"You
gotta look after your Elf!"
By popular
demand- the story of EKMM member Robert Westbrook and his Riley Elf.
| For some background to
the Riley Elf, which is actually a rare type of Mini see the Wikkipedia
entry Mini history-
includes Riley Elf At Xmas time, what could be better than restoring one of "Santas little helpers" |
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| Just a description of how bad the car was from a preliminary look round the car! |  |
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Bodywork:
This is how the elf was when I first
got it 2 years ago. To say the least it was a MESS. It needed the front
floors replacing, the inner and outer sills on both sides, the bonnet
was rusty in both corners, the back bumper had rusted to the bodywork!
It was dented and scraped all over the place, and finally although the
front wings and A-panels had been renewed they were covered in surface
rust!
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| Robert- the car looks pretty good to me- you should see the state of my projects!!! |  |
| That rust below the rear window might be problematic- i.e window out, keep grinding, rust gone, big hole! |  |
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Interior:
The interior was just as bad; the
carpets were ruined, the seats were red ones that had been re-coulored-
they were badly ripped and damaged, the dashboard had
delaminated, there was a rats nest in the glove box, The rear parcel
shelf was ruined and it was generally dirty and covered in
droppings.
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 We did find a lot more rust later on!! |
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