An archive. This is a preserved copy of the Elva Courier MkIII restoration blog written by Andy Rich, published at elvamk3.wordpress.com from 2010 to 2015. Andy has since passed away. The car’s current owner keeps his record of the restoration online here so that it is not lost.
 

It Looks Broken

At the time, my assessment of what was there, and what was needed involved putting all the pieces together into what looked like a “whole” car.  My then eight-year-old daughter looked at the pieces propped up together and said simply, “It looks broken”.  I can’t fool her, she was right.

Anyway, I started by stripping the layers of paint off, dark metallic blue, medium blue, red, and at the bottom of it all, British racing green.  Then, I could see all the previous damage to the fiberglass, and the piss-poor repair jobs that had been done over the years.  Did you know that bondo and chicken wire can be used to fix fiberglass?  Who knew?

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One Response to It Looks Broken

  1. Rouet Michel says:

    nice job…;) I’m happy to see that…;) Michel