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It is Gypsy day… for the car.
My dad and I moved the car today to the new premises to make future work a little more easy, To start with, it took a little muscle work to move the final stuff (like old stationary engines) away from behind the car. This unblocked the rear and soon…
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End of the week and the car is ready to be moved.
Week 1 is done, Today was all about trying to fix the brakes without diving in too deep. The plan is to move the car to a different location tomorrow and we would prefer to have at least some brakes, rather than nothing. We bled the brake lines again,…
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Starting the engine.
Yes, the primary mission for today is “waking up the eight horses” from their ~24-year hibernation, The storm has past and most of the mountains tops surrounding Ceres are showing off their fresh dusting of snow. It is not as impressive as the Southern Alps in New Zealand, but…
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The weather in Ceres is behaving like I remember it, from way back.
It has been grey, stormy, rainy and windy since yesterday and looked like it will be continuing through today (possibly tomorrow) as well, That being said, dad and I had to get going early today with lots to do and complete. We are tentatively thinking of moving the car…
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My first “real” day helping with the car.
Grrrr, the rear differential (axel) hub seals, Without getting too technical… in general, we struggle to find parts for this car, especially in South Africa. Similarly, the original hub seals were also tough to get our hands on, so we made a plan. Purchasing ones that are close to…
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Chipping in, helping with the car.
And getting other things out of the way as well, The first thing I did this morning was attending a funeral with my family. I find this piece of my blog very hard to write about, because the only fun thing about a funeral is the first three letters…
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Small trek to Ceres – Home away from home.
Finally home, my parent’s home, in the town I grew up in, I am saying goodbye to Cape Town today, and would like to thank my friends for putting up with me for the last couple of days. It was great seeing everyone and catching up, talking about the…
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