Those 'Winter' jobs

[slammage]

I have come to the conclusion i cannot bring myself to weld up my mk1 cortina on the side of the house in the cold snow , so am conjuring up my winter list - things to do with the car that i can get done indoors things I'm going to be doing -

reboarding the door cards and making sure they are in mint condition
refurbishing the dash top, dash pod, speedo rev counter etc
planning to rebuild/re earth the front and rear lights
strip polish and seal front grille
start to label and box away all these bits along with the shed full of cortina bits haha - fun! ;D

I'm pretty sure theres more but thats what i want done before the time i will be tucking into the turkey on xmas

Whats youre winter plans for those long term projects guys ?

have a ropey dark green pre airflow - much like mine well this is in better nick than mine ATM!


Bring on summer 2013! ;D

[jamesp]

well this weathers a right pain in the i got a workshop i can use occasionaly but cant used it properly and its blody cold in there and very very dark outside (hard to load the cars on and off)

before christmas i need to ...

remove the engine box suspension and manual gear form this beast



in order to lower/speedup/and make pretty this one



then theres the matter of dad being booked in to race 1st week of january in this ..



currently we need to put a floor in it cage it get it running and make the brakes/clutch work


and finaly for 2 goin on 3 months this




has been waiting to be bolted in this




and we got loads more still aghhhhhhhhhh think they need to add a 8th day in the week

[slammage]

WOW, i thought i had loads of car stress haha

don't worry just keep thinking of those (rare) hot summer days coming up - all be worth it

[Clement]

This winter I'll be preparing my mk1 Tina (yay!) to drive to Sweden with it in February/March! Gearbox and clutch swap, maybe find some protecting grills on the headlights, fitting winter tyres, buying many ignition/carb spares, changing the windscreen (mine's stupidly short so it leaks everywhere).

Can't wait to leave!

[bl1300]

I really need to get on with mine as well but despite the fact I have a workshop, I can't bring myself to go in there in sub zero temperatures after having spent all day outside working on cars in the freezing cold and lying in freezing cold mud

[optima21]

this winter, I'm wanting to get some work done on my herald (in my garage) just seeing a couple of weeks ago how to fit round LED lights in the tail fins, ditch the over riders and fit wrap around vitesse bumpers. with a smoothed bootlid with frenched numberplate



but by spring time I want to use some of these panels



and rebuild a new bonnet for the Herald (even managed to get a brand new bonnet top)

in this room in my house (once I tidy it up again)

[OVY871]

Dec 5, 2012 19:00:35 GMT optima21 said:

this winter, I'm wanting to get some work done on my herald (in my garage) just seeing a couple of weeks ago how to fit round LED lights in the tail fins, ditch the over riders and fit wrap around vitesse bumpers. with a smoothed bootlid with frenched numberplate

That looks like it's going to look really good, can't wait to see finished result.

For me:
Reletively simple task of removing front suspension and brakes to upgrade to disc brakes from an MG Midget into my A35. First need to recondition parts and also buy parts which need replacing (which I won't know until I go home for Christmas on the 20th) then need to wait delivery. Finish it all up nicely. Bleed the system and see if it works. Then decide if I want a servo or not - unlikely.
Also give my dad a hand with his LR lightweight that he's restoring and upgrading. Need to do all this in 3 weeks along with visiting people before I go back to uni.

[Welshbreed]

Well, as my 'project' is in Wales, for winter I am going to actually work on it for the first time in a year and a half.

Can you guess what it is yet?

[stealthstylz]

A tractor

I've come over all sensible this year, and am selling my 95% complete modern project in order to buy a 60 year old car that hasn't been on the road in probably 25 years.

[fred]

Well having loosing my garage space last week, not a great deal,
odd, when I was in my 20's snow and ice wasnt a problem, happily spend all day under a car
spannering and covered in snow.
43 now, and just the thought of having Jack Frost numbing my gentleman bits while doing goodly things to my corty gives me a shudder.
I'll just be starting her up and airing her out every weekend, and if my good friend has space, will be winging her up to his garage for fettling.

[fred]

Oh,
My Corty -

[ToolsnTrack]

Change your colant. To be honest, you should have done this a few months ago, but i'd recommend doing it now...