Newbie with a Restoration Project
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:04 pm
Decided to join up as I'm starting the research phase for [one of] this winter's project[s].
I'm Malc from Glasgow. Mechanical engineer working in project management for subsea christmas tress, also race MINIs and help build race MINIs.
Here's the project:
My dad's Elan. He says its an S3, I'm not so sure, so that'll be one of the first parts of the project! Happily enough I have the full workshop and build manual for it, not so great is they were once left in the boot of the car whilst it was getting washed and it wasnt the best sealed
Its apparently 1 of 2 Elan's used by Vegantune as hardtop Evante prototypes so that will throw some extra interest in to the mix. Certainly its had a few ropey body repairs done in its time before we got her and these will need rectified. Its been in the family for about 20-25 years I think, but hasnt moved in the last 12. After shelling out a wad of money fixing various issues it was taken out for a Sunday drive and decided to breakdown, hence its been in the bad books ever since.
Looking at getting her back in working order over the winter as a bit of an ease-in-to-retirement project for my dad. I'm not in a rush, it's only getting done once so its getting done 100%.
I'm Malc from Glasgow. Mechanical engineer working in project management for subsea christmas tress, also race MINIs and help build race MINIs.
Here's the project:
My dad's Elan. He says its an S3, I'm not so sure, so that'll be one of the first parts of the project! Happily enough I have the full workshop and build manual for it, not so great is they were once left in the boot of the car whilst it was getting washed and it wasnt the best sealed
Its apparently 1 of 2 Elan's used by Vegantune as hardtop Evante prototypes so that will throw some extra interest in to the mix. Certainly its had a few ropey body repairs done in its time before we got her and these will need rectified. Its been in the family for about 20-25 years I think, but hasnt moved in the last 12. After shelling out a wad of money fixing various issues it was taken out for a Sunday drive and decided to breakdown, hence its been in the bad books ever since.
Looking at getting her back in working order over the winter as a bit of an ease-in-to-retirement project for my dad. I'm not in a rush, it's only getting done once so its getting done 100%.