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with thanks to Miles Davies I might just have a name for the old dog. There are a few runs and the panels are not exactly up to Pebble Beach standards, in fact they're nowhere near, But, the old dog is all one colour at last. After bucket loads of pug and gallons of high build primer, most of which ended up on the garage floor and in my boots, it's looking something like a Porsche and not some also ran from the local banger races. Still lots to do, find some interior, fit the lights, buy a windscreen (not looking forward to that) fill it with gas and hope my tank welds don't leak - doubtful, hope I've connected all the wires to the right bits. And then there is the small matter of getting some official paperwork for it. I've no history, no import docs, no V5, nada. I do know however that originally it started it's miserable little life in San Antonio Texas which I don't think will be any help at all.
Now the most immediate problem is trying to post some pics on this infernal website. Here goes . . .
Not another 356 restoration
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It has been love and hate and a lot of the latter, but the car is now virtually done. I'm having the screens fitted next week, after shelling out 450 plus on the screen and a new surround of course I daren't try to fit it myself. So it's front and rear to go in, there are some sill plates to be fitted, check all the levels, that's steering box, transmission and I might fit new axle seals. The engine is fine. Better put some liquid in the washer bottle, then it's off to Cridfords for the MOT. The car doesn't have a V5 so I will be getting all the documentation to hand before presentation to the DVLA in my endeavours to get the old dog legal. It should be an interesting episode.
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I do know that posting pics now is much simpler but I'm not sure how many I can bung on, so I'll have a go at five.
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Just gonna stick a few more pics up of the old dog . . .
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They can MOT on the chassis number ( or you used to be able to )
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I think that is still correct.
It certainly was when I MoT'd my Italian import Lambretta 4 years ago. Reg number came later.
It certainly was when I MoT'd my Italian import Lambretta 4 years ago. Reg number came later.
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