The sun has just broken through the fog again today, over the last couple of days it has been so nice in the afternoon that I have been out each day for a blast around the countryside, top down in both the Spitfire and Stag - even collecting an 8ft tree from our local garden centre with the Stag.
The only mechanical tinkering carried out has been to replace a courtesy light switch on the Stag, all the interior lights now work!. I also keep finding little improvements following its return from Faversham - the heater fan now runs in 2 speeds, and the windscreen wipers now self park in the right position.
Noticed this morning a couple of deep gouges in the front left quarter of the bumper which are clearly a result of last years accident - must keep an eye out for a cheap replacement as its the only thing thats slightly marring its appearance.
Completed the SOC Agreed Valuation forms today and sent them off to Stuart at SOCTFL so that I can get a true value of the car to update the insurance - wonder what impact my accident will have on the premium renewal?
Must remember to take the camera out with me when I go out next time.
Tickets for Ally Pally turned up in the post today - taking my 85 year old Father there on Sunday - one of our annual outings. ALso spoke to the local (Kent) organiser of the TR Register this morning who is interested in promoting our local TSSC's Drive it Day run to Ramsgate. The more the merrier!
Wednesday 20 February 2008
Wednesday 13 February 2008
Stag is Home
Just got back from Faversham with the Stag, had to wait until I got back to take pictures as it was very foggy over there, was held up for 30 minutes on the M2 - passed 3 nose to tail accidents, know just how they feel!
The finish on the car is superb, I have to hand it to the guys at Faversham Classics, they certainly know their Stags - I recommend anyone that needs some work done on their Stags to consider using them, whether it is bodywork or mechanical, and their rates are resonable too.
Gave the car a good run back on the M2 (Fog had lifted), performed brilliantly - inside the speed limit of course, at least thats what the speedo said, I think it under reads by about 10mph!
Engine seems much quieter - were the timing chains that bad before? Temperature stayed spot on between quarter and half, but then it has had a new radiator to replace last years new one! Viscous coupling was new last year as well.
Stag twitch seems to have all but dissapeared although only one driveshaft has been replaced, there is some steering vibration at 60+ at the moment which was not there before the accident, I put this down to wheel imbalance, will get that checked in the near future when my funds have recovered!
Just need to give her a couple of coats of polish to protect the new paint (advised by Kevin), her next real outing will be on the Historic Counties Run with CT
The finish on the car is superb, I have to hand it to the guys at Faversham Classics, they certainly know their Stags - I recommend anyone that needs some work done on their Stags to consider using them, whether it is bodywork or mechanical, and their rates are resonable too.
Gave the car a good run back on the M2 (Fog had lifted), performed brilliantly - inside the speed limit of course, at least thats what the speedo said, I think it under reads by about 10mph!
Engine seems much quieter - were the timing chains that bad before? Temperature stayed spot on between quarter and half, but then it has had a new radiator to replace last years new one! Viscous coupling was new last year as well.
Stag twitch seems to have all but dissapeared although only one driveshaft has been replaced, there is some steering vibration at 60+ at the moment which was not there before the accident, I put this down to wheel imbalance, will get that checked in the near future when my funds have recovered!
Just need to give her a couple of coats of polish to protect the new paint (advised by Kevin), her next real outing will be on the Historic Counties Run with CT
Tuesday 12 February 2008
She's Coming Home
Had a phone call today - the Stag is ready for collection, so tommorrow morning is the big day!
Over the last week she has had some additional painting down the sides to blend in the new paint - there were three layers of coach lines on her! I decided to have the timing chains replaced whilst the bonnet and radiator were out - Trevor at FC reported that they were well due for a change as the tensioners had a large gap to take up. I also elected to replace a driveshaft/hub assembly as the MOT man issued an advisory last year, so today she passed the test first time!
Can't wait to see the finished product with all those eBay bits fitted, new headlights and a nice shiny secondhand Stag badge picked up at Stoneleigh for a fiver last Sunday.
Will post pictures when she's home
Over the last week she has had some additional painting down the sides to blend in the new paint - there were three layers of coach lines on her! I decided to have the timing chains replaced whilst the bonnet and radiator were out - Trevor at FC reported that they were well due for a change as the tensioners had a large gap to take up. I also elected to replace a driveshaft/hub assembly as the MOT man issued an advisory last year, so today she passed the test first time!
Can't wait to see the finished product with all those eBay bits fitted, new headlights and a nice shiny secondhand Stag badge picked up at Stoneleigh for a fiver last Sunday.
Will post pictures when she's home
Monday 4 February 2008
Spot the difference
Had my weekly visit to FC today to see the progress. Kevin has polished the resprayed area now and it is looking very nice, the finish is excellent. The only problem is my photo's don't show this difference - Photo 1 was taken last week and appears earlier in the Blog, just after the paint was applied.
Photo 2 was taken today - both photo's were taken in daylight corrected flourescent light with no flash.
Had a discussion about the rear wings as the paint applied during an earlier repair is lighter, so depending upon the look when the doors are fitted it may be neccessary to flat back the existing paint and spray on a layer of the new. I am leaving this decision in Kevins hands as he is the expert!
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