Ian

A few photo's of Nigel driving the Tonka Tojan, yes it really is that small

The spacer sounds like a good idea, it will be interesting to see how well it works.. It's good to have you back Richard, don't forget I still have that rear lift cable sleeve stashed away for you..

As I wear steel toe capped boots I don't get that........ But I do have lot's of shirts with big holes in them

A bit of an update on this.. My new Mig welder arrived today (thanks to all the people involved in transporting it to me) and you might say I'm a happy bunny.. Ok, it's not "new" but it is very well made and should outlast me A Murex Tradesmig 165...

Good work Norm, I bet you glad of the extra space it's created in your garage I know it's not, but in your last photo it looks like the board on the left is running through the ladder.. Built in steps to make it easier to get on the roof?

Amazing work Richard, I could never build anything that small.. I'd loose all the parts!

It's good to have you back Alain Sometimes it's good to let off a little steam.. stops you blowing up or whistling like a kettle

Scrap it Koen... Or has it been scrapped already as I'm a bit late commenting?

It will be good to catch up with you again Norm

That will be a cool project Chris... Your soon be down grading the beach

Yep, not long now

Top work Mark, there must be a way of linking the lift arm up rather than having to have the wheels on the sickle bar.

You would be right Norm... Which is why I made this Not perfect but it should help the gasses flow in the right direction now Getting the down pipes from the engine to the 2 into 1 thingy was interesting, lot's of measuring, bending, welding and trimming a few mm's of here and there until it all fitted together.. The exhaust system is split into 3 parts so I can actually get it in and out of the frame.. Here's the front part on the bench getting fully welded up.. A couple of little holes like this to fill or it will be louder than I think it's going to be... Quite loud I'm guessing The rear section with the two shortened silencer boxes and some 1 into 2 pipework.. Here's the completed system, me thinks it looks quite mad

Fantastic job, she runs very well.. Quiet also..

It brings back great memories of my old Ital estate years ago that I paid something like £75 for as it had a small hole in the sill.. Only 55k on the clock as well.. After welding up the hole in the sill for some reason I decided to paint the floor with hammerite while the seats and carpet were out.. Roll on 8 hours later when the Ital was needed to get some food and booze... So the seats were quickly bolted back in and off we drove putting the heater on as it was a cold evening... By the time we had reached the supermarket (this was years ago and I can't remember which one), the fresh paint fumes helped my some hot air had gone to our heads somewhat.. It was rather strange to feel like you are floating while shopping.. Picture hands on the shopping trolley but feet no touching the ground sort of thing!!

Ouch! Maybe a little out of my price range... A man can dream though

Another exhausting update, but only a small one.. Working out how to get the down pipes into the big pipe without having any pipes in front of the radiator and making sure the down pipes are the same length has been fun! It's still work in progress but it's heading in the right direction The down pipes almost look like part of the chassis/frame from the front, but it may just be a slightly blurred photo that's creating the illusion

Congrats mate

Great photo's Doug, thanks for posting them..... I think I'd take the Alfa home... I'm sure I could find a use for the V8 engine

Nice work Ewan, you sure have got this restoration lark down to a fine art

Oh yes, so it was... Nice work Ewan

That's good news about finding another rear end Paul, Somerset is a nice drive.

Nice repair work Mark, I bet Finn is more careful when opening gates now

That's quite a haul, I bet it was fun getting those on sideways