7th July 2018
Post 31: Trip to Beaulieu
A reminder, when I purchased this Austin Healey 100-6 whilst in the pub on Christmas day 2016 it had a rather shabby but non the less original hardtop. Original items can often be sort after and whilst it was shabby it definitely, in my view at least, added to the car purchase. Having stayed with the car for all these years and travelled half way around the world it was a shame that it did not make it up the A34 from Southampton!
The transport company, however incompetent the driver was, was however honourable and agreed to replace it. I guess they were not expecting the near £6000 price tag to replace something made to the original design but that was what they did.
The settlement having been over a year ago, I finally got to the point where we could go and collect it from Nical Engineering in Beaulieu. So has taken 2 days to sort but here are some images.
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| Clint with his roof - when purchased! |
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| Arrival at Nical |
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| Initial look see - bad news - B post bracket had to be "Trimmed" |
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| The 2 young lads at Nical - good to see some youth starting out in the trade |
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| Rear screen to do - looking towards the workshop, out of the sun |
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| The full team - the screen will fit! |
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| Left Rear |
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| Right Rear |
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| All done - ready to come home |
Wasn't all work, at least for us . . . . well when your at the seaside
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