Tinkered back the window and was just about to take it for a test run before assembling back the door. The batteri was dead. Coffee break. No, let’s celebrate the win with the unbroken window first. The issue with the battery will be fine. A chocolate bar and Peps Max on the roof top. What a day. Enköping, sun, car trouble, Lincoln, black hands and not a Skoda reporter-car with a magnet sign as far as the eye could see. An old battery that really was meant to be thrown out was stored in the trunk. It could
never…? I had jumper cables. Chose anyway the inconvenience of putting it in. This to give it one last maximal chance, by eliminating the power loss that comes with the use of jumper cables. The Cuba Lincoln jumped on half lap, fired up and I had all the power in the world. Don’t worry, be happy. Assembled the door back together. Two clips as
leftovers, of course, as always. Rolled up the windows. Tight. Was just finishing up when an old man rolls in with a 69 Cadillac to fill her up.
A nameless friend. Ha doesn’t know it but he’s my friend. Washed car and hands. Victory.
- Almost.
The backseat pillow became a life saver during the car wash. It didn’t leak from the option vent window but a lot alongside the entire upper edge. A 40 year old car it was, yes.
Before I got home the motor mount had slipped on edge and the tailpipe rested against the tank. It burred like a grader the last couple of miles.
Just like it’s supposed to be when it’s for real.
– In the real world kustom.