Sometimes it's the little things....

Sometimes it's the little things....

We've been making steady progress on the Metalizing of the '58 Mecedes 300 SL roadster but we did encounter a few snags along the way. First, we found some sections of the car had been lead filled and we needed to melt that out of there. Next, we found a couple of additional areas that needed to be welded along with the need to do some additional sand blasting. Then, yours truly managed to blow a little 7 amp fuse in the ArcSprayer when he forgot to remove the tips prior to loading fresh wire. As fate would have it, these little fuses are not readily available at the local electronics store or auto parts depot. Fortunately, the manufacture has them in stock and is sending us some, but it pretty much shut the machine down for a day and a half.

Fortunately, we're not lacking for other work and we've been able to keep the projects moving forward, but it's a great example of how a seemingly small item can slow you down.

We also spent some time researching the set up of the clutch linkage on the '72 Morgan 4/4......seems the parts we've got don't match the diagrams and none of the photographs we have show the configuration. We'll get it, but here again a “small” item slowed things down. Again, there are plenty of other pieces to be installed on the car and it is moving along nicely.

Then there are the hood latches for the 1938 HRG Coupe. The latches themselves are really cool, period correct pieces that look great on the car, but the way they are designed to work will require that the hood (or more correctly the “Bonnet”) be pulled outward before it can be flipped up. We're concerned that repeated openings will eventually scratch the paint on the fenders....and we don't want that. One of the interesting side notes about this particular problem is that we approached it as a team, looking for input and ideas from everyone in search of the best solution. Just another one of those “little things”.

Check back for updates on the cars and look for an upcoming blog about “Bill and Paul's Excellent Adventure” scheduled for Mid-March.

Happy Motoring.