Announcement

**Jeff Turbo** · 12th May 2013, 05:26

Playing swoppies on saturday
Back in the open

Plenty of bodyparts inside

Then this turned up

And ready to go

**Jeff Turbo** · 26th May 2014, 14:24

Well it's been a year since this car was moved to Mal's barn and it hasn't moved an inch since.
So this year it will be coming back to my barn eventually so I can continue with it as it doesn't now look as though it will be done by the paint shop who offered so spray it for me.
Shame really but there you go.

**ayrshirelad32** · 26th May 2014, 21:10

That is a bummer about the paint shop. At least the car will be getting finally restored or work statred on her restoration. I was thinking about said vehicle recently. Lot of memories attached to said vehicle this side of the wall!. A great many actually. Still spilt milk and crying etc etc.

**Jeff Turbo** · 29th May 2014, 16:28

Originally posted by ayrshirelad32 View Post

That is a bummer about the paint shop. At least the car will be getting finally restored or work statred on her restoration. I was thinking about said vehicle recently. Lot of memories attached to said vehicle this side of the wall!. A great many actually. Still spilt milk and crying etc etc.

When it gets back to my barn the engine will be removed and all suspension removed, cleaned and painted

**ayrshirelad32** · 1st June 2014, 21:42

Excellent said car is finally getting the restoration she has long deserved. The wiper mechanism might need adjusting. I remember driving down form Thurso one January in a Snow storm over Drumochtor Pass. My right hand out of the drivers window with my fingers on the edge of the windscreen. The drivers wiper kept sliding of the screen,! and then not returning!. So by the time i got down to lower levels and the snow had stopped, my hand and fingers were literally purple blue!. That was a memorable journey. Funnly enough wipers worked fine in the rain on lower levels!

**Jeff Turbo** · 23rd June 2014, 15:49

Originally posted by ayrshirelad32 View Post

Excellent said car is finally getting the restoration she has long deserved. The wiper mechanism might need adjusting. I remember driving down form Thurso one January in a Snow storm over Drumochtor Pass. My right hand out of the drivers window with my fingers on the edge of the windscreen. The drivers wiper kept sliding of the screen,! and then not returning!. So by the time i got down to lower levels and the snow had stopped, my hand and fingers were literally purple blue!. That was a memorable journey. Funnly enough wipers worked fine in the rain on lower levels!

Comes back next month for continuation

**Jeff Turbo** · 2nd October 2014, 15:14

Originally posted by Jeff Turbo View Post

Comes back next month for continuation

Or a lot later

**Jeff Turbo** · 2nd November 2014, 13:29

Looking a bit sad for itself but will be coming home soon in December

**Jeff Turbo** · 11th December 2014, 10:24

While I was at Mal's barn on Saturday I started the car up.
After a few attempts it fired up so this will be my main aim next year to spend more time on it.
It's now confirmed as coming back to my barn in either late January or early February.
Ta Mal

**Jeff Turbo** · 2nd February 2015, 11:58

Now returned to my barn where I can continue the resto. Thanks Mal

**Jeff Turbo** · 27th May 2015, 04:22

I have accumulated more parts for the car and restarted work on it but lining up the nearside front wing I found a major problem.
The sill sits too high by about 6mm so the wing doesn't line up. I checked the original wing and that's been bodged to fit
I did wonder why the door had to be soo high.
The sill will have to either be removed and re-done or possibly cut at the front and lowered then re-welded on.
Bummer that as I was going to continue with this.
The project will now stall until after I learn to teach myself to weld.

**Jeff Turbo** · 2nd January 2016, 18:14

Originally posted by Jeff Turbo View Post

I know of one other a black one with 200,000 miles on it. Been restored twice and now lives in a container.
One owner only and has been all over europe, the guy will never part with it

And finally got round to seeing it today

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