Toby,
I have an album that starts from basket case and progresses up to today.
Lots of pictures of all phases of restoration. The hardest part is picking out
the most representative without leaving out too much information. Most
non-Healey people get bored if you include too many pictures of just one phase,
but a true Bugeye fanatic would say, "not enough pictures!" Also, I would post
them on a web site if I knew how to do that.
If I can find all of the negatives of the past 6 years worth of pictures, I will
put them on a CD in JPEG format and put them on Photopoint. Stay tuned.
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
Toby Atwater wrote:
> and take pictures too! Keep us updated so we can enjoy the progression and
> accomplishments. The first test drive is for you to enjoy :P
>
> Toby
>
> Mike,
>
> Owning/restoring a Spridget is parallel to "how do you eat an elephant...
> one bite
> at a time."
>
> ...chew well, enjoy the flavor. Stand back, view what you've accomplished,
> take
> another bite.
>
> herb
>
> Mike Maclean wrote:
>
> > The first test drive keeps getting further and further away. The list of
> small
> > jobs to finish to make the car roadworthy is still kinda long. Funny
> though, I
> > remember when I used to drive a Bugeye as my only transportation. Back
> then I
> > would drive it with all kinds of things NOT working on the car. As long
> as it
> > would go when I stepped on the gas and stop when I stepped on the brake.
> Ah,
> > the good old days.
> > Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
> >
> > WFO Herb wrote:
> >
> > > Mike,
> > >
> > > Congratulations! You only have a few things to change/replace/repair
> before
> > > you and the car are road worthy. Not bad. Keep in mind all that you
> have
> > > done to get this far. Amazing isn't it. First test drive is very
> close.
> > >
> > > Way to go!
> > >
> > > Herb
> > >
> > > Mike Maclean wrote:
> > >
> > > > Of the few days I get to work on my car to try to finish the
> > > > restoration, today was a good one and it was a bad one. It seems that
> > > > the more I try to get the car finished, the longer the list of things
> to
> > > > do to finish it becomes. Today I spent the afternoon trying to finish
> > > > up the wiring under the dash. I finally got the turn signal indicator
> > > > light to work and now all the instruments are illuminated when the
> dash
> > > > lights are turned on. Still can't figure out why the high beam
> > > > indicator light won't work. I'll get it though.
> > > > More perplexing is my starter pull cable. I went to start the
> car
> > > > by truning the key and pulling the starter knob and it broke off right
> > > > where it goes into the connector on the starter
> > > > spring loaded switch under the bonnet. When I went to look at it
> under
> > > > the hood, it was discolored and very hot to the touch! I guess I was
> > > > grounding through it. I don't see how. The engine is grounded to the
> > > > body with a strap connected to a bolt on the bell housing and
> > > > frame of the car. The car would run fine after the cable was removed.
> > > > I had been float gharging the car from the negative terminal to a head
> > > > stud to keep the battery charged. Could this have completed a circuit
> > > > through the starter wiring somehow?
> > > > I also tried to make the doors close properly by shimming the
> catch
> > > > on the "B" pillar and got the passenger door to operate perfectly.
> Not
> > > > so lucky with the driver's side. Shimmed properly and couldn't get
> the
> > > > door to stay closed. The mechanism mounted on the door would not
> engage
> > > > the catch on the "B" pillar. When I inspected both sides for a
> > > > comparison, the pin that snaps over the door jamb catch, in the
> driver's
> > > > door did not protrude far enough into the hole to "catch" the door
> jamb
> > > > catch. Now I have to get a new door mechanism with the chrome knob to
> > > > get the driver's door to stay closed before I try to test drive this
> > > > car.
> > > > The more work I do on this car the more work I make for myself.
> > > > Looking for the light at the end of the tunnel, being a railroad
> > > > engineer, I'm afraid it's a traim.
> > > > Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
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