Oakie Dokey - Restoration to Roadtrip! Part two!

In mid-June, the car came back from being painted; Robbo had been sending me teaser pics for a couple of weeks during every stage of the restoration and remedial work he was performing...

Out of the spraybooth...look at that shine!

 

On the truck, ready for the short spin out to Cookie's workshop where the rebuild would take place...

While the shell had been delivered back, Robbo continued to work on all the removed panels to finish them to the same high standard he had achieved with the shell...actually, he told me I couldn't have them back until the engine, gearbox and interior were in, in cased I scratched any of them! As if I would!

The final stages in the spraybooth...

So there I was, three weeks away from Inters; I had a newly painted shell, an engine and gearbox on the ground beside it, boxes of spare parts and new service kit, my entire interior including carpets was 30 miles away being cleaned, sanitised and renovated by Larry in Cleancar, after being covered in dust and mouse droppings for a decade ...

There wasn't a hope in hell this car was gonna be ready, everyone said.

Or was there...