SU’s are pretty easy to work on, first carb I did was the SU on my Morris, have 7 more to do at the moment...

2 hrs/day for around 2-3 years (with the occasional full day when something exciting is happening) is exactly how I did my last 2 full restorations and also how I’m tackling the current one. 1 hour? As you say maybe if the car was in good shape to begin with but the point is things do happen even if it’s tackled…

So, is there a crash tally for Jalopnik staff? Something tells me Raph, you might be leading at the moment.

Honda! Please do this for the 1st gen Civic as well.

What does a set of original wheels cost? The rest looks pretty good for the price, although I would also remove the awful window tint.

Wet blasting worked wonders on an MGB a friend is restoring, depends on what you have on hand but pretty much every method is a PITA in its own special way.

Yessss!!! But it’s just way too expensive at the moment unfortunately.

Did that to my first car, broken rocker, valve hit piston and the crankshaft actually bent a little bit. That was a fun day.

Yup, bought crappy ones once and in about a week the glass inside the bulb had gone brown and they were producing almost no light.

Bought some cheap no name brand ones once, the filaments were wired backwards.

There are actually some screwdrivers that are designed to be used as chisels, pry bars, etc... I added a good one to my set and it has saved the rest of my screwdrivers from tons of abuse.

Yup, been reading this thread and after having loads of cheap ass parts fail on me (never safety related, I’m not THAT dumb) I will now only cheap out on air for the tires and valve stem caps, I always get the cheapest of those.

Agree as well, had to buy some shitty, shitty wipers in an emergency in the middle of a road trip and one of them lasted all of 15 minutes.

Just don’t go for the cheapest ones! I did this once, figuring it’s just a filament inside glass so whatever. After about a week the bulbs went really really dim; the glass had actually expanded and gotten brown. Getting them out of the headlamp was a hassle.

They probably don’t fit in the groove, but the angle is still enough to pull the tire sideways and it appears there is very little traction both in the rail and in the metal plates at both sides of the rail.

I’m not so sure, even if they don’t fit in the groove the low friction surface and the angle could still cause trouble.

Steps involved in a car or motorcycle restoration, and why it doesn’t just take a couple of weeks...

No motorcycles, but if cyclists are having that much trouble I’d hate to have to cross there on a motorcycle.

Came here to post this, one of the most comfortable cars ever although for more frequent driving I might prefer the CX actually.

Or Jaguar’s own restoration department. Pricy as hell but they’ll tackle everything over 10 years old.