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Lockdown update #4 - not-lockdown

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Social distancing, honest. 

Lockdown Update #3

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Have had Mrs Maimboy's CLK up for sale outside the house, as we get a fair bit of foot traffic now. Had a few folks having a look around it, dunno how I'd actually sort a test drive though... but that could be academic anyway, 'cos I've discovered my tatty CLK has holes in the inner wheelarch and won't see another MOT without welding.  Given the other faults it has, I'm probably going to sack it off and maybe keep this one instead.  Or try to get through the winter in an Alfa GTV.

Lockdown update #2

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Used a Holts headlamp restoration kit for these, it worked pretty well but basically it's some 800/1000/1500/3000 grit wet''n'dry paper, some fluid which I'm sure is T-Cut, and some polish which looks and smells suspiciously like ordinary furniture polish.  Rotary polishing mop is good though. Finally refurbished the silver CLK alloys, saved £200 doing it myself but it was extremely laborious.  That car is being prepped for sale, it looks bloody good after many hours of cleaning and scrubbing of the interior.  Pale grey interior + dogs = nope  sorting the rusty panel on the VFR too.  I'm even tackling the oil leak on my CLK - it's the rocker cover gasket, easy enough just never been arsed.