'Are you sure you want to do this' he asks.
'Um' I smile, and jot a 'for and against' list, as we usually do before we start a big project.
You see, we were going to sell Betty, our Series 2A Landrover ute, because we were already doing a Landrover Defender (see previous posts) and we'd also done up a Series 3. It was time to start living life, not spending all our time and money on old cars (and boats, but that's another story).
But when Melbourne entered Lockdown 6.0, we needed a project to both sink our teeth into. And I kept thinking of that beautiful marine blue... so the table looked a little like this:
Well, if a pro table looks like that, fuck it, right?
And so, today. Day one of Lockdown. We had to tidy a section of the shed, first. As I'd taken on the role of project manager, it was up to me to make sure there were shelves to put all our boxes of parts in an organised manner. Also, make tea.
After that job was done, we started to pull the panels apart!! It's kinda easy in a way as it's like giant lego, but some of those bolts and screws were pretty hard to undo. I spent a lot of time just watching or holding the nut in place or organising snap lock bags and boxes of bolts, and making notes about what we needed to buy. We feel pretty organised, that's for sure, more so than when we did the Series 3. And Jamie feels happy that I'm interested and helping out.
By 5 pm, we'd got nearly all the panels off apart from the bulkhead and windscreen. Tomorrow we'll try to get the engine out if it's not raining, and Jamie has decided that rather than getting it sandblasted, he'll just do it himself. I mean, what else is lockdwon for?
With Love,
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Looking forward to seeing this one completed.
Wanna come help?
Would be good but kinda in lockdown :-(
Excuses, excuses!
I like the PM role, especially the making tea part!!!
Someone's gotta do it, right? I love the putting things in boxes and labelling too.
Your own one, huh? Looking forward to seeing that blue....
It looks like you are off to a crackingg start @riverflows! I cannot wait to see how this project goes 😍😍 Glad you set the tone with the tea though (everything works better with tea)
Keep us posted 😊
Annabelle.
You are such a badass couple. I love your gumption and "fuck it" attitude. Your pros and cons list is perfect and the fact that you put mental health on both sides is a very balanced look at it. I think you've already answered the OCD in the post though with saying it doesn't have to be a show piece.
Cannot wait to see the progress of this project. What are you going to name it?
Have a beautiful day River
Thanks so much for your awesome comment. I do feel badass with my hands covered in grease and my workboots on! I do have to keep reminding Jamie that it won't be a showpiece! Nearly every bit he says 'I think I'll get a brand new - ' and I cut him off and say NO, that's not what we agreed!
The car is already called 'Betty'. Our grey one is called Buttercup (long story) and our Defender 130 is 'Wally' ie. Wally the 'w'one' thirty. Wally was also my grandma's name. We decided to call the 2A 'Betty' as that's a cute name and funnily enough was my other grandma's name. I am really not sure either would be happy to have a car named after them but they're not around to glare at me, bless them.
Hah! You two know you are going full OCD, right? I'm 'bout to see someone with such a great taste to restoring oldies. Curious to see this one!
It's going to be my surf ute! Funnily enough, our lockdown was just cut short - onlyu 4 days this time. Gutted - we thought we were in for two weeks of restoration but have to go back to work! So sad
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How did I miss this post!! I will put it forward for curation!!! keep up the good work!!
Thanks
He's a comment spammer!!!!
Yeah I got that.