Thursday, December 07, 2006

Pictures of Donna





As promised, now that I have the car in my possesion, some pictures of Donna!

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

The eagle has landed!!!!!

Many things changed the past days!

In a nutshell:

My father in law was in Helsinki and actually managed to pick the car up from the port. He brought Donna home last night and today I have put her in the garage. Now I have found some trouble that need fixing in the next few months.
Here we go:
  • Brakes are stuck, car can move but you can here the sound of them. Also the light of the brakes is always on (now we know why the battery is dead...)
  • The car definetely needs painting. the scar on the front is bigger than I thought.
  • Some lights do not work
  • I need to fix speedometer and RPM meters.
  • Seats are in ok shape but there are some cuts and stitches.
  • Top is leaking! BADLY! The car was soaking WET! I had to put some air ventilator today to try to get some of the water to dry out. Will do the same in the next few days with a heated ventilator this time. I have found a very good product from Renovo that is meant to make the top waterproof.
  • Also I noticed some holes between the door and and the top (where the door closes). Maybe I have to find a good way to close those
  • The covers on the doors need attention (needs some good work but I think it will look nice)
Ok, I hope the list is not that big... :)

The car is filthy dirty. I need to somehow clean it inside the garage cause noone can touch the car without getting stains wherever he touches.

We also took some pictures. I will post them as soon as I have them here.

Monday, December 04, 2006

Car in Helsinki....still in container.....

Don't know what to say....but let it be. Car is in Helsinki port but some guys working slower than a turtle are still having the car in the container....
It might prove good though as the past 2 days it is raining cats and dogs in Finland, so there is a chance we saved the car from soaking in case the top is leaking...
Latest update is: I call the port tomorrow again in order to find out if the car is finally unloaded. Wednesday is national holiday in Finland, Thursday I cannot make it due to my work, so I will be taking friday off and going to pick it up. If friday fails too, then we are moving to Monday.....
Let's see...already a big delay to my original plan but as I said...Let it Be