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Grizz1963 · 03-09-2017, 05:33 PM

Another early day into London......

Also the first really nice looking day at the station by 07.00 with blue skies fighting to get through.

Loads of flowers out now too, especially daffodils.

Life is starting to look good again.

I do love technology.......

Some time through the day there was an email notification that Disasterbus had quoted me on Fartsbook.

Funny how life unfolds.

Remember my car getting damaged while parked up? Well, the agency I work for has a very greedy policy, so they have taken £150.00 from my salary to cover themselves as an excess..... while I am out doing my job, really flames my shorts. Feckers.

So Disasterbus had a free lawnmower to offer, the one I had bought last year on EBay, to replace the one I found about 7+ years ago at the council tip has not delivered and keeps wanting to die when I mow the lawn.... then the excess on the car, and Kerry saves my assss with a mower I would have had to go buy to replace the dying one.

Thanks mate, I owe you some good Guinness.... bit of a bargain then for one of us.

Made it home tonight with a bit of light left.

So got out the suit and into garage clothes, reversed the van up onto some ramps and got onto swopping the rear silencer.

£140.00 quoted for the job, I got one delivered for £37.00

20 minutes later........... job done.

Perfect.

Next up, I thought here was a bit of time to get started on the front grille change.

Removed the grille.

Then removed the double helical Citröen gears from the grille and masked up, then keyed in the centre bar of the grille so that when I painted it Satin Black, it would kind of disappear from the rest of the grille.

I did not want to cut the bar as it has a fixing tab under the hood release.

Unmasked, you can see the illusion created on the right of the grille that the satin black brings.

Not a great photo but hopefully you get the picture.

Chevrolet Berlingo ??

Starting to shape the way I like it.

Opinions?

Needs the wheels to get finished, collect the mower from Disasterbus and then do a few other little jobs.

Maybe another few weeks.

Thanks for looking in, hope you are still enjoying the ride.

Later guys.

03-09-2017, 05:33 PM	#2653
Grizz1963 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Rochester, KENT Posts: 10,495	Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO! Another early day into London...... Also the first really nice looking day at the station by 07.00 with blue skies fighting to get through. Loads of flowers out now too, especially daffodils. Life is starting to look good again. I do love technology....... Some time through the day there was an email notification that Disasterbus had quoted me on Fartsbook. Funny how life unfolds. Remember my car getting damaged while parked up? Well, the agency I work for has a very greedy policy, so they have taken £150.00 from my salary to cover themselves as an excess..... while I am out doing my job, really flames my shorts. Feckers. So Disasterbus had a free lawnmower to offer, the one I had bought last year on EBay, to replace the one I found about 7+ years ago at the council tip has not delivered and keeps wanting to die when I mow the lawn.... then the excess on the car, and Kerry saves my assss with a mower I would have had to go buy to replace the dying one. Thanks mate, I owe you some good Guinness.... bit of a bargain then for one of us. Made it home tonight with a bit of light left. So got out the suit and into garage clothes, reversed the van up onto some ramps and got onto swopping the rear silencer. £140.00 quoted for the job, I got one delivered for £37.00 20 minutes later........... job done. Perfect. Next up, I thought here was a bit of time to get started on the front grille change. Removed the grille. Then removed the double helical Citröen gears from the grille and masked up, then keyed in the centre bar of the grille so that when I painted it Satin Black, it would kind of disappear from the rest of the grille. I did not want to cut the bar as it has a fixing tab under the hood release. Unmasked, you can see the illusion created on the right of the grille that the satin black brings. Not a great photo but hopefully you get the picture. Chevrolet Berlingo ?? Starting to shape the way I like it. Opinions? Needs the wheels to get finished, collect the mower from Disasterbus and then do a few other little jobs. Maybe another few weeks. Thanks for looking in, hope you are still enjoying the ride. Later guys. __________________ MY BUILD LINK: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...585901]Redneck Express - 1966 C10 Short Fleetside MY USA ROADTRIPS http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/...2018-humdinger IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM MATE.