Thanks guys.
The usual last minute stresses today- The door glass is in, but refuses to wind up or down -it moves crookedly, one side at a time instead of sliding smoothly. So we've jammed it in the up position for now & will sort it later. I'm already seriously thinking of fitting sideways sliding windows instead, like early Minis etc. So if we need to speak to anyone on the way, pay road tolls etc, we'll have to open the door. I can't even adjust the mirrors when I'm sat in it now.
Loony's Mum made a lovely job of upholstering the door panels, but the extra thickness made fitting the interior handles a pig of a job. Done now. Without opening windows, if the door handles don't work we'll be trapped in the cab!
Loony's welded up the roof seams, so the cab's almost weatherproof. It'll be interesting to see if it's any quieter to drive now.
I've fitted half a dozen D rings to the pick-up bed & bought an elasticated cargo net, so hopefully our luggage will still be there when we get to the ferry, (we'll chuck it in one of the other guy's boots when we get there).
We've run the engine a couple of times today & it seems fine, but we haven't filled the fuel tanks up yet, so don't know if the sealant will hold, (we'll stop at the local all night filling station on the way out of town).
I've wire wheeled the surface rust off & left the Pop outside the workshop, soaking in a liberal coating of WD40.
We've got one intermittently flickering rear bulb & a slight weep from the rear fuel tank, but otherwise we're good.
It's only 150 miles of motorway driving to the ferry terminal & we don't have to be there till 8am, but we thought rather than sitting about until the early hours, we might as well get going when we're ready. So we're off at midnight.
No idea if there'll be internet access where we're going & I won't have my laptop with me anyway. So if I'm back online tomorrow evening it means we missed the ferry. So hopefully I'll see you guys again on Tuesday, (we should be home around midnight, Monday).
Behave yourselves while I'm gone!
