the fine (read warm) weather as an excuse to have a go at
wax-oiling all the box-sections and cavities of the cars' body.
When
restoring the DHC a few years ago I made the mistake of wax-oiling the car late
in the year with lowish temperatures. In the end I got everything covered with
the sticky stuff, including myself. But it took a rather long time as the spray
tubes clogged up frequently due to the cold temperatures. Not so yesterday. After
covering the floor with a liberal amount of corrugated cardboard it was time
start.
For the DHC
I used the classic brown wax-oil from Dinitrol, but that was no longer
available through my usual supplier. So they supplied me with a colourless
alternative from Motip (Section Wax). It certainly is as sticky as Dinitrol, only it is less visible.
Which can be an advantage or a disadvantage. Depends how you look at it. But I
think I got everything pretty well covered!
Will give
it some time for the surplus wax-oil to drip out ...
Other jobs
carried out so far, coating the springs so they match the interior, and
searching through my spare wiring looms in search of a half decent late
European specification one. Refurbishing and checking all wiring will be next on
the to do list together with having all smallish parts coated.
