Christmas Present

[RichardR]

Father Christmas very kindly brought me two new badges for being such a good boy this year, so it was off with the old...

and on with the new...


The back badge was less than 5 minutes work, but the bonnet badge involved jacking the front of the car up in order to open the bonnet sufficiently (thanks to a previous posting for that idea) and then wrestling with small rusty bolts in a confined space.

Still, all in all a fairly straightforward job, and I'm well chuffed with the results.

[M@H]

Very nice..

the Chim came with new Gold ones but I'm not convinced about them yet..

Cheers,
Matt.

[RichardR]

I guess it depends on the rest of the detailing on the car. Maybe you need to repaint your alloys in gold a la Scooby!

It'd be interesting to see a pic if you have one.

[dern]

Very nice, where did you get those from and how much were they?

Cheers,

Mark

[RichardR]

They came from the TVR Car Club and were around £32 for the pair.

[Justin S]

Richard,wouldn't say i was a tight git,but I cleaned out the old paint,polished and using a model brush repainted the black with Hammerite.
Yes,still have the car,although bump getting bigger,before you ask!!! Trying to hide it so as not needing to sell it!!

[RichardR]

Hi Justin,

That sounds like a sound approach. I think the purchase of new badges probably reflects on my laziness rather than your tightness!

Good that you still have the S - shame about the crap weather! You could probably buy some time by pointing out that the best time to sell would be around June. That'll give you enough time to come up with some figures to prove that the relative lack of depreciation of the S versus a normal car would actually make the S cheaper in the long run!?

Glad to hear that all's going well with the bump. We're at 6 weeks and counting - out shopping for a double buggy tomorrow!

Have a great New Year,

Richard

[Justin S]

Blimey Richard,put it away!!! Go do some garage toying with, not bedroom!!!! Whatever you do,don't buy the wife a new car.They promptly crash it twice in three days and blame the bump!!!
Don't forget to get the buggy with lo-pro tyres on!

[RichardR]

Thanks for the handy advice - unfortunately it's come a little bit late, but I'll bear it in mind next time!

I've heard of small children being left in cars and letting the handbrake off, but a foetus causing a crash is a new one on me! I blame the parents myself!

As far as the buggy goes, we will be looking for an open top two seater model, probably using lightweight panels on a steel chassis.