03-05-2021, 10:28 AM
My first assessment is that there is no rot. It looks like the car was built in the 1970s in a shed with a hand made aluminium body with lots of rivets. It has stood since then in a covered barn. There is plenty of surface rust and plywood floors have crumbled away. Essentially it is sound. I will take the body off to replace the wood, de-rust and powder coat everything underneath, rebuild the mechanicals including the engine and gear box. Restore the tank and radiator etc etc etc…Paint the bodywork Bugatti blue with red wheels…And hopefully be ready next year for my 60th to start off from Devon anti clockwise.
I will be setting up a blog, whatever that is, and a Just Giving page for Children with Cancer UK.
Any help, advice, directions to where I can find missing bits would be very much appreciated and of course break down assistance on my trip. In fact I will invite fellow classic car enthusiasts to tag along for legs of the journey. At the moment there is no carb or exhaust and so they are on the list. I can be contacted at fox@resipsa.co.uk
Trevor Fox