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Side badge on Chrysler Windsor (48?), photographed at Wheels Day, Aldershot, UK, April 2007





Chrysler Windsor (48?), photographed at Wheels Day, Aldershot, UK, April 2007





The engine room, look rusty, is rusty ;D

Vehicles

• Ammageddon's 1965 Volvo Amazon 121 I own a 1965 Volvo Amazon with B18A (A means one carburettor) i found it in an old house which a friend of mine own. I now restaurate this car. Actual fotos always on: http://volvo.reparaturanleitung.info/volvo/thread.php?threadid=13318&sid=54ab9762df57874c4d37f9ab298b244c

Running report entries

• Beneath the spoiler... So a month or so ago, I decided to take the spoiler off the rear of the Camaro -- partly because it was a really nasty homemade one that never looked right, and partly because I was thought the boot would be a good project for me to do at...
• Down to bare metal Dropped off the Amazon at Lance's on Friday, with no problem, except that a couple of days before I was taking some 'before' shots of the whole of the car and just could not get the bonnet closed -- first time it's ever happened. Anyway ten minutes later it was...
• Hidden rust and dodgy welding Swung by to see the Amazon again this morning, and it's progressing pretty well. Not surprisingly a few bits of hidden rust have been found, including the post in front of the nearside door (you can see it in the picture), which was pretty much gone, as you can see....
• More dodgy welding Popped round for a quick look-see on Monday, and the nearside inner wing had been partially welded in place. It's not much, but it feels significant that we're stating to add bits rather than just removing them Not that there's not more to remove. The driver's side door post is...
• Strange industrial estates I have known... One of the curious pleasures of owning and restoring an old car is the places and companies you end up visiting. Workshops underneath railway arches, scrapyards down picturesque country lanes, and countless numbers of strange low-rent industrial estates. Friday was one of those days. I had to get some new...
• More of the same... Spent the afternoon down at Romance of Rust last Thursday, where there was more of the same... rust that is, in the other structural box section and outrigger. Mark had done a good job on the other side, which had been completely replaced or rebuilt (box-section, outrigger, and floorplan), and...
• Back end not looking good Got a call yesterday from Lance warning that Mark had been having a go a the boot now that I'd taken out the petrol tank and it wasn't looking good, so I headed down there today to take a look. He was right. Mark said he started cutting away the...
• Update: more details, most rust The first bright day in ages gave us a chance to properly check out the midnight blue. And very nice it looked too, rich and bright at the same time, yet almost black in a low light. First the sexy stuff: Lance has remade the rear upper trim-line. It was...
• Intermittent electrical problems still... intermittent Spent a few hours down at my lock-up polishing my Amazon's carbs, and took the opportunity to have a look at the van's electics, particularly the driver's side window, which keeps getting stuck (in the down position, obviously). Once the panel was off and I could access the wiring, the...