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Just a normal day?
Without having the car to work on, I woke up this morning a little lighter than yesterday. My mood became real “heavy” yesterday, especially towards the evening, thinking about “things”… in general-ish and mostly about the car. My time in South Africa running out and I missed the car…
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It is D(Die)-Day.
The car is in the container, all loaded and good to go, believe it, Right, this is all coming together to a point now. I can honestly not believe we are here. After so many months of planning we actually made it. We checked the water and oil before…
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The ute and trailer is loaded.
What is that saying from the TV series “A-Team”? I love it when a plan comes together, As we collected the trailer this morning and after a bit of spot cleaning the Ford and her 8 “horses” were loaded on the trailer. We then took some time to even…
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The final (short) drive with the Ford.
Moving the car this morning and unexpectedly trying not to have a meltdown, Dad and I were up early this morning in preparation for a BIG day with lots of hard work laying ahead. I removed her cover and blankets before reversing her out of the back yard with…
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Odd and ends Tuesday.
This is the calm before the (next) storm, Dad and I did most of the final checks today, walking through the next little bit of the export process to make sure everything is crossed off the list. Both of us like to know what is coming our way and…
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Time is evaporating.
It seems like everything is suddenly coming to an end, Back to my grindstones today, focusing mostly on the vintage fuel pump. While I was away, dad put in a massive effort and spray-painted the base of the pump with primer. All the rust is gone and the base…
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Saying goodbye to Melkboom.
Cannot stay forever and even if I could… not even that would not be enough, Saying goodbye is never easy, or maybe it is when you are saying goodbye to a diet plan, or debt or your Ab-Flex home fitness “machine”. LOL. I knew this tough goodbye was coming…
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