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1. Ronstoration: (Updates); ... Central and loaded it up with bits of MGA.. Then when I got home I simply painted everything black. Well not really. Actually yes I did but I did do other stuff.. I stripped ...; Created on 25 July 2015
2. Electrical fettling: (Updates); ... a damn sight harder than it looks and took up a few hours. Cleaning, painting and generally fettling the other bits and bobs whiled away most of the rest of the day. ...; Created on 05 August 2013
3. More little bits and pieces.: (Updates); For some time now I have been unable to find the 8 pin plug that supplies power to the bonnet. It finally turned up today; it appeared to have been sat on by an elephant. Not to be fazed by this I shooed ...; Created on 07 July 2013
4. Coopercraft: (Updates); ... suspension bits from the roadster sitting in the shed it occurred to me that as they are identical I could reassemble the whole axle unit and do a straight swap. I did the assembly today and they look ...; Created on 18 May 2013
5. Jigsaw: (Updates); Ah the logistical delight of car restoration. Bits of my car are all over the place. The body's at the paint shop 50 miles away in Strathalbyn. The engine's still up at Chris's awaiting a teardown ...; Created on 23 January 2013
6. Nearly ready to reassemble IRS: (Updates); I'm still plugging along fettling bits of the IRS. I'm 95% ready to start reassembly. Just need to get a few more bits plated and I can reassemble the driveshafts. I have all of the new parts and all ...; Created on 12 January 2013
7. At the body shop: (Updates); You might think that I've gone into hibernation over Christmas, but you'd be wrong. I've sorted all the plating and powder coating, arranged to have a million bits sent around the globe to be fettled, ...; Created on 08 January 2013
8. Warming up: (Updates); ... have it back to me by July 2013, so by then I plan to have the IRS and engine rebuilt, along with all the other bits. I'm particualrly looking forward to locking horns with the Kelsey Hayes servo. Watch ...; Created on 28 October 2012
9. The home stretch.: (Updates); ... few teething problems, but with some sound advice it all eventually went smoothly. The two good bits of advice I got were to put the bars in from the front, sliding them back to insert them, and to loosen ...; Created on 05 October 2012
10. Back together we go...again...: (Updates); First day of spring. Nice sunny day. Afternoon spent putting bits back into the engine bay. Very satisfying and really looks good. ...; Created on 01 September 2012
11. Paint's on!: (Updates); ... I'll give it a couple of days to go off properly and then I can start hanging bits back on again! ...; Created on 26 August 2012
12. The Unicorn: (Updates); ... Ron got some motorbike bits polished and said that they were reasonably priced and look good. So the back of my car is full of buckets of bolts, freshly sandblasted objects for powder coating and my ...; Created on 29 May 2012
13. Washing dishes: (Updates); ... without damaging anything or myself. Ron worked on his motorbike engine and Chris listened to jazz while occasionally attaching bits to the engine he's rebuilding today. Lunch consisted of beans on toast ...; Created on 28 May 2012
14. More bits off: (Updates); Despite my fundamental lack of enthusiasm for tackling the engine bay, another step was achieved today with the removal of the upper and lower wishbones. Another bucketful of bits for the platers. I think ...; Created on 26 May 2012
15. Post mortem findings 2: (Updates); ... on an XJ6 series 3 big valve head anyway so it doesn't really matter. Chris is going to pick up the bits this week and take them off to the machinist. I have ordered most of the parts apart obviously ...; Created on 21 May 2012
16. Post mortem findings: (Updates); ... driving off into the sunset have been shot to bits. It's time for a lovely new rebuilt engine! Good thing I've got a spare crank... ...; Created on 19 May 2012
17. Off to the trim shop: (Updates); Now that I have the car more or less running, the biggest weakness is the poor state of the interior trim. Bits are torn or missing, it's all loose and it really just looks daggy. So off to another ...; Created on 10 April 2012
18. Exhausted: (Updates); The bits of pipe that join the mufflers to the hotdogs were in poor condition so I got some new ones made up to replace them. Sadly when I tried to remove the old bits of pipe from the hotdogs it ...; Created on 18 December 2011
19. Glove Box: (Updates); ... that putting them together wasn't going to be entirely straight forward. This has been the first time that I've had to drill holes and bend things so that they fit, and make bits to hold other bits in ...; Created on 17 December 2011
20. Glove Box: (General); ... that putting them together wasn't going to be entirely straight forward. This has been the first time that I've had to drill holes and bend things so that they fit, and make bits to hold other bits in ...; Created on 17 December 2011
21. All coming together: (Updates); ... Alex and I repainted the bezels on the tacho and speedo, and buffed up sundry chrome bits. The dash looks great. Popped up to Chris's for the E type tragics Saturday morning coffee. My diff ...; Created on 10 December 2011
22. Heater finished: (Updates); All of the bits I needed to complete the heater rebiuld arrived this week. Included was a plastic bag of bits of foam to make seals inside the box, but it wasn't immediately apparent which bits went ...; Created on 30 October 2011
23. Support from your friends: (Updates); ... restored bits and pieces but when reality bites will they ever work.regards" ...; Created on 24 October 2011
24. Every cloud...: (Updates); ... of TV..out to the shed. A couple of hours of sanding and painting bits, this time in lovely hammertone silver! ...; Created on 26 September 2011
25. Waterpump on: (Updates); I needed to do something constructive. At present most of what I do to the car involves removing crappy dirty broken old bits. Yesterday I managed to get a few bits painted including my freshly ...; Created on 19 September 2011
26. No more steering wheel.: (Updates); ... is that the actual bits used for each car vary and when ordering parts it's hard to get it all right. For example I ordered series 1 RHD dashboards; they're the wrong ones. My car is looking ...; Created on 11 September 2011
27. It's Christmas!: (Updates); ... arrived. Everything is there apart from the bits still on back order. Then 2 hours later, the first of my wheels arrived too. Off to get them now. The wheels look terrific. ...; Created on 05 September 2011
28. First bit of reassembly: (Updates); ... I ordered all of the parts for the RHD conversion, plus a new Lockheed master cylinder and some other bits last night, from Barratts. I sent an email for a quote to both them and XKs Unlimited ...; Created on 27 August 2011
29. The plan: (General); ... I made the decision to rebuild the car, and merrily pulled it to bits. Just as the project started a relationship breakdown occurred and I had to move out of the house I lived in which had a large shed. ...; Created on 14 August 2011
30. Start with something simple: (Updates); ... nuts, bolts or metal bits at all. 9l of Vulvaline put back in, an emormous volume! Clutch pressure plate is oily; suspect rear crankshaft oil seal. Spend a while bending the flanges on the ...; Created on 07 August 2011

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