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Had hoped to get a couple of things done this afternoon in preparation for a show over in Stoney Stratford tomorrow. However I wound up not getting five minutes of spare time today...so she'll just have to deal with turning up with mismatched wheels and one corner still being unfinished and in pr...

Hey, look what *finally* turned up in the post this morning... https://i.ibb.co/kSQRcZf/IMG-20190531-113129.jpg Was ordered on the third of May, from a seller which made a very loud point all over their webpage about how they were UK based...however failed to make any mention until after you had mad...

Now we're cooking with bacon (as my late father would have said). https://i.ibb.co/wJL2nkR/IMG-20190529-163728.jpg https://i.ibb.co/VTsLfRP/IMG-20190529-164100.jpg https://i.ibb.co/DtRj5Vn/IMG-20190529-160652.jpg https://i.ibb.co/gJ4Cy4Y/IMG-20190529-163709.jpg I'm actually really happy with the fin...

Got everything wiped down today (hopefully getting shot of the couple of bits of I'm guessing silicone residue) and have given it another few coats. Looking reasonable I think given what I'm working with. https://i.ibb.co/zh0KgQY/IMG-20190528-165740.jpg https://i.ibb.co/ynQFms5/IMG-20190528-16575...

Aside from the scruffy corners, one thing which has been really obviously detracting from the bodywork on the Invacar is the fact that the doors are a totally different colour to the rest of the body. Today I threw a bit of paint at the nearside one to see if I could do anything to improve it. https...

Made another trip to the far side of town today and back without incident. This pushed us past the 50 mile mark of "real" driving, so time for another oil & filter change as we continue to flush the crud out of the engine. https://i.ibb.co/MnPbcrZ/IMG-20190524-162102.jpg Vacuum pump being used becau...

TPA has been pretty busy today. https://i.ibb.co/qs1WVJR/IMG-20190522-170119.jpg Looks much better with the repainted wheels. Here's a better closeup in actual sunlight. https://i.ibb.co/VwbXSrs/IMG-20190522-165629.jpg That looks "right" to my eye. Had a bunch of errands to run today all over town.....

Have spent most of the day in the garden, and it looks like that will be the case for most of this week. I did manage to sneak away for half an hour in the evening though so thought I'd attack one of the nice simple jobs on the whiteboard in the garage. At some point the wheels on TPA had been paint...

Now safely home. Glad to report the van didn't miss a beat. The relative ease with which 70mph can be obtained for overtaking on the motorway now still surprises me a bit. Did make one upgrade when I got home. The little 10" TFT TV (fitted I'm guessing around 2000-2005) was essentially useless. ...

Sunshine came out for a while today, so got a couple of snaps of our quiet little corner of nowhere. https://i.ibb.co/MD4rkJc/IMG-20190519-164321.jpg https://i.ibb.co/LC1qwkF/IMG-20190519-164348.jpg https://i.ibb.co/VYSw8rt/IMG-20190519-195627.jpg https://i.ibb.co/tcgsZCL/IMG-20190519-202426.jpg Bac...