Day 4

Hallelujah, The bumper is off!! After breaking 3 drill bits, excessive use of a hammer and chisel and a few swear words, the front bumper has finally given up and come off. True it is still attached to the left wing, but I count it as a victory.

Also once it had finished attacking my finger, I managed to get the dashboard out, along with a few other bits so the car is now starting to look genuinly stripped out.

Hopefully it won't be long until the shell comes off. Just a few more bits to be removed such as wiring loom, rear bumper and seats. Then disconnect the engine, suspension and exhaust and it's away :-)

How hard can it be??

Day Three

Today was a bit mixed. Got a fair few things taken off. The headlight brackets, coolant bottle, cigarette lighter, steering rack & wheel, battery clamp, front grille, boot latch, dials, radio, heater controls, centre console, sun visors and undertray all came off.
Now the engine bay looks a lot less messy and its possible to envisage the day when the engine will actually come out.

 The dashboard almost came off, but not quite, which left the car looking like this.

 

A bit of a mess but it's getting there. The main problem is that behind the dash and steering wheel, are so many wires you wouldn't believe it. And I have no idea where most of them go, including the one which goes in the ignition.... that might be a problem.

And added to that, we still couldn't get the front bumper off. We did manage to find all of the necessary bolts, but 4 are so rusty and rounded that they will not come off, and we snapped 2 drill bits trying.
Next time, the angle grinder is coming out.

Help today was provided by Elliot Newman and Matthew Potticary

Bits Sold

Had a flurry of potential sales today. Before I was even awake properly I had enquiries about the roof, horn, cigarette lighter, jack and battery clamp. And now just had another for the indicators, front number plate mount and rear number plate light brackets.

£££ :-)