MOT - Good news and bad news

Maisie went off for the yearly panic inducing inspection and........







Passed first time. Brilliant we thought, no work needed doing for the test all sorted for the summer.

Or so we thought.

Last year some it was pointed out that welding the front steps would need replacing and we had not quite got around to getting it sorted. This appeared as an advisory again this year and we needed to have an extra seat belt point mounted in the rear (a PO had removed one when making repairs) so we decided it was time to book it in now.

A few phone calls around the local(ish) VW specialists brought to our attention the long wait for work to be done. Hmm what to do? We need the welding done to be able to use the van (need all 5 seat belts now) but if we book her in we'll have missed the summer.

The solution presented itself when we noticed a couple of old Jags (Inspector Morse style, Mk2 I think) outside a local garage. A quick inquiry confirmed that they did a lot of work with classic cars and would be happy to work with Maisie. They also had availability this week on Friday.

Result!

So all booked in ready to get welded up and back on the road.

Interior all gone

The buyer for the interior finally came to collect it so we now have a blank canvas for the new Rusty Lee bed (bungee'd to the side in these pictures).

One of the seat belt mounting points is missing so we will need to get a new one welding in before we can fit the bed.

Christmas present

Another shiny present from FiftySixDelux this time window winders.

I was planning to save these until we had finished the new door cards but in a fit of superhuman strength i managed to snap the drivers side wider opening the window. So out came the new winders to be fitted. They will look much better when the new cards are done but in the mean time they maintain my ability to open the windows.