........that I might not make it to the RR show or the Imp Club Show (same weekend) 
At the moment the car is 250 miles away back in Essex, locked in the garage, under a barrage of boxes, with a whole host of problems.
There is no cooling system basically. I can't get the bloody thing to keep water. I've had to disconnect the heater (which was broken anyway) to try and eliminate possibilities of blockages etc.
The engine doesn't exactly run very well either. The front wing is FUBAR'D to the point that the MOT man may decide he doesn't like it enough to pass it- the only thing holding the headlight in is a stick of wood wedged behind it and the wing
I'm in last teaching week of uni, which means I have a month of exams ahead. Then the day after I finish exams I'm for a clinical trial to earn some money to pay off the overdraft for the summer (read: squander on the car)
I have a new engine to go in, and a new radiator, which SHOULD mean that I don't have the cooling problems and hopefully a nicely running engine, but I only have some of June and August, and July to do it in. Have I mentioned I've never even seen the bottom end of an engine before?
And of course, then I have to think about getting the bloody thing MOT'd..................
I've been chatting on here about what I want it to look like with fancy roof racks and nice wheels, but if it ain't going anywhere I've got much more important things to worry about!
I can't help but think this is going to be a fairly tall order for someone like myself that knows approximately f**k all!? I have had plenty of offers of help from the owners club which I will have to take them up on, and are much appreciated. But so far, everytime I've had help to get one thing working.... something else has gone
My car in all it's [former] glory......
At the moment the car is 250 miles away back in Essex, locked in the garage, under a barrage of boxes, with a whole host of problems.
There is no cooling system basically. I can't get the bloody thing to keep water. I've had to disconnect the heater (which was broken anyway) to try and eliminate possibilities of blockages etc.
The engine doesn't exactly run very well either. The front wing is FUBAR'D to the point that the MOT man may decide he doesn't like it enough to pass it- the only thing holding the headlight in is a stick of wood wedged behind it and the wing
I'm in last teaching week of uni, which means I have a month of exams ahead. Then the day after I finish exams I'm for a clinical trial to earn some money to pay off the overdraft for the summer (read: squander on the car)
I have a new engine to go in, and a new radiator, which SHOULD mean that I don't have the cooling problems and hopefully a nicely running engine, but I only have some of June and August, and July to do it in. Have I mentioned I've never even seen the bottom end of an engine before?
And of course, then I have to think about getting the bloody thing MOT'd..................
I've been chatting on here about what I want it to look like with fancy roof racks and nice wheels, but if it ain't going anywhere I've got much more important things to worry about!
I can't help but think this is going to be a fairly tall order for someone like myself that knows approximately f**k all!? I have had plenty of offers of help from the owners club which I will have to take them up on, and are much appreciated. But so far, everytime I've had help to get one thing working.... something else has gone
My car in all it's [former] glory......
Ya never know, I may take you up on that if/when I next get the car mobile and up here!
