Arrival 20/08/06 
Arrival of the car (20/08/06) 
Engine bay: 

Removing all parts from interior and repairing fuelpump 
Starting the body work    
Removing all paint with 3M bruches and painted parts    
Installing new stainless steel side pipes before engine start 
Repair brake/clutch pump 
First drive with car after repair carbs en brake/clutch pump 
All body parts finished and painted with epoxy primer. 
Now I'm ready for the Mechanics {06-05-2007} => no more bolts / nuts in frame
Removed gearbox and engine Drained brakepipes and clutch . All parts removed Frame restoration: - removal paint and grease (sand blasting) - repair motor supports => cracked typical for Austin Healey - redo seaming - one layer epoxy primer - second layer with std primer - Waiting for final blue paint => some issues encountered with paint codes from 1963 - 1964  
  
results of eating sand and dust 
Finally sprayed in the blue color (06/10/07)  
Part 1 =>Installing all mechanics back in the car (17/12/07)   
 
Part 2 =>Installing all mechanics back in the car (18/02/08)  
The wheels afters sandblast and paint   
Installing engine after replacing the piston rings (07/06/08) More then 7 weeks to finally receive the correct rings => don,t trust all parts suppliers  
   
First start of revised engine  
Repair trim panels 
Two year and 5 days later Some pictures after final paint ( 25/08/08). Notice the very nice job performed by Lasseel BvbA. The car looks like just coming out the factory somewhere back in 1963. (Lasseel coordinates see favorite links)   
Approching the final stage    
Almost finished (15/03/09)     
Finished car + license plates (17/04/09) 


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