Welcome!
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.
Nearly There! Fitting the Wing
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 …
A Little Interlude – Part 1
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 …
Garage Lighting
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. …
New home, new garage
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 …
Wing Prep – Part 3
Having now fitted the first wing, I’ve now turned my attention to the other side. First step was welding on the wing filler panel: Then, after a bit of time spent making sure the wing fitted properly (easier said than done – as mentioned before, the new wheelarch is a really bad fit so it’s …
Fitting the Wing
So, I finally got the first wing welded on today. I spent a bit of time yesterday drilling holes for the spot welds, all ready to go for today. I got out this afternoon, ready for the final fitting. Firstly, though, a bit of a signature for any future restorers: Then a quick bit of …
Wing Prep – Part 2
After being busy with some other projects (mainly dealing with various problems with the other cars in the fleet), I got back on to the wing prep today. I started by putting the wing back on, this time with the bolts all in place. Everything lines up well, apart from a couple of issues: Firstly, …
Wing Prep – Part 1
After a bit of a hiatus(!), I’m now finding a bit of time to get back on with the work. The first thing to be done was to carry on with the offside wing and wheel arch. When I left it before, the only bits that still had the old underseal that needed removing were …
Back on the job again!
OK. I know. There’s been no posts from me now for over a year. How embarrassing. There has been a reason, though: I’ve moved house. It was a fairly spur of the moment thing that we decided on in March last year (although we’d been thinking about it for a while), and we actually made …