Restoration of a '71 Sprint
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:36 am
I purchased my Sprint in 1987 from Tom Clarke with the intent of 'restoring it next year'. The car was 16 years old when I bought it, it is now over 50. It has been moved from garage to garage, and apart from the occasional bit of maintenance early on, I have done nothing done to it. It hasn't been on the road for many years. I joined this forum in 2011, the last time I got serious about restoring it. Hopefully I will make more progress this time around.
I have posted before about this car, so I will try to bring everything together in this thread with pictures along the way.
Progress so far:
1. I needed a new garage. I had a couple of cars in storage which was expensive, and needed to bring them home. The garage that was storing the mowers was going to be my workshop, so I needed more space. I live in a national park, and planning permission is difficult. Apparently the garage was going to be built in an 'ancient woodland' - in spite of there being no trees there. The garage became a lockdown project, and two years later is now built.
2. The garage that will store the car is in poor shape and needs work. It is watertight, but a summer project will be to put on a new roof. The concrete floor was too thin to support a lift, and I had promised myself a 2 post lift for the restoration. After a great deal of grief, I now have a solid area to support the lift, which I plan to fit today. If this is my last post, then the installation hasn't gone well.
Hopefully more to follow.
I have posted before about this car, so I will try to bring everything together in this thread with pictures along the way.
Progress so far:
1. I needed a new garage. I had a couple of cars in storage which was expensive, and needed to bring them home. The garage that was storing the mowers was going to be my workshop, so I needed more space. I live in a national park, and planning permission is difficult. Apparently the garage was going to be built in an 'ancient woodland' - in spite of there being no trees there. The garage became a lockdown project, and two years later is now built.
2. The garage that will store the car is in poor shape and needs work. It is watertight, but a summer project will be to put on a new roof. The concrete floor was too thin to support a lift, and I had promised myself a 2 post lift for the restoration. After a great deal of grief, I now have a solid area to support the lift, which I plan to fit today. If this is my last post, then the installation hasn't gone well.
Hopefully more to follow.