Sunday 31 August 2008

One in the oven.




After nearly a year in the building, the end is in sight. Young Teddy and I did the final (easy) bit of sanding of various bits as the masked figure of Matt’s number one helper appeared with a spray gun full of primer. Half an hour later the whole thing was dull grey and we sat out in warm sunshine, gazing at the Ryber Valley waiting for it to dry. It’s a lovely view from the doors of the workshop. Most conducive to sitting in with a cup of tea and a biscuit. Next, on went several layers of top coat and as Capt. Sprayer coughed up a lungful of paint and thinners we wheeled the Jeep out into the Matt Savage Spray Booth Oven (sunshine) to dry off properly. All that remains is to fasten all the bits back on and it should be ready for an MOT.

2 comments:

Affer said...

Good to see the apprentice at work....!!!

Fred Fibonacci said...

Smashing post Tobe. Great shot of The Team of Experts fettling the Jeep.

There was a piece in last Thursday's Telegraph about a chap who's restored a Willys Jeep with the express purpose of recreating Tintin's journey across the desert. Needless to say I forgot to cut it out and have since been unable to find it on the 'net. How's the Carroll rebuild going, or shouldn't we ask?