A fantastic weather weekend, as we are to have the front of our house painted (for free)!!
ICI Paints needed to do an "on site" trials of a new paint system, we put our house forward for the trial but at first we were turned down, at the eleventh hour this has changed.
So Saturday saw me, not playing with vehicles but giving the front of the house, a long overdue spring clean. The gutters cleaned out, a Wisteria climbing up the front all had to be cut down, the pressure washer was dragged out and all the paintwork,windows and plastic gutter were given a blast. Also the bike had a bit of a blast, its first wash in about three years.. The lawns were mowed, the paths swept and borders dug, I was knackered !!!, but as a few people from ICI will be standing in the drive, (watching the painter at work) and ROD the ex-painters truck will be there, they might take an interest in HIM, they might change their minds and publish a bit about ROD in their in-house newsletter.
After all ROD has been painted with good old ICI paint.
So you can see I have been kept away from my vehicles, so here is a round up of other J type owners "doings" this weekend.
Below are some of the super pictures of the just found remains of a JB van. Started life as a milk delivery Van in 1959, in sunny Wales. At the end of its life a local farmer took on the remains and towed it up to the tree line on his sheep farm. It was used as a human shelter in bad weather and also a safe covered area for the the birthing and delivery of new born lambs. Some what damaged by the local kids (and I don't mean Goats) the remains when dragged out by Bowie but were in a poor state. Some useful spares have been sourced. There are a few parts remaining in Wales, so if your interested in what's left, take a look at the "Bowie" site for further details.
Some bits worth saving, front shocker mounts, front axle, steering etc.
