The rebuild has finally started today and so far in a few hours I've managed to completely strip the interior.

 

 

 

Next job on my list is to get both the bumpers, tailgate and bonnet off.

 

After that i'll work on the body panels and stripping down the engine.

Really, 

I was under the impression no one gives a shit down south. ?

That's us arrived in Bristol. 

If anyone wants to meet up for a drink I'll be here to Thursday and be at Jimmers Mon - Wed! 

55 minutes ago, JaiKai said:

If anyone wants to meet up for a drink I'll be here to Thursday and be at Jimmers Mon - Wed! 

i'm just an hour away mate, try get round for a brew or unless you going visit stonehenge which is on my door step.

Well that was a quick trip, planned to stay to Thursday but unfortunately had to come back earlier.

 

At least Jimmer now has all parts to start an engine build.

 

Hopefully we will see it in the next month or so.

Time to clean out the zed cave as i've got so much more room to move about.

Garage doors open time for some sun

Now i have to clean and sort all this mess.

What make/type are the ceiling lights?

Originally bought them from Amazon.

 

These are 6ft LED Battens and are exactly the width of the wooden beams of my garage and were perfect.

 

I wired each row separately which has two batten lights to a beam so i can light up some or all of the garage.

 

Back to bed she goes until the engine is ready !

On 27/07/2021 at 13:29, JaiKai said:

Now i have to clean and sort all this mess.

I love the way this is untidy to you....

Mine looks like a bomb went off in a Zed in my garage!  ?

To be honest it was mostly the wife, but it was needing doing as the floor was also covered in various oil spillages too.

1 minute ago, JaiKai said:

To be honest it was mostly the wife, but it was needing doing as the floor was also covered in various oil spillages too.

I would kill for a garage like yours... space for the zed and a massive model railway...?

Internally the floor space is 4.66m by 5.66m

 

I've built worktops and storage along the left side and back wall.

There is also a cutout area to the left side which you cant see which has a sink and where we keep the kids bikes too.

 

From the front its nearly 7m wide so it makes it look alot bigger than it truly is as the garden cuts in at the back left.

 

We designed the garden area to make it look as if its not a drive way but rather a stoned feature.

 

So the stones tend to have the washing line, bins and a huge table every time i want to take the zed out.

Jealous! D'arn Su'ff we are lucky if we get a 1960's sized garage with a house under £200k. might have to relocate to scotland and drive buses!

With your car getting a new heart, does this mean you can take part in my Birthday road trip? ?

 

3 hours ago, TheRealNips said:

I would kill for a garage like yours... space for the zed and a massive model railway...?

What this guy says ^^^ 

Ive got a garage... in the rear garden with the corner of our Bungalow blocking clear access in ?. Have to take the corner of the extension out one day to get access. PITA! 

6 hours ago, TheRealNips said:

Jealous! D'arn Su'ff we are lucky if we get a 1960's sized garage with a house under £200k. might have to relocate to scotland and drive buses!

With your car getting a new heart, does this mean you can take part in my Birthday road trip? ?

 

I dunno if you’ve looked recently or wether it’s a bit cheaper your side of the South but you would need to add £150k onto that for a house, let alone one with a garage. 

On 28/07/2021 at 21:01, Stephen said:

I dunno if you’ve looked recently or wether it’s a bit cheaper your side of the South but you would need to add £150k onto that for a house, let alone one with a garage. 

We were lucky with our house in 2017, £220k for a semi bungalow on the edge of the Downs in Eastbourne. It has a 1960's garage and a lovely long driveway for 3 cars. However its so steep none of my cars will drive on. Always test your driveway before buying houses people!

I know prices have gone up and most places around EB are probably £300k upwards, especially since the epidemic...

Bought my house 15 years ago for about £160k, 

Built in the 60's i believe they all had rear garages of sorts but most of them have been demolished.

 

My zed barely fits past the house and i also had to remove the side hedge to get it in.

Cars of today are much wider than 50 years ago and most council garages that you used to be able to rent

very rarely have cars and are also getting demolished now.

 

This is the view from above and the stones are technically the driveway to the garage at the back.

All the hedges were removed to free up some room in the garden and i think we gained about 7ft.

Hopefully get my build back on track now.

 

Just ordered my pistons for the engine rebuild Jimmer is doing..

When Fedex can ship something International quicker than royal mail can travel 100 miles.