1992 Toyota Camry 2.2GL Project Car (Pt 2)
I cheated slightly and showed the ‘after’ shot in part 1, as seeing this first-off might not mean much!
So, the train journey worked out perfectly and I’m in Gloucester at 10.10am. Friendly trader chap picks me up in the Camry, a good sign as it clearly drives and doesn’t look quite as bad as I’d feared.
After a bit of trundling round some ‘interesting’ parts of Gloucester and getting a tax disc, I set off on my way. He’d warned me the car needed jump starting as it hadn’t been used for a while, so not to turn the engine off until it’d charged up. Of course, as soon as I did it wouldn’t start! As I’d already thought that might happen (my last purchase did the same thing) I’d made sure I was parked outside a Motorworld...
Knowing about the damage I’d gone armed with gaffer tape, cable ties and even sticky-back plastic to ‘repair’ the sidelight. With a new battery fitted (using the toolkit that came with the car) it started fine, so I set-to in making the car safe enough for the journey home.
I cable tied in the lights and grille (which was loose in the back of the car, surprisingly not broken), replaced a couple of bulbs and stuck gaffer tape over as many edges as possible. High quality repairs eh? Then off I set back to Norfolk...
1992 Toyota Camry 2.2GL Project Car (Pt 2)
I cheated slightly and showed the ‘after’ shot in part 1, as seeing this first-off might not mean much!
So, the train journey worked out perfectly and I’m in Gloucester at 10.10am. Friendly trader chap picks me up in the Camry, a good sign as it clearly drives and doesn’t look quite as bad as I’d feared.
After a bit of trundling round some ‘interesting’ parts of Gloucester and getting a tax disc, I set off on my way. He’d warned me the car needed jump starting as it hadn’t been used for a while, so not to turn the engine off until it’d charged up. Of course, as soon as I did it wouldn’t start! As I’d already thought that might happen (my last purchase did the same thing) I’d made sure I was parked outside a Motorworld...
Knowing about the damage I’d gone armed with gaffer tape, cable ties and even sticky-back plastic to ‘repair’ the sidelight. With a new battery fitted (using the toolkit that came with the car) it started fine, so I set-to in making the car safe enough for the journey home.
I cable tied in the lights and grille (which was loose in the back of the car, surprisingly not broken), replaced a couple of bulbs and stuck gaffer tape over as many edges as possible. High quality repairs eh? Then off I set back to Norfolk...