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Old 18-08-11, 12:52 PM   #3
Smokey
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Will do. Over the last 7 months it has not had the best of time.

The bad snow didn't help the vinyls and the snow on the roof froze, fell and dented the front wing (in pic) and then I moved house.

Since then it has been parked in a car park next to my house which didn't please the neighbours, and the tree next to it tried to swallow it!

As there are now definate plans set to get it repaired, I moved it to outside my house to give it some much needed tlc.

This is what it looked like before I gave it a wash and polish:





So I got to work. This involved soaking the plant sap that had created a layer over the car (this seemed to protect the vinyls at least!
Gave it a quick coat of wax just as the rain started to spitter:



Looking much better.

Only thing I need to fix is the bonnet release. The lever in the car is very loose and the bonnet doesn't fully catch. I see the 2 cables moving when I pull the lever but there is obviously an issue somewhere. May need to wait till the engine is out though?!

Anyhoo, things will be going in the right direction and when it gets taken in, it will be driven out
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