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16:00Nov 5 · 16:00
Stripping the truck down to the shell
Every bolt bagged and labelled, and 400 photos before anything goes in a box.
12:00Nov 4 · 12:00
Pulling the engine with a borrowed crane
Mounts, hoses and the one bolt that took an hour.
14:00Nov 3 · 14:00
Sanding the doors back to bare metal
Grits, a block and what I found under the second coat of paint.
18:00Nov 2 · 18:00
Rebuilding the wiring loom, one circuit at a time
Colour codes, a meter and a drawing of every wire.
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Nov 1 · 13:00
The engine bay, fresh hoses and torqued down
Back in, torqued to the sheet and running for the first time.
8:00Oct 24 · 8:00
Filming a restoration with one phone
The clamp, the light and how I keep a record of every job.
9:00Oct 17 · 9:00
First drive under the blossom
Three years of evenings, and a short drive down our street.
11:00Oct 10 · 11:00
Why I work in this order
Body first, then mechanics, and the jobs that have to wait for each other.
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