The BEFORE pictures and the journey begins ...

She's home and I'm suffering from a little twinge of buyer's remorse - oh dear.  I think it's because I have a bunch of my older neighbours taking a look at her and instead of seeing potential, they've done nothing but point out problems.  I'm glad that I got her for R7 000 instead of the R10 000 she was advertised for, but she runs and honestly - what did anyone expect for that price?

But hey, I've spent four years restoring my family home with my own two hands so I'm not going to let the chatter scare me off. This is my dream car we're taking about here - I'm just going to have to keep motivating myself with the thought of cruising around in her looking beautiful with The Beach Boys on the radio!

Let me say right away that I know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about engines. Like really.  Nothing.  I'd love to restore the Anglia back to it's original Kent Crossflow engine which - thankfully - is one of the simplest engines ever built. Amen. 

Only problem is going to be figuring out which parts are original and which aren't.  Going to be a bit of a jigsaw puzzle.

This worries me a little - take a look at the radiator fan.  Definitely NOT original.  Someone has butchered it down to a size that fits and this makes me wonder how many other cowboy repair jobs I'm going to find. Yikes!

Next on the to do list is investigate the engine block number and the rest of the details provided on the plates.  Little bit of CSI work this week.

 A Capri steering wheel and a dodgy Diamond tape deck - no self respecting thief would break a window to steal that thing.

At least I know the interior is something I can really do myself to save a few bucks - or that's the plan anyway.

Poor Cass.  So neglected for so long.  Never fear old girl - you'll be looking gorgeous soon!