Andrew Ramblings

So while the blog has been slow the update to the charger has been slower, but at least im keeping ebay afloat but grabbing bit and pieces when I find them.

 

The latest was a set of  orginal rims and tyres in great condition and just what I wanted

 

 

 

Whats next  - the engine perhaps

So I was  on Campus in Redmond working a with a great bunch of our internal Consulants and other  technical folks , so to keep the troops entertained while they we doing labs and other stuff , my Zune became a usefull device to show those folks that Australian's make some great music from all genre's

 

Worked really well  and the course was great , so i left in a hurry as you do in the last day  - after a solid feeding at Meet the Man thanks to my mates Steve and Rick. get on the plane back to Aus ready to listen to some new tunes  - wrong left the Zune in the classroom , plenty of emails later  and she is gone  - and Karma will seek revenge on he who has it now.

 

Oh well ebay is a great pplace and I have found a new one  - and this one is black  and cheap as well  

 

So its about time I updated my blog - to much hassament from my new work collegue Rob Costello- who regualry tells me to update the blog, so its restarting.

 

I might be slow to start I'm busy getting ready to delivery a couple of sessions at Microsoft Tech.ED on the Gold Coast around Windows client deployment with BDD 2007 and SMS - loads of fun

 

 More importantly there's been loads of changes to my car restoration project - so iI need to sit down and show all - I think I'm doing Ok - Remember its not the destination its the journey

 

Cheers

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 I though the right hand (drivers side) would be a great place to start as I know theres a nasty hole down there that needs love and not really sure whats under it but it has to come out so that I can start.

 

As you can see from the before shot a bit of work to do so. you can imagine my surprise when I gut out the panel that it contained  a new use for a Coke sign - looks like someone had decided in the past the the coke sign was about the  right thickness steel and did a shonky job at fixing it.

 

So my first though was ouch what have i done - serious damge here - never the less we shall contiune as I have the replacement outer panel to fix - just need to fix the underneath

 

Any way Its going to look awesome when it finished but in the mean time its back to welding school this week .......

I thought it was about time I started to blog the restoration of the 1972 VH valiant Charger.

 

an interesting venture given that I have never been mechanically minded - have no idea how to restore an engine  and this car is full of rust ( thats what you get for trusting a buyer on ebay without checking the car first)

 

but really this adventure is going to be fun - doing something out of the comfort zone - prove to the sceptics - you know who you are, that I can do this and at the end come away with a sense of achivement and a cool car to boot