Monday, May 12, 2008

Home Stretch...with one big obstacle

Well for the most part everything went as planned. We replaced the interior leaving as much of the original car as possible. After that we took the engine out & tore it apart. We replaced several minor things (Oil lines, spark plugs, solenoid, battery) & then sent the engine off to be re-bored at the machine shop. In the mean time I sanded 2 small rust spots on the right side of the body. They really didn't need to be done but I had about a week of staring at the Singer with nothing to do & figured what the hay?

^^2 rust spots right on the hinges of the door. The poor quality of this photo is because it was uploaded from my phone - the camera was sitting (& still is) on the hood of the car in this photo:-P


There are 2 things left which need to be done & one depends upon the other. I still need to apply the layer of gloss to the car to give it backs it's youth; however, it isn't recommended that you do this in a small, poorly ventilated space, so I need to get it outside before I can do so & we are indeed still waiting to find some sufficient tires. The best deal we can get so far is 150$ a tire (more than I paid for my Jeep tires) & then shipping & handling costs from England to NC! We're looking in to finding some motorcycle tires that are very similar to the Singer tires & trying to use them instead. I think (hope) it will work & before long I can be getting 35 MPG & learning to drive on the right side of a car=D

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