August 2013

Well have just been looking through some photos that I forgot I had and well here are a couple of The Count preparing for the journey from the farm to the new garage and of the car in residence at the new place.

Funny how you forget about taking some pictures until you start looking isn’t it. Thank goodness for the 4x4 because the weight of that trailer alone was staggering. The only reason that the car was trailered and not driven is that the master cylinder had given up the will to operate (probably the seals) and as I have not obtained a new one yet to replace it with it was an impossibility to drive down the highway and across town. Completely aside from the fact that the radiator needs a recore still and would have overheated by the time it got to the end of the drive, well maybe an exaggeration though I am sure it would not have made it too far before it did. 

Plans are afoot to get hold of some much needed parts in the near future, though actually getting time to fit them and start the process of getting The Count roadworthy again is seeming hard to nail down, maybe around December I will actually get to start, depending on funds and leave availability. I need to source a master cylinder and brake shoes front and rear, a complete set of hoses, rear window seal, horns that actually make a noise, water pump and a new thermostat housing and the outlet on the old one has been eaten away. Of course there are other items too like gaskets and exhaust hangers and flange clamps and such, but the main parts are just to get it running rather than required “spare” parts. 

I hear that the International Autojumble at Beaulieu in the UK is Europe ’s biggest and as it is a British car I reckon that I need to see about visiting there one day, maybe, one day anyway. 

 I’ve been working out a few wiring diagrams to get my head around what I need to do so as to install the necessary upgrades as well. The car already has a alternator fitted so that is a start, but I need to sort out fitting relays into the system in a few places so that I can run halogen lights without melting down the original switch with the extra current load which would be nice. I also want to have the trafficators working again (they probably just need a good service after sitting so long, I’ve had them working before) and I want them working along side the indicators and all controlled by the one switch, so I have been thinking about that as well and I think that along with a couple of relays I will be able to sort that relatively easily too. Oh well back to planning, not long now till until it all starts to happen, really looking forward to that!