Mission name: Operation Black Strip.
Time: 1700 hours
Location: Harrow, North West London
Date: 3rd - 4th April 2010
Weather: Mainly light, getting darker as the afternoon went on. Dry and breezy. No hurricanes.
Other notes: Slight feeling of nausea, probably arising from the feast of pickled turnips and the 2 pints of mint sauce I washed them down with, for lunch.
Time is drawing closer, the end is almost upon us. No, not yet another "end of the world" storyline in Doctor Who, rather the spares and repairs Uno on my dad's driveway is starting to outlive its' usefulness, as well as being raped of any useful spare parts. Soon, it'll be hauled off by a man with no teeth and hairy knuckles, and turned into a little cube of Uno.
However, that was still after I had to remove any bits I wanted and gave the go-ahead to dad to ring the modern day caveman to remove the stripped shell of a car, from times gone by, from the driveway of my childhood.
Armed only with a box of blue rubber work gloves, a cup of tea, a hammer, can of WD40 and a garage of every tool you can imagine (and some you cannot imagine) I set about picking over the carcass of the car like some crazy walking, talking, and hitting things with a hammer, vulture.
Here's a list of things that I removed in the previous 24hours, barring "skin from my knuckles when the adjustable spanner slipped":
Boot
Bonnet
Bumper (front)
Speedo cable
Radiator
Clocks
Headlight
Weather seal strip for the boot
Some plastic things
Battery tray
Ignition coil
Exhaust manifold
Exhaust manifold heat shield for air intake
Tried to remove the entire wiring loom, but can't remove the dashboard
All fuses
I tried to gently remove the windscreen..... but it cracked :bang:
Only a few things left now that I want; rear view mirror, all lock barrels, wheel hubs, carburettor, gearbox (no use to me however), door cards and handles, window winders.
erm.. yeah.
I'm going to stop typing now as I'm having chocolate eggs being pushed into my face.
Time: 1700 hours
Location: Harrow, North West London
Date: 3rd - 4th April 2010
Weather: Mainly light, getting darker as the afternoon went on. Dry and breezy. No hurricanes.
Other notes: Slight feeling of nausea, probably arising from the feast of pickled turnips and the 2 pints of mint sauce I washed them down with, for lunch.
Time is drawing closer, the end is almost upon us. No, not yet another "end of the world" storyline in Doctor Who, rather the spares and repairs Uno on my dad's driveway is starting to outlive its' usefulness, as well as being raped of any useful spare parts. Soon, it'll be hauled off by a man with no teeth and hairy knuckles, and turned into a little cube of Uno.
However, that was still after I had to remove any bits I wanted and gave the go-ahead to dad to ring the modern day caveman to remove the stripped shell of a car, from times gone by, from the driveway of my childhood.
Armed only with a box of blue rubber work gloves, a cup of tea, a hammer, can of WD40 and a garage of every tool you can imagine (and some you cannot imagine) I set about picking over the carcass of the car like some crazy walking, talking, and hitting things with a hammer, vulture.
Here's a list of things that I removed in the previous 24hours, barring "skin from my knuckles when the adjustable spanner slipped":
Boot
Bonnet
Bumper (front)
Speedo cable
Radiator
Clocks
Headlight
Weather seal strip for the boot
Some plastic things
Battery tray
Ignition coil
Exhaust manifold
Exhaust manifold heat shield for air intake
Tried to remove the entire wiring loom, but can't remove the dashboard
All fuses
I tried to gently remove the windscreen..... but it cracked :bang:
Only a few things left now that I want; rear view mirror, all lock barrels, wheel hubs, carburettor, gearbox (no use to me however), door cards and handles, window winders.
erm.. yeah.
I'm going to stop typing now as I'm having chocolate eggs being pushed into my face.
