Well, it seems a long time ago that I pulled the TR7 out of a barn, brought her to my garage and put her high
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| Time to come home. (Oct 05) |
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| "Just needs a little T-Cut" |
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| Home |
up on a rotisserie. She was off the ground for years, until a couple of months ago she came down onto tall axle stands. There she sat for some time until the refurbished and re-tyred wheels were fitted and she was ready to hit the ground.
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| On the spit |
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| On the axle stands after coming down from the spit |
Originally the idea was to find four burly blokes to lift her by each corner, just enough to remove the stands and then lower her down. However, this couldn't happen as I couldn't muster enough muscle so some ingenuity was needed. With help from my neighbour Phil, a combination of jacks, ramps and bits of wood saw the car lowered gracefully to the ground.
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| Just a few inches to go... |
I can't begin to describe the pride and joy I felt in seeing Bessy the TR7 actually sitting on the concrete, looking like a car again. Ok, a fairly empty one I admit, but a car rather than a lump of rust nonetheless. She actually rolls, like a car!
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| On the ground on its own wheels |
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| There's a TR7 in there somewhere... |
This little TR7 is nearing paint shop time. Woo hoo! My plan is to continue to prep the remaining panels (doors, bonnet and boot lid when I can find one) then hand it over to a body shop for final finishing and painting. Can't wait.
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