GingerNuttz

even @GingerNuttz would hide?

All home market Saabs (production started post WW2) were LHD. I think it was 1968 they switched sides, but most cars sold in Sweden were LHD, probably to assist in neighbouring countries, although I have heard it said that LHD was popular outside of cities where there was often unmetalled roars and steep drop offs with no barrier as it made moving close to the edge easier.
Today was the Alford autojumble and a few local shiters had arranged to meet up there but unfortunately I had visitors so could not make it. My visitors left after lunch so decided to see if Delilah (named by a friends grand daughter due to the registration) would start as the last time it was run was September last year. Took my jump pack out but surprisingly did not need it as oce fuel was pulled through she started well. A quick pressure wash and off for a run. Filled up with fresh fuel and enjoyed the sun. I had been planning on selling this one as I have had it close to 15 years when I discovered a small* amount of rot which @GingerNuttz made a fantastic job of fixing. Now it is solid and running well, thoughts again turned to possibly selling, so I stopped to take a few photos.





Carried on for about 50 miles then headed home. Once on my track it started to play up, lacking power, back firing and cutting out. I think the points have closed up but as I got home it started raining. All thoughts of selling are again on the back burner until I investigate further.

Couple of Manta pics.
 
Just doing tons of bodywork.


Test spray of the colour on the boot.

Quarters are body worked ready for the kit to be bonded on but I need to wait till  @dome is here so I canny be blamed for any squinty arches.
Doors are all prepped and in primer with the rears ready to spray on Wed or Thurs.
Engine bay and all the inner arches should be white before middle of next week.
There's piles of other pictures but I canny be arsed going through my phone for em, slept 3 hours since yesterday so I'll update it all at some point or just post pictures when it's painted since it shouldn't be long.
 

Couple of Manta pics.
 
Just doing tons of bodywork.


Test spray of the colour on the boot.

Quarters are body worked ready for the kit to be bonded on but I need to wait till  @dome is here so I canny be blamed for any squinty arches.
Doors are all prepped and in primer with the rears ready to spray on Wed or Thurs.
Engine bay and all the inner arches should be white before middle of next week.
There's piles of other pictures but I canny be arsed going through my phone for em, slept 3 hours since yesterday so I'll update it all at some point or just post pictures when it's painted since it shouldn't be long.
 

Smoll update. 
911s engine has been built so it was time to ship the car down to them for installation and fettling.
I paid a man to do it, it was actually cheaper than it would have cost me by the time I'd rented a trailer, paid for fuel for the Jeep and Tebay pies

I'm kind of a big deal, only personalised trailers for my shite.

The Manta is coming on too. @GingerNuttzis busy getting the body ready for the 400 kit. 

And I decided to sack off the Corsa VXR seats I'd bought for it-they were heavy and were going to be awkward to fit. It's getting more like a rally car so might as well have some proper buckets.

I ordered up weld in seat rails which were of course the wrong size. I've got that sorted now so next up is seat fitting. 
We're moving house in May. Here's what you need to know about the new house.
 

I can't wait to be able to fettle shite indoors
 

As some of you may have seen in my thread, I spent the last couple of days nipping down to Worcester and as a result REV is now parked on my trailer outside my house in the North East of Scotland. How the hell did that happen? Pull up a chair to the fire, help yourself to a dram, and I will tell you  
Over the years on AS I got to know Dez on here, then on the winter zoom meets during Covid and I have met him once at the FOD. During this time (Dez, you might want to look away here, I will tell you when it is safe to return) I found Dez to be young and enthusiastic, especially about Invercars which it became obvious is his passion, to the extent he can become a pain in the arse about them, but that is Dez (you can look back now). When Dez got the chance to buy REV, I was one of the ones who advised against it due to his physical limitations. He ignored me  and I was wrong. Whilst owning REV has done nothing much for him physically, mentally it is the best thing he could have done. It has given him something to focus on, and I would go as far as to say Dez is now probably the leading authority on these things, and a by product he has become profficient in dealing with DVLA, and he has helped me out several times over the years.
Once Dez had got REV running and completed his chip run, it became obvious REV was far from in good health and fortunately he listened to advice and the true hero of all this @red5 stepped in and offered to sort it. I met Sam today, a true gentleman, and he told me what he had done to REV and believe me it is far more than I could have done! Sam did all this inbetween teaching and having a life and whilst having to wait 5 months for carb bits etc. All that is left is the kingpin on the technical front and a few other jobs which whilst relatively simple will take a great deal of time, which understandably Sam no longer has as life has moved on.
Around Christmas time, Dez became a bit frustrated, after all he passed his driving test 2 years ago and has not driven since. In his usual enthusiastic all in manner he asked about a car he was thinking of buying. A lot of good advice was given, and frankly, a whole heap of nasty comments were made at Dez. I was surprised by some people, and several of the worst offenders have posted on AS how they sometimes struggle with their own mental health yet fealt it was perfectly acceptable to pile in on Dez. I will not name names, nor say anymore on the subject, but  some of the people involved should be ashamed of themselves. Enough of that, at least some good came out of it.
A few days later during a zoom call, Dez MAY have mentioned Invercars once or twice and in discussion agreed with the good advice given that he did not need another car, he just wanted REV back. The piss taking I think annoyed me more than Dez, I am old and realise we need to encourage youngsters into the classic car game if it is going to continue. I told Dez that when I retired at the beginning of March, if it was OK with him and Sam, I would bring it up here and finish it off, probably not to such a high standard but with the quiet roads up here, a few miles could be covered before he got it back in a hope of improving reliability.
Whilst this was being organised, my ace mechanic Duncan, one of only 2 people I trust to work on my Cobra, approached with a problem he was having with a car he has owned since 1982 not showing on DVLA despite him having a V5. I contacted Dez, he said it was because it has been archived and it should be possible to wake it up. Dunc asked if Dez would do it for him, which he readily agreed to. There then followed a long argument between Dunc and Dez over how much it would cost, with Dez refusing payment and Dunc insisting! To cut a long story short (much too late, I know) Dunc is going to sort the Invercar, Dez is going to sort his registration and I have managed to help 2 friends. I think that is worth doing!
Anyway, some more pictures from today:

Couple of Manta pics.
 
Just doing tons of bodywork.


Test spray of the colour on the boot.

Quarters are body worked ready for the kit to be bonded on but I need to wait till  @dome is here so I canny be blamed for any squinty arches.
Doors are all prepped and in primer with the rears ready to spray on Wed or Thurs.
Engine bay and all the inner arches should be white before middle of next week.
There's piles of other pictures but I canny be arsed going through my phone for em, slept 3 hours since yesterday so I'll update it all at some point or just post pictures when it's painted since it shouldn't be long.
 

Couple of Manta pics.
 
Just doing tons of bodywork.


Test spray of the colour on the boot.

Quarters are body worked ready for the kit to be bonded on but I need to wait till  @dome is here so I canny be blamed for any squinty arches.
Doors are all prepped and in primer with the rears ready to spray on Wed or Thurs.
Engine bay and all the inner arches should be white before middle of next week.
There's piles of other pictures but I canny be arsed going through my phone for em, slept 3 hours since yesterday so I'll update it all at some point or just post pictures when it's painted since it shouldn't be long.
 

Couple of Manta pics.
 
Just doing tons of bodywork.


Test spray of the colour on the boot.

Quarters are body worked ready for the kit to be bonded on but I need to wait till  @dome is here so I canny be blamed for any squinty arches.
Doors are all prepped and in primer with the rears ready to spray on Wed or Thurs.
Engine bay and all the inner arches should be white before middle of next week.
There's piles of other pictures but I canny be arsed going through my phone for em, slept 3 hours since yesterday so I'll update it all at some point or just post pictures when it's painted since it shouldn't be long.
 

Couple of Manta pics.
 
Just doing tons of bodywork.


Test spray of the colour on the boot.

Quarters are body worked ready for the kit to be bonded on but I need to wait till  @dome is here so I canny be blamed for any squinty arches.
Doors are all prepped and in primer with the rears ready to spray on Wed or Thurs.
Engine bay and all the inner arches should be white before middle of next week.
There's piles of other pictures but I canny be arsed going through my phone for em, slept 3 hours since yesterday so I'll update it all at some point or just post pictures when it's painted since it shouldn't be long.
 

Couple of Manta pics.
 
Just doing tons of bodywork.


Test spray of the colour on the boot.

Quarters are body worked ready for the kit to be bonded on but I need to wait till  @dome is here so I canny be blamed for any squinty arches.
Doors are all prepped and in primer with the rears ready to spray on Wed or Thurs.
Engine bay and all the inner arches should be white before middle of next week.
There's piles of other pictures but I canny be arsed going through my phone for em, slept 3 hours since yesterday so I'll update it all at some point or just post pictures when it's painted since it shouldn't be long.
 

Couple of Manta pics.
 
Just doing tons of bodywork.


Test spray of the colour on the boot.

Quarters are body worked ready for the kit to be bonded on but I need to wait till  @dome is here so I canny be blamed for any squinty arches.
Doors are all prepped and in primer with the rears ready to spray on Wed or Thurs.
Engine bay and all the inner arches should be white before middle of next week.
There's piles of other pictures but I canny be arsed going through my phone for em, slept 3 hours since yesterday so I'll update it all at some point or just post pictures when it's painted since it shouldn't be long.
 

Couple of Manta pics.
 
Just doing tons of bodywork.


Test spray of the colour on the boot.

Quarters are body worked ready for the kit to be bonded on but I need to wait till  @dome is here so I canny be blamed for any squinty arches.
Doors are all prepped and in primer with the rears ready to spray on Wed or Thurs.
Engine bay and all the inner arches should be white before middle of next week.
There's piles of other pictures but I canny be arsed going through my phone for em, slept 3 hours since yesterday so I'll update it all at some point or just post pictures when it's painted since it shouldn't be long.
 

Couple of Manta pics.
 
Just doing tons of bodywork.


Test spray of the colour on the boot.

Quarters are body worked ready for the kit to be bonded on but I need to wait till  @dome is here so I canny be blamed for any squinty arches.
Doors are all prepped and in primer with the rears ready to spray on Wed or Thurs.
Engine bay and all the inner arches should be white before middle of next week.
There's piles of other pictures but I canny be arsed going through my phone for em, slept 3 hours since yesterday so I'll update it all at some point or just post pictures when it's painted since it shouldn't be long.
 

Couple of Manta pics.
 
Just doing tons of bodywork.


Test spray of the colour on the boot.

Quarters are body worked ready for the kit to be bonded on but I need to wait till  @dome is here so I canny be blamed for any squinty arches.
Doors are all prepped and in primer with the rears ready to spray on Wed or Thurs.
Engine bay and all the inner arches should be white before middle of next week.
There's piles of other pictures but I canny be arsed going through my phone for em, slept 3 hours since yesterday so I'll update it all at some point or just post pictures when it's painted since it shouldn't be long.
 

Couple of Manta pics.
 
Just doing tons of bodywork.


Test spray of the colour on the boot.

Quarters are body worked ready for the kit to be bonded on but I need to wait till  @dome is here so I canny be blamed for any squinty arches.
Doors are all prepped and in primer with the rears ready to spray on Wed or Thurs.
Engine bay and all the inner arches should be white before middle of next week.
There's piles of other pictures but I canny be arsed going through my phone for em, slept 3 hours since yesterday so I'll update it all at some point or just post pictures when it's painted since it shouldn't be long.
 

Couple of Manta pics.
 
Just doing tons of bodywork.


Test spray of the colour on the boot.

Quarters are body worked ready for the kit to be bonded on but I need to wait till  @dome is here so I canny be blamed for any squinty arches.
Doors are all prepped and in primer with the rears ready to spray on Wed or Thurs.
Engine bay and all the inner arches should be white before middle of next week.
There's piles of other pictures but I canny be arsed going through my phone for em, slept 3 hours since yesterday so I'll update it all at some point or just post pictures when it's painted since it shouldn't be long.
 

Well I didn't expect this.

Either something has got into the oil or the effect of #1 disintegrating has fed swarf into the others.
Going to flush the engine before fitting new shells.

Today marks 12 years of owning this car.  We've been through a lot together.  Other cars have come and gone, relationships the same, house moves, all the patchwork of life.  The Princess has endured.  Mechanically and electrically in far better shape than it was when I got it, structurally more sound too.  Cosmetically... we're getting there.  There's considerably less filler and rust in it now at least.

Baby needs surgery, absolutely gutted 😑
Spent the last week in and out of hospitals meeting different pediatricians/specialists just to be told the same thing we already knew.
 Poor kid has had more pills than a junkie over the last 5 months and nout has worked so surgery looks like the only option.
Mentally exhausted with this shit.
 

Baby needs surgery, absolutely gutted 😑
Spent the last week in and out of hospitals meeting different pediatricians/specialists just to be told the same thing we already knew.
 Poor kid has had more pills than a junkie over the last 5 months and nout has worked so surgery looks like the only option.
Mentally exhausted with this shit.
 

Baby needs surgery, absolutely gutted 😑
Spent the last week in and out of hospitals meeting different pediatricians/specialists just to be told the same thing we already knew.
 Poor kid has had more pills than a junkie over the last 5 months and nout has worked so surgery looks like the only option.
Mentally exhausted with this shit.
 

Baby needs surgery, absolutely gutted 😑
Spent the last week in and out of hospitals meeting different pediatricians/specialists just to be told the same thing we already knew.
 Poor kid has had more pills than a junkie over the last 5 months and nout has worked so surgery looks like the only option.
Mentally exhausted with this shit.
 

Baby needs surgery, absolutely gutted 😑
Spent the last week in and out of hospitals meeting different pediatricians/specialists just to be told the same thing we already knew.
 Poor kid has had more pills than a junkie over the last 5 months and nout has worked so surgery looks like the only option.
Mentally exhausted with this shit.
 

Baby needs surgery, absolutely gutted 😑
Spent the last week in and out of hospitals meeting different pediatricians/specialists just to be told the same thing we already knew.
 Poor kid has had more pills than a junkie over the last 5 months and nout has worked so surgery looks like the only option.
Mentally exhausted with this shit.