Spring cleaning 886 UXR

I spent some of this afternoon spring cleaning 886 UXR (is it Spring?). The garage roof leaks quite badly, so when I got her out after something like 5 months locked up, following the fuel cap scare, she was covered in crud and her floormats had puddles in them; though luckily they have waffle grids, so that it does not find its way onto the car floor.

Backing out onto the hill was hairy because the handbrake only just held her and the footbrakes were pretty hopeless. I shall need to tighten them up. Once in 1st, I held her on the clutch and then launched her up the hill, then ran back to lock up again....all the time more than a little anxious that she would start rolling back into the car behind her, even though I had left her in 1st gear.

I got her home and set about washing, waxing and generally sprucing her up. I de-mossed the window channels and sprayed son-of-a-gun on the windscreen rubbers in a last ditch attempt to restore them to life. There is no question that I will need to source some unperished ones, even if not the deluxe ones which take chrone trim.

Last night I got a cheaper-than-Frost aerosol of 5-wheel silver paint, which is for one job that needs doing before the Felixstowe run in May. I'd also like to get some rubber/cloth surrounds for the doors and window surrounds...so that water does not drip and gather in the bottoms of the doors. I am also going to have to tackle some rust spots along the roof gutter and at the bottom of doors.

But I must not be precious and I MUST NOT get too distracted from the 101, which is crying out for some progress, now that I have been sick for a week.I will get some pics tomorrow and put them on here.