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Racing cars are like chocolate or even better like
suction cookies. You suck and suck till all the best are gone. That
means you throw away the envelope paper. One difference with cars
are that you can get some money from the old cow. Usually not so
much worth. The racing carrier has no feeling for that old mate who
helped you so bravely round the racing tracks. Just like an old cow,
which cannot produce enough with milk. It should be slaughtered. It
is not until after years, that the old owner understands that this
nice car should been preserved.
My old Ferrari for instance is today (2006) priced, it is true
though renovated, for over $1.5 million. But ... without the money
that the old cow got me I couldn't get the next one.
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Saddler in south of Stockholm. The front end of folding was a wooden
fastening for the windscreen and folding material. It was badly rotten.
I found a small joiner in Stockholm just downhill the Vanadis park. They
made a new one after my rotten piece. Even today I feel ashamed when I
complained for the high price 150 Skr. Later I realized that this was
not a straight piece of wood. It was worked up in 3 dimensions. Excuse
me. The seating was by a saddler
I worked with the instrument panel much. Here I mounted the instruments from
Buick 47. They were handsome. Also a rev counter from a Austin Atlantic.
This counter had almost same color and I found it very handsome. It
never had a good function for the input came from backside alternator and the
revolution speed was to high. I could not tighten the spring in the counter
enough. It was cool as the say today. A Blau Punkt car
for
the brakes. A handsome box was made and in it I put a paper with some data
about the car. Battery was mounted behind passenger's seat. Windshield
lowered one matchbox, long side, and was painted black. The small wind
screen wiper got a new vacuum motor after the wiper blade had been
shortened. It was nice to hear when the wiper changed direction, a typical
air valve sound.
loads. It had a good function as long as I owned the car. Rear spring
was dismantled and reforged. This firm is situated in north of Stockholm and
it is still
there.
button
and choke. The last button came from a Graham Paige which we scrapped.
What nuts we were. Ignition lock and key kept original. 
