Restoration

Paul picked up the chassis and other big bits at the powder coaters. As usual, it turned out real nice. They plug up the holes that bolts go through with some rubber plugs so when they do the powder coating,

Doors are out, most paint removed to expose problem areas of spider cracks and broken glass. Time to remove all of the hardware; hinges, window glass and frame, and power window motor operator all items heavy, remind me to put on the scale

“It was a cold and stormy night”… I’m still trying to use that line. Maybe for my murder mystery. Which by the way this may turn into, once my wife got a good look at the “treasure”. I believe that is what

OK, so now it’s time to take the chassis to be blasted and powder coated. I had gone up to the Lake house to replace a leaky water heater. Since I don’t have garbage pick up there, I brought along my trailer to

Memorial Day weekend. We spent a good part of Saturday out on the neighbor’s pontoon boat. We cruised over to a nice bar on Fox Lake and had a leisurely lunch (a little food with a lot of liquids), followed by a leisurely

Next trip out to the garage I was sitting on the concrete floor and unbolting things when I remembered that cold concrete kind of sucks the life out of your old body. When I would try to stand up, it

4/28/06 It’s been 5 months since I worked on the Europa. I went to open my neighbor’s garage and I again didn’t remember which button on the 3 button garage door opener she gave me opened the alley side and which button opened

Here’s something weird that happened in the garage. I have a built in garage furnace. In the winter, when I’m not around. I keep the garage at just above freezing like 40 degrees. I do this by having a modified thermostat. One that

“It was a cold and storms night”… Really, I don’t remember what kind of night it was. But I do remember someone was writing a novel and was trying to start off with the above line. Please help me out

I decided to start stripping the paint off the body and get it in primer before I started on the mechanical bits. This had more to do with the weather than anything else. Fall was upon us and it was