On 31st October I drove the Series 2A on the road for the first time. Tax was free as it's a registered Historic vehicle, MOT exempt, and cost about £100 to insure for the year. It was a great occasion, I couldn't stop going round the block as I got into it more and more. By the last lap I'd even managed to get around without crunching any gears.
So now I move into a period of using and enjoying it, at last, and engaging in all the sort of tweaking and maintenance that hasn't been needed so far. It's all very well setting brakes and fitting new suspension, but until you drive it you don't know it's pulling this way, or that, or binding in reverse, or what..
So there are a few jobs presenting themselves now which I'll work through between using it in the local area. We should be moving house soon, so I'll leave the roof off until we're ready to go so it can stay in the garage overnight, and just take it out on the milder days. Then I'll put the hard top and cat flap on when we're ready to go, and it will have a barn to sleep in there.
It's been a brilliant journey. I didn't know what a differential was when I bought it and I have learnt a LOT over the last three years. I can't wait to do some more work on it. So far the running gear seems fine and she is running well.. but who knows, maybe next winter will be a good time to fit a new clutch. I'm sure that's grabbing a bit in first.. :)
This might be the last post on this blog, but I'll be posting videos on youtube, so you can find me there if you like. Or I might write the odd summary every year or so on here, we'll see..
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJsiCcouRmUTX0EEgNamvmQ
