You might just notice the state of the garage at this stage.
What was once a nice, clean and orderly workshop is now an obstacle course with parts everywhere and the bench at the rear loaded up with parts awaiting bearing changes, etc.
My dad knew I was embarking on the chassis change which he thought was complete madness and positive proof of a wasted education.
"Just sell it son" was the advice because back in the 70s these were just old sports cars and it was costing us more than the car was actually worth.
But when he realised I wasn't going to, dad popped down one night after work "to see if I can give you a lift".
I think he was really disappointed to see the car already in bits.
In fact I'd just had the body on the new chassis to mark the bolting points, drilled the mounting holes and was starting to tap the threads when he came round.
If I'm honest I found putting all these random bits back together a bit daunting. Changing oil is one thing but I hadn't actually seen a differential before.
But as the Haynes Manual says;
“The re-assemble method is the reverse of the disassembly procedure”
Simple as that. Who’d have thought it ?
Later in the week some of the guys I worked with came round during their lunchbreak. I was sitting on the lawn outside the garage, drinking tea.
"we figured you'd be ready to lift the body off by now"
So I opened the garage and showed them the (nearly) completed car.
Street Cred (Spanners Award) rises.
