Eunos Chump

The driver's door has dropped, and as it's not possible to replace the hinge pins I bought a set of genuine Mazda replacements. Unfortunately my upper hinge had an extra bolt, so I had to drill a suitable hole then give it another coat of paint. As it's so cold at the moment there was no chance of the paint drying before dusk so I couldn't finish the job. Getting the door off was easy, with the wiring plug being the only fiddly bit. You have to prise off the rubber gaiter on the body, then pull out the plug hidden in the pillar. Tomorrow I'll have to refit it and re-align the door, using ample amounts of filthy language as lubricant.

Xmas facts: 12 hours+ spent assembling Lego kits (and this despite my Lego skill rating being  Jedi ) 1 day spent being ill, following a day of crisps, fizzy pop and '80s movies that I thought were-good-at-the-time-but-now-appear-to-be-smaltzy-trash ( Big  and  Crocodile Dundee ) Xmas presents: Big jar of chutney Set of MX5 door mirrors, door hinges, and service items I bought one of the above myself, can you guess which?  There was supposed to be a new hood and a couple of other little bits coming from a wrecked car, but the guy wasn't around when I went to collect them at the agreed time.  And this was in CAMBRIDGE, 175 miles from Chump HQ!  I'd spent the day at Duxford air museum with mini-Chump and sibling-Chumps though, so it was no big deal.  It was excellent, apart from having to pay £14 for 2 plates of cold, horrid sausage and chips in an unheated restaurant.  British catering, best in the world! Then we spent 2 hours sitting on the closed M11 on the way home.  We ...