Aint life grand?
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:34 pm
I took advantage of the good weather and today took a trip out in the newly roadworthy, roof-down Albert. We did a little pootle around the New Forest taking in the reptile centre and a little family fave' called Puttles Bridge. Then a little bit of excitement as coming down the road towards us was a Moggie convertible! So we flashed lights, beeped horns and did the two arm wave throught the roof space which I learned 25 years ago when I had my first encounter with a soft-top. 
Albert was a dream. I can't believe how much stiffer the chassis is than the previous restored convertible I had. Must be better quality panels and a more thorough restoration I guess.
The only hiccough today was fuel starvation caused by a blocked filter. A salutory lesson to anyone contemplating using an old fuel tank. I had done (or so I thought) a thorough job of cleaning out the tank but after filling up and driving straight off I'd sucked so much crud up the pipe that the clear filter was dark brown and whilst stopped in a Forest carpark I was reverse flushing the fuel filter in the gents washbasin!
Albert was a dream. I can't believe how much stiffer the chassis is than the previous restored convertible I had. Must be better quality panels and a more thorough restoration I guess.
The only hiccough today was fuel starvation caused by a blocked filter. A salutory lesson to anyone contemplating using an old fuel tank. I had done (or so I thought) a thorough job of cleaning out the tank but after filling up and driving straight off I'd sucked so much crud up the pipe that the clear filter was dark brown and whilst stopped in a Forest carpark I was reverse flushing the fuel filter in the gents washbasin!
