Some more Rolls related news. I've been using the one I got from the US fairly regularly and fixing things as they come up, in true old car fashion. Nothing terminal has gone wrong so far - I've changed a few brake lines, remove the cats as they were blocked and rattling, replaced most of the exhaust system and got an electrician to fix a nasty short that rendered most of the electrical system inoperable. It's a really lovely thing to drive around in, and although I suspect it will continue to need regular attention, that's fine by me.
The white UK Shadow II has been at the bodyshop for what feels like about 20 years. It did have quite a lot of rust so I can't complain too much, and it's almost finished now. I think it will look great in a very 80's Miami way.
We also restored the wood on it as it was absolutely destroyed, turned out quite well.
The white UK Shadow I is in a different bodyshop and I just collected it today. I paid around double the normal rate for this job as they promised outstanding results, and predictably they failed to deliver. It looks very nice and is undoubtedly far better than it was before, but there's overspray on most of the seals, a couple of tiny flaws in the paint, a small mark on the bootlid, and they didn't paint the door shuts. It needs a few new trim clips as well. It does look lovely though, and the paint quality looks great, so I'm just going to chalk this one up to experience and not use them again.
And naturally, this wouldn't be a post from me if I didn't announce the buying of some more cars. I've lost count of how many I've bought in the past few weeks, but there were several Defenders, a couple of Minis and a G Wagon. Most were for friends / contacts that I just took a small commission on, but these two below are for me - I'll probably keep the black one and sell the green one. The black is a 3.5 V8 which is nice...
The white UK Shadow II has been at the bodyshop for what feels like about 20 years. It did have quite a lot of rust so I can't complain too much, and it's almost finished now. I think it will look great in a very 80's Miami way.
We also restored the wood on it as it was absolutely destroyed, turned out quite well.
The white UK Shadow I is in a different bodyshop and I just collected it today. I paid around double the normal rate for this job as they promised outstanding results, and predictably they failed to deliver. It looks very nice and is undoubtedly far better than it was before, but there's overspray on most of the seals, a couple of tiny flaws in the paint, a small mark on the bootlid, and they didn't paint the door shuts. It needs a few new trim clips as well. It does look lovely though, and the paint quality looks great, so I'm just going to chalk this one up to experience and not use them again.
And naturally, this wouldn't be a post from me if I didn't announce the buying of some more cars. I've lost count of how many I've bought in the past few weeks, but there were several Defenders, a couple of Minis and a G Wagon. Most were for friends / contacts that I just took a small commission on, but these two below are for me - I'll probably keep the black one and sell the green one. The black is a 3.5 V8 which is nice...
