Ed the Herald

  Been a productive month, managed to pull apart the doors and remove the quarterlights, stripped the paint off, and have been cleaning up a few odds and ends. Been slack on photos Turned the car around so i can get to the other sider easier Only photo i took was when i was getting rid of the old Toyota Ipsum i had  Checked over my gearbox and that looks fine, rebuilt the shifter mechanism, played around with rust treating a couple of smaller things like door components and the gearbox crossmember.  My son is doing mechanical engineering at school and one of the assessments they have is to make a shifter knob. They machine it with an M10 thread i had an old long shifter in my box which i gave to him and his teacher was ok with him shortening it and rethreading the stick with a M10 thread so i can use it. Which i think will be a nice touch for both him and i. In additional news the 1500cc engine i had my eye on fell through, but i do have have an engine its a very early 13...

 So its been a while, been almost a decade. Finally i have a house and space to work. Started stripping paint off, body is remarkedly good.  The paint was rough as, and im lucky its been undercover for the best part of 15 years It surprised me how rust free it is under all this. Bottom of the doors are holey but other than about 4 holes smalled than your little finger around the front arches i havent found anything at all.  Been on the hunt for a 1500cc engine, ive got old and like the sound of more torque over high revs :D helps that i have a DCOE 40 and a set of headers aside which will fit it.  Trying to decide what to do with the doors, i have skins, but honestly its not looking that bad. im considering paying a bloke to repair the bottoms and trying to sell the skins to recoup some money back. stripped 99% of the paint off the roof today and started tidying up the front end. Just leaves the passenger side guard, the boot lid, and both sills to strip. Then we can...