October 2014 - "If it wasn't for bad luck - I would have no luck at all...."

So life continues :-( business deals have slowed and usual bad luck is back!

Jogger just ran into the A8 at a junction - he was OK. How do you not see a big green A8??? Got home and he has dented the front wing!!!!! Arggggggghhhhhhhhhhh

Took the rear coil overs off the Élan for a rebuild at Avo. Found this so will need to have a plate welded in. Good news though Avo rebuilt them for £72 in total inc postage and turned them round in 2 days! Also one of the headlamp motors has failed - I already have a rebuild kit.

It could be flexed with your fingers - no wonder the backend felt a bit light!!! This was a job for a welder!!! Fortunately, the three sides of the "pillar" were solid.

So template of the area was made up in cardboard and then transferred to steel and then welded into place.

Then the refurbished shocks were refitted ( £72 from AVO including return postage - pretty good) Elan is handling much better now :-)

Headlight motor will be repaired at the same time.

However, this exercise showed up how worn the rear tyres were ......two new tyres were needed.

Sourced from Nick at MOT Motorsport and to be fitted on my visit to Anglesey  for the Race of Remembrance. All OK apart from the driving rain.

Continuing the saga of bad luck and my ineptitude at repairing cars.........................
Needed a new drivers seat belt as the old one was not retracting properly. How hard can that be? F**kin hard is the answer ..... Drivers seat out, trim from drivers and rear door out carpet pulled up, battery disconnected. Cracked head more times than I care to remember ...... Eventually job done ......