A Foretaste of Things to Come -
I'd been carrying the retrimmed back seats around in my grey FC since about September. I picked up the newly retrimmed front seat last week. On the subject of which - the trimmer told me it "needed work": frame required welding, six or seven broken seat springs on the driver's side to repair, frame wire needed replacing, and a coil spring inserted on the driver's side. The trimmer also covered the seat surrounds in vinyl. He said, "Otherwise, it's just black plastic." And I replied (possibly before completely engaging brain), "Except, that's how Standards were originally. Doesn't matter. I quite like how it looks in red." The seat's missing a couple of sheet metal brackets to reinforce the seat surrounds, but I'll copy them from the grey FC.
Meanwhile, Martin Frigo e-mailed to say that the front, rear and boot mats were on their way.
It looks like I'm getting ahead of myself here, but I figure the best place to store bulky parts is in their intended location. The seats are covered in old curtains for the moment. Although . . . I'll have to pull the mats and seats out to finish the underside of the body.
And in other news, I've bought another engine. Still have to pick it up. More details soon.
Rob
