Mon.12.05.08. Over the weekend I have rubbed down the clumsy weld on the filler cap. Initially starting with a file, the larger chunks were removed from the ‘Moroso’ extension piece and the collar carefully blended into the original ‘Stanpart’ housing by applying decreasing values of ‘wet and dry’. A final polish with ‘T’ cut and ‘Brasso’ has brought up the surface of the unit into the dull retro look of vintage alloy. Against the new highly polished sections of aluminium found on the interior of the engine compartment this ‘aged’ appearance will offer a striking contrast.
I have collected the dashboard, under trim and boot trim from Richie who has completed the final rub down. In natural light the timber looks subtly grained, deep and rich in colour. The Motalita steering wheel matches exactly to compliment the other components. I feel confident that once in the car combined with the sage green leather and ‘Rolls Royce’ forest green carpets the interior will look stunning.
More importantly, on Sunday afternoon fuelled by ten pints of ‘Stella’, Chris has confessed to being distracted from the project by the problems he is having with his kitchen together with the subsequent, relentless jibing by the gang in the Roy Castle corner. “Listen, listen, you are not bothered about the time it’s taking, are you? I’m getting pissed off with Lewis and Knocker having a go; criticising everything that I am doing: they seem to think that I can’t do anything right. They are not involved in any projects like me, they certainly don’t realise the time it takes to get things absolutely perfect. It’s easy for them to accuse me of dragging my feet, not being organised, being slow and forgetful. They wouldn’t like to be endlessly evaluated upon every little piece of work that they friggin’ did. So Nigella, if you don’t mind we shall just carry on with the project slowly and carefully?”
I suppose two apologies in five days is something of a record, appreciably, the ‘air’ has been cleared possibly a new realistic time frame has been established.
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