Here on the "Wet Coast" winter tends to the rather damp. Think southern coastal England for our UK friends or Seattle for US compatriots. As such it is a good time to do the maintenance/upgrades/restoration that while more comfortable in summer would seriouly take up valuable top down driving.
I've currently got my RH door apart (to paint it), my brakes and clutch apart, (to replace rubber parts), starter replaced but not hooked up (as I fabricate a heat sheild). It has been apart since mid September (when I painted the door) and am now awaiting to see what parts I need to order (to be done shortly). It will be back together by the time the sun starts to warm up the spring air. (The past week has been sunny but a bone shivering plus 30 degrees F. (Yah, I know you guys over in the east think we're spoiled but I've been there and done that in Alberta and Manitoba.)
No sooner will I get my TR7 back on the road but it will be time to take my '88 Tercel 4X4 wagon off the road to tackle the few spots where rust is trying to get at it. While pondering the rust attraction of our British cars we forget that the 70's and 80's Japanese cars were also rust buckets. How many of the umbiquitous 240Z's, Datsun 510's, '85-'88 Tercel wagon's do you see driving around now in wetter climes that don't have rust holes in the fenders and doors?.
TR7 Spider - 1978 Spifire - 1976 Spitfire - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra
