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I then enjoyed using it for the summer and decided over the winter to tackle the paint. I don't have a paint booth, a spraygun or respirators, nor do I want them. Painting in my garage was not an option and the cheapest quote I had for painting it was $8000. So, after considerable research I came ...

Very late, but here is what has been done since the last post.

Engine and gearbox repainted, new seals etc.

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Engine bay cleaned. All suspension & hardware removed, painted and rebuilt with new bushes *top mounts

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Update on this aswell. Dad has sold all his cars and now only has the Anglia. In September 2022 I visited the UK and we managed to get a few days to work on the car together. I made a video of it here:

https://youtu.be/abQoiUReUI8

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In summary, I wanted to get it ...

Well, It's been a while. Like many others I didn't realise the site was back online. I will try and update as much as possible. Since the last update not much was done to the car except enjoy it. We had a very hot summer out here in 2022 and without air conditioning it meant weekend early morning ...

Like others, I came to visit one day and the site was down. I tried for some time until I thought it had been closed and only thought to look for it again today. Glad it's back!

So could it not in fact be argued that the price of petrol has in fact increased at below the average inflation rate between then and now?



It's a very good point. As I said in my first post there has been a dramatic rise in the price of petrol in the last 6 months but when you compare it to ...

In the USA, it reached over $5/gal on average last week. Regular is about $5.05 where I am, and premium is about $5.70 and it's gone up about 50 cents a gallon in the last week alone.

Some family came to visit last month and in the 2 weeks they were gone they said it went up 7.9p/litre. So what is ...

My brother managed to finish his mini project before he left, and the rear wheelarch and wing are looking much, much better

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The mixed up aerosol can cost $25 and didn't last long so we only got 2 ...

My dad has finally put a number of cars in his collection up too!

http://practically-classics.co.uk/forum ... 578#p77578

http://practically-classics.co.uk/forum ... f=6&t=8297

http://practically-classics.co.uk/forum ... f=6&t=8299

More totally awesome cleaner action:

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Rear wing repair is coming along very well, my brother isn't happy 100% with it but I'm ecstatic:

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Rear valence repair is ...