Day 7
Tuesday - a week after the day of the great arrivals. Pulled guards off Burnt car and started to instal …
Day 14
Put some covers on those wheels!!
Alloys coming soon
Update:
Green car paint colour is Spearmint, so now this is the Spearmint car. After a good degrease …
Day 16
Big morning taking the Spearmint special off to the licensing centre.
The staff there were polite and …
Day 18
I'd put advert in Quokka for parts for sale off the Burnt car.
One man came and bought the muffler …
Day 20
Good News.
Spearmint special passed second time. The nice man just checked the two things he asked …
Day 21
Day was spent painting up the panel beating on the Auto, then reassembling all the front end. It was …
Day 22
White Auto passed FIRST TIME. Yippee
I got the grumpy man this time. No please and thank you's, …
Day 23
Son #1 borrowed Spearmint special.
8:45am. Instructions given to Son #1 about double checking the central …
Day 24
I'd picked up a noise in the Auto and with the special tools available to me - a listening screwdriver - …
Day 25
Donation Day today
Ultima prepared to receive new engine and transmission.
Burnt car prepared to be …
Day 26
At long last my suburb has a properly wrecked car in the driveway. No engine, doors off, and sitting …
Day 31
Auto advertised in the Quokka yesterday.
Today it's been sold. Yay.
Burnt car going for shredding …
Day 40
Donor Burnt car went for shredding with Sims Metal. Felt kinda sad really, knowing that ex lovely car …
Day 42
Step by step guide on how to install an engine. Click on each photo for a little story. Moving the …
Day 46
The Ultima is fired up and runs. :-) Very satisfying.
Bit by bit the attachments to the engine came …
Day 101
I've had a winter hiatus. Progress has slowed to a crawl.
Spearmint special is performing faultlessly, …
Day 116 - All licensed and finished
Today saw the plates go on the Ultima.
Last week they failed me for the window tinting being too dark - …
