** 26/02/23 Heading Up ** Probably how not to restore a Herald!
First a confession, I haven't wielded a spanner in anger in about 15 years, ever since cars got so complicated that I had no option but to pay someone else to service and repair them.
Therefore buying a 1968 Herald 1200 represented a leap of faith for both me and my long suffering wife, however we both love classics, having owned a Beetle (proper rear engined and air cooled), a 1966 Herald 1200, and a Mini, again a proper Mini not the BMW pastiche.
So here is my car, purchased in July from
Slightly later than planned, but only because I couldn't be bothered to boot up the laptop yesterday, some pics of where I got to last week, and this weekend's progress.
Last week after blanking off the speedo and ash tray aperture, and securing the glove box lid in the correct place, it was time to break out the iron and apply the veneer itself.
Before I attacked the dashboard in anger, I did have a go with a section of scrap timber and a bit of veneer, as practise.
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