Eunos Chump

It's got a rusty bottom and needs a couple of patches - about £150, apparently.  I should have taken the opportunity to thoroughly rustproof it when I bought it 7 years ago, but I LAZY.  I'm definitely going to do it now (after the horse has bolted...)

Spending hours and hours drilling out and sawing off seized high-tensile bolts is way more fun than going to the Festival of Speed, I'm sure.  I'd forgotten about the amount of spannering an old car demands. I hurt my finger too, it got squashed by the suspension strut when it broke loose during some enthusiastic hammer and chisel action.  3 years of motorbikes and barely a bruise to show for it, 3 days of MX5 and I'm maimed.  Anyway, new bottom ball joints and track-rod ends (comedy wheel alignment at the moment), new wiper blades, lots of new bulbs and a temporary number plate stuck onto the nosecone, and it's ready for it's MOT on Monday.

Mr Pinky is going back on the road!  Insured it today with Adrian Flux, they were considerably cheaper than A-Quote.  I connected the battery and it started immediately, and within 5 mins I'd located suitable oil and an oil filter for it's first fluid change in 3 years.  This is supposed to happen . Unfortunately the track-rod end and bottom ball joint covers have all disintegrated while it's been sitting idle. Apart from that, I can't see anything that should prevent it getting a MOT.  I'm going to look so HOT rattling about in my pink Miata...

Noisy little plane, again Server room not ready as promised, again but I get to use the tram system, which is very cheap and very nice, especially the Gaelic pronunciations of station names.