BANG

New needles

Swapped needles at a clubmeeting yestersday. I have been suspecting a bit of lean running with my HS4 AAQ needles. So the went for for a pair of ABA.On paper the ABA is a bit richer, though the change isn't much noticeable.

Car stills seems to be a bit down on ooomph. Ignition is set a 6 degrees. I better sort the megajolt soon ......

The twilight zone - between bodging and destruction...

True horrors revealed. I started removing filler from the bonnet. There were a small hole which needed to be cleaned up in order to be patched. It turned out that this bonnet has been the object of severe bodging - borderline destruction.

Car has obvoiously had a front impact. The nose had been cut of another car. Not as such an entirely bad idea.

Where things go wrong is:

1: it isn't properly aligned.
2:it has been done by someone who prefers working with filler more than working with metal

So basicly thing has been put on - then beaten half to death and given a good filler- job.

Amazing thing is that it actually wasn't visible due to the amount of filler. That said - parts of the bonnet had appr. 1.5 cm's of filler.

Future plans aren't clear. We will give at a go with repairing. If it turns out to be beyond salvation we have another topplate which migt be put on instead. Though wwe prefer not to, as we kind of have other plans for that one....

Sad thing is - this bonnet is really really nice (apart from the bodge)- There is no rust in the wheelarches and everything looks OK.

Enjoy the horrors