GRIZZ’s ‘79 - 2WD BLAZER Challenge over in London, England. “~It’s not a Project~”

[Grizz1963]

Sorry, report is a touch late.

Work is a bit busy right now.

So @nickwheeler came over on Sunday, the first day temperatures had dropped enough to make me wear three garage T-shirts, a hoody and a warm beanie hat.



Earlier the day I had fitted my super large truck canvas as a test run to the carport.

Then removed it again. But it will go up when the cold pushes me harder.

It certainly makes for a less breezy work area, along with the new lights I fitted, it should be a cold but workable space once the diesel heater is on.



Nick and I had a coffee and a chat first, then went down to the carport and got going.

He did all the work, I watched, tried to learn, and made coffee and inappropriate comments.

That seemed to work. Hope it did for him too.

I would have been totally screwed without his skill and knowledge on site.

Cleaning cleaning and more wire brush action, ensuring the reused parts were smooth and slick.

Some copper slip grease on a few moving points.



New slave cylinder going on.



Old ones were really bad, mud dribbling from them when pipes were disconnected.

By the second one, we just cut the pipe, after all, new brake pipes are easy and cheap to fit, and ambetter idea as everything is now new.



One side done, springs were really fighting us.



And after a few hours, job done.



Carport rearranged a bit, moving the rear axle deeper in, out the weather.

Also discussed and looked at the MX5 engine, mounts etc.

Plus my initial thoughts on lowering the Rezin Rockit, which may not happen, due to the amount of invasive work it would take, including cutting up the body and trans tunnel.

Still, nothing is yet cast in stone.

Massive thanks again to Nick for popping over and all the brain power and work shared.

Much appreciated.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Robbi

Love the claws hanging on to the arm rest ��

Up to now I thought they were just for show.


Having a cat by proxy, if that is the way to say it, means that I take no responsibility for his misbehaving.

Do i ?

So when he comes and presents like this, sleeping on my bed all morning………

Cute ehhhh??



He leaves again by midday.

Not to be seen till tomorrow morning first thing, when he is sitting on a chair out on the deck, staring in through the French doors till I let him in.

But this afternoon I was just taking a break from my desk, looking out the bedroom window, into the neighbours back yard and I saw him sitting down the bottom, next thing he flew straight up and tried to catch a passing blue tit or something similar.
Then his attention turned back to the rose bed next to which he was sitting…… rising up and pouncing, flipping what appeared to be a mouse up into the air.
It seemed to be partially maimed, I opened the window and called out to him, asking what he was up to.
He turned and looked at me, then grabbed the mouse and came trundling up the concrete garden path and across the lawn, through the hedge and up my drive, pausing halfway up to drop and play with what appeared to be a damaged mouse, then carried on and carried it up and left it under the truck before coming to the back door to be let in.
Cuddle, catnip and then he was out again to go play the mouse to full destruction.





Bloody cats…….

Killers.