While I was working on the doors, I took the time to get to work cleaning up the passenger cabin. I’d already done a whole lot of work on the interior; mainly removing the old sound deadening on the floors and a few small rust repair patches. So I didn’t expect much work to be needed.
With the front end all stripped and painted, it was time to get cracking on with the doors. This was one area I knew was going to need some rust repair – hopefully one of the final parts that did. Getting the Doors Off Thanks to the stripped down state of the car while the …
Time to get cracking on the restoration again!
I start on the front end, stripping and priming the engine bay, front panel and wings.
After many delays, the TR7 project is finally back underway. I even made a video about the story so far for my YouTube channel – come and check it out!
In my first restoration, I take a tatty and dirt-encrusted old Victorian brass bell and make it shiny again. Contains much polishing!
Welcome to the site! The idea (almost certain to change) of this site is to showcase the restorations of various old and rusty junk that I keep coming across and feeling sorry for.
So it’s taken over three years, but I’ve finally got the wing fitted today, ready for welding. I was going to get this done the other day but my angle grinder decided to die on me. I think that’s the third one to die now? Four if you count the cheap one I bought that …
OK, so now I’ve got the garage sorted, got the lighting more or less the way I want it, got some power in there, it’s all good to go! But one thing I can’t sort out is the temperature. And right now, it’s freezing! I mean, literally. So while I could go and work out …
As mentioned in the last post, I wanted to get some better lighting in the garage. So I ordered some LED strip lighting. I picked that for two reasons: Firstly, because it comes in a long strip it should be good for getting rid of shadows and having a bit more diffused lighting in there. …
So, here we are again. After six years at the old house and very little TR7 progress, we moved the whole lot again, this time to Norfolk. We’ve actually been here since March, but with one thing and another (I’ve still been working my old job in the Midlands and have been staying up there …