{"id":3149,"date":"2020-10-12T21:44:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T10:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/?p=3149"},"modified":"2020-12-15T20:12:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T09:12:53","slug":"what-was-i-up-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/?p=3149","title":{"rendered":"What was I up to?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have been away from carcrank, I thought Facebook would do the job and it does but it also wastes so much time and then there is the politics so I have come back home also I have  moved carcrank.org from my old company to somewhere else, I think Canada but maybe the US.  <br><br>So after selling the Lambda and the B\u00e9b\u00e9  the garage now contains, by age 1927 Austin 7 Chummy, 1935 Austin 7 Special, 1950 Citro\u00ebn 11BL, 195? Lancia Aurelia B10 and 1971 Lancia Fulvia Coupe. Here is a quick catch up with their goings on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resized-IMG_20200528_143746-1-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3150\" width=\"171\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resized-IMG_20200528_143746-1-.jpg 640w, https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resized-IMG_20200528_143746-1--300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><figcaption>1927 Chummy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bought the Chummy from Port Lincoln earlier this year it was a runner, just needed a tidy up and I&#8217;m still doing just that.<br>Big things to do: Clutch, Hood is baggy and the hood frame does not fold or lock in place, apart from that it&#8217;s fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resized-EFFECTS-1-1-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3152\" width=\"171\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resized-EFFECTS-1-1-1-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resized-EFFECTS-1-1-1-1-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><figcaption>1935 Austin 7 Special<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Like most Austin 7 Specials she is a bit wanting in the looks department but as a Mother never thinks her baby is ugly, so too with the Special creator.  This year I have fitted a new Phoenix crank, waiting for the Richardo head to arrive and currently building a windscreen which I&#8217;m sure will make her even more beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resized-IMG_20190801_161651-1-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3153\" width=\"172\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resized-IMG_20190801_161651-1-.jpg 569w, https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resized-IMG_20190801_161651-1--300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/><figcaption>1950 11BL Citroen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Still my favourite car, a bit of a hotrod with an ID19 engine and 4 speed gearbox (as the car God intended). Tough as old boots and an utter delight to drive. Apart from an oil change that&#8217;s all for this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3154\" width=\"171\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0025.jpg 640w, https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0025-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><figcaption>195? Lancia Aurelia B10<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This one is not even in the garage yet but once Victoria manages to get the Covid numbers down, I will be off to South Australia to pick her up. Body looks to be good, motor is dismantled but hopefully complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resized-IMG_20200908_104052-1-1-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3155\" width=\"171\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resized-IMG_20200908_104052-1-1-.jpg 640w, https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Resized-IMG_20200908_104052-1-1--300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><figcaption>1971 Lancia Fulvia Coupe S2<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month I reached a dubious milestone of spending more money making the body rust and dent free than the purchase price of the car &#8230;.. and it&#8217;s still in primer. It will be beautiful, it will be beautiful. I probably need to say Om with that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been away from carcrank, I thought Facebook would do the job and it does but it also wastes so much time and then there is the politics so I have come back home also I have moved carcrank.org &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/?p=3149\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,21,20,11,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aurelia-b10-lancia","category-austin-7-chummy","category-austin-7-special","category-citroen-11bl","category-s2-fulvia-coupe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3149"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3228,"href":"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3149\/revisions\/3228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carcrank.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}